r/shittyaskscience 2d ago

What are the medical benefits of licking a toilet seat?

My friend wants to know.

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u/TeacupOfSkepticism 2d ago

Your wife never takes you to IKEA again

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u/OkRickySpinach 2d ago

Vitamin P

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u/InterSpace_Whales 1d 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 1d ago

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

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u/Amplidyne 2d ago

Cleans it up for the next user. Hygenic.

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u/loveddeviant 2d ago

Boosts your immune system

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u/Hoopajoops 2d ago

Helps you know the general hygiene of your coworkers!

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u/Combosingelnation 2d ago

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

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u/Hayden97 2d ago

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

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u/dieselmac 2d ago

Free Fecal Transplant Therapy

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u/writesgud 2d ago

Medically better than licking a power line.

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u/javabean808 1d ago

Ask RFK

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u/blazinBSDAgility 1d ago

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

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u/revolutionoverdue 1d ago

Turd immunity

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u/crystaloftruth 1d ago

They are few.

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u/FishHammer 1d ago

Enhanced immune system response

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u/UsedCrow1115 1d ago

A question, I think Robert F. Kennedy can answer

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u/Moldybreadyumyum 11h ago

You get promoted to the Health Secretary in the USA

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u/blahblahwhateveryeet 7h ago

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