That's precisely how the debate between myself any my SO was finally ended. The seat stays down now unless in use.

Yeah, I don't want splash water getting anywhere else than the bowl. Also, what if I accidentally fumble something and drop it in the water. Even if there weren't a lid, I'd put the seat down in case of a level 10 emergency

It is also the best option as it reduces bacterial spreading whipe flushing.

I dunno why people care what position the seat & lid are in. It takes like 1 second to put it into the required configuration.

This is not a gender thing.

I e been doing it since I was 8. "Courtesy,"Google it.

If you take the toilet seat up or down debate seriously I can only assume you're a tulpa conjured from the brain of a hack boomer comedian

I always close the lid when I’m not using my toilet. So do my wife and kid. It’s weird that people leave theirs open.

For 15 years I lived in an apartment with the bathroom shelves directly above the toilet. It's a corollary of Murphy's Law that anything dropped in the bathroom somehow will land in the toilet bowl. Hence, the lid stays closed.

I'm a man living alone, with a cat. The seat has been down for 10 years.

At home I leave it down, of I'm at a dive bar or something I leave the seat up so the next guy won't piss all over the seat. That benefits everyone.

I did this since childhood out of spite. Child me was frustrated that I always had to put it down for my sister and she never had to move the toilet seat anywhere. It made no sense. So instead of putting just the seat down I put the whole thing, lid and all, down so that she had to move the toilet lid every time she used it too.

This spite play became a habit that I now do always everywhere

It could also be solved by everybody putting the seat and lid up. This will be an eternal debate.

Who doesn’t do this?

Assuming 50% of people in the world have a penis (it’s lower but for the sake of argument we’ll say 50%), more than 50% of bathroom visits require sitting. People with vulvas need to sit, but so does anyone who is pooping, as well as anyone who has one of a number of conditions that makes standing during a bathroom visit untenable. Therefore, the seat should always be put down.

It could also be resolved by everybody agreeing to be responsible for the toilet when they go to use it.

Don't get me wrong. When I have female company, I do my best to leave the seat down.

I've only ever been chided on the issue once or twice in my life.

In my opinion it's on you to make sure the bathroom is ready for you when you go to use it.

Leaving it as-is after use is the most efficient (least number of seat movements)

It could also be solved by everyone putting the seat where they want it to be.

the real solution is to always leave it up

Definitely put the lid down before flushing. No need so splash the sharticles all over the toilet