October 23, 2025 • 8 mins
Marc Saltzman joins for #TechTalk and drops a bombshell 💩📱: people who scroll their phones on the toilet are 46% more likely to get hemorrhoids 😳. Cue laughter, chaos, and a debate about who still brings a newspaper to the bathroom.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We have a lot to tech, a lot of tech
to get to you today on this Thursday. Mark Saltzman is
our tech guru, and we're also going to tackle a
story that is near and dear to your heart. Gary.
You are not a fan of people using the phone
in the bathroom?
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Disgusting. Gross. That's where we start tech talk. The machines
are getting smarter. This is tech talk brought to you
by Skynet.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
I mean they call it doom scrolling right when you
just sit there and endlessly go down the whole of
social media or some other thing that grabs your attention,
They should more appropriately call it poop scrolling.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
A recent study of kolonoscopy patients revealed that most used
their phones on the toilet at least once a week.
That's low, and that those phone on the toilet users
showed a forty six percent increased risk for hemorrhoids. People,
why is that?
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Mark?
Speaker 1 (00:57):
What causes a hemp camart light? And you do doctor
what I.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Was just gonna say, Doctor Saltzman and the.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Yeah, what causes a hemorrhoid that could be connected to
phone use such?
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Well, it's simply because and my you know, funny, my
doctor has no he knows my job. I'm obviously I'm
a technology columnist. For years, he's been saying, I hope
you've been writing about why you shouldn't be sitting on
the toilet with your phone, And it has less to
do with fecal matter getting on your iPhone or android
phone screen and more to do with hemorrhoids, because we
(01:32):
get so engaged in our content, whether we're playing a
little puzzle game or your doom scrolling on social media,
and we are sitting on the throne way longer than
we should be, even let's keep this clean here, folks
mid to poop. Yeah, okay, we are like you're You're
sitting there squatting on your throne, and you are for minutes,
(01:57):
many many many minutes, and it should not take that long,
and as a result awful. As a result, this can
result in hemorrhoids, which I can't even bring it to
myself to explain on the air what it is. But
I'm sure most of your listeners know what hemorrhoids are.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
See, I think guys use the bathroom for escape a
lot of the time.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
Hold on second, moms do the exact same thing. I
specifically not on the toilet.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
They're not on the They're not on They say they're
on the toilet, but they're not. Dudes are actually legitimately
on the toilet.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Or they're they're you know it's number one and not
number two, which you know.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
They're just sitting on the toilets.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Site they're sitting. It's still not great. You know you're
not sitting smoking, right. So this is something that I've
been hearing about for a while, even again for my
own physician, like begging me almost to warn people to
not be on your phones for us or get off
the pot.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Guys. It's a time.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Literally traditionally right, and again not to mention that you
can know there's fecal matter that can get on your
hands even when you think you're wiping properly and then
transferred to your phone screen. Then you leave the bathroom
and there you've got. Now you're spreading it around.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
I got in trouble for underwear earlier. I would just
like to say that it was in trouble, kind of
got in trouble.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
I'm not even gonna ask. I want to ask if
your listeners have already enjoyed this banter, then I'll have
to take it offline and find out what I miss. Mark.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Do you have lucky underwear?
Speaker 2 (03:32):
I don't have lucky underwear. I don't have a special
pair of boxes or anything or briefs that I. Do
you have when I want to get lucky?
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Or Jerry's first question too, No, like superstitious underwear, you know,
like when you want your.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
I'm really not super sick. Even though the Blue Jays
are heading to the World Series for the first time
in thirty two years, I'm not going to be wearing
a pair of special undies for that.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Are you a Blue Jays fan?
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (03:57):
You know.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
I'm not a huge sports guy, but I do love
any playoff sports. I love the energy that's amped up,
whether it's football or basketball.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Baseball's last question for me? Do you have any whimsical underwear?
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Uh? Somebody purchased me Simpsons underwear ones, but I don't
wear it because it's not very comfortable. I see. That's
probably as whimsical as it gets.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
See it's like you're more of a solid or a
plaid guy.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Yeah, I'm no, it's like really basic black or gray.
It's really not sexy or exciting. It's very purpose purpose spilt. Sure, Hey, don't.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
You're the Steve Jobs of underwear.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Don't downplay the plane.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Sometimes playing can be just what you need.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Yeah. And then my wife maybe she was trying to
hint at something, but when we got married and she
was doing my laundry, she was like, can I ask
you why do guys like to wear white like tidy
whities or even boxers? Like it's not a good.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
Idea that just for children maybe, but listen, Mark, I
think when we were kids, that was all that was
out there.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
That's all there. Yeah, yeah, we're dating ourselves exactly.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
But tidy white he buys them in bulk from Lake Arrowhead.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Right. Yeah. I don't never thought we were going to
get to this kind of stuff on tech Talk, but
there you go.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
Well, you also have a great article on National Post
dot com is where other people can check it out.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
But we've talked about saving you.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
We talk a lot about smart home stuff that's out there,
and one of the things that I found most interesting,
just because I've been using a lot of tools lately,
is the smarter battery system for power tools and talk
about that.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Yeah, so I think all the big players are doing it,
but I focused on works wo RX it's it's a
tool company that has like over one hundred different kinds
of power tools, and they have this power share battery system.
So the idea is that you can buy multiple tools,
but you just use the same batteries, which saves you
money over time. Again, I think other companies like Milwaukee,
(05:56):
I think is I can use the same battery, but
these are stackable. So for example, if you have like
a leaf blower, it may be just a regular twenty
volt works battery snapped into the back. But if you
need more power, let's say for a chainsaw, then you
can add two of them, or three or four if
it's like a lawnmower. So it I liked the modularity
(06:19):
of it. So that was one of the products that
I wrote about, which was interchangeable batteries. But again I
think all the big players do that. I thought that
was kind of cool. I also looked at I would
call it like the granddaddy of all robot back and mops.
This is like a fifteen hundred dollars device from Ecovas,
(06:39):
which is a company that has other robots, but they
even have window washing robots that we may have talked about.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
That Omni Cyclone that because that's a great that's a
great name for a robot.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
I was gonna say it even sounds very high to
as the X eleven omni cyclone. So yeah. So it
actually washes it's mop with hot water when it goes
back to the base, and it also empties the dust
and pet hair and debris into a bagless system. A
lot of people don't know that when you buy these
robots that have a base station where it goes back
(07:12):
and it empties the dust into a larger reservoir, you
have to buy these bags that you know, you can
buy them inexpensively on places like Timu or Sheen or whatever.
But a lot of people don't know that they have
to buy something on an ongoing basis with that robot
robot vack. But I like that the ecovax has a
(07:33):
bag list system, so it just goes into a thing
that you will dump into your trash can and then
wash out every two months. But it also contains the
dirty water that you'll want to dump out as well.
So it's probably the smartest of all robot backs that
I've ever reviewed. And it's also ideal for larger homes
because it has a four and a half hour run time.
That's a long battery for a robot.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
VAS eleven omni cyclone. Yeah, that sounds very cool.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
You have to say, I like that like a Hollywood
trailer voice. Got awesome.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
Mark, thank you for your patience with us. We appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
You got it. We'll talk soon, all right, Mark Saltman.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
Make sure you follow Mark on social media, Mark Saltzman,
m r C and Saltzman with a Z, and you
can find out some great stuff, including the tech tips
and his tech Tip of the Day and the tech
it Out podcast and all of that stuff.
We have a lot to tech, a lot of tech
to get to you today on this Thursday. Mark Saltzman is
our tech guru, and we're also going to tackle a
story that is near and dear to your heart. Gary.
You are not a fan of people using the phone
in the bathroom?
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Disgusting. Gross. That's where we start tech talk. The machines
are getting smarter. This is tech talk brought to you
by Skynet.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
I mean they call it doom scrolling right when you
just sit there and endlessly go down the whole of
social media or some other thing that grabs your attention,
They should more appropriately call it poop scrolling.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
A recent study of kolonoscopy patients revealed that most used
their phones on the toilet at least once a week.
That's low, and that those phone on the toilet users
showed a forty six percent increased risk for hemorrhoids. People,
why is that?
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Mark?
Speaker 1 (00:57):
What causes a hemp camart light? And you do doctor
what I.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Was just gonna say, Doctor Saltzman and the.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Yeah, what causes a hemorrhoid that could be connected to
phone use such?
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Well, it's simply because and my you know, funny, my
doctor has no he knows my job. I'm obviously I'm
a technology columnist. For years, he's been saying, I hope
you've been writing about why you shouldn't be sitting on
the toilet with your phone, And it has less to
do with fecal matter getting on your iPhone or android
phone screen and more to do with hemorrhoids, because we
(01:32):
get so engaged in our content, whether we're playing a
little puzzle game or your doom scrolling on social media,
and we are sitting on the throne way longer than
we should be, even let's keep this clean here, folks
mid to poop. Yeah, okay, we are like you're You're
sitting there squatting on your throne, and you are for minutes,
(01:57):
many many many minutes, and it should not take that long,
and as a result awful. As a result, this can
result in hemorrhoids, which I can't even bring it to
myself to explain on the air what it is. But
I'm sure most of your listeners know what hemorrhoids are.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
See, I think guys use the bathroom for escape a
lot of the time.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
Hold on second, moms do the exact same thing. I
specifically not on the toilet.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
They're not on the They're not on They say they're
on the toilet, but they're not. Dudes are actually legitimately
on the toilet.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Or they're they're you know it's number one and not
number two, which you know.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
They're just sitting on the toilets.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Site they're sitting. It's still not great. You know you're
not sitting smoking, right. So this is something that I've
been hearing about for a while, even again for my
own physician, like begging me almost to warn people to
not be on your phones for us or get off
the pot.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Guys. It's a time.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Literally traditionally right, and again not to mention that you
can know there's fecal matter that can get on your
hands even when you think you're wiping properly and then
transferred to your phone screen. Then you leave the bathroom
and there you've got. Now you're spreading it around.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
I got in trouble for underwear earlier. I would just
like to say that it was in trouble, kind of
got in trouble.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
I'm not even gonna ask. I want to ask if
your listeners have already enjoyed this banter, then I'll have
to take it offline and find out what I miss. Mark.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Do you have lucky underwear?
Speaker 2 (03:32):
I don't have lucky underwear. I don't have a special
pair of boxes or anything or briefs that I. Do
you have when I want to get lucky?
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Or Jerry's first question too, No, like superstitious underwear, you know,
like when you want your.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
I'm really not super sick. Even though the Blue Jays
are heading to the World Series for the first time
in thirty two years, I'm not going to be wearing
a pair of special undies for that.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Are you a Blue Jays fan?
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (03:57):
You know.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
I'm not a huge sports guy, but I do love
any playoff sports. I love the energy that's amped up,
whether it's football or basketball.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Baseball's last question for me? Do you have any whimsical underwear?
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Uh? Somebody purchased me Simpsons underwear ones, but I don't
wear it because it's not very comfortable. I see. That's
probably as whimsical as it gets.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
See it's like you're more of a solid or a
plaid guy.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Yeah, I'm no, it's like really basic black or gray.
It's really not sexy or exciting. It's very purpose purpose spilt. Sure, Hey, don't.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
You're the Steve Jobs of underwear.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Don't downplay the plane.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Sometimes playing can be just what you need.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Yeah. And then my wife maybe she was trying to
hint at something, but when we got married and she
was doing my laundry, she was like, can I ask
you why do guys like to wear white like tidy
whities or even boxers? Like it's not a good.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
Idea that just for children maybe, but listen, Mark, I
think when we were kids, that was all that was
out there.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
That's all there. Yeah, yeah, we're dating ourselves exactly.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
But tidy white he buys them in bulk from Lake Arrowhead.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Right. Yeah. I don't never thought we were going to
get to this kind of stuff on tech Talk, but
there you go.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
Well, you also have a great article on National Post
dot com is where other people can check it out.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
But we've talked about saving you.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
We talk a lot about smart home stuff that's out there,
and one of the things that I found most interesting,
just because I've been using a lot of tools lately,
is the smarter battery system for power tools and talk
about that.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Yeah, so I think all the big players are doing it,
but I focused on works wo RX it's it's a
tool company that has like over one hundred different kinds
of power tools, and they have this power share battery system.
So the idea is that you can buy multiple tools,
but you just use the same batteries, which saves you
money over time. Again, I think other companies like Milwaukee,
(05:56):
I think is I can use the same battery, but
these are stackable. So for example, if you have like
a leaf blower, it may be just a regular twenty
volt works battery snapped into the back. But if you
need more power, let's say for a chainsaw, then you
can add two of them, or three or four if
it's like a lawnmower. So it I liked the modularity
(06:19):
of it. So that was one of the products that
I wrote about, which was interchangeable batteries. But again I
think all the big players do that. I thought that
was kind of cool. I also looked at I would
call it like the granddaddy of all robot back and mops.
This is like a fifteen hundred dollars device from Ecovas,
(06:39):
which is a company that has other robots, but they
even have window washing robots that we may have talked about.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
That Omni Cyclone that because that's a great that's a
great name for a robot.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
I was gonna say it even sounds very high to
as the X eleven omni cyclone. So yeah. So it
actually washes it's mop with hot water when it goes
back to the base, and it also empties the dust
and pet hair and debris into a bagless system. A
lot of people don't know that when you buy these
robots that have a base station where it goes back
(07:12):
and it empties the dust into a larger reservoir, you
have to buy these bags that you know, you can
buy them inexpensively on places like Timu or Sheen or whatever.
But a lot of people don't know that they have
to buy something on an ongoing basis with that robot
robot vack. But I like that the ecovax has a
(07:33):
bag list system, so it just goes into a thing
that you will dump into your trash can and then
wash out every two months. But it also contains the
dirty water that you'll want to dump out as well.
So it's probably the smartest of all robot backs that
I've ever reviewed. And it's also ideal for larger homes
because it has a four and a half hour run time.
That's a long battery for a robot.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
VAS eleven omni cyclone. Yeah, that sounds very cool.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
You have to say, I like that like a Hollywood
trailer voice. Got awesome.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
Mark, thank you for your patience with us. We appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
You got it. We'll talk soon, all right, Mark Saltman.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
Make sure you follow Mark on social media, Mark Saltzman,
m r C and Saltzman with a Z, and you
can find out some great stuff, including the tech tips
and his tech Tip of the Day and the tech
it Out podcast and all of that stuff.
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