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Have you considered seeing a psychologist? Not being able to control your effusions is the sign of a significant problem.

You and OP appear to agree there is a significant problem, you just disagree where the "blame" lies.

OP suggests the built environment is insufficient. You baselessly assume OP must have a serious medical issue as, apparently, you can't imagine that the built environment is really the appropriate villain to finger in this case.

Before anyone jumps up to accuse me of nefarious intent and of being secretly on the side of "America's built environment could stand to be improved" I'll just openly admit that's exactly where I stand and save you a bit of furious typing.

one instance of shitting in the street is hardly a sign of a “significant problem” calm down hoss

Whether the GP has a medical issue or not, people with bowel-control problems still deserve to be able to travel the city. There just need to be restrooms available for them. There's no simple cure, so their doctor won't be able to solve that problem for them.

I didn’t make any statements about any of that, he said he shat in the street uncontrollably. That’s a medical issue.

Presumably "since I could find a restroom" was a typo, and they meant the reason it happened was that they [couldn't] find a restroom.

Nothing should result in a healthy person being unable to control their bowels to the point of shitting in the streets.

Says your uninformed medical opinion.

Lmao yes, my uninformed medical opinion does say that.

I don't know if being proud of having ignorance regarding healthcare is a good thing.

Does not bode well for your future.

Do you also think doctors are a scam?

I’m not a doctor, but you should see one if you’re shitting in the street.

Your opinions have been voted down so many times this thread is filled with your dead comments and not a single person has vouched for you other than me. I can no longer vouch for you.

Also youre flame baiting which is a clear violation of HN policy. @dang

You probably need to take a class on improving your poor reasoning skills and as another poster said: seek mental health care.

I disagree with this. This could’ve been caused by taking a morning coffee and having a long commute.

Exactly. You can get a venti coffee at Starbucks and get a refill for 52 cents and if you're not from San Francisco, you don't realize how brutal the public toilet situation is until its too late.

[sharing too much mode: on]

Coffee almost always makes me "move my bowels" pretty fast. I solve this by making sure I never have coffee unless a restroom is available.

A corollary to this is that long flights are a nightmare to me. I mostly avoid having in-flight meals, if I can.

Not sure about the corollary as long flights always have restrooms and the time to use them. But maybe you are just uncomfortable on airplane toilets which is fine.

Oh, I've used them. It's uncomfortable, plus there's usually a long line both before and after you... Not the best if you're in a hurry.

Literally been to hundreds of cities all over the world and have always been able to find a public restroom until San Francisco!

Although I would imagine New York City might be the same, never been there.

30% of us has this laxative effect.

I think it's a very healthy effect to be honest.

It cleanses our digestive system.

Ugh, that sucks. You have my sincere sympathy!

I just drank a huge amount of Starbucks.

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