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Where do your poops rank on the Bristol stool scale?

Type 1: Separate hard lumps, like nuts (hard to pass)
12% (1560 votes)
Type 2: Sausage-shaped, but lumpy
7% (970 votes)
Type 3: Like a sausage but with cracks on its surface
8% (1116 votes)
Type 4: Like a sausage or snake, smooth and soft
22% (2934 votes)
Type 5: Soft blobs with clear cut edges (passed easily)
10% (1303 votes)
Type 6: Fluffy pieces with ragged edges, a mushy stool
33% (4355 votes)
Type 7: Watery, no solid pieces. Entirely Liquid
7% (980 votes)
Total votes: 13218