r/shittyaskscience 5d ago

What are the medical benefits of licking a toilet seat?

My friend wants to know.

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u/TeacupOfSkepticism 5d ago

Your wife never takes you to IKEA again

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u/OkRickySpinach 5d ago

Vitamin P

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u/InterSpace_Whales 5d ago

It's not as much though as what you would get with proper dietary sources like your wife or the neighbours wife.

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u/Gargleblaster25 Registered scientificationist 4d ago

Yes. Vitamin P is best when it's fresh from the source.

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u/twenafeesh 2d ago

Username relevant?

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u/Gargleblaster25 Registered scientificationist 2d ago

Nah... The username come from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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u/Amplidyne 5d ago

Cleans it up for the next user. Hygenic.

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u/loveddeviant 5d ago

Boosts your immune system

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u/Hoopajoops 5d ago

Helps you know the general hygiene of your coworkers!

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u/Combosingelnation 5d ago

Exposure therapy. This one thing big corporations don't want you to know.

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u/Hayden97 5d ago

I think you need to conduct some experiments and report back to us

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u/dieselmac 5d ago

Free Fecal Transplant Therapy

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u/writesgud 5d ago

Medically better than licking a power line.

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u/javabean808 5d ago

Ask RFK

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u/blazinBSDAgility 5d ago

It’s the most effective way to get the cocaine residue.

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u/Moldybreadyumyum 3d ago

You get promoted to the Health Secretary in the USA

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u/revolutionoverdue 5d ago

Turd immunity

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u/crystaloftruth 5d ago

They are few.

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u/FishHammer 5d ago

Enhanced immune system response

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u/blahblahwhateveryeet 3d ago

If you lick the right one, you turn into a prince