Why YSK: It’s cleaner, cheaper and more convenient than toilet paper

  • ThiccSemperTyrannis@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I’m from the US. While I have travelled to locales where they are commonplace, I never actually tried one. When lockdown and the tp crisis started, however, I purchased one online. I now hate having to use any lavatory that doesn’t have a bidet.

    Q - Doesn’t it feel weird? A - No. Some people are worried that it may feel sexual. It doesn’t. It’s just a localized shower on your ass, which is something you hopefully do regularly.

    Q - Won’t it just push detritus away from the epicenter and make a mess? A - It can, if the bidet has narrow spray. Mine does this. Just do a quick shimmy that makes the jet draw a decreasing radius spiral.

    Q - Doesn’t everything get wet? A - Some bidets have air dryers, but in the absence of, yes. Keep tp in the lav to address this. The quick wipe to address this still saves a ton of tp.

    • seeCseas@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 years ago

      Some people are worried that it may feel sexual.

      I… did not know this was a concern? lol

      • ThiccSemperTyrannis@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        I should clarify that I live in a remote area where a lot of people are homophobes. Anything directed towards one’s ass is, as the kids would say, sus af to these folks.

      • Hogger86@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        I have to say I do LIKE the feeling of the jet hitting my sphincter. I mean it’s not full hunnnrrrr but it is …pleasent

  • ReaderTunesOctopus@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I did some travels in places where bidets are common, here’s my take:

    • Egypt - basically a brass pipe targeted at your hole, everyone shitting oh it - no for me
    • Italy - standalone, you have to jump over - impractical, takes too much space
    • Japan/Korea - toilets from space, heated seat warm, water and dryer - comfy, but you need electricity, and if it fails, expensive
    • Finland - a shower attached to the toilet’s water intake - just cold water, but it’s fine, that’s the easiest to install and use
  • s_s@lemmy.one
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    2 years ago

    Imagine you get your hands covered in sticky filth. Do you wash them at a sink or just wipe them off with some paper and call it good?

    Why do any different for your ass?

  • BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    You should also know that if you do this, when you go on vacation you are going to have one seriously sore butthole until you get home again.