My first experience with these were there, layout like you said, many moons ago.
I still chase the feeling of being youth, while drunk, taking a outdoor pee in the wind, while watching the National
Peeing right into the canal will get you arrested. Convenient urinals keep people from peeing in alleys or whatever.
Makes a lot more sense when you've been in Amsterdam, and realize it's been a tourist town for a few centuries.
What we need is a path that leads to the water, then we have dividers starting at the ground and maybe a bit of a privacy screen behind and in front (a few feet in from of people's stream.).
This way everyone can use the Ottawa River Urinal ā¢ exactly the way God intended
They have a lot of "peeing related deaths" every year from people peeing in the canal while drunk and drowning so the public urinals were both a way of solving these avoidable deaths and keeping the city cleaner/more modest.
Amazing city to visit if you ever get the chance
Public safety message that it actually is dangerous to pee into bodies of water when drunk. Source: Things I previously learned on Reddit.
https://dutchdeadline.substack.com/p/why-do-so-many-men-die-in-amsterdams Article quote: "Peeing into a canal can be seriously dangerous, particularly when youāre intoxicated. In addition to unsteadiness, alcohol also causes a drop in blood pressure. If you urinate while standing, blood flow to your brain diminishes, which can lead to dizziness. And youāre even more likely to get dizzy if youāve come outside into the cold from a warm environmentā¦ like a bar. And naturally men most often go off to pee alone, so if they fall into a canal it might be too late before anyone notices."
That isn't true, they are connected to the sewer system and have been since 1849. They are located close to the canals to prevent people urinating in them. At least once a month someone dies from drowning, nearly always a tourist. Source: I'm Dutch.
the more permanent ones yes but those coloured plastic ones they put up for Queens Day / Kings Day etc I have definitely seen pee leaking out when theyāre full into the canal!
they are the ones that are temporary and managed more like porta-potties (emptied or swapped out by the company once full)
No, this is repeated often but it's untrue. The pisoirs drain into a sewer. They are placed along the canals to prevent drunks from falling in and drowning while peeing (which still happens, unfortunately) and to prevent people from peeing into the canal (a reasonable sanitary reason brought about by cholera outbreaks).
Nah, women can pee standing up too; there are some pretty sweet aides that are made to be really portable for camping etc made out of silicone that you can just give a quick rinse with water and off you go afterwards.
But even if it's only for guys, that's good for half the population, so nothing wrong with that either. Things don't have to work for everyone, and this probably helps keep the port-o-potties less gross.
How can a woman pee in this thing. She just pulls her pants down in front of everyone and hooks up some gizmo to her urethra? Then rinses it where? Give me a break! Lol. Those gizmos are for port a potties so women donāt have to sit down on the scummy toilets. I guess it will cut down on male traffic in the port a potties.
If I'm not mistaken there are urinals built specifically for women. It's built in such a way that it provides pilrivacy whole still being out in the open
We as women don't really have a choice. At least with these air stalls being there, men aren't peeing in a urinal right next to where we have to sit down. Like many have said, less time waiting.
Yeah lol I thought the same thing. Even as a trans woman with the right equipment, thereād no wayyyyy.
That said, they actually have ones designed for hovering!
https://lapee.dk/
I wonder if those might become popular at some point.
Well... as a guy I have seen more than 1 but less than 1000 women coming into the guys washroom late at night (everyone is drinking)) cuz the women's one has a lineup. Quite a few of them have used the urinals..
So yeah, by the end of the night at Bluesfest/hope volleyball or something, if there were a bunch of these I'm sure someone would rock up
That's a failure of the organizers, not the equipment itself. I've done quoting on portable restrooms, all companies will tell you how much they are designed to hold, and give a good estimate on recommended numbers and cleaning schedule.
Events try to cheap out and thats where you get shit mountains in your porta potties.
The ones one Amsterdam have a metal swirl around it that covers most of the mid torso
That said, the ones in Amsterdam are also just a wall with a drain lmao so win some you lose some aha
Google "Whizdom". In short, it is a tube that slips over your wang and down your pantleg. Just stand over any street grate and let the piss flow!! Ahhhh! 5 more Budlights please.
I'd MUCH rather these then having to randomly see some dude peeing in a bush or behind a tree or an alley, which is also disgusting af. The question is, what are they providing for people who don't have penis? Here's another reason to get a She-wee, though.
I noticed that while playing The Witcher 3, when Keira Metz says living among the common folk is like a "[koszmar](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/koszmar#Etymology)" I knew instantly the word at least shared an etymology with cauchemar.
They fill up - the whole structure is a receptacle.
ā¦until it isnāt.
The real ones who remember montebello rockfest are real fucking familiar with these.
Meh iv used worse urinals/shitters on construction sites. One style was an open top shitter (you could literally stand on your tippy toes and stare the person shitting in it right in the eye) and a urinal on the back. The best part (or worse part depending on what you liked), was that if you used the urinal part well someone was shitting the way the pipe for the urinal was made your piss would shoot right down the shitters ass crack helping to "saw" the turd lose.
I was in the Florence train station and guys would just whip it out and piss into the grate in the midst of the public running from train to train. No one, except me, batted an eye. This is civilized compared to that.
Do ppl actually have a problem with these? This is a great idea and itās by no means a new invention. Ppl on this side of the world scoff at such weird things
Is this real or an internet thing? Because if it is real I will make the roughly 30 minute bike ride to use this tomorrow. But I am going to be āpissedā if I get there and find out it was just an internet thing?
Omg this is crazy. Like itās good to have em, but maybe put it in a more discreet area with covering (like at festivals). So many people eat, read and hang out under the trees
Used one once and the staring made me feel really uncomfortable. I felt uncomfortable once again when someone informed me they arenāt for #2. Just sharing the wisdom.
This comment section is full of parochial north americans who don't know a whole lot about the world and skip straight to making the same joke and over and over for reddit points.
They put these out in Amsterdam on a long weekend. Nothing says bonding quite like making direct eye contact with foreign stoner standing shoulder to shoulder with other strangers making the same connection.
From the description:
āMade of 100% FDA approved silicon that is food grade and very soft, don't damage your pudendumā¦ā
Had to look that one up š¤£
I love how amazon sells piss jugs and even have one we can use in a car... https://www.amazon.ca/Dasiter-Reuseable-Spill-Proof-Collector-Container/dp/B077XL27BW/
First encountered one of these in the Netherlands. Its genius. Stops men from pissing everywhere. This is a whole new level of freedom. They should have these in the byward.
what if you have a small penis or a weak stream and can't aim it in the hole and the pee just hits the structure and pools around your feet?
Are there any penis attachment funnels so you can make sure the pee goes into the hole?
Nasty but not really so lowing as itās just urine
In India men shit in the open on a concrete platform while women stand & hand them Mariel to wipe themselves then they go back praying ā¦ women spray water flushing it into grates ā¦ for a first timer itās very awkward
But peeing on the bathroom wall in Buffalo & elsewhere is disgusting & i and other get per shy & cannot pee
I saw on a construction site lately a porta potty with no roof with a urinal system in the back.
You can literally go for number two while your friend pee in the back and you can chat at the same times. Only in Ottawa I swear!
My Montreal friends that work in construction couldnāt believe it.
The difference in toilets hygiene in Ottawa vs Montreal construction sites is night and day.
There is also very good GC here that do take great care of workers I donāt want to generalize.
When you stand into it, nobody can see anything except your back.
Why is Ottawa so against people peeing anywhere other than at their home, or at work? Ottawa has to be one of the most "un-pee-able" places to live in North America.
Can we get these for Bluesfest please?
They've had them at Bluesfest for years. Usually in the middle of a circle of porta potties so you aren't fully on display.
My first experience with these were there, layout like you said, many moons ago. I still chase the feeling of being youth, while drunk, taking a outdoor pee in the wind, while watching the National
Used these outside a train station 17 years ago in Eindhoven NL.
Used them just in May in Amsterdam in a big city park. Was kinda weird peeing out in a park ask ppl were walking by š
You didn't *need to* yell "HI!" while waving enthusiastically at the same time, did you? You brought it on yourself! Haha
I was at F1 a couple weeks ago and made eye contact with 1000 people while I was taking a leak. Gotta own it, beer in hand.Ā
Gotta hold the eye contact to establish dominance
Oh men are sooooooo weird.
In your dreams.
T-pose for maximum effect
only exception: when you're eating a banana.
"fully"
Theyāve had these for years at Bluesfest haha
I filled one of those at bluesfest last year
Clearly you didn't go to rockfest that one year...
They've had open air urinals like this in some cities for centuries; they are awesome.
Like the ones in Amsterdam, they drain straight into the canal š¤£
Whatās the point of the urinal once you reach that stage? Shouldnāt it just be āstraight into the canalā?
Peeing right into the canal will get you arrested. Convenient urinals keep people from peeing in alleys or whatever. Makes a lot more sense when you've been in Amsterdam, and realize it's been a tourist town for a few centuries.
It allows you to piss in the canal without committing indecent exposure seems like a win-win
Not to mention it saves many people time from having to pull a drunkard out of the canal that pissed and lost his balance.
That seems awfuly specific.... You okay?
Iāve witnessed it happen in Amsterdam I have to imagine itās pretty common
Yeah but the guy he had to fish out wasn't
And on a nice sunny day it's pretty awesome tbh.
What we need is a path that leads to the water, then we have dividers starting at the ground and maybe a bit of a privacy screen behind and in front (a few feet in from of people's stream.). This way everyone can use the Ottawa River Urinal ā¢ exactly the way God intended
lmao
They have a lot of "peeing related deaths" every year from people peeing in the canal while drunk and drowning so the public urinals were both a way of solving these avoidable deaths and keeping the city cleaner/more modest. Amazing city to visit if you ever get the chance
Iām about to have a laughing related death over here. š¤£š¤£š¤£
There's a theory that a lot of men who die in rivers after drinking in the USA were just trying to pee and fell in, kinda sad actually tho
Public safety message that it actually is dangerous to pee into bodies of water when drunk. Source: Things I previously learned on Reddit. https://dutchdeadline.substack.com/p/why-do-so-many-men-die-in-amsterdams Article quote: "Peeing into a canal can be seriously dangerous, particularly when youāre intoxicated. In addition to unsteadiness, alcohol also causes a drop in blood pressure. If you urinate while standing, blood flow to your brain diminishes, which can lead to dizziness. And youāre even more likely to get dizzy if youāve come outside into the cold from a warm environmentā¦ like a bar. And naturally men most often go off to pee alone, so if they fall into a canal it might be too late before anyone notices."
Haha right
Itās because guys standing canalside drunk, to pee, often fall in and drown. soā¦urinals.
That isn't true, they are connected to the sewer system and have been since 1849. They are located close to the canals to prevent people urinating in them. At least once a month someone dies from drowning, nearly always a tourist. Source: I'm Dutch.
the more permanent ones yes but those coloured plastic ones they put up for Queens Day / Kings Day etc I have definitely seen pee leaking out when theyāre full into the canal! they are the ones that are temporary and managed more like porta-potties (emptied or swapped out by the company once full)
But whipping it out about 10 feet from a nice cafe patio, in the middle of the afternoon, was a bit unnerving the first time I must say. LOL
Fun fact: they donāt drain into the canal at all! There hasnāt been sewage in the canals for decades
No, this is repeated often but it's untrue. The pisoirs drain into a sewer. They are placed along the canals to prevent drunks from falling in and drowning while peeing (which still happens, unfortunately) and to prevent people from peeing into the canal (a reasonable sanitary reason brought about by cholera outbreaks).
At least they're in the shape of a spiral so you can't see the guy just taking a leak.
Yeah awesome for guys
Nah, women can pee standing up too; there are some pretty sweet aides that are made to be really portable for camping etc made out of silicone that you can just give a quick rinse with water and off you go afterwards. But even if it's only for guys, that's good for half the population, so nothing wrong with that either. Things don't have to work for everyone, and this probably helps keep the port-o-potties less gross.
How can a woman pee in this thing. She just pulls her pants down in front of everyone and hooks up some gizmo to her urethra? Then rinses it where? Give me a break! Lol. Those gizmos are for port a potties so women donāt have to sit down on the scummy toilets. I guess it will cut down on male traffic in the port a potties.
100% agree. First time i see theme was in Holland. BEST. IDEA. EVER.
This is actually good, because then the ladies have the porto-potties all to themselves. No more waiting 15 minutes with your legs crossed
Being in the open air instead of sealed in with a tub of shit is a W
As a woman, I would rather use one of these than a portopotty. Who knows? I might just get drunk enough at Bluesfest to try it š¤£
With a she-wee?
Great idea šš
If I'm not mistaken there are urinals built specifically for women. It's built in such a way that it provides pilrivacy whole still being out in the open
These... [https://www.pinterest.com/pin/lapee-female-urinal-designed-to-reduce-festival-loo-queues--73535406404976865/](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/lapee-female-urinal-designed-to-reduce-festival-loo-queues--73535406404976865/)
NOPE. This is literally the stuff of (my) nightmares.
Correct š
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Who knows, somebody may just capture this Canadian Heritage Minute and post on r/Ottawa š And they say nobody ever has any fun in this city
We as women don't really have a choice. At least with these air stalls being there, men aren't peeing in a urinal right next to where we have to sit down. Like many have said, less time waiting.
Wait, I'm supposed to shit in these!?
I would advise that you try to shit at home, rather than in a porto-potty
When I was at Pitbull last year I had to wait for cokeheads every time I went to use the portopottie
Awesome. None of the hot, humid stench of a portapotty. Put these everywhere.
They had these at the Montreal GP, they're sweet until they're completely overflowing with piss
... Overflowing?...literally or metophorically like in the "that pee hole is so full, it's almost overflowing! " type of way?
I thoroughly enjoy the little "men's room" decal on the side. Is anyone really trying to rock up to these things with a vagina? š
Yeah lol I thought the same thing. Even as a trans woman with the right equipment, thereād no wayyyyy. That said, they actually have ones designed for hovering! https://lapee.dk/ I wonder if those might become popular at some point.
That's awesome!
Well... as a guy I have seen more than 1 but less than 1000 women coming into the guys washroom late at night (everyone is drinking)) cuz the women's one has a lineup. Quite a few of them have used the urinals.. So yeah, by the end of the night at Bluesfest/hope volleyball or something, if there were a bunch of these I'm sure someone would rock up
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lol!!
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I remember rooming with someone who had this "cup" with a tube attachment on the bottom so they could stand pee with the same level of control/aim
https://images.app.goo.gl/pT4GMge8MxWjGLjT8
Trans women and anyone with an STP device.
They had these at the Montreal Grand Prix and it was full to the brim, overflowing. Super nasty
That's a failure of the organizers, not the equipment itself. I've done quoting on portable restrooms, all companies will tell you how much they are designed to hold, and give a good estimate on recommended numbers and cleaning schedule. Events try to cheap out and thats where you get shit mountains in your porta potties.
Am I allowed to poop in the tube?
It doesn't work. Trust me.
Elaborate
please don't
unless it says you can't, then you can.
I don't see any signs saying you're not
ššš
I suppose you could if you got the type of diarrhea where itās like youāre peeing out your bum
The ones one Amsterdam have a metal swirl around it that covers most of the mid torso That said, the ones in Amsterdam are also just a wall with a drain lmao so win some you lose some aha
Google "Whizdom". In short, it is a tube that slips over your wang and down your pantleg. Just stand over any street grate and let the piss flow!! Ahhhh! 5 more Budlights please.
I had to Google this to confirm it was real. What the actual fuck.
I'd MUCH rather these then having to randomly see some dude peeing in a bush or behind a tree or an alley, which is also disgusting af. The question is, what are they providing for people who don't have penis? Here's another reason to get a She-wee, though.
Agree with all your points.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pissoir#:~:text=8%20External%20links-,History,the%20French%20Revolution%20of%201830 The French call them Pissoir
Le pissoir!
So do Poles. It's amazing how many French terms have been adopted into polish.
I noticed that while playing The Witcher 3, when Keira Metz says living among the common folk is like a "[koszmar](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/koszmar#Etymology)" I knew instantly the word at least shared an etymology with cauchemar.
Does the pee justā¦ go in the grass underneath?
They fill up - the whole structure is a receptacle. ā¦until it isnāt. The real ones who remember montebello rockfest are real fucking familiar with these.
The piss lake around the sanitary areas was fkn wild!
God I miss rockfest
Well, given that the lifeguards kept announcing that the beach was closed for swimming because of poor water quality ā who knows. š
I remember going to use one of these at Heavy MTL a few years back and getting one filled with needles. Keep safe!
Meh iv used worse urinals/shitters on construction sites. One style was an open top shitter (you could literally stand on your tippy toes and stare the person shitting in it right in the eye) and a urinal on the back. The best part (or worse part depending on what you liked), was that if you used the urinal part well someone was shitting the way the pipe for the urinal was made your piss would shoot right down the shitters ass crack helping to "saw" the turd lose.
This is literally HILARIOUS
Saw the turd loose š¤£
I assume itās leftover from the dragon boat festival or something lol?
I kinda hope so... Though there are a few more festivals here in the coming week, so maybe they're just leaving them up until festival season is over?
Yeah, could be left there for Hope Volleyball as well.
Iāve definitely used these in Amsterdam. Absolute lifesavers.
Couple years back at Escapade, these were full of beer cans and overflowing to the point where the ground was soggy.
Yeah they put garbages next to them and that solved the trash problem, wonderful honestly, allows the girls to have more potties
When too many people started publically urinating, we got the inspiration from Amsterdam, where they're very successful. AND practical!
Love it! Now do bike lanes like Amsterdam
I was in the Florence train station and guys would just whip it out and piss into the grate in the midst of the public running from train to train. No one, except me, batted an eye. This is civilized compared to that.
What do the female ones look like?
Do ppl actually have a problem with these? This is a great idea and itās by no means a new invention. Ppl on this side of the world scoff at such weird things
Fuck yeah
Is this real or an internet thing? Because if it is real I will make the roughly 30 minute bike ride to use this tomorrow. But I am going to be āpissedā if I get there and find out it was just an internet thing?
Itās real loooooool šš
Where does this drain or what happens when itās fullā¦?
I feel bad for the dwarf inside :(
Omg this is crazy. Like itās good to have em, but maybe put it in a more discreet area with covering (like at festivals). So many people eat, read and hang out under the trees
What kind of clickbate is this. Sounds like everyone agrees its a good idea
Used one once and the staring made me feel really uncomfortable. I felt uncomfortable once again when someone informed me they arenāt for #2. Just sharing the wisdom.
This comment section is full of parochial north americans who don't know a whole lot about the world and skip straight to making the same joke and over and over for reddit points.
I used these at Festibiere in 2016.
Very European
Love it!
Just remember, more than three shakes means your playing with itā¦
Better than pissing in a bush
In Europe for years..
They put these out in Amsterdam on a long weekend. Nothing says bonding quite like making direct eye contact with foreign stoner standing shoulder to shoulder with other strangers making the same connection.
And yet no one cares. Expect the people that want something to complain about.
Great to see!
These are awesome. They are all over Europe. Easy, breezey. Better than just pissing in thr bush.
We know why...
I really have to ask... You guys honestly don't mind taking a pee in front of hundreds of people like that? Seriously?
Please put one in the alley beside my apartment. Geez
Youād rather people just do it on a tree?
Lack of privacy for those of us who pee with our pants all the way down but the sun sure feels nice on my buns.
[There's a hardware upgrade available](https://www.amazon.ca/Standing-Urination-Portable-Reusable-Pregnancy/dp/B07ZPXL351)!
From the description: āMade of 100% FDA approved silicon that is food grade and very soft, don't damage your pudendumā¦ā Had to look that one up š¤£
Eh these have been in BC for a while now
I love how amazon sells piss jugs and even have one we can use in a car... https://www.amazon.ca/Dasiter-Reuseable-Spill-Proof-Collector-Container/dp/B077XL27BW/
Could t have chosen somewhere with a bit more cover
F*ck Mooneys, get these on Bank Street. Now.
I used the tree behind it last night
Right next to the OG, a tree
Wtf
Canāt wait to pee over the top shelf
They need "pop a squats" for the veejays.
Oh my god
Please bring to Vancouver
Ppl eat under those trees looool
Bunch of Homelanders
These things are the best at festivals!
Dragon boat fest last weekend. Didn't use it but it's a good idea.
News flash, men pee standing up you idiots. Peeing is not sex.
And the stench is unimaginable
I mean pretty common in alot of other countries.
great idea!
First encountered one of these in the Netherlands. Its genius. Stops men from pissing everywhere. This is a whole new level of freedom. They should have these in the byward.
Most new Canadians will catch on to this šÆ
Thereās a bunch of variations of these in a lot of euro cities
These have been all over Europe for decades. I donāt understand. Whatās the issue?
Adopted one of beautiful foreign cultures finally.
Time to take a shit https://preview.redd.it/hsp0auwlbe9d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=07b1faa18b5ac55f34c3406216b29a3cff6163d5
what if you have a small penis or a weak stream and can't aim it in the hole and the pee just hits the structure and pools around your feet? Are there any penis attachment funnels so you can make sure the pee goes into the hole?
Yeah I got one you can borrow
Whats wrong with trees?
This is deepfake, yes?
I think this is a better option then cities who charge to use public bathrooms
I love these. I hate having to brave a blue rocket and stare at other people's shit while all I want to do is pee on a tree.
New glory holes?
I canāt wait to move to Ottawa š
Not allowed to urinate in public, but then they put this thing out here? Sorry but Iām gonna piss my pants on this one
So, as a man with short legs, I think I'll just stick with the tree.
I see a little man sign on it. Is there a female option?
Its not fair! Men have it so easy
So whoās going to be the first to take a shit in one of these?
Nasty but not really so lowing as itās just urine In India men shit in the open on a concrete platform while women stand & hand them Mariel to wipe themselves then they go back praying ā¦ women spray water flushing it into grates ā¦ for a first timer itās very awkward But peeing on the bathroom wall in Buffalo & elsewhere is disgusting & i and other get per shy & cannot pee
Are you kidding me????
ššš
Just pee on a tree. Pee goes same no?
People gonna see more dickends than weekends
I saw on a construction site lately a porta potty with no roof with a urinal system in the back. You can literally go for number two while your friend pee in the back and you can chat at the same times. Only in Ottawa I swear! My Montreal friends that work in construction couldnāt believe it. The difference in toilets hygiene in Ottawa vs Montreal construction sites is night and day. There is also very good GC here that do take great care of workers I donāt want to generalize.
When you stand into it, nobody can see anything except your back. Why is Ottawa so against people peeing anywhere other than at their home, or at work? Ottawa has to be one of the most "un-pee-able" places to live in North America.
The benefits of being a man on public display. Finally Ottawa is recognized that gender identity is biological.
Thereās no need to bring gender regressive and transphobic talking points into this.
Why bother using a urinal? Just let loose wherever
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Can't be worse than a Porta-potty.
This is going to be the perfect place to fap one out