David Brooks Decries Incivility Of Modern Plumbing After Tripping On Feet And Falling Headfirst Into Toilet

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NEW YORK—Devoting thousands of words to what he called “one of the major issues facing Americans today,” New York Times op-ed writer David Brooks decried what he viewed as the incivility of modern plumbing Wednesday after tripping on his own feet and falling headfirst into a toilet. “I was struck recently by an oft-endured but rarely discussed cruelty of our current era, as an innocuous attempt to relieve myself quickly spiraled into a saga of pain, embarrassment, and regret,” said the celebrated columnist and bestselling author of The Second Mountain, detailing how he had come to understand the coarse and barbaric nature of the widespread fluid-conveyance system after careening into the bathroom and landing with his face planted squarely in the toilet bowl, where he then struggled vainly for several minutes in an attempt to dislodge himself. “I can only imagine what it must be like for a young person growing up now. Even the smallest misstep can find them with their faces submerged in urine and fecal matter, wildly flailing their arms until they accidentally pull the flush lever, effectively giving themselves a swirly. Is this the world we want for the next generation—one where their garbled shrieks echo up from the porcelain basin without anyone coming to their aid? At times like these, we seem almost impossibly far from the graceful latrines and outhouses enjoyed by our forefathers.” Brooks reportedly appeared on PBS NewsHour to bemoan the harsh state of marriage in the U.S., expressing regret that his wife had been too busy doubling over with laughter to help her husband out of a jam.

NEW YORK—Devoting thousands of words to what he called “one of the major issues facing Americans today,”op-ed writer David Brooks decried what he viewed as the incivility of modern plumbing Wednesday after tripping on his own feet and falling headfirst into a toilet.

“I was struck recently by an oft-endured but rarely discussed cruelty of our current era, as an innocuous attempt to relieve myself quickly spiraled into a saga of pain, embarrassment, and regret,” said the celebrated columnist and bestselling author of, detailing how he had come to understand the coarse and barbaric nature of the widespread fluid-conveyance system after careening into the bathroom and landing with his face planted squarely in the toilet bowl, where he then struggled vainly for...

 

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But he remains undaunted and declares that he is optimistic that there is still enough good plumbing remaining in the heartland to spark a conservative revival.

If it had been Paul Krugman, he would have published a FRED chart showing seasonally adjusted toilet injuries.

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Never seen a self swirlie before.

More people die from toilet related deaths than shark related deaths

It's time to return to the good old days when we would dig latrine pits that our entire bodies would fall into when we use it at night because it was too dark to see.

its wet.

Swirly x100

If only...

Mr_Electrico

After being subjected to a merciless hour long swirly courtesy of Mitch McConnell Brooks declares congress broken

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nytdavidbrooks Hope he warned Bret Stephens about this.

nytdavidbrooks modern plumbing became uncivil, particularly as it applies to the toilet b/c of humans' insistence on sitting on that fixture for hours on end browsing and using social media on their smartphones. truestory

nytdavidbrooks Today it's a toilet, tomorrow it might be a brick or worse (We can only hope)

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nytdavidbrooks It won't stop flushing!

nytdavidbrooks Enjoy the waterworks man

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