Some of the things said in this article are ridiculous. Especially the wiping your butt with a communal sponge-on-a-stick. Even if we are to believe that the same people who went to such great lengths to rid their cities of waste would then share sponges with faeces on them, why would you reach around with a long stick to clean yourself? How would that even work? This looks exactly like modern shower sponges made for reaching your back. Try wiping with one.
Also the claim that these toilets were for the unwashed masses, yet those same people supposedly wore togas on a day-to-day basis.
Also the claim that these toilets were for the unwashed masses, yet those same people supposedly wore togas on a day-to-day basis.
Who even writes this crap?...