I’m actually serious, which button is the right one? Why are there two?

Also should a Pic of a toilet be considered NSFW?

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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/photo-stories/heres-why-toilet-flush-has-one-large-and-one-small-button/photostory/64540715.cms

IT IS FOR WATER CONSERVATION: The larger lever is to flush out around 6 to 9 liters of water, whereas the smaller lever is to flush out around 3 to 4.5 liters of water. Clearly, the larger one is to flush solid waste and the smaller one is to flush liquid waste.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_flush_toilet

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I thought it was one for pee, two for poo.

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Yes, in practicality, this is it.

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The one at my gas station is labelled I and II.

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That’s very informative thank you! Might have to look into these myself for when/if I have the chance to buy a house in The future.

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Get a bumgun/bidet hose, best thing ever for butt cleanliness and general ring health.

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Gotta say if you’re going far enough to do some additional plumbing, you might as well go the whole way and get a Japanese toilet.

No other toilet compares since

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I just push both, to be safe.

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One is forward/play, the other is rewind. DON’T push rewind.

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So pressing both of them at same time takes a screenshot?

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Yeah but if the toilet has WiFi it automatically shares a pic with anyone in the house so gotta switch that off.

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Unless you really want to ;D

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This is your standard dual flush. One is flush, the other is eject. Which is which depends on the manufacturer. Just be careful, the eject can be quite forceful.

As for which button is the right one, it’s definitely the one on the right. The other is the left button.

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ITT: A lot of Lemmy users showing their true colors. Someone asks for help, for information, and y’all decide to mock.

OP: one button does a full flush, the other does a half flush. In your picture, the button on the right, does the half flush. Button on the left, does the full flush. Full flush is usually just x2, though I don’t think that’s a hard rule.

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Looks like this one breaks the rules. Only the big button works.

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Actually the little button sends an SOS to local authorities, so chances are the little button works fine and you have an incoming SWAT raid with paramedics and police surrounding the building.

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These swat raids are getting out of hand!

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I explained it to my kids like this:

1 button for #1.
2 buttons for #2.

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TIL, I always pushed both

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The point of these things is to save water on a smaller flush when you only pee.

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This is boringly not always true, for a while some genius, probably Elon Flush, decided to invert the functions so that when you pushed the bigger button you got the small flush.

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Nothing like developing trust issues after taking a massive shit I suppose.

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ITC: username checking out. It was a really dumb question

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A question is a question… Just answer the damn question without judging it.

Better let someone know what the thing does instead of forcing them to experiment with it and (possibly) break it.

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It was a very low stakes experiment. I wasn’t going to say anything until the high and mighty came to shame those razzing them about it

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Ultimately I think my question, being smart or dumb is irrelevant, it brought activity to the community and that’s a great thing I think. The bad thing was the memes. The ‘how do I flush this’ posts kinda got wild.

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Little button = peepee

Big button = poopoo

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Both buttons for a toilet clogging doo doo

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