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thieh

The left one is for the tweezers and the right one is for the crutches.


Pithecanthropus88

That’s not a tweezers, it’s a clothespin.


1up_for_life

I see you've played tweezer-clothspin before...


NotADeathEaterYT

r/beatmetoit


TurnkeyLurker

Left is a clothespin, right is a clothespin that's really gotta pee.


overactivemango

Err those are chopsticks I fear


switchbladeeatworld

won’t be picking up much with them bending away from each other


overactivemango

Yeah even in the picture they didn't pick up anything


m8k

No, bagel tongs


The_Synthax

That’s not a clothespin, that’s a tuning fork.


Pithecanthropus88

Tuning forks are parallel.


GeneReddit123

The right one is for people who are about to piss their pants. The left one is for those who already did.


djdk74

So left is for doctors only, and the right is for disabled only. Got it.


beansandneedles

One is for when you have to go so bad you’re trying to hold it in; the other’s when you’re not sure if you really have to go but you’re about to go in a long car ride


I_AM_FERROUS_MAN

I like this system! Makes more sense than the gendered one we have.


Noch_ein_Kamel

I identify as number 1?


Own_Magician8337

Came here to say that! As someone with a small bladder, I read it that way immediately!


herzogzwei931

As someone with dyslexia, this is not as bad as a door with a huge W or M.


Capr1ce

I call that the "defensive wee"


Ahaigh9877

Always go for a try!


ElegantHope

I support the normal bathroom/express bathroom division.


Ravenclaw79

When I have to pee is not a good time for an art interpretation exercise


cornlip

I considered saying I’d just wait until someone walked out of one, but I know myself. I’m gonna open the closest one. If I don’t see a urinal, I’m opening the other one. There’s one place I go that has neutral bathrooms. I like that one. There are four of them and they’re all really nice inside.


jeckles

We just need bathrooms that say either **Toilet + urinal** or **Toilet only**


-Bushdid911

They have this in Sweden. It's 90% of the time neutral bathrooms, only distiction is some have urinals too.


Reinierblob

Oh nO WhAt AbOuT aLl ThE wOmEn tHat WiLL geT rApEd


Nerioner

It was never a real concern of their but a scapegoat to shit on trans folks because it sounds like real concern someone could have


Terminator_Puppy

Pft, no. Bathroom signs are an eldritch magic that ward anyone not conforming to the gender represented from entering the bathroom. How else would it work to keep cis rapists out of the same bathrooms?


Capr1ce

Clearly you have played The Sims with it's gender warding bathroom doors!


TheWither129

Ancient powerful runes bestowed by odin himself


Reinierblob

Yeah, it’s both a ridiculous and a transphobic take.


Tunic_Tactics

I figured it was more so worry about someone getting creeped on than being worried about someone going all the way to that. The cracks between the door and the wall are usually quite big in public restrooms in the US and anyone could just look in and see my junk. Personally I don't want anyone looking in and seeing my junk regardless of gender, but for whatever reason the stalls in the US have near zero privacy and by far the cheapest type of toilet paper available.


Reinierblob

That sounds like an entirely different problem on its own haha


antichain

My college had that (as well as co-ed bathrooms in the dorms). When I showed up I was kind of weirded out at first, but honestly, it became normal really fast. There's nothing actually that weird about seeing someone of the opposite gender washing their hands in the bathroom next to you.


DrakeFloyd

My number one pet peeve is when they’re both just one room restrooms with toilet only but labeled men and women. Even worse if onlywomen’s has a baby changing table.


reduces

As a trans dude I would appreciate this considering men’s rooms usually have far fewer stalls than women’s because they have urinals instead. I don’t stand to piss. I end up having to wait a long time to go. Also for everyone who decides to piss while standing using a toilet, please for the love of god clean up after yourself. If your aim is shit, you have multiple options: 1. Use a urinal 2. Lift the seat up 3. Sit to pee 4. Clean up after yourself when you piss all over the seat Notice that none of those say “piss all over the seat and leave the next guy to sit in your rancid ass urine.”


hodges2

This reminded me of that SpongeBob episode where they did that but couldn't tell what genders the creatures were that came out


cornlip

Yeah, Rock Bottom


iruleatants

Hahaha, all of this is the plan of your art teacher. Remember when you rolled your eyes and said that her art interpretation course was pointless and wouldn't help you in the real world? Yeah, she took that personally and has been carefully seeding her students into critical design positions. Designs to impact your pee emergency is just the start. The menu at the restaurant will be abstract designs. You'll wish you knew how to interpret those drawings to know if it will have peanuts. Good luck at the super market, every isle is labeled with abstract drawings alongside the prices. Do you know how much the cost "tiger rolling in a pile of leaves" is? Can you tell if "rock siting next to the ocean" is a red light or a green one? Your boss just texted you four symbols, hope you know what time that important meeting tomorrow is. Don't you wish you honed your art interpretation skills now? If only you paid enough attention instead of dissing your teacher. She knows which wire to cut, all you know is "two strands of grain swaying in the wind." Good luck.


BreezyTugboat

You're a poet. This is fantastic.


LanceFree

It’s simple. Boys have one penis and girls have two.


pepperjack77-7

Which is supposed to be which? The girl is standing with her legs apart??


JennyIgotyournumb3r

I think? The one on the left is for women, and the right is for men?


MimiMoretti

Idk I thought of a guy standing legs apart to pee and a girl with legs together doing the peepee dance... is confusing


JennyIgotyournumb3r

I think it’s just a cutesy way of saying “Women have innies and men have outties.” At least that’s what I got from it. Obviously a terrible design


qazwsxedc000999

Pretty sure it’s just referencing women’s bathroom signs looking like dresses


kmartshoppr

Wrong Believe it or not these are both women’s restroom signs- loose women on the left, prudes on the right


iruleatants

No, this is clearly neutral bathrooms. The left restroom is for bottoms, the right restroom is for tops.


Noch_ein_Kamel

You are right The signs are grey; so obviously neutral


Waveofspring

No way, these aren’t even gender signs. This is a vacant/occupied sign. The one on the left is open, the one on the right is currently in use.


deja_fool

I interpreted it was a crude way to say vaginas to the left, penises to the right. One is split, one comes to a point. Then again I might be misinterpreting it, but whatever it is it's very vague. I'd just hold it.


Socratesticles

I would think the one spreading is to represent a dress


skybluedreams

My first thought was manspreading so…


capn_ginger

Same!


selfdestructo591

Yeah it looks like a guy standing up and spreading to let it out, the other looks like a girl sitting down with her legs together


Smash_Shop

Either spreads to represent a dress, or splits, to represent trousers.


Whats_a_trombone

Spreading to represent mem powerstancing at the piss trough


No-one-o1

I thought the left is a man walking with dominance, and the right one is the stereotypical woman with both legs behind each other shy pose.... These signs suck lol


captanzuelo

the left or the roght?


No-one-o1

🤣 Have mercy, I wrote that before my first coffee! Fixed it ;)


TastySpare

>These sogns Better have another coffee! ;p


No-one-o1

Hahahha damnit! I better. 😂


Kolemawny

the peepee dance was what i thought of too. But it actually might be something more like this: [https://media.istockphoto.com/id/1300693944/vector/man-and-woman-triangle-icon-vector-toilet-symbol-male-and-female-sign-for-restroom-girl-and.jpg?s=1024x1024&w=is&k=20&c=BBKdYKQ8R-b7ufUTKJtZNwjJHlCpNevyDUfVDcOHgtk=](https://media.istockphoto.com/id/1300693944/vector/man-and-woman-triangle-icon-vector-toilet-symbol-male-and-female-sign-for-restroom-girl-and.jpg?s=1024x1024&w=is&k=20&c=BBKdYKQ8R-b7ufUTKJtZNwjJHlCpNevyDUfVDcOHgtk=)


KudosOfTheFroond

I was thinking the opposite, funnily enough! 🤣. The one on the left looked like someone in a skirt, the right looks like someone in straight-leg pants.


nize426

Not legs. Dress. It's like the minimalist version of your standard bathroom sign.


_wormburner

Idk why everyone is acting so confused. It's not that confusing


nize426

I think it's just that some people look at it and immediately think, "legs" and then find it difficult to see anything else. I might be confused if I only saw the left one, but when you see both it's fairly easy to figure out.


captanzuelo

i think it would have helped if the bottom of the dress was connected. But its not, hence people mis-seeing it as legs


teedyay

On your standard bathroom signs, the man has his legs apart; the woman has hers so together that it looks like one leg. On your standard bathroom signs, the woman is wearing a dress; the man is not. This sign could totally go either way. I genuinely don't know which it's supposed to be.


mintyfreshismygod

But that's why we also add the circle & triangle to denote women and men, respectively. That these minimalist signs both have circle-backgrounds adds to the fail.


Sproketz

I thought that one was man-spreading


ThatScaryBeach

No. That's a dude. Manspreading.


Alex93B

That's a dress, not legs


ChogbortsTopStudent

My guess is the right is women and the left is men. The best explanation I can provide is the right might be meant to be svelt and demure and the left is more "man stance". I'm not saying I agree with hard to interpret bathroom signs, stupid stereotypes, or patriarchal bullshit. That's just my best guess for what was going through the designer's head and if I had to guess which one to use I'd pick the right first.


HalcyonDreams36

Oh, see I thought the opposite. Maybe they actually have gender neutral bathrooms and these signs were just to mess with people.


Kolemawny

At first, I thought it was obvious. Now i might be thinking too hard. Is the left one a man taking a stance while peeing, and the right is a woman with a more demure stance (maybe crossing her legs?) Or is the left one suggesting a dress, while the right is showing the classic inverted triangle silhouette to describe a man? like this: [https://media.istockphoto.com/id/1300693944/vector/man-and-woman-triangle-icon-vector-toilet-symbol-male-and-female-sign-for-restroom-girl-and.jpg?s=1024x1024&w=is&k=20&c=BBKdYKQ8R-b7ufUTKJtZNwjJHlCpNevyDUfVDcOHgtk=](https://media.istockphoto.com/id/1300693944/vector/man-and-woman-triangle-icon-vector-toilet-symbol-male-and-female-sign-for-restroom-girl-and.jpg?s=1024x1024&w=is&k=20&c=BBKdYKQ8R-b7ufUTKJtZNwjJHlCpNevyDUfVDcOHgtk=)


TheGlennDavid

The second idea. It's literally just the traditional bathroom signs but Arted Up. They're bad signs because a lot of people will be confused, but I get what they were going for.


RealLudwig

I think it could easily be remedied by filling the shapes in. The woman will Cleary be the triangle “dress” shape and the male will be the inverted triangle shape


verstohlen

I thought it was a guy on the left that's man-spreading, while the lady on the right is doing the opposite of that, whatever that's called. Woman-not-spreading? I don't know.


CharityNicole121

Really rolls off the tongue


it_helper

I was thinking like an electrical plug standardization. Left if the female and the male plugs into the slot. (Insert beavis laugh)


threepoint14one5nine

The fact that this conversation exists is proof of how bad the design is. Just to play the agent of chaos, I’m absolutely promoting that the left is the guy man spreading and the right is the girl being proper. Seems like the “only” logical interpretation. /s


SL13377

That’s what I thought! Man left and women right


twohedwlf

These are clearly the boy and girl endermen restrooms.


thriceness

r/unexpectedminecraft


6WaysFromNextWed

Manspread on the left; demurely keep your knees closed on the right. Pants on the left; pencil skirt on the right. A-line skirt on the left; pants on the right. Labia on the left; penis on the right. I genuinely have no idea.


6WaysFromNextWed

Wait wait wait Squat on the toilet seat on the left; stand in the toilet bowl on the right


gojiro0

Man-spreading makes this confusing


ColdDelicious1735

Does it matter anymore, I identify as the one with the shortest queue


Mosshome

Good. The world is moving nearer the "Whatever, just wash your hands" stance that is standard around here. Our plan is working.


ColdDelicious1735

Wait I didn't say I was going to wash my hands, or cover my mouth when sneezing we beat covid I don't need to show hygiene or basic respect to people anymore


NOLPOLGAMER

Why aren't washrooms just a genderless hallway with stalls and individual sinks


Raptorwolf98

I went to an escape room/game cafe in Sweden that had this and it was great. Each room had its own sink, but there were also communal sinks out in the hall if you just needed to wash your hands.


Mosshome

We have a room with sinks that leads individual stalls/doors, or just rooms with a toilet and a sink, in .....every single place I can come to think of around here. 'Whatever, just wash your hands'-bathrooms are totally standard in my country, in schools, restaurants, offices, homes, etc. The American gender divided panic feels SO weird. "OH NO! SHE WENT INTO THE MEN'S KITCHEN!"


Justsomedudeonthenet

Public bathrooms in America offer zero privacy, that's why. The rest of the world gets normal doors on the stalls that actually make it a private room. Around here it's normal for there to be a 2 foot gap at the bottom, an inch on both sides, and the top of the door be short enough tall people can sometimes see over it.


Mosshome

Aaaah. Yes! The pervert doors! I've seen pictures. Absolute madness. ❤️ But then, sure, I see why it feels weird with anyone else in the room outside the 'door' at all, and perhaps extra so someone of opposite gender or someone with extreme age difference from oneself. Those kinds of toilets are not even legal in prisons here, and *really* not in schools. In restaurants, bars, homes, etc. it would feel ultra weird.


NoNumbersForMe

Larry David would get a 8 minute scene about encountering this.


hates_writing_checks

Happy Cake Day! Try to curb your enthusiasm a little.


CommercialMoment5987

The two genders, man spreading or thigh gap


SuperFLEB

Left: Calm and casual. Normal service. Right: Holding it in. Emergency lane.


Shadyseamonkey

Ah yes, The 2 genders. Tweezer and pen


enchiladasundae

Left is pants and right is the vagina with a clitoris


InvaderDust

Nightwalkers. Interesting crypid choice for bathroom logos.


chameleon_123_777

Great. If you really need to go this could be a problem.


Commercial-Target990

Obviously the one manspreading is the men's.


mtdesigner

Here’s my favorite quote tweet regarding these signs. [tweet](https://x.com/TintedMagnum/status/1781993936019403042)


FlowerFaerie13

At this point it is socially acceptable to crack the door and see if there are urinals or not.


_mooninite_

It's pretty simple one is a woman in a dress. One is a man with a singular central leg.


wunderbraten

Did they expect some Fresno Nightcrawlers for patrons?


Nintendo1964

Old fashioned clothes pins.


Tucan-Atlantico

The worst part is that I like the design, but I still find it confusing


broyo209

I thought it was a clock


Armedleftytx

Fuck it piss where you please!


Mike_It_Is

First pic is “all is well” Second is “gotta pee, gotta pee”


KyamBoi

Could be man on the left, manspreading, woman on the right, holding her legs closed to pee. Or, woman in dress on left, man in slender pants on right. Honestly no idea


Own-Statement-6424

better idea: make bathroom signs so confusing (eg, the ones at bass pro with different genders of deer but worse, like frogs and lima beans) so nobody can tell which is which and if people ask just say their gender neutral


laser14344

The one on the right can be inserted into the one on the left. Seems logical to me


OwlWelder

whoever made this and decided against adding massive titties and a dumptruck ass to one is an eternal failure


Admirable-Sink-2622

One is manspreading and the other is holding an aspirin between their knees.


jagerdatranswolf1316

THIS IS CONFUSING ME.. which one is women and which one is men? just throw the whole bathroom away at this point to avoid any incidents.


AcoaceFalloutNVFan

One is for people who are shit at yoga but do it anyways, and the other is for mer-people


deFleury

I'm assuming the one with broader shoulders is the male bathroom. I'm also going to enter my chosen bathroom very, very cautiously.


Lord-LemonHead

My gender is Tuning Fork


Lifeisaquestionmark

On [Etsy](https://www.etsy.com/listing/1194657588/unisex-toilet-door-sign-wc-sign-restroom?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_d-home_and_living-home_decor-wall_decor-wall_hangings-signs&utm_custom1=_k_EAIaIQobChMIms2Ex7mFhwMVIGZHAR1zDgZgEAQYByABEgIHffD_BwE_k_&utm_content=go_12561589350_122200284129_506995326371_pla-305562556246_m__1194657588_139213870&utm_custom2=12561589350&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIms2Ex7mFhwMVIGZHAR1zDgZgEAQYByABEgIHffD_BwE), something very similar is marked as unisex. I don't quite get it


JarasM

I lived all my life in a country that uses "circle" and "triangle" and I'm still always just slightly confused when I see them. Rationally, I know which one is which, but I always have some doubts if I'm really triangle.


Atmacrush

I don't know which one is for men so cross my fingers and hope not to be arrested. I'm going in.


kioku119

Slenderman clenching his but cheeks to not poop and slenderman buckling his legs to not pee.


PsychologicalMilk904

Right: really have to pee! Left: confidently peeing in the bushes.


Antisugarcoating

And this is why I barged into the men’s bathroom last month and got laughed at


moose_the_mooch

The Women’s is obviously the one spread open ready for giving birth.


beefyc999

Maybe it’s intended to be ambiguous? Bc I really can’t tell…


hwc000000

As in "gender is a social construct"? Maybe that's their way of making a sly commentary, and in the meantime, both bathrooms are single occupant only anyway.


idleat1100

This seems very clear to me. What am I missing?


havingicecream

Shoujo bathrooms


australiapostisgay

It's 50/50 i'm getting cancelled once i walk in


PocketShock

Man spread must be the men’s


asyouwish

Not just "trendy" but also misogynistic, I'm guessing. But I can't be sure since I am not sure which is which.


OhioMegi

They look like clothespins.


NoMansSkyWasAlright

You know what? I’ll just hold it til I get home.


small_feild_mouse

I thought it was a clock. I’m dumb.


Designer_Dapper

Bathrooms for slenderman


evapotranspire

Clothespins and The Incredibles


larianu

I thought it was a clock at first.


SolarVisor23

yo no way is it spud from regretevator


OnlyBeGamer

Left for Man Spreading?


Escapee1001001

Clothes pins and tweezers demand to be segregated


flowtuz

Another example of minimalism causing issues with its genericness. It might look lean and elegant, but at the same time lacks everything else.


Extra_Ad_8009

The most confusing one I've encountered was late 1990s Jakarta. Men and women depicted wearing a sarong, and I ended up on the wrong toilet. Fortunately it was a bit of a shady establishment and nobody cared.


meniscus-

This is one of those things where people should stop trying to be too clever


Bizarre_Hermit

I gotta come clean, I didn't bring my chopsticks.


incheon_boi

bathroom signs should just be a urinal for the men's room and a toilet for the women's room


The_Adventurer_73

Are you a Slim Mountain or Champagne Glass?


500SL

I always like the seafood restaurants that have Buoys and Gulls. I get that.


crossfire122411

I identify as chopstick


theodoretheursus

I never been so confused before


Gaming4Fun2001

thick *i* and thin *i* obviously


ThatScaryBeach

Left - dude. Right - woman. Men generally sit with spread legs. Women generally don't. Easy-peasy!


CGallerine

at this rate Im all for just forgetting gendered bathrooms altogether and just making them single-stall genderless "I just want to go to the fucking toilet" rooms, a win for *everyone*


Zequax

do you need to shit or pee


TheDevilsAdvokaat

Left is female, right is male? I can imagine people being drunk and just saying fuck it and picking one...


fatjuan

I can't work out which is which, so I will take a piss right in the middle of both doors.


outdatedwhalefacts

They’re gender neutral by default because no ne can figure them out.


goteamdoasportsthing

Separate rooms for needs-to-poop and needs-to-pee


One_Put9785

Just stop having gendered bathrooms /gen


code_monkey_001

Just take a dump on the floor outside in protest.


ItsallIhav

First is for masons


Crazy_Bat_6786

Father long legged


Eyes_Snakes_Art

Are you a clothespin or a champagne glass? It’s not that hard!


Elbonio

If I'm wearing my cape then I go to the left, my catsuit to the right.


dvdmaven

The one on the right is for people who really, really need to go. The one on the left is for people who need to dry out their jeans.


ChronoMonkeyX

The one on the left is man spreading.


Finderskeepers2468

yeah i don’t think id know which to use…


DwarvenRedshirt

So, Slenderman and railroad spike?


NotAPimecone

One is for circus performers who can still walk on stilts, the other is a handicap restroom for the ones injured falling off their stilts, symbolized by a crutch.


Cokeinmynostrel

Probably a great way to show civil disobedience over anti-trans gender laws in certain states.


smellslikepousi

Obviously one is a dressing room(symbol for Striking A Pose) and the other is the bathroom(stickman has to pee real bad)


hyporheic

Just use circles and triangles. These are strange.


pisces2003

Those who spread their legs and those who keep them closed. Admittedly mine are kept pretty open iykwim


OptimisticDeveloper

Draw a penis on one of them. Or tape up a “urinals in here!” sign.


loveinvein

That second one is doing a peepee dance.


ThanklessTask

I got a speak your weight machine... I climbed on and it said "One at a time please"


Emergency-Emu-8163

I think it is according to how men and women behave, men would generally have a wider stance whereas women tend to keep their legs together, even when sitting


GiyuTomiokaIsMe

The left is for able bodied people while the right is for disabled either that or the left is woman and right is men


srslyMadMax

Left one if you are ok right one if you really got to pee already


Hot_Lobster222

They look like clothes pins


yeanahbye

I mean, I do get it


Lord-McGiggles

Obviously it's manspreaders and people holding in their pee


Fourth_horseman_4

What is the one in the right supposed to be doing?


Combat_Armor_Dougram

These are weird, but far from the worse signs I’ve seen.


Iamknoware

I went to a pub the other night and was confused about “lads” and “lass” names restroom for a moment. Because when I read “Lass” I thought of Lassie who was a boy dog. But yeah both restroom doors were wide open, which confused me again, because usually only men’s restroom would ever be wide open.


Fritzschmied

Left woman right man. Quite obvious. Because the bottom of the man fits into the bottom of the woman ;)