• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I take a perverse delight in knowing that gold is actually a shitty material for a toilet.

    Because gold is relatively dense, and has a remarkably high thermal conductivity… well, this is why rings usually always feel cool to the touch even when you’ve been wearing them for a while. Does anybody like sitting on a cold toilet? cuz that toilet is never not going to be cold.

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        8 months ago

        I prefer cool, but warms up nicely. Which is what most toilets do.

        Gold would feel colder than porcelain would, and would never warm up.

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            8 months ago

            Not a good idea, not at all.

            The reason it feels colder than pocelain does at the same temperature is that it conducts a lot more heat away than porcelain does.

            On the other hand, if the shitcan were to be warmer, it conducts heat a lot more efficiently into your ass.

            In short, they’re liable to burn themselves. Which, that thought totally amuses me.

            (They have it coming.)

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              8 months ago

              Still thinking like a poor. The heated seat option is a literal human who sits on your golden toilet to keep it perfectly warm for you at all times.

              As if someone with a gold toilet would put up with a cold seat because of a power outage.