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YSK: Installing a bidet attachment to your toilet is super easy and probably cleaner than using toilet paper.

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

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LollerCorleone@kbin.social
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As someone from outside the West, the idea of just wiping with a tissue paper, and not using a bidet or its equivalent grosses me out tbh.

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Ataraxia@lemmy.world
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In italy we had one but used it to wash our junk when we didn’t have time to take a shower. Never even thought about using it after shitting. My mom taught me it was a vagina washing sink.

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Klunk@kbin.social
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As someone from inside the West, same. Dudes be walking round with stank ass all day.

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Nogami@lemmy.world
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After going to Japan, I ordered a genuine Toto washlet (warm water, heated, drying, all sort of goodies) and gave it to my wife for Christmas.

It’s her favourite Christmas gift ever, even after almost a decade. The only gift that still gets daily use :). We had a problem with it a few years back and sent to the North American service centre. Flat rate for a complete refurbish. Awesome!

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Alwaysfallingupyup@lemmy.world
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hold up ! Do they all have drying on them?

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Nogami@lemmy.world
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I think all of the Toto washlets do?

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thirdtower@lemmy.world
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My biggest regret ever was not buying an electric Toto bidet.

SERIOUSLY do not cheap out on it.

It is worth every cent.

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𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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My favorite pro-bidet argument from chainsawsuit.com

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Account5600@lemmy.world
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…you dont wash your hands?

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𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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… you don’t wash your butt?

Your point is also the point of the comic: saying that you’ve rubbed dry paper on your butthole and that makes it “clean” is analagous to getting poop on your hands and doing the same.

You wash your hands; you should also wash your butt: so get a bidet.

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jimrob4@midwest.social
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I don’t grab everything I touch with my ass crack either.

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heili@lemmy.world
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Except that I don’t touch literally everything else including my food with my butthole, though. And it’s not as if I never wash my butthole. So if I happen to be in a public shitter and I drop a deuce, I will simply apply shit tickets and not freak out about it.

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Mallard@lemmy.world
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That’s exactly the comparison that the comic strip is making. People are okay with just using tissue in one situation but not in others.

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Grabthar@lemmy.world
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I think the other comparison we’re overlooking is how many people would be ok with “just a quick rinse” if they were washing shit off their hands.

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shufflerofrocks@lemmy.world
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Please God, I beg you all to do this. I mean no disrespect to y’all at all.

I have been using a bidet/health faucet/Jet spray all my life. I was so shocked and disgusted when I found out people in the west used toilet paper 🤢🤢

I’ve used toilet paper a few times in emergencies and I’ve regretted it everytime. The difference between water and paper in cleaning your butt is so vast.

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s_s@lemmy.one
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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?

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tamtt@lemmy.world
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Because your ass does literally nothing else all day, but your hands touch things like food etc. I’d say it was more like getting shit on your leg. Do you wipe it off or just wait until you next have a shower?

That said I love the idea of bidets, I’m just terrified it’ll get my underwear and clothes wet while being cold and unpleasant.

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hihusio@kbin.social
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it’s more like having shit smeared on your face. you wouldn’t use a tissue to wipe it off and smear it around, you’d use soap and water.

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crilen@kbin.social
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" I’m just terrified it’ll get my underwear and clothes wet while being cold and unpleasant." I’ve never had this issue.

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MicroWave@lemmy.world
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It’s a focused stream of water so you just have to aim a little. And the cold water is actually surprisingly refreshing even in the winter for me.

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thanksbrother@kbin.social
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I’m terrified of bears. A little excess moisture? A low level fear at most.

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Atemu@lemmy.ml
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I’m just terrified it’ll get my underwear and clothes wet while being cold and unpleasant.

The beam is way more focused than you might imagine. It can’t reach your clothes, there’s a fat-ass human in the way ;)

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Ataraxia@lemmy.world
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Wash them with soap and water and scrub them then dry them with a towel.

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