Child's Rocking Chair - $40 (Birmingham)

Antique child's rocker with hole in seat for potty. Very solid\ good condition. 

 

Slavoj Zizek, while comparing the variant toilet styles of Europe, noted that when "you go on the toilet - you sit on ideology. Everyday items can not be accounted for in utilitarian terms." Meaning, we can not simply say, "yes, rocking and shitting make some sort of logical sense." Rather, we should consider the deeper cultural and political implications.
What's going on with this toilet-rocking-chair?
My first reaction was "ew, wtf?" Judging by the size of the chair, I am not wholly convinced that it is intended for a child. But that is besides the point. What is troubling is that this is effectively a "shabby chic" toilet. Let me repeat, this is a toilet.
Toilets have been known to masquerade. Take for example, this popular internet image:

We are a culture that loves to multitask. We drink coffee while we drive, we drive while we talk on the phone, we talk on the phone while we text, we text while we total our cars. But the rocking-toilet-chair is different. It harks back to a time that never existed--one wherein we casually rocked while defecating, perhaps during tea time with friends or family.
The toilet-rocking-chair is a radical reminder of our own tight-ass nature. Dressed up in distressed white paint, it confronts us and asks "What? You think your shit doesn't stink?"
Well, yeah, it does and for only 40 dollars, you can let everyone in your living room know it.