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On toilets with two flush buttons for different flow rates, if there is a larger button and a smaller button (with no other singe), the larger button should correspond to the lower flow rate. Odds are more people are flushing for pee, and don't need the extra flow, and the more common action should be represented by a larger button. For people who are unsure, lazy, or not looking, they're probably pressing the larger button just for pee, and wasting water if that were to correspond to more water usage, which is wasteful.
Isn't this how they actually are? I've only seen 2 of these in my life, but both had the big button for a piss rinse, and the smaller one for the shit shoot.
I actually LOL'd. Thank you.
I made myself chuckle, too.
You're welcome.
Every time I've encountered the ambiguous buttons, I have asked other people and have been told "smaller is for less water/bigger is for more water" and I feel like an asshole wasting water for a little pee. One time I did experiment and did try both buttons and didn't notice a difference really, but i couldn't measure it fully.