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Somebody once said that to understand society at a given point in time, look at their restrooms.

That somebody was me. I don’t know if it is true because I just made that up, but it can certainly feel like the decor and functionality of restrooms, both public and private, say a lot about us and the times we are living in – even if the restroom itself is stuck in time. Do you prefer them looking sterile and harsh? Cozy and kitschy? Luxurious to a fault? Basic and no-frills? High-tech? Perhaps you prefer them done with decor that makes no sense, executed with reckless abandon for any and all design rules as though a monkey on amphetamines went through a curbside dumpster and thought, “yes, this will be perfect!”

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Night Owl
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6 years ago

I'd spend too much time in there

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    Hazel Beswick
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    6 years ago

    This should be above the urinals... ohhhh the judgement!

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    MagicalUnicorn
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    6 years ago

    i'd get dizzy just sitting on the toiled

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    MagicalUnicorn
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    6 years ago

    what if somebody tried to aim at target?

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    Donna Reynolds
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    6 years ago

    And I thought the last one was creepy.

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    Reagan James
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    6 years ago

    My brain is kind of aching right now.

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    Bean59
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    6 years ago

    GLADYS, WHERE DID YOU PUT THE CHAINSAW?

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    charlotte berger
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    6 years ago

    Does anyone else see a bunch of d***s?!?

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    MissDemeanour
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    6 years ago

    Ooooh, the non binary kids will get mad.

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    Seabeast
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    6 years ago

    A Rocky Horror Picture Show wallpaper!

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    Gina Booths
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    6 years ago

    It's so weird to see a neon light of the Chinese character 'porridge' in a bathroom, and the character is not even positioned correctly..

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    LaDonna Hulcy
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    6 years ago

    I Love this one!

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    Amy Smith
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    6 years ago

    This looks like the ladies in the old Montague Arms in New Cross

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    Erika Jones
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    6 years ago

    I feel like I'm being watched.

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    UnicornHuman
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    6 years ago

    what if someone was blind and they had to feel up the busts ...

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    Bean59
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    6 years ago

    Who threw up in the sink

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    Water Bottle
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    6 years ago

    Bathroom?

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    Annemarie Mattheyse
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    6 years ago

    I love the black-and-white/teal combination. It's very calming, somehow.

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    Rebekah
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    6 years ago

    I love me a good mountain of hot dogs.

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    Reagan James
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    6 years ago

    I like it!

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    glowworm2
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    6 years ago

    Is this a bathroom for clowns?

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    Bean59
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    6 years ago

    WOMEN

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    Molly Porter
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    6 years ago

    This one looks normal

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    Night Owl
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    6 years ago

    Not too bad

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    Let’s All Just Try And Be Decent
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    6 years ago

    Kind of obviously a dressing room for actors to get ready for theatre shows.... not a bathroom. I'm

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    Kathy Smith
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    6 years ago

    Looks like an old elevator.

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    Night Owl
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    6 years ago

    The (probably plastic) flowers are a nice touch

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    Molly Porter
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    6 years ago

    The wood is so pretty on this one

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    BusLady
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    6 years ago

    I have those same curtains.

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    EllieGirl
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    6 years ago

    the sign

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    bananapower_2.0
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    6 years ago

    how do you use that ?

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    Ashley Nell
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    6 years ago

    Reminds me of either a wedding or a funeral.

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    Bob Beltcher
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    6 years ago

    Making drywall damage fun

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    Vex Boxx
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    6 years ago

    I dunno, I'm a little uncomfortable with a picture of a dude who killed his girlfriend hanging up like "yeah, this is what cool looks like." No, not it does not.

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    Kathy Smith
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    6 years ago

    Prison?

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    Zoe's Mom
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    6 years ago

    Not an ugly bathroom; it needs some cleaning; maybe storage but it's nice as is.

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    Kathy Smith
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    6 years ago

    I love that old sink.

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    Naomi
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    6 years ago

    Eh... it's okay....

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    CR82
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    6 years ago

    eww

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    Annette Christopherson
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    6 years ago

    Seeing double.

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    Bean59
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    6 years ago

    looks like rey's lightsaber

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    John Montgomery
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    6 years ago

    Who knew you could have something like an outhouse or portapotty indoors.

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    Donna Reynolds
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    6 years ago

    Grandma says “Did you wash your hands”?

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    Ashley Nell
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    6 years ago

    The lower mirror is probably for short people.

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    E Menendez
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    6 years ago

    That's a lot of soap for one sink.

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    Bean59
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    6 years ago

    let me just throw mysel off a cliff...

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    Zoe's Mom
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    6 years ago

    At least it's clean.

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    Ashley Nell
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    6 years ago

    Looks like a waiting area to me.

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    Naomi
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    6 years ago

    Ehh.. ehh...

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    What's In Your Head?
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    6 years ago

    Are those old drops of blood? o___O

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    Naomi
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    6 years ago

    It just looks dirty.