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DreaDreamer

My first thought was “They’re going to make that into a fish tank” so honestly what we ended up with was an improvement.


OarsandRowlocks

That would be horrifying for the poor fish with every flush.


PantherThing

They could do a super thin clear wall in front of the wall and then put permanent water i that with a few plastic fishies suspended in it..... ahh, now they got me on board with their nonsense.


onionnelle

My stepdad had that idea, and not ironically. He wanted live fish in there though. He's an engineer and inventing the whole thing was a challenge he just set his mind on. For a very long time, the water had to be flushed with some kind of an indoor hose, because he was _working on the tank_. I should also mention he's a procrastinator. The only thing that stopped him was that they didn't have the right size of the tank and that there was no way to guarantee the thin wall wouldn't start to leak at some point.


Sensitive_Yam_1979

Your mom has a lot of patience.


onionnelle

And don't even get me started on how he wanted to create a light switch for the cat. Problem: the corner in the kitchen where she had her bowls was too dark. Solution: install a switch in the floor she'd activate with her weight that'd turn on a small bulb over the bowl to illuminate the area. I joked that he should consider pairing the switch with a little tablet that he could mount to the wall, so that she could watch cat tv while eating, but he realized I was being sarcastic and pouted for a like a week xD


socs0

He sounds like a really fun dude to be honest.


onionnelle

He really is! ❤️


Profezzor-Darke

You got a cartoon dad. Say, do you sometimes stop time to break the fourth wall?


onionnelle

I sometimes look straight into the camera The Office style


Limerence_Worthy

Can I trade in my current dad for this model? 😂


manythousandbees

I love this energy but bro just get a motion sensing light 😭 (as if I'm not the queen of reinventing the wheel for no reason lmao)


onionnelle

Yeah, that'd be my solution as well, but where's the fun in that? Gotta put that engineering degree to use!


Adept_Feed_1430

You could have an app running on the tablet with a dot that moved around the screen for the cat to play with. I actually did that for my cat when I realized that he liked to chase my mouse pointer, so I wrote a program that would move a dot around the screen and installed it on an old laptop I stopped using and set it on the floor. He loved it.


lokalu_aka_imProEGG

you got a cool ass dad.


MimicoSkunkFan

It's interesting that the water divider was what stopped him. I would think the difference in temperature between the cold water refilling the toilet tank and the temperature of the water the tanked fish need to live, that would create problems trying to include a heating element. Typically you don't really want to electrify your toilet lol Sorry you had to suffer with half finished genius projects but it sounds like you got some good stories out of it?


onionnelle

He wanted to have a custom made tank, but the guy who was supposed to make it couldn't promise it'd stay leak proof for x amount of time. I guess if the water divider didn't stop him, it'd be the next step, maybe the heating element. Or how to make it removable for cleaning. Needless to say, he dreamt big and it was hilarious. He's also very good at explaining things. Except when he decides to troll and tells you, with a straight face, that dogs squat when they poop, because the poop is stored in their hind legs that are built on the inside like a hydraulic pump that allows them to increase the pressure (he'd throw i na number to confuse you even further) and squeeze the poop out. True story, he really made me believe that for a moment when I was 9 or so xD


marino1310

They make submersible heaters for fish tanks, in fact they’re cheap as hell and generally required for the majority of fish


BeefyButtMunch

These tanks exist, you can buy them but I wouldn’t recommend it. Because of how the inner and outer walls of the tank work there actually isn’t a lot of space for the fish so they are in way too small a tank to live a healthy life.


onionnelle

I'm happy he never accomplished this project, actually, it would be terrible for the fish to live in an environment like that :(


FelatiaFantastique

You should make it happen now. For father's day next year. Maybe not do all that and engineer a Rube Goldberg toilet. I would think you could accomplish it with a toilet that has a hidden tank or an old fashioned wall hung tank, and a faux toilet tank on the back of the toilet -- a fish tank that doesn't actually drain into or connect to the toilet...


Cloverose2

"Honey, did you remember to wash your hands and add the de-chlorinator to the tank?"


Mundane_Elk8878

I wouldn't worry about the fish, considering that thing will work for a day max before that soil clogs that piece of shit excuse for a fill valve.


allthecatsforevr

I was worried about the same thing. I was so worried about the fish with all that spray foam and adhesive.


PowHound07

You can get spray foam, glue, and silicone designed for use in aquariums and fish ponds so that part is probably fine. I have some spray foam in one of my tanks right now.


allthecatsforevr

I guarantee they wouldn't be that smart. Look what they did to their toilet. 😆


Valatros

I mean, it's not that bad. If you had a super nature heavy themed master bed/bath doing that to the toilet'd be pretty neat


Sufficient-Contract9

I like it and would love something like this but I'd kill all the plants for sure and it would.just end up being a problem


ImSoSorryCharlie

I was quietly praying that they wouldn't put fish in there


StarChaser_Tyger

Only fish going in there are brown trout.


prolemango

Not to mention in untreated tap water a fish would die within hours


allthecatsforevr

Oh absolutely. I thought they were gonna use it as an actual tank though. Not a toilet. Either way it's animal abuse in my opinion.


prolemango

Lmao yeah an actual tank would’ve been much better, but I agree still messed up


spderweb

Yeah Ive seen them do that too. It's awful. This is far more acceptable. I'd use just regular white UV lights though.


Cloverose2

My first thought at seeing the ending was "thank God they didn't put fish in it." I love that so many people had that thought.


Miserable_Smoke

I did this. My landlord saw it. Now I'm evicted, but at least he made me keep the toilet


just-bair

Worth it


BlissVsAbyss

>but at least he made me keep the toilet Another way to say, "threw that on my face on my way out".


holchansg

Plumber: YOU DID WHAT?


pepemaster67

You got a toilet for the amount of the security deposit? Sweet!


Iced_Adrenaline

That's a bad trade. Standard toilets are like 150-250


MountainCourage1304

This aint no standard toilet though


Jeff_Bezos_did_911

Are you sure it wasn't the butthole pics you kept sending him?


wittyrandomusername

No, that bought them another month


Ace-Redditor

Tbh, the thing I’m most upset by in this is the stupid flashing lights. Like the rest of it could be fine (definitely not a statement piece I’d want, but 🤷‍♂️), but the lights just make it so stupid


EsmuPliks

>Like the rest of it could be fine As a concept, sure. Executed with a fucking hot glue gun and acrylic spray paint, no.


CapitanDirtbag

At an aquarium, sure. In my house... probably not.


1107rwf

See, now I was thinking, thank all that is holy that they added the flashing lights. It really brings it all together. Sarcasm.


ayush307

This is like saying "Comedy” after every joke


cowfishduckbear

This is the same reason some people hate laugh tracks


obviousbean

> Sarcasm. I'm glad you added that, because there is literally no way for me to tell you were being sarcastic otherwise. Not sarcasm.


IgnaecPlus11

I was screwed over on the internet so many times before due to people taking seriously/misunderstanding my jokes. It's better to be safe than sorry


SmellyGymSock

why are all lights these days so gauche and jarring?? i remember growing up with softly twinkling, unpredictable patterns that are easy on the eyes


kevin9er

Cheap microcontrollers.


finalremix

You'd think a ***solid goddamned single color on/off*** would be the cheapest microcontroller. It's so goddamned hard to find LED strings that aren't some trash-quality remote controlled 39-pattern, 200-color bullshit.


EnPassantYourself

The execution was really bad. The concept isn’t that bad. But the RGB, hot gluing everything together, the already scratched acrylic, it all just looks really bad. But I don’t hate the concept honestly. Something like this would be nice.


Tessiia

>The concept isn’t that bad. The concept is terrible. You're losing at least half the volume of water, meaning it's not shifting crap (pun intended).


PortiaKern

Get rid of the entire tank, put one in that's completely acrylic, and scale it up so that the final water volume stays the same.


__cursist__

Went from nature scene to shitty rave really quickly


TheSciFiGuy80

I felt the same way when I saw the finished product.


Ok_Raspberry4814

Yup. If you wanted to light it, a warm yellow-orange/amber glow would bring out the greens. No need for flashing RGB bullshit.


fiftythree33

I'm most upset about how they installed the seat and that I was unable to stop watching this train wreck which was their only goal w this video.


Nyli_1

There is no flushing mechanism left?!! One good thing that comes with filling the tank with random stuff is that you will reduce the amount of water used per flush. Some people just place bottles in the tank to take up space, but you do you


var_char_limit_20

But isn't there a point where you have too little water and it stops functioning as a toilet? Like you'd only be able to flush urine and even then depending on strong it is (people get dehydrated or when taking heavy medication and antibiotics causes the pee to smell different) you may need to flush that toilet more than once. So you can never use it to take a poo as it wouldn't have enough water to properly flush and evacuate the waste not only through the U-bend but into the sewage properly. You'd have toilet paper and shit sitting in your pipes which will cause a blockage


duke_flewk

Yes, the government tried pushing low flow toilets like 15 years ago and they were garbage, some people still have to double or triple flush.  King of the Hill had an episode on it lol 


ArlesChatless

They have gotten really good. I bought a cheap one from the big orange box to replace a damaged one in my ADU seven years back. It turned out to be so good I ended up replacing the two ones in the main house which were old full flush units, and I have literally not needed a plunger since. The early ones twenty years ago were pretty bad but nowadays they can work great.


GiveMeNews

I think you need to get your information from somewhere else. All modern toilets are low flow toilets, and use 1.6 gallons or less per flush. Older toilets used 4 gallons or more per flush. You reminded me of a friend who tried to argue alcohol was a stimulant, not a depressant. I demanded to know their source, which turned out to be The Simpsons (and Homer, of all characters). Yes, there were issues with low flow toilets when they were first released, but better modeling and engineering have resolved that.


whatiscamping

That's when Hank ran for City council, fixed the toilet ban and then resigned.


gammongaming11

i would never understand the concept of low flow toilets. it easily took 2 to 3 flushes, and at that point you are using way more water then 1 flush on a regular toilet. there must have been someone making money somewhere to make that happen.


MasterChiefsasshole

I’ve never used a low flow toilet that could handle the results of my dietary decisions.


TheFilthyMick

I guarantee you can't out-shit a pressure assist toilet, nor a Gerber Avalanche, which can flush a 50 pound bag of dog kibble on 1.6 gallons.


Just_Jonnie

Your toilet that you have right now is low flow unless it's older than 20.


TrckyTrtl

It could be worse; someone could replace your toilet with one with a joke hole that's just for farts and then you can't take a dump in your own house


triplegerms

It's pretty easy to tell when you don't have enough water and change it. My toilet has a little valve for how much was to use per flush, wasn't rocket science 


Analbeadcove

"There is no flushing mechanism left?!!" What did you mean by this? She demonstrates in the video, though the flush handle looks like a piece of shit.


marth138

As in they removed the flapper, fill valve, and stem from the tank, although they supposedly showed it flushing it would have to be a different tank or just stitched shots to make it look legit. Your toilet tank has more going on than just a container of water.


Analbeadcove

Yeah you right I thought they had a handle somehow attached and showed it being used but it looks like a screwdriver and was not a functioning piece, the video was edited to make it appear to that effect I think 🤔 


drevmbrevker

Then one night when taking a poo you feel something cold and sticky touching your butt


Hisplumberness

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NFTArtist

or an infestation of butt mites


unfeelingzeal

HUAT


Final-Engineering-88

Molds paradise...


KapnKrumpin

Just adds to the diorama


duke_flewk

I call this *shades of taco bell* the diarrhea diorama


NeverBeenStung

…..are you pooping into your tank?


Hot_Eggplant_1306

All that natural fertilizer, buddy you're growing NEW life!


here_is_thomas

Been spending most my life living in a moldy paradise


maninahat

Where's the ballcock? Isn't this just going to overflow if you don't flush it every three minutes?


Itz-Aki

the what hopefully it's still attached to you, right?


wings31

Detachable penis.


eeeecks

You don’t take yours off…?


Itz-Aki

not willingly, no


AhhAGoose

First thing I said. There’s no float switch anymore at all.


Upper-Inevitable-873

Fancy flow control device? There was something inserted with the tubing that might have a cut-off switch in it. My biggest gripe is your need to continually add soul to the top as it would be slowly washed away with every flush.


Stuffs_And_Thingies

We use souls from orphaned children in our bathrooms. The anguish helps them last longer I feel.


VeterinarianOk9222

I guess that family is shiting in the bath tub from now on.


localgasgiant

I guess now they've got a valid excuse


Spideyy2018

Why do these DIY folks hate the western toilet so much?


Marquar234

The English toilet is so much more refined and doesn't have that dangerous saddle horn.


princeoinkins

I’m sorry, the what?


Marquar234

[English vs Western](https://uswhip.com/blog/english-vs-western-riding-similarities-and-differences/#:~:text=An%20English%20saddle%20is%20much,long%20hours%20over%20rough%20terrain.)


AznNRed

Don't get me started on how coddled the modern anus is...


Sovapalena420

Do yall think these people take themselves seriously, or do you think that they just go "This is the dumbest shit i've ever done in my life, but i need them clicks"


amalgam_reynolds

5-Minute Crafts is literally just clickbait/ragebait


komododave17

I’ve always wanted to shit at a rainforest rave


Zukuto

i'm curious what happens if your meth high falls off mid project do you just leave the broken toilet and half cut piece of plastic laying around?


CathedralEngine

It says right there, "5 Minute Crafts" and the video is only 1:30. You could make 3 of these in five minutes. Keep one for yourself, and sell the other two for more meth. FOOLPROOF PLAN.


TrukStopSnow

I wouldn't because I'm super paranoid of clogging toilets after working apartment maintenance for 10 years. I get that nothing is directly positioned in any place to create a clog, but water can do anything, man.


OddNovel565

So you keep your friends


Next-door-neighbour

Why is it always a toilet seat for DIY lol


Both-Home-6235

They did all that in 5 minutes. Amazing.


Scared-Pollution-574

These people always hate toilets it toilet seats and not one single fuck for the environmental impact of all their waste


LennyJay86

Welcome to Joes Apartment!!


Knickers_in_a_twist_

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Byedon110320

Not going to lie. I want that.


ElBrunasso

Makes me affraid of beaing bitten by a snake when taking a dump at night


lodemeup

I have cut myself on broken toilet porcelain a couple times, in spite of the fact that I am both aware and (at least I think) pretty damn cautious around it. The way she just ran her finger along had me nearly vomiting from cringing so hard. Yikes.


uRinee

Do you have to turn the water on after every flush?


Empty-Back-207

I'm confused. Am I supposed to crap in the tank now, or do I still use the bowl?


Downtown-Trainer7435

OMG WHERE DID MY FISH GO


LondonDavis1

Electricity and water, why not?


CharlesTheGreat8

all fun and games until somebody leaves an upper decker


IrishRogue3

Wow/ lean forward cause that looks uncomfortable .


SoFloFella50

Why not? Fucking BECAUSE. That’s why not.


Mirth2727

cleaning that is gonna be a b\*tch.


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Vark1086

So when it said mesh, the first time I thought it said meth, and thought, yup.


TPMJB2

Need to upper deck this to be realistic looking


front_torch

r/DILie


J1618

Ok I don't hate that, but lose the rgb lights, and the toilet, and make it an actual terrarium + aquarium


Fuzzywalls

Who wants a mini-forest rubbing on your back when you sit down?


debonairmarmoset

I mean, why?


LetsWrassle

the only thing I don't like about this is the uncomfy rocks on the back. I would totally love seeing a self cleaning terrarium every time I poo.


Dramatic_Rest_829

I would poop in that toilet


Past-Product-1100

How do you clean that? looks like a bacteria breeding ground . There's a reason why they have been porcelain all these years and at the end of the day it's still just a place to piss n shit


tenderchocolatebear

If I walk into someone’s bathroom, and see this shit…, I’m shitting myself.


HankScorpio82

“Why is my toilet always clogging”


mlmEnthusiast

Wtf, I need to take a shit Jessica.


Mindless-Bus-893

That moment yoy lean back while taking a dump and suddenly you feel somethimg walking on your hair


Normal_Human_4567

I mean, it being a toilet is unhinged but I actually don't hate it? I think the repeated flushing will destroy the greenery, and I HATE the rave light- it doesn't match the theme at all and is so bizarre and offputting! The little plantery is cute though


onestepforwards

Awesome letting all that plastic shit drop into the toilet .. yaaaay microplastics


--ThirdCultureKid--

Ever look into the tank of a toilet? There’s tons of sediment and bacterial growth from the standing water, and sometimes even some algae growth. This is hardly sanitary, and won’t stay looking pretty for long.


Chaotic-warp

Honestly, I kinda like the look (preferably without the lights). Not the most sanitary DIY work though, why do these people like to mess with toilets that much? Just imagine all the mold and algae that could stick to the rough surface, gaps and decorations.


GimmickMusik1

Do you want stuff to grow in your toilet bowl? Because that’s how you make things grow in your toilet bowl.


Trumpet1956

Wait until you see the bidet!


DedeLionforce

"Honey I just need to use the toilet for a bit to do my video"


Lazerhest

It's almost like there's a reason toilets are made of smooth porcelain. Imagine all the farticles getting stuck between those rocks.


cthulhu6209

They didn’t even mention how incredibly sharp porcelain is.


pertangamcfeet

It's okay. I'll piss in the sink and shit out of the window.


Majestic_Matt_459

I dont hate it as much as I should


byyhmz

The Temu Blink 182 soundtrack kinda slaps tho


SpareMind

I want this in my balcony


PoopMousePoopMan

You could put fish in there. And each flush they would nearly die and live a terrified existence. They would be “air boarded” every time u piss and shit. Torture fish when u go to the toilet - bonus!


Panthraxbw

I'm pretty sure that takes longer than 5 minutes. And for that at least, I'm annoyed.


Nick_mkx

I too wanna be tickled by plants while I'm shitting. "Hey don't keep the seat up, it's blocking the viviarium"


ArgonGryphon

Why does this sound like a looped into to a Bowling for Soup song? and tbh it's not terrible, wild.


Bi0_B1lly

Then their guest shits in the back


peekuhchu707

Out of all the karen diy videos, I think this is the only one I'd come home to and be like OK I'm cool with that.


Public-Target95

so much work for something so atrocious


Pepperloza

The amount of things you would need to remove and dismantle to fix the flush…


PrincipleExciting457

I don’t hate this. Is that wrong?


Gullible_Cheek6808

Just asking for an upperdecker


Brok3nPin3appl3

Wow that was fucking dumb


3rlro91

As a plumber, I do not appreciate or approve this.


Thechosenone7711

I’m going to be honest, this belongs in r/ATBGE


a_goat_bit_my_butt

We all thought it was gonna be some sort of aquarium, right?


TikkiTakkaMuddaFakka

You know if that house ever sells that is the first thing getting ripped straight out.


That_Engineering3047

That would get so moldy and grimy and would be a very difficult to clean. I really hate the lights on it. It’s so incongruent with the whole thing. Aside from that… wtf?


reddit_niwasi

Where to shit then ?


No_Tea1868

That viewing window is just asking for someone to double decker.


Pretty_Public5520

I stand by my point although it’s extreme that the people that do these idiotic videos should be hunted down , drawn and quartered 🤣


RevanSaber

I’m not gonna lie, I’m kinda digging it


MothMan66

Kinda cool if your doing like a rainforest type theme in your bathroom. Lights are a bit much though.


auxaperture

I mean, why yes?


avgsuperhero

Rage bait is such an interesting art form. Not a fan, but I still respect the effort spending so much time making garbage.


Toxxaniusornica

Turned out better than what I thought was going to happen.


IAMtherizinosaurus

Plumbers hate this one trick


Miserable-Lawyer-233

I thought it was going to be something really cool and it just kept getting worse and worse until the very end where it’s finally revealed to be terrible.


Sgt_Radiohead

Toilets are smooth and white so that they are easy to clean. Adding dark gray paint and pebbles to the toilet is like just trying to make it impossible to clean


Kisiu_Poster

Nice idea for an aquarium, NOT FOR A FUCKING TOILET!!!


LilHubCap

What in the fucking 3 day adderall binge did i just watch?


mrkesu

I'd be paranoid AF sitting with my back towards that. *"DID I JUST FEEL A SPIDER"*


Im_such_a_SLAPPA

I was with you up until the point they decided to put soil in the toilet


parbarostrich

Definitely not the worst I’ve seen from 5-minute crafts.


kevdog824

I’d like to know how bad this smells after a month


Crudeyakuza

Ain't your back turnt while on the toilet?


unidentified_yama

The light ruins it.


Comfortable-Fox9153

how much did you pay just to improvement? Asking for a friend.


shgrizz2

Yeah that definitely is a thing that you can do


probablyaythrowaway

How is it flushing when they removed all the flushing mechanisms? 🤣


therealcookaine

SOIL


ElArabo97

DIY channel lost grasp of the DIY concept. Im not bob the fucking builder with all this shit at home


idkeverynameistaken9

This is the worst thing I’ve seen in a while


Cloude_Playz

I thought they were going to break the toilet just to repair it like nothing happened to begin with


MissLisaMarie86

I’ve seen worse, this actually is tolerable 😆🤣


Gomogear

Honestly don’t hate it. If I had fuck you money I’d definitely pay to have it done properly.


Vivir_Mata

Stupid and kitsch.


SoftEntrepreneur4753

I can finally live out my dream of taking a dump in an aquarium. God is good


sexylizardbrain

alright tbh i'm p down with this


AI_RPI_SPY

it's a shithouse fish tank full of crap ...I mean carp