'Dystopian' toilets won't give you loo roll unless you watch an advert first

https://metro.co.uk/2025/09/17/dystopian-toilets-wont-give-loo-roll-unless-watch-advert-first-24189061/

8•gscott•1h ago

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fithisux•1h ago

Who didn't see it coming.

Next, it will not work unless you enter your ID-credit card-all pass.

yetihehe•1h ago

And if it detects less than standard cleanliness of toilet after usage, your social credit will be lowered...

LargoLasskhyfv•1m ago

I'm having no problems with that. There should be consquences for swines. They need to be disciplined in some ways, otherwise their behaviour stays as it is, which is amiss.

bell-cot•1h ago

> Next, it will...

Pay toilets have been around for 20+ centuries - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_toilet

The actual next thing will be collecting medical information, and using that for targeted advertising. "Trouble urinating? Talk to your doctor about Flomax(tm) for ..."

orionblastar•57m ago

You mean Multipass? https://youtu.be/EuX1dXokscI

cinntaile•1h ago

Paying for public toilets isn't unusual. You can pay or watch an ad.

EbNar•30m ago

I get furious when payment is needed to pee at a train station... It's not the pennies it costs, I just find it unethical, at least where train stations are owned by the State.

fyrn_•29m ago

They are basically totally extinct in the US, so from a US perspective they are very unusual.

In the US they fell out of favor during the 1970s because it was argued that they discriminate against women, as men could use urinals for free.

vunderba•44m ago

Normally I'd suggest just printing advertisements directly on the toilet paper itself - but I'm not sure there'd be too many companies clamoring to have their products connected to something you wipe your arse with.

Then again, Taco Bell famously associated their food with a chihuahua - "our food is so good - even a dog will eat it!" so what do I know.

fruitworks•3m ago

If I ever encounter this in the wild I will take up freestyle pissing

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