# Why is it when ever I use one computer I have to Crap? /Are there chairs that makeyou **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 12, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-when-ever-i-use-one-computer-i-have-to-crap-are-there-chairs-that-makeyou/239610 "2004-04-12T15:19:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fluffball86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@fluffball86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluffball86)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-when-ever-i-use-one-computer-i-have-to-crap-are-there-chairs-that-makeyou/239610/1 "2004-04-12T15:19:16Z")
wanna crap? When ever I use one computer, after about five minutes I have a huge urge to crap (only the first time I use the computer). It doesn’t even seem to happen at a regular time, because I use this computer at different times during the day. This doesn’t happen when I use my old glorifyed typewriter of a computer, not does it happen when I use the Computers at school. The only difference I can see between all these computers is the chair. My old computer has one of those big ergonomic chairs (that is a hassel to adjust, but is comfortable when you do get it adjusted). The computers at school have cheap chair chairs (four legs, a platform and a back, nothing fancy). Where as thte computer that causes me problems has a small computer chair with no ergonomic features beyond vertical adjustment, and a cusion on the bottom and back. Is it possible that this chair causes me to want to crap? ---
**Author:** ![Thrashbarg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Thrashbarg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thrashbarg)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-when-ever-i-use-one-computer-i-have-to-crap-are-there-chairs-that-makeyou/239610/2 "2004-04-12T18:57:30Z")
Hah, good question 🙂 I’m not so sure that sitting in a certain chair (or sitting with a certain posture) is likely to hit your “I have to poop” button. I’m not a doctor either, so you never know. However, have you considered that it may be some sort of conditioned response? Do you get on that computer right after a meal? Do you tend to smoke or otherwise use tobacco while at the computer? Is there anything else that you do when you use that computer that may give you the “urge”? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-when-ever-i-use-one-computer-i-have-to-crap-are-there-chairs-that-makeyou/239610/3 "2004-04-12T19:05:31Z")
Too many bytes? ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-when-ever-i-use-one-computer-i-have-to-crap-are-there-chairs-that-makeyou/239610/4 "2004-04-12T22:46:48Z")
Is that computer in the library? You may be sensitive to something in the books. This used to happen to me when I was in college. A very old thread about this: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=33906](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=33906) ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-when-ever-i-use-one-computer-i-have-to-crap-are-there-chairs-that-makeyou/239610/5 "2004-04-12T23:16:06Z")
This is why I signed up for the SDMB. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-when-ever-i-use-one-computer-i-have-to-crap-are-there-chairs-that-makeyou/239610/6 "2004-04-12T23:34:06Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > Is that computer in the library? You may be sensitive to something in the books. This used to happen to me when I was in college. A very old thread about this: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=33906](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=33906) I’m surprised I didn’t contribute to that thread; used to be going into a bookstore would make me have to pinch one off too. For some reason, bookstores stopped having that effect on me. ---
**Author:** ![Scoo8b](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scoo8b](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoo8b)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-when-ever-i-use-one-computer-i-have-to-crap-are-there-chairs-that-makeyou/239610/7 "2004-04-13T01:23:35Z")
Actually the chair that I’m in right now has a similar effect. Perhaps it’s because I rest my feet on the nearby regular chair and lean back. Actually, if I feel some rumbles and want to speed up the process (which I’m actually doing right now) I go to this chair and within minutes, I’m gone. I’d like to know why as well…