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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 5 days ago (1 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".

[–] Thallo@hexbear.net 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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".

This sounds like exaggeration, but I've actually had someone say he doesn't use wet wipes because it's gay. "Why does my asshole need to be clean? For my boyfriend??"

Absolutely deranged puritanical culture.

real shit, i was summarizing my lived experience as a multi-decade bidet enjoyer. having been to the middle east and the far east as a younger person, and having had family live in the middle east for many years it was something we all adopted straight away. because once it is realized how affordable and easy it is to live a life without a be'shitted asshole, it becomes the standard. like bathing regularly, brushing teeth, or washing dishes. you can't just go back. not to mention, a typical entry level apparatus pays for itself in TP cost savings in a few months for a single person.

i gave up on evangelizing to the westoids very early on, because the majority dismiss it with some invective from one of (or both) of the two camps: "i can clean feces perfectly by blindly smearing it with paper" / "you are a sexual pervert". these being responses to me having one in my bathroom and them seeing it. maybe 1 in 10 or 1 in 20 would see it, try it, and become converted. the rest were upset and confrontational.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 days ago

Bidet gang.

"They don't want to be great people" - Shah Jahan

[–] miz@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 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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[–] Dimmer06@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days 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.

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

Id install one if i ever owned a place

[–] RION@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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

[–] IHateCabbage420@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days 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 5 days 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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[–] RION@hexbear.net 4 points 5 days ago

There is pretty much no excuse, bidets are like $40 and easy to attach/detach so no prob if you're renting

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