Zizek on toilets

Diego Cumplido · 681K views · 2011 · 3:57

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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.

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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]