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Toilet Time With Your Phone Could Give You a Real Pain in the Butt

by admin October 3, 2025


We use our smartphones just about everywhere, even in the bathroom, though we may not want to talk about that part. A recent study of colonoscopy patients revealed that most used their phones on the toilet at least once a week — and that those phone-on-the-toilet users showed a 46% increased risk for hemorrhoids.

The cause and effect are clear. Caught up in news or games or social media, bathroom users stay seated on the throne longer, with research showing phone users tend to spend more than 5 minutes doing their business. The study says that hemorrhoids are associated with prolonged sitting on the toilet, as well as constipation and increased straining.

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The 125 colonoscopy patients at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Study who participated in the study answered questions about their bathroom phone habits, and endoscopists evaluated their hemorrhoids (just in case you think you have a bad job). Of all the respondents, 66% used smartphones while sitting on the toilet, and those participants tended to be younger than those who didn’t. More than one-third (37.3%) of smartphone users spent more than 5 minutes sitting on the toilet per visit, while only 7.1% of those without smartphones spent that long seated.

When the numbers were adjusted for age, sex, BMI, exercise activity and “straining and fiber intake,” results showed a 46% increased risk for hemorrhoids. Men were more likely than women to spend 6 minutes or more on the toilet, in case you wondered.

Those who used smartphones while on the toilet also admitted to getting less exercise than those who didn’t, which the researchers said “could signify a higher level of engagement with technology and a more sedentary lifestyle outside of the toileting environment.” (Yes, “toileting environment.” Otherwise known as just “the toilet.”)

The most common toilet phone activity was reading news, with 54.3% admitting to doing so, and 44.4% saying they were participating in social media while on the toilet.

The study didn’t directly connect constipation with time spent on the toilet, but Dr. Eamonn Quigley, chairman of gastroenterology at Houston Methodist, told The New York Times that it’s likely those who sit hunched over their phones while on the toilet might be more likely to experience constipation.

If you’re grossed out by the idea of your phone being in close connection with toilet time, you’re not alone. Doctors told the NYT the obvious: Fecal material can get on your hands while you’re wiping and be transferred to your phone, and flushing with the toilet lid open can also spray fecal matter onto your phone. Sure, you wash your hands, but now the stuff is on your phone, so it jumps right back on your hands after you dry them and start scrolling again.

In short, you’re probably going to scroll your phone while occupied in the bathroom. But this study notes that you should be aware that the phone’s fun distractions might make you sit there longer than you planned, and that could have painful consequences.



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Borderlands 4 Skibidi Toilet mod
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Mod maker brings Skibidi Toilet to Borderlands 4 for one simple reason: To spite the narrative director who said he’d ‘cry real tears’ if the game shipped with it

by admin September 25, 2025



One of the best things about PC gaming is mods. They let people do things with their games that developers, for whatever reason, couldn’t, didn’t, and/or really wish you wouldn’t. Sometimes they’re practical things, like the recently-released Dying Light: the Beast mod that reduces annoying zombie grabs—and sometimes, well, they’re not.

A good example of a mod that was not created to solve a practical problem is Epic’s Skibidi Toilet, which creator EpicNNG said was made specifically “to spite Samuel Winkleclank.” That would be Borderlands 4 narrative director Sam Winkler, who apparently brought this upon himself by saying Borderlands 4 would cut back on the “toilet humor” of Borderlands 3.

“If the word ‘skibidi’ ships in the game under my watch I’m gonna cry real tears,” Winkler proclaimed fatefully.


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Winkler, to his credit, seems to be taking it well.

(Image credit: Sam Winkler (Twitter))

His torment isn’t likely over, though. In the same post in which Winkler said he wouldn’t allow Skibidi Toilet in Borderlands 4, he also wrote, “Paul Tassi joked that we were gonna have a gun called Hawk 2A and a fellow dev asked me if it was real and I wanted to put my hand down the sink grinder.”

Well:

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(Image credit: EpicNNG (Twitter))

For the record, it’s not all disturbing toilets and sex puns: EpicNNG also creates mods that solves practical problems, including one that will remove or reduce VFX in Borderlands 4 to improve accessibility.



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Skibidi Toilet has made its way to Borderlands 4 just to spite its narrative director
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Skibidi Toilet has made its way to Borderlands 4 just to spite its narrative director

by admin September 24, 2025


Borderlands 4 players on the PC are now able to download a little mod that’ll add a particularly famous meme to the game, in spite of the narrative director’s public woes.

That’s right, the Skibidi Toilet mod can be downloaded on Nexusmods right now. This mod will add the infamous Skibidi Toilet face to in-game toilets, bringing everyone’s fears to life. The mod was created by EpicNNG, developer and Borderlands content creator.

The reason this jokey mod is of note is thanks to Borderlands 4 narrative director Sam Winkler’s comments on the game’s tone prior to launch. On social media, Winkler said that the “toilet humour” present in Borderlands 3 would be toned down, and stated: “if the word skibidi ships in the game under my watch I’m gonna cry real tears”.

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So while Sam Winkler has been able to sleep peacefully knowing Borderlands 4 hasn’t shipped with any especially cringeworthy gags, it seems certain corners of the Borderlands community have long memories. People say having open communication to developers is great for community building and strong ties to the folks making the experiences gamers love. The real reason is obviously this: to create mods to torment them.

It actually gets worse for Winkler, who also stated: “Paul Tassi joked that we were gonna have a gun called Hawk 2A and a fellow dev asked me if it was real and I wanted to put my hand down the sink grinder”. EpicNNG posted on X that “Hawk 2A is next”, so here’s hoping any Borderlands 4 DLC is written up and ready to go before Winkler does something drastic.

If this has somehow convinced you to try out Borderlands 4, why not check out our Borderlands 4 review! In it reviewer Rick Lane concludes: “Borderlands 4 brings a more sensible script and a true open world to its pseudo-cel-shaded gun-show. But these moderate improvements are undermined by frustrating exploration and combat that takes too long to properly shine.”



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Leaked PUBG Mobile Ad Shows Sonic Fighting A Skibidi Toilet
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Leaked PUBG Mobile Ad Shows Sonic Fighting A Skibidi Toilet

by admin September 24, 2025


A CG-rendered trailer for PUBG Mobile‘s next big update appears to confirm previous rumors that Sonic the Hedgehog is going to be appearing soon in the popular mobile port of the battle royale game. But it also features Sega’s mascot fighting… Skibidi Toilets?

On September 24, Sonic Hotspot on Twitter posted what appears to be a real trailer for a yet-to-be-announced or confirmed Sonic crossover event in the long-running PUBG Mobile. This was spotted and sshared by SonicStadium.org on Bluesky. The pre-rendered event trailer shows Sonic the Hedgehog fighting a massive Skibidi Toilet character. Here’s the leaked trailer, and sorry in advance. I was going to link a YouTube re-upload of it, but that has since been removed. Hmm..

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— Sonic Hotspot (@Sonic_Hotspot) September 24, 2025

Skibidi Toilets, which were created as part of a now massively popular YouTube animated series of shorts, were already announced to be coming to PUBG Mobile later this month, so it’s no surprise they are popping up in a leaked trailer. And Sonic has been rumored to be coming to PUBG Mobile for a few months now. Sega’s beloved mascot was even teased last month in an official PUBG Mobile post promising six new collaborations. So that’s also not a big surprise for fans, but a nice confirmation that he’ll be here soon. However, I don’t think anybody was expecting Sonic’s reveal to include Skibidi Toilets.

There is something deeply depressing about watching Sonic fight a Skibidi Toilet. It feels like my fears that all of pop culture will one day merge together into a single giant, boring blob of content are coming true, and faster than expected. Everything is becoming Fortnite, and because all of this crossover slop is making companies millions of dollars, it’s unlikely to stop anytime soon.

And so, that’s how we end up in a timeline where some silly videos made using the Source Engine have become a massively popular IP that has attracted the attention (and money) of Michael Bay. Sonic, you deserve better. We all do. Yet, here we are.





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Public toilets in China are making people watch ads for toilet paper

by admin September 12, 2025



China’s latest “smart” public toilet upgrade has gone viral, and it might be the most dystopian one yet.

Clips circulating across Chinese social media show new dispensers in the country that only release toilet paper if you watch an advertisement or pay a small fee.

In a viral video shared by China Insider, a woman is seen scanning a QR code with her phone and being forced to view an ad before the machine finally spits out a strip of paper.

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According to the outlet, users can either watch an ad or pay 0.5 yuan (about $0.07) per strip. Officials claim the system was introduced to reduce waste, claiming that some people had been taking excessive amounts of free toilet paper.

New toilets make users watch ads to get toilet paper

This isn’t the first time China’s bathrooms have made headlines. Back in 2017, facial recognition dispensers were installed at tourist spots, rationing out one 60-centimeter strip per scan every nine minutes.

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By 2019, new dispensers extended the wait to ten minutes per person.

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Like most ad-based systems, the reaction has been overwhelmingly negative. “I’m walking with my own paper everywhere just in case,” one user wrote. Another remarked, “China is more capitalistic than USA.”

“Ok, this is the first actually dystopian thing I have seen,” someone else said.

Others suggested just watching the ad while doing your business to get some “entertainment” while on the can.

There’s also one pretty big flaw: if someone’s phone is dead or they don’t have spare change, they could have a really gross situation on their hands – literally.

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