RichardKennaway comments on Celebrate Trivial Impetuses - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 25 July 2009 08:44:54PM *  4 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.

The fly gives us the pleasure of aiming at something. I've also seen a bee, which is not a symbol of dirt. It works just as well.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 27 July 2009 04:40:56PM 3 points [-]

I don't believe men ever miss the urinals. If just one man did this, the entire floor would be covered in piss. You merely see the accumulation of a lot of splashbacks.

Comment author: eirenicon 28 July 2009 03:08:18PM 3 points [-]

Yes - the reason the fly image worked was because it was placed in a particular location on the urinal surface that deflected the least amount of urine.