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It seems like the only logical option. If someone paid me to come up with a solution to having poopy butt I couldn't come up with a better one than a hose or a bidet. You know what I wouldn't do? I WOULDN'T INVENT PAPER YOU COULD RUB ON YOUR BUTT.

Like every person that has tried a bidet on the internet describes their experience as being reborn. Anyone that tries it instantly becomes a shill for big bidet. I have not seen a single negative review for a bidet aside from maybe water shooting up your back which is more of a skill issue with aiming.

There is some debate to be had between using a bidet versus using a hose. With bidet there's no hand contact but you can't control where the water goes. Im personally more in favor of hose since you still gotta flush and handle the bathroom door so there's gonna be contact either way, but using water is CLEARLY superior to toilet paper.

Water is cheaper and guess what? IT USES LESS CLEAN WATER THAN MAKING TOILET PAPER. That's right making a single tissue of TP uses more water than just simply washing your butt. You can also shower less frequently because you don't constantly smell like shit. We are deforesting jungles just to turn them into butt napkins that do not even clean us properly, they just smear the shit all over the crack and make us smell like poop.

Also without TP there's no longer an issue with assholes flushing their used TP down the toilet and clogging the pipes, houses will no longer get TP'ed, the pandemic scalping situation wouldn't have happened etc etc. So why are people still hellbent on using this inferior method?

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[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

ego and homophobia/sexual propriety. those are the kneejwrk reactions I've heard from non adopters.

they "know" their asses are clean because they've smeared shit into their balloon knot for decades and it was "fine". got some peanut butter in a keyhole...? just use some tissue paper. totally hygienic. to consider otherwise is to consider one has been living with low standards for personal cleanliness despite full access to all the necessary technology and infrastructure of empire.

when they finally consider that maybe dry paper doesn't really clean feces off of skin effectively, they lash out about how the desire for a clean anus is some kind of sexual perversion they are "above".

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[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

Bidet gang.

[–] HyalineCat@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I hate to say it, but it probably comes back down to capitalism. You can't continue to sell copious amounts of toilet paper if everyone is blasting their arse clean with water.

-A Westerner who loves their bidet

[–] IHateCabbage420@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago

Idk about that. It seems like more of a cultural thing there are a lot of ass washers in capitalist countries. Still I will support any comment that portrays my minor grievances as the enemies of communism.

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago (11 children)

If we're talking about "inventing TP", I'm pretty sure we wiped with leaves and stuff before we invented the hose. Maybe even nice thick leaves like cabbage leaves.

I don't like getting only my butt wet instead of the whole body. If I wanted my butt wet I might as well take a shower.

Also, composting toilets are superior. Flush toilets emerged along with the capitalist class and the liberal idea of private bathroom ownership. Putting water pipes into every dwelling unit is a wasteful luxury that speeds up the decay of buildings. If we're talking about plumbing and commodity shortages we need to have a holistic approach instead of a hyperspecific bandaid approach.

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[–] Des@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

i really want one but my partner has no gall bladder and blah blah gross stuff basically i'm afraid it will get really dirty and poopy from backsplash. i have to clean and bleach our toliet down every 2 days.

will that add complicated nooks and tubing to clean basically?

[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I would say there is a little bit more to clean, but ive seen many that have "splash guards". Mine also has a cleaning setting that will wash the splash guard but its not gonna get the guard squeaky clean. Mine attaches to the seat, and also flips up for cleaning do you can wipe beneath it. I can send you a link to the one I got it you'd like, I was nervous about that too but I am so glad I got one

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[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Idk i can clean my butt with toilet paper. I agree with the other reasons but i don't smell like shit all the time.

Honestly getting a bidet never entered my mind as an option until the yks guys were talking about them. Never got around to it

[–] space_comrade@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Idk i can clean my butt with toilet paper.

Yeah me too but I always have to waste what feels like a lot of toilet paper. Washing your ass is objectively superior, I just can't be fucked to install a hose into my toilet and it's almost never an option to me anywhere I go.

[–] CocteauChameleons@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Takes like 3 mins to install

And the money you’ll save from not buying as much toilet paper is good motivation

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[–] IHateCabbage420@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Even if you can clean a bidet is still better cause you wouldn't have to pay a premium just to avoid the single-ply ones that fall apart instantly. I haven't run the numbers but imagine all the beanis you can buy with all that TP money saved over your lifetime.

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah i know the bidet is better, maybe when I'm back from out of town work I'll buy one for the family shitter.

A bidet, until very recently, had only been presented as a japanese novelty toilet gadget in any media i consumed anyway. This is my guess as to why Westerners don't use them

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[–] Dimmer06@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Tbf probably between a third and half of America is rationing or rapidly running out of water because all of it got sold to big agriculture.

Personally I carry an electric portable bidet with me though.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

smear fudgy chocolate on the anti-bidet crew and then when they ask to wash up just give them a rough paper towel

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[–] Lemister@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

Bidets exist but only in "fancier" homes. I think France & Italy have it more common. Anyways I use a hand bidet for travel, and have one at home. But I still need toilet paper because I dont want a wet crack.

[–] Blep@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Id install one if i ever owned a place

[–] RION@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

$30 bidet from Amazon can attach just fine to pretty much any toilet and easy removal

[–] IHateCabbage420@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

Does it really require permission from your landlord? It's just a piece of plastic that goes between your toilet seat and the toilet bowl. It takes like 5 minutes to install.

[–] MikeyChaz@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Just use a cup and fill it with water you don’t need a bidet

Better yet, if you want something on the go. This disc top container works, especially convenient if you have used shampoo containers with it

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