Hey -- shouldn't we be seeing more turds?
Does anyone ever think that we just don't see enough poop? According to the 2000 census, there are 281 million people living in the United States. If everyone only drops one daily turd (which is a low estimate), that means that about 300,000,000 new turds enter our country every day. Now, of course, if you add animals, and the fact that some people drop multiple daily bombs, I can change the total to a modest five hundred million fresh logs daily. That's over 3.5 BILLION steaming new additions every week.
With all this fresh feces produced daily, don't you think we'd encounter more? Yet unless you're a lowly janitor, or you work in health care or childcare, or you're a scat freak, you probably only see your own shit, or maybe yours and your pet's loaf. Yes, I know that most human turds are flushed away, and we have a state-of-the-art plumbing and sewage infrastructure, but come on now, nothing's perfect. With that much volume...
But on the other hand, the United States is 3,618,770 square miles, including Alaska and Hawaii. Averaged out over all the unpopulated area in the country -- including places where people don't normally defecate -- that still breaks down to an amazing 138 new doodies per square mile per day. That's just the average, though -- I am not going to factor in population density or speculate on how much crapping goes on in major cities. I suspect, however, that your odds on encountering poop should increase dramatically.
It sure is great to be an American. I am sure that in poor or uncivilized parts of the world, people are stepping in shit everywhere they go. If I lived in the woods or in the jungle and had to drop a load, I would probably just do it, and walk away. Animals do it all the time. As long as I wasn't crapping in the area where I slept or hung out, why would I care?
Now this, of course, leads to the fact that there are probably no Shameful Shitters in the third world. Civilized man created Shameful Shitting. For example: women in Africa walk around shamelessly with their tits out, while women in "civilized" places usually cover up. Now you must admit that a set of native hooters in National Geographic just isn't sexy -- you know this is how they live, so the sexual aspect of breasts go out the window.
But when you see a cute blonde flash a bodacious set of tatas in your face, it's Boner City.
When something is normal and familiar, shame is erased. We have been raised that shit, like breasts, is supposed to be private. When it's done in public, other emotions get involved -- horniness, with breasts; and shame, with shit.
So maybe I answered my own question. Why aren't we seeing more turds? Bottom line: Shameful Shitting is the reason. If we weren't so shameful, we wouldn't have created such technology to hide over 3 billion turds a week.
-- Doniker
