Firstly, and while it's not exactly a hot take because most of you will be with me-barring fetishists - let me say that I despise public urination.
Living in London, it's in my face pretty much every day. My flat overlooks a dark corner that a surprising number of people (it must be said only men, I've never seen a woman do that here) think is acceptable to use as a urinal, and not just in the wee hours.
Morning, noon and night, these wretches scurry into the shadows for quick relief, like medieval peasants who have never heard of a flushing cistern.
Shielded from the busy thoroughfare, they dart into my narrow street to misuse the concrete. It's so well watered that moss and wildflowers have started sprouting up, but trust me, you wouldn't want to sniff anything picked there.
It's incredible to me that so many can get to the desperate point that there's no other choice but to wee in the wild.
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