Zizek on toilets
Why Hacker News recommends it
Mostly posted as a joke in toilet-related threads, especially for the line about German hermeneutic stool inspection.
What it is
Slavoj Zizek speaks at an architecture congress in Pamplona about how toilet design in France, England and Germany reflects national ideology. The clip is about four minutes long.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2018 to 2026.
What Hacker News said
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Toilet design varies globally, and this is not necessarily due to some function-focused reasons of the designers. You might find this short video entertaining (Zizek on toilets): [this video]