Give a Sh*t for Science!

December 5, 2019 12:20 PM

If you don't need a reason to send photos of your poop to strangers, skip the article and go to seed.com/poop on your phone to upload a photo of your best bathroom work - for Science!
posted by figment of my conation (17 comments total)

You have to check a box that you believe climate change is real to submit a photo. :)
posted by figment of my conation at 12:21 PM on December 5, 2019 [2 favorites]

I have no idea how these people got their poop wedged into their scanner, or why.
posted by Beardman at 12:24 PM on December 5, 2019 [7 favorites]

stool for posterity

Add an s to the first noun and you officially have the best band name.
posted by Dumsnill at 12:39 PM on December 5, 2019

Haha joke's on them I already keep a daily... log of what my poop looks like based on the Bristol scale.

Don't get IBD, people.
posted by Automocar at 12:42 PM on December 5, 2019 [6 favorites]

go to seed.com/poop on your phone

I read this as two directives. Go to seed.com and poop on your phone.
posted by ejs at 12:49 PM on December 5, 2019 [22 favorites]

I'll contribute, and generally support the cause, but I am also in A Mood right now and will comment that this is another private venture that relies on the public doing the heavy lifting*, much like Amazon and Yelp rely on volunteer reviewers for their private profit.

*Or dropping, as it were.
posted by AlSweigart at 1:03 PM on December 5, 2019 [3 favorites]

The world’s first poop database? RateMyPoo.com would like a word with you.
posted by Leviathant at 1:12 PM on December 5, 2019 [2 favorites]

Something about this stinks.
posted by gwint at 1:35 PM on December 5, 2019

I guess the Bristol stool scale is too old school.
posted by exogenous at 1:42 PM on December 5, 2019

Is this something you'd need a German toilet to understand?
posted by scruss at 1:53 PM on December 5, 2019 [6 favorites]

Haha joke's on them I already keep a daily... log of what my poop looks like based on the Bristol scale.

I thought I was the only one.
posted by me & my monkey at 2:01 PM on December 5, 2019 [1 favorite]

I'm surprised to discover that the Bristol Stool Scale, a simple diagnostic tool requiring no technology, was developed in 1997, not 1897 or 1797.
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 4:30 PM on December 5, 2019 [3 favorites]

I was at a talk about community internet stuff, and a young angry activist asked a lot of questions, very good but after we rode the elevator and they were amazed that mood or feelings could be measured. My example was how relatively recently (historically speaking) temperature was not measurable. Wish I'd known about this scale... well I'd still have used temp as an example.

(had a more topical comment but nooo, just can't)
posted by sammyo at 6:53 PM on December 5, 2019

Oh I wish I'd known about this a week ago. That movement made a splash bigger than Beethoven's fifth. Srsly, I was sitting higher when I was done. The lid barely closed. I think it had a head.
posted by sexyrobot at 8:16 PM on December 5, 2019 [1 favorite]

*checks page*

Huh. I coulda swore this was gonna be an app to meet line cooks.
posted by hototogisu at 10:12 PM on December 5, 2019

Poop Month is December now?
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 12:25 AM on December 6, 2019 [2 favorites]

> You’ll be prompted to enter your email address and whether you’re on a morning, afternoon, or evening poop schedule.

I do not understand the question.
posted by lucidium at 8:11 AM on December 7, 2019