I used sink plungers in toilets pretty much my whole life until i scrolled across a similar diagram one day and discovered the truth.

  • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    yeah I have a disposal that will eat bones. never clogged the sink.

    Was the og design for shitters or sinks?

    Never had splash issues, I generally plunge pretty cautiously.

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      3 months ago

      og was for drains in general at the time it was invented in the late 1700s, we didn’t even have flush toilets or anything more than cesspools, so there was no need to unclog blockages in household toilets.

      The first one was wielded more like a hammer, so it really was just to knock shit loose from whatever hole it was in, apparently.

      I definitely felt the same way about toilet plungers as you do until I used one.

      until I… took the plunge?