The history of love, shit, and the lizard also waits to be written--Laporte. English prof. I mostly tweet about poop, anagrams, style and usage, & politics.
Nov 17, 2020 • 12 tweets • 7 min read
Do we “Gotta Keep the Devil Way Down in the Hole,” as Tom Waits sings?
Most westerners assume our system of using 1.6 gallons of drinking water to flush our shit and piss is the the best & most natural system of waste removal. Is it, though? #Discard2020@DiscardStudies 1/10
1850s U.S. had a choice regarding dry or wet toilets. And that choice still governs the way we shit today and—more importantly perhaps—the way we think about our shit. Oddly enough, Christianity played a significant role in choosing wet toilets. #Discard2020 2/10
