Even though this video-maker uses ASL the video needs no (or little) translation

[capri0mni]

The Nerdiest bathrooms:

(What ASL I understand -- NB: or misunderstand): Guy is talking about how he likes to go traveling, and when he finds pictures of the nerdiest bathrooms, he collects pictures of them. He's got 8, and then he found a funny video the other day, and thought it would be cool to put everything into one video and share it -- in between the pictures and the video, he pauses to explain that it's about action video games that work through peeing into a urinal, and that's it's got English speaking) Anyway, knowing the taste of my circles, I figured this would inspire at least one Bwa-ha-ha:

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

Bwa-ha-ha.

I liked the Star Wars shower, myself.

I found the presenters' rocking back and forth made his sign a tad difficult to read.

Wonder if the chemistry bathroom was in Oliver Sacks' apt? He adores the periodic table, and had hundreds of them scattered about.

[capri0mni]

Huh. I didn't notice his rocking back and forth, as such, but I did find the lighting wasn't ideal.

What I wanted to know was: was the TARDIS bathroom bigger on the inside (now that would be handy for a wheelchair user, as would a door that closes with a snap of the fingers)?

Also, his question at the end, about no women's gaming bathrooms? I wish! At least that would be interesting... All we get stuck with is twee pink walls and silk flowers (public bathroom designers being loathe to offend).

Of all the bathrooms, the chem lab one looked the most practical: since you have to store a whole variety of liquids and powders in there, anyway (and the chalkboard on the wall was a nice touch).

[pedanther]

I've actually seen public bathrooms that have chalkboards in them - apparently studies have shown that giving people a bit of wall they're *allowed* to scrawl on reduces them amount of scrawling that happens on the rest of the walls. You have to make sure the chalk never runs out, though, or the benefit is lost.

[capri0mni]

That's a really good idea -- for one thing, there's often a lot of humor in bathroom scrawls, and with a chalkboard, it's easier to police, too -- erasing comments that are bigoted or betray private information.

My favorite bit of scrawl I saw in a toilet stall (iirc) was: "Black holes Suck!" (yeah, I went to a high school where geeks were in the majority)