Such a simple device...

I didn't want to have to get so gross so soon. Truly. I'm just trying to build a base here, and well, a lot of the time, this kind of topic has the ability to ostracize people. Yet, it still exists as a thing that we take for granted and definitely deserves to be categorized as such. I thought about building this up a little more, but who am I kidding? You've already seen the image below and know exactly what I'm about to talk about.

Look at this thing. So unassuming. So bland. And yet, probably one of the things that we'd be least likely to want to give up in the inevitable unlikely event of a complete and total apocalypse. Everywhere you go, there's a bathroom. Even when you go into a store and you really have to go, but all the employees tell you they don't have one...they're lying. They absolutely have a bathroom. They're just hiding it away from your use so that you don't mess it up or do nefarious things in there. They know what you're up to. Don't try to hide it.

But the fact remains that even if they deny you that ability, you won't have to travel far to find one. Somewhere close exists a restroom for you to use. And yet, that's a thought that never really crosses our mind. The fact that in many parts of the world, this is a luxury of the highest order. We can use this machine and completely eradicate any trace of disgust just by pushing a lever. Which doesn't even account for the fact that society is now heading towards a world where levers aren't even necessary. The toilets themselves now take care of that so you don't even have to touch anything. (Which could possibly lead to a future "for granted" of our robot overlords.)

These changes are almost rudimentary but really incredible when you give it some thought. To think the simplicity of a toilet, it easily gets brushed aside our thoughts despite the fact that toilets are probably indispensable to our individual identities. Go ahead. Attempt to picture your life without a toilet and see how much things change for you. They probably will...a lot.