According to ancient health care traditions, TCM and Ayurveda, for example, the X'ed position is healthy, while the checked position is unhealthy, because the former is more natural and conduces to easy and complete evacuation.

The sitting position is more a matter of comfort, for people no longer used to sitting directly on the ground, squatting, and other "primitive" postures that keep one in shape, supple, and with full range of motion throughout life.

Oh, well.

who said that becoming westernized didn't feed semiotics, it actually tells you how to defecate properly too.

while perched on the WC in the X position.

The problem with x is that the next y sits on a dirty seat due to the shoes from the x practioner.

The offending x practioner was middle eastern and was informed that would be the last dump he ever took if he didn't alter his ways (not by me).

He altered his ways.

I did inhale.

"sky bombing" Gotta love Engrish!

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I noticed in China that even old people were able to fully squat and basically sit on their feet with no apparent discomfort. That's what they did when there weren't any chairs. When I came back I noticed little kids doing the same thing quite naturally but hardly anyone could do this as an adult. I got some of that back by doing barbell squats at the gym, where proper form requires you to keep your feet flat, but I still could never do the ass-to-grass thing.

Re: pooping, I've tried the X position on a standard western potty, and while it's a better faster dump, it's also uncomfortably tottery and you risk breaking the seat and even the porcelain. If I had my own place I'd think about installing a squattie but I rent, so forget it. Sure you can buy various contraptions that convert a sittie to a squattie but they seem a little ridiculous.

I'd suggest that it's possible to squat above the toilet with your feet on the floor.

Out of necessity, (fear of an extremely dirty looking toilet), I have employed this technique with acceptable results.

I did inhale.