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11 Post author: CellBioGuy 12 March 2014 01:51PM

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Comment author: Lumifer 12 March 2014 08:43:02PM *  7 points [-]

is quite safe if done properly

That's the thing -- it's basically an issue of idiot-proofing. Many things are "safe if done properly" and still are not a good idea because people in general are pretty bad at doing things properly.

Flush toilets are idiot-proof to a remarkable degree. Composting human manure, I have my doubts.

Comment author: [deleted] 16 March 2014 03:17:55AM 1 point [-]

Flush toilets are idiot-proof to a remarkable degree.

Almost all of them are, but I've seen a couple of them which are very easy to accidentally flush improperly in such a way that water will keep on running until someone notices and fixes it.