• Dave.@aussie.zone
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    20 hours ago

    Australian here.

    Step 1: design your damn toilets so they do not clog.

    Step 2: there is no step 2.

    Seriously, half a century of toilet use here in Aus and I’ve never caused - or discovered even - a blocked toilet at home.

    Clearly the fact that I can buy a toilet plunger from the local hardware store indicates that this can happen here. But it seems that every American household has a toilet plunger and poop knife on standby and many articles are devoted to what clogs, and how to unclog, American toilets.

    There are better designs for both toilets and plumbing out there guys, maybe you should look into using them.

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      5 hours ago

      It’s not the toilets that clog, it’s the pipes beyond. Thick toilet paper and tampons and tree roots breaking into pipes…etc are the culprits.

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      18 hours ago

      Dude we put a pack of (not) flushable wipes and a dozen tampons down the drain, and all our shops have free public toilets

      Good luck…

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      19 hours ago

      You’ve got it all wrong. We’ve got the exact same toilets! They just struggle with the compressed remains of my three brunch big macs…

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      19 hours ago

      I completely agree that the us should design their plumbing better, but we do typically throw more flushable golfballs down the toilet than you.