bogus comments on Celebrate Trivial Impetuses - Less Wrong

36 Post author: Alicorn 24 July 2009 10:36PM

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Comment author: bogus 25 July 2009 10:37:34AM *  0 points [-]

Lastly, in an airport where men were missing the urinals and peeing to the ground, an image of a fly on the urinal substantially decreased this utterly utterly unhygienic and terrible behavior.

In fact, this is readily explained by perceptual control theory! In a urinal without a reference target it is more difficult to aim near the center of the urinal bowl, so the probability that urine will be deflected outside the urinal increases.

Comment author: Alicorn 28 July 2009 04:31:42AM 3 points [-]

I am of course not a urinal expert, but don't they have... drains? That you could aim at?

Comment author: RichardKennaway 28 July 2009 11:08:24AM 1 point [-]

They do. And besides, standing up close I can't see how anyone could miss at all, unless they were too drunk to be allowed onto a flight. Now, pub toilets --- but I shall tastefully say no more.

Comment author: wedrifid 28 July 2009 03:11:24AM -2 points [-]

hah!