Ci scusiamo per l’immagine sfocata, ma dovevo solo condividere questo e chiedere …
La scorsa settimana, io e un gruppo di amici abbiamo fatto un viaggio in Lapponia dall’Estonia. Abbiamo avuto un’esplosione assoluta nel rafting lungo il fiume Ivalojoki ed esplorando il bellissimo ambiente. Ora, nella nostra seconda notte sul fiume, ci siamo accampati vicino ad alcune cabine locali destinate a escursionisti e travi. Tutto era accogliente e carino, fino a quando non abbiamo trovato il bagno.
Aveva due posti, fianco a fianco. Nessun divisore, nessuna privacy. Solo due buchi uno accanto all’altro come se fosse totalmente normale far cadere un deuce mentre faceva il contatto visivo con il tuo amico. Lo abbiamo riso e abbiamo pensato che fosse solo una stravagante soluzione locale. Bene.
Avanti veloce di qualche giorno – Stiamo tornando a Helsinki per catturare il traghetto e fermarci davanti a Jyväskylä per accamparsi da un lago per la nostra ultima notte. Cosa troviamo? Un altro bagno. Ma questa volta con tre buchi. Di fila. A quel punto abbiamo iniziato a chiederci: è una cosa ??
Ora che sono tornato, non riesco a smettere di pensarci. La cacca comune sta cacca una sorta di tradizione sociale in Finlandia, come la sauna? Ci sono servizi igienici di gruppo ancora più grandi là fuori con 4, 5 o più posti? Voi Finns li usi effettivamente insieme o è solo un design efficiente?
Tra tutte le cose da sperimentare durante un viaggio in Finlandia, non mi aspettavo davvero di andarmene con più domande sulla tua cultura del bagno della tua natura o storia.
Qualcuno ha avuto il retroscena su questo ??
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Efficient design from the past. Not a thing anymore. Shame about these things wasnt really a thing back then. It’s some what “modern” invention.
Have you ever seen roman lavatory?
Dozens of seats in square. All facing each other.
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-ancient-roman-bathroom-at-ostia-antica-near-rome-italy-54326542.html
Lol no, thats weird as hell
Urinal rules apply. Unless emergency.
I remember we had a toilet like this when I was in girl scouts and all of us (20-30 people) went to camp on this island over a weekend. It was very awkward getting my period during the trip.
Co-op shitting, the next best sport at the mökki after Saunaklonkku.
You’ll find some quirks in the old parts of finland, these sort of forest finns weren’t too ashamed of their skin. I would imagine that families were the ones that built them the most, but communal areas like camps would somewhat likely also have them. Children could have maybe needed help with learning how to do it independently as early as possible, so visual demonstration could have helped.
I do not have concrete information, but I imagine that the reason for having 3 separate holes is because the “basket” below needs to be manually emptied. As these were in the middle of nowhere, I guess that these get emptied relatively rarely. Thus, to avoid overfilling, there are three “baskets” that travellers can fill.
Ancient lore tells that there some V8-configurations on military training grounds. Four in a row, two rows, back-to-back. One can truly feel the power.
Seen 7 holes like that side by side, but that’s a long time ago. You get used to it. When you have to go, you have to go. Tho I imagine that it might be quite hard for my kids that it was for me at the time. 😄
That is an old toilet.
In the past, that style of toilets were quite common. Just holes in a row. A social and efficient experience. Not popular anymore though, all new toilets constructed in the past 40 years have more privacy.
Also in the military barracks in the past toilets didn’t have walls or doors – just toilets seats in a row. It finally changed (newer barracks had doors/walls already in 70’s) when Elisabeth Rehn was defence minister in 1990-1995. I thank her for that.
haha i remember using these group shitters when i was in the military
They’re not that awkward after you get over the shock
When I was in the army we went to the Taipalsaari training camp and there was a 7 slot version of this.
At the last days you needed to stack logs around the hole to avoid pile of shit touching your ass.
Those used to be common, our summer cottage which was originally a farm also has a two-sitter.
Too bad they aren’t anymore. Shitting is as natural as living, and imho it would be much nicer to have a morning shit chat than stare at your phone.
Ergo, when I build my own outhouse, I’ll make it at least a two-sitter!
Was a common thing still around 1800’ in rural communities.
You might consider that it’s not _absolutely neccessary_ to maintain eye contact with your co-shitters tru the entire process.
If you happen to encounter this thing in some remote wilderness hut, that is. Or at military barracks built before 1970’s.
Do your business as if no-one else was there at all. This is the Way. 😑💩
Only middle one need to bring the newspaper. All three can read it at the same time
I’ve done a co-op dump on one of these before. Wouldn’t do it with a stranger, but if you know the other person well, it’s no weirder than going to a sauna naked together.