Bathroom
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Referred to in 17th-century writing as "the S-Room" (because it's the location for Shits, Serenity, Showers, Shaves, Shampoos, and Scat and occasionally Sexual relations) the bathroom is the heart of the home.
History of the Bathroom[edit | edit source]
The bathroom is and generally has been the room primarily used for the removal of excess human weight in the form of but not necessarily limited to: urine, feces, and regurgitated food. For most of human history, the bathroom has had little to do with washing your ass and everything to do with taking a shit. The bathroom is a magical kingdom full of many wonders, where you can be the king on the throne. As king, you have a lot of power. The power to create. The power to destroy. The power to choose. The bathroom was wherever you were standing at the time – one simply squatted, ran a finger along one's crack, stood up, and returned briskly to fucking your sister's friend(s). As cities became more developed and popularity of "the shitter" grew, the practical limitations to being able to crap wherever one happened to be standing became obvious, and special facilities were developed.
The Roman faecetorium pictured here featured running water with which to clean up after having a nice growl. Actual baths for most people were available only at public bath houses.
With the fall of the Roman Empire, crapping once again moved outdoors. Even as the Dark Ages ended and civilization returned, outdoor elimination continued, even finding support within the Catholic Church.
Indoor plumbing became common again beginning in the 19th century after Charles Dickens and others began writing stories prominently featuring street urchins and others pinching off loaves on street corners.
