Whenever I do an absolute monster turd, I always give the small flush a chance to prove itself. The amount of times the small flush gets the job done is truly remarkable and I always give the loo a little nod of appreciation for its efforts.
@fesshole Fesses like this just goes to prove that 99% of people are fundamentally odd...and odd is the new normal.
@darrenhartland @fesshole tbf they *are* saving water!

@baiteh @darrenhartland @fesshole depends how often monster turds happen? If a small flush uses a (made up) 1/6th of the water of a full flush, but 1 in 4 shits is like King Kong's finger (thanks Inbetweeners) then by doing the ineffective flush first you're using more.

I'm about 99% sure that if the OP reads this, they've probably also kept a spreadsheet of the results and can let me know whether I'm worrying about nothing.

@fesshole

Open question: does one need to send a certain amount of water down the waste pipe (over the course of, say,a month) to flush away the solids and prevent the pipe from getting clogged?

@CppGuy @fesshole I'm not a civil engineer, but I think there's an angle pipes have to be set at to guarantee typical flow for a flush, and little more is needed. In reality you have a lot of water going through most soil pipes to not be an issue

@CppGuy @fesshole absolutely. If it's a shared drain running across some houses, then each house also needs to regularly flush the right amount of water.

Source: house 'below' me on the shared drain was empty for a year. Had sewage coming out the drains on my property as a result - everyone 'upstream' of us had their waste stopping on this empty property

@fesshole but did you wipe completely?
@fesshole This is propbably a good idea. But to make sure you're doing this in a proper, Fesshole-y way, you'll need to keep a chart next to the loo with water saved and a 'score' for each flush.
@fesshole I hope you record this activity in a spreadsheet like any good fessholer should? We expect exact percentages and dimensions instead of vague claims of "remarkable" results and "absolute monster" turds.