How do you want us to “shoot”? Do you know what the anatomy is like down there? We don’t have a hose to aim, and it’s likely to end up running down a leg.
I sit. I’m freaking tired of the women at my school who “hover” and piss all over the seat.
And yes, I understand that when the toilets flush, water from the toilet sometimes spews in drops onto the seat, but I know the difference between toilet water and piss.
Ugh.
Sit. Isn’t that why they call it a rest room?
Some of the public loos at the mall where I shop have little spray thingies on the wall which contain anti-bacterial stuff. If I remember I spray some of this on the paper and give the seat a wipe.
Sit, no ass-gasket. If the toilet is disgusting I find another one or hold it. If it’s got a drop or two on it from the previous occupant, I used TP to swipe it dry.
As the spouse is fond of saying, “I have an immune system and I’m not afraid to use it.”
It is, imagine being the one who sits in a room full of hoverers, like those from the place where the toilets have no lids that I mentioned above.
I don’t understand this - if she’s going to hover anyway, why wipe down the seat and line it with toilet paper.? In fact, why not just lift the seat altogether and eliminate any possibility of leaving a mess?
I probably assumed incorrectly that absolutely no one would sit without wiping. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a seat completely free of water, urine, blood, or worse out in public.
If anyone sits WITHOUT ever wiping, please reply (if for no other reason, to brag about your barbarian prowess!) 
I sit, and don’t bother with porous covers (I have never understood how porous paper is supposed to block micro-organisms smaller than said pores). I HATE discovering that the previous user of the toilet in question hovered, since those special princesses with such delicate backsides can’t be bothered to clean up after themselves. Apparently, I should be absolutely thrilled to have to wipe up some stranger’s urine before I can unload my own.
Of course, I do have a functioning immune system and some awareness of just what parts of a restroom are germiest (and it’s not the toilets).
I can usually tell “which sphincter is feeling the pressure”, but since I sit for both, no real difference in what I do about it. 
(a) Great username-thread response combo.
(b) I guess that makes up for all the guys who pee on the wall when they’re drunk.
(c) Hi, Opal!
(d) I chose “Other” even though I’m a pointer because I wanted to see the numbers.
I can assure you, my mother would NEVER leave a mess because she’s not a ‘Filthy, Disgusting Pig[sup]TM[/sup].’
As to why she does it, well who the hell knows. She’s been doing it for 66 years - at this point I think she just likes it that way.
I’m a sitter. I find that I can’t empty my bladder completely if I hover. Don’t normally worry about covers but I always wipe the seat first.
I don’t unless I notice some sprinkles, which were likely caused by the flush (as I have to clean the lid after me in many of those cases too).
Female here - it’s two entirely different sensations, there’s absolutely no confusing them, though as someone else mentioned I think, sometimes I might go in just to pee and then my colon decides it’s full and should evacuate, too.
Women are all built differently. Some have more labia than others. There’s no way I could go other than squatting without things misfiring down a leg. If I stood, I would still have to sort of bend a little at the waist and knees and would have to physically separate my labia with my fingers to even have a chance at a “clean shot” and then I’ll have piss all over my hands. Much easier and cleaner to just pull the back of my pants forward between my knees and squat.
unbuttons jeans and squats Oh hey, that would work. Especially if you’re using a floor-level fixture rather than a literal hole in the ground. I’m afraid it’s an unknown art in my part of the world - the few female backpackers I’ve discussed the subject with all described pulling one leg out, and only doing so once per day because of the nuisance. Ignorance fought.
I’m trying to remember how I managed the squat toilet I used, but then I recalled I was also drunk at the time. Nonetheless, I managed the feat without soiling my clothing. So… if a drunk American tourist who has never even heard of a squat toilet before encountering one can pull it off I’m assuming most folks can. I think I sort of bunched my jeans around my knees.
That said - old folks with arthritic knees would have a problem getting back upright. Perhaps grab bars?
Unless there is OBVIOUS fouling of the sit yes, I sit, bare ass to porcelin. I’ve yet to catch anything off a toilet seat. In the highly unlikely event I might leave something behind I clean it up prior to exiting the stall.
I will wipe and then sit (which is what I call “sitting” as I could not imagine anyone would actually sit in something they saw). However, if there is blood, then I will sometimes hover. For some reason blood throws me more than anything else.
But there are a limited number of permutations of poll questions, so I voted for my own option 1.
Well, I’m old now (gah! I am!) but my knees were arthritic when I was in my 20s. Once in Italy I grabbed on to the sink and almost pulled it off the wall, so yeah, grab bars would help.
Yeah, that could be it, thanks 
Yup. Unless I had an incredibly full bladder, I’d have three separate sprays going off in various directions, with a fourth trickling down my leg. No way to keep skirts/trousers/tights out of the way!