Genius Or Crazy: The Toilet Seat Scale
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2:15PM, Wednesday January 7th 2009
Too lazy to go to the bathroom and weight yourself? Soon you may be able to do both at the same time! Designer Haikun Deng designed this toilet seat with a built-in digital scale, so, basically, you’ll be able to see how much weight you lose each time you relieve yourself. It’s only a concept at this point, because, well, it would be kind of gross to be able to see how much your waste weighs, but it could be very useful for lazy people who are trying to watch what they eat. However, the seat/scale might be a little too useful for people with eating disorders—completely thwarting the “Bulemia is curable” toilet seat ad campaign. [Gizmodo]
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Arty
wrote on January 7 2009 @ 02:28 pm: [report]
It might be nice for people whose apartments are way too small to put a scale any other place!
Lynn
wrote on January 7 2009 @ 04:03 pm: [report]
I don’t own a scale. Maybe if it was in a place I will end up being anyway I would use it and keep a bit better track of my weight…but I could not overcome the creepy factor of knowing how much my waste weighs.
Alison Wonderland
wrote on January 7 2009 @ 05:35 pm: [report]
I thought experts were encouraging us not to keep our scales out because it could lead to an obsession with weight?
msu.umich
wrote on January 7 2009 @ 06:04 pm: [report]
I’m having a conceptual problem here - how would you find your exact weight since (I’m guessing) your feet would be on the floor? Wouldn’t that throw things off a bit? If I have to do a yogic toes-up-arms-out balancing act on that thing it makes it even less appealing!
Chelle
wrote on January 8 2009 @ 08:46 am: [report]
Msu.umich is right. There’s no way your weight would be accurate on that thing. The only thing you could do is see how much your waste weighs. You can do that with a regular scale without paying extra money by weighing yourself before and after. The only person I know who does this though is my boyfriend. He thinks it’s hilarious. I don’t see this thing selling very well.