But I like her work! Screw it, I'll crap on anything if it looks this snazzy.

Low blow on the Ayn Rand comment. Completely accurate, but still low.

That cut deep, gizmodo. I think I'll go beat up a hippie in retribution.

Yes, but it doesn't have the fun of dropping a steamy one in Barnes and Noble. It lacks the paper scratchiness of wiping, security guard chase, and the ultimate conspiracy to drop a deuce in a public place charges.

Atlas Shrugged rules, actually...unless you love Communism.

Jason, you forgot to mention the best part--the seat is heated! How many times have I just held it in rather than sit down on an icy ring? With this, I can now crap year-round.

Alas, no upper decker.....

Not to take us away from the stimulating Ayn and feces conversation, but -- what is the point of this? Is lifting the lid just too much work these days?

@Skorpius: I can't say I'll ever read her books, mostly because of the modern sociopatic class-hole stigma associated with them.

And yes, that is a good enough reason for me.

@DaOtter: Read Anthem. If you like it, read others.

Atlas Flushed.

how does one lean back to relax on this thing? then again...who is john galt? btw...rand rules.

Lifting the lid is SOOOOO last century

@ravedown: Well, does your toilet sit unsupported in the middle of the room, or is your back normally up against A WALL?

"For the eco-maniacs, there's the 1.28 gallon per flush system, saving water..."

HA! Ever had one of those damn things? It takes at least three times as much water, on average, as half the time one flush isn't enough at 1.28 gallons and you have to go back for more! When I was working construction, homeowners would pay a boatload for us to drive to Canada and 'bootleg' a 'real' toilet that flushes properly.

I think this could have changed the opening of the novel if it existed: "Howard Roark threw back his head and pooped."

Yeah, that's a good read.

DaOtter: It's good that you form your own opinions and not rely on "sociopatic" [sic] class-holes for your information. Some how I think her work would be wasted on some one of your class...hole.

Skorpius: I don't know about communism, but they have a definite affinity for socialism.

I am saddened thinking off all the years I have wasted my life not pooping on something made with LEDs.

Guys, guys... it makes perfect sense:

Fountainhead + Hands-free toilet =

wait for it...

Laissez-faire Crapitalism!

@Hiphopopotamus: +1 Golf crap...err, I mean clap.

This makes no sense...
The japanese toilet seats with built in bidet is sweet...who needs LED's

[www.washlet.org] these are cool.

@Hiphopopotamus: I LOL'ed

@Skorpius: I actually think Atlas Shrugged would be a better name for a toilet as well.
A little subtler; not quite as "in your face" so to speak.

@92BuickLeSabre: I think you're right. BTW, great comments in this post.

@Monty: No, but it's for all those ladies out there who dont LOOK BEFORE THEY LEAP. I mean if we can put it up (which takes more effort), surely they can just tap it and let gravity do the rest

@DaOtter: BTW, (and sorry Jason Chen if this kills the buzz, but) Gann is right. I'm a totally lefty communitarian believer in the welfare state, and grassroots organizing and empowerment and unions bordering on democratic socialist, and even I think there is some real brilliance in her books (even if she's not exactly the greatest writer ever.)

Anthem is a short, succinct, good read. Plus then no one will ever be able to say "How would you know, you've never even read Ayn Rand?" It's hard to disagree persuasively if you have no knowledge of what you find disagreeable.

@92BuickLeSabre: In otherwords, she's the shit.
(There, maybe that's more on track.)

@seatown88: Wait, last time i was in Japan their toilets where holes in the ground. WTF did they start making comfortable toilets for those of us that don't feel like doing yoga and poopin at the same time?

@92BuickLeSabre: And I spend all day flipping back and forth between Gizmodo and bloggingstocks.com... pinko bastard.

Speaking off spending my days talking with crazy people on the internet... Whats the word on Gizmodo @ Coney Island Jason Chen?

@shamoononon: That's funny: It seems as if the fanciest and most technologically endowed toilets come from Japan. Maybe the holes in the ground spring from a yearning for the one-ness (and two-ness) of simplicity?

If I had $3,800 to burn, and wanted to take a luxurious crap, I'd fly out to Hawaii and rent a luxury hotel there, complete with a 2000 sf bathroom with an ocean view. That's money much better spent than an overpriced john.

@Mandatory_Field: Well, perhaps they come from Japan, but do they actually use them their selves? It's been a good ten years since I've been there but when I was they truly where little holes in the ground that you had to crouch over. If only they went through the toilet revolution 15 years ago.

@Mandatory_Field:
Japan may make revolutionary toilets, that fill even the toilet needs you never knew you had.... but do they use these toilets?

Japan has a lot of hole in the ground toilets that you have to squat over... the slightest breeze will probably knock you over into your own crap. It's a good thing these type of toilets are in subways then... no wind :c /

Maybe they've upgraded... I don't know.

It's not just a "toilet". It's a crappié.

@Hiphopopotamus: I don't know, you'll have to ask Frucci for that.

@ripfire4: Wasn't the flush toilet actually invented by Sir Thomas Crapper?

I don't want a "she" toilet. @

href="#c5485568">Jason Chen:

On my way to ask Frucci about that now. I am still crying about missing the Giz Snowboarding meetup!

The line of the pedestal is nice, but they need to redesign the lid to it seems more like part of the base. Otherwise this is a cool box with a really ugly lid.

@Mandatory_Field: I can't believe that post prompted me to google Sir Crapper. [www.plumbingworld.com]

@seatown88: oh yeah...the Japanese had this down way before, and even a water-jet thingy to clean your bottom (as well as a bidet outlet). Don't know what all the fuss is about for this johnny-come-lately.

excuse my ignorance, but what does taking a crap have to do with Ayn Rand?

John Galt dumped here.

Atlas Shrugged was better.

Whew, I was worried we'd make it 24 hours without Giz using the words crap or fart in headline. Giz keepin' it classy.

meh, it's okay. I'll stick with a Toto, thanks very much.

So you have to spend ~$4k for the thing, but now you have to have a friggin electrician get electricity to your friggen toilet. So, you are saving water, but wasting lectrcity. nice.

It is beautiful though.

@junkmail: I concur. Toto's the way to go (crapping).

Perhaps it is made of rearden metal.

Why is it that all the randian folks thing that they are the "thinkers" holding up the world?

Send this to the Poopjectivists at the Atl-ass Society!

Unless it can flush a Koran like those Halliburton Gitmo ones, color me unimpressed.

The design of this thing is awful. That horizontal surface around the seat is going to accumulate a disgusting amount of splashback pee in short order. Of course, if you're spending $4k on a toilet, you likely have someone around to clean it every day or two, so carry on.

It seems to me a square toilet base would be a bit uncomfortable to s(h)it on :o