An incredibly slippery 3D-printed toilet doesn’t get dirty and requires less water to flush than a typical one, scientists say. Could cleaning toilets become a chore of the past?

Right now, the concept is just a prototype, but researchers are working on ways to eventually bring this clever chemistry to market. So far, the researchers have printed only a tiny model of the toilet that stands about one-fifth the height of a typical porcelain throne, and they tested its slickness by exposing its surface to yogurt, honey, starchy gel and fake poop, not the real stuff.

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Let me guess, is it made out of some kind of polymer that will dump more microplastics into the water supply?

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Nope!

They just get straight into your butt.

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Sounds like a super bowl!

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What about the smell?! You haven’t thought of the smell you bitch!

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Technology stealing my job.

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They’re gonna need to make the hole bigger if I have any chance of using it

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You just need the poop knife!

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A poop spear would be preferable.

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Wouldn’t a spoon be ideal? Possibly a spork?

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Even if no one else does, I appreciate seeing the reference here!

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It’s a joke hole that’s just for farts.

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