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

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (8 children)

My favorite pro-bidet argument from chainsawsuit.com

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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?

[–] tamtt 22 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

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 ;)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

" I'm just terrified it'll get my underwear and clothes wet while being cold and unpleasant." I've never had this issue.

[–] MicroWave 8 points 1 year ago

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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[–] ThiccSemperTyrannis 29 points 1 year ago (6 children)

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 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Some people are worried that it may feel sexual.

I... did not know this was a concern? lol

[–] ThiccSemperTyrannis 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

[–] ratz30 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The I don't wipe or wash my ass because that's gay crowd. What a special bunch.

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[–] Hogger86 10 points 1 year 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

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[–] ReaderTunesOctopus 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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
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[–] rustydomino 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the kind of quality content that will get people to move away from reddit.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We got a bidet during COVID, my only issue with it is the fact that it ruins every other non-bidet having bathroom forever.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

There are about a million people here all saying the same thing. It’s amazing, it’s better than you think, and once you use one, you will never ever go back.

It’s all true. When you poop in a public restroom or at a friends house without one, you will feel tainted.

In the winter if you’re worried about cold water, you should know the anus is not very temperature sensitive. I suppose because in our evolutionary past we did not use our anus much to sense the temperature of objects.

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[–] cocolopez 22 points 1 year ago (20 children)

I'll never understand how people live without a bidet.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

OK, so, I actually did this a few months ago!

But, in my opinion, it is not a 100% replacement for toilet paper. First, everything gets wet after using-and if you're hairy like me you really do want to dry it, and I use TP to do that. Also, I've noticed that it doesn't always get everything-and using some TP to dry off is also a good way to make sure everything is clean.

And it also has a good bit of spray that will land on the seat and the bidet itself. You need to clean that off, I tend to do it with toilet paper when I stand up.

You won't stop using TP, but you'll certainly use less of it, I think I use about half as much now as before.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I installed one shortly before the pandemic started and ended up looking like Nostradamus.

You don't realize you want one until you have it.

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[–] BradleyUffner 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

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[–] cucumacu 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I got a Tushy classic bidet a year ago. It is amazing! For anyone out there that uses more toilet paper than you think you should, gets a raw bum from wiping, or wants to get three times cleaner, a bidet is for you. I'm a dude, but also my wife loves it. Honestly, one of the best purchases per dollar I have ever made and one that reminds me daily.

If you got poop on your hands, what do you think will get you cleaner? Couple of wipes with toilet paper or rinsing in the sink with water.

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[–] CerebralCult 15 points 1 year ago

Have been using bidet my entire life. It's a must! This post should be more of a PSA rather than YSK.

[–] CocktailPlasma 15 points 1 year ago

I honestly have no idea why bidets haven't taken off in the US. After travelling to other countries though, had to buy one for my home toilet. And now I hate having to poop elsewhere where there's no bidet.

[–] shufflerofrocks 14 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] kinther 13 points 1 year ago

Imagine you got poop on your arm and decided to wipe it away with toilet paper. You know there's still poop on it. The same thing goes for your butt. Clean your butt!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I keep seeing bidets recommended. Ive thought about getting one, but I'm not sure.

Are there any vagina owners here that can testify to them? I'm worried it will just spray poop up into my bits.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My girlfriend loves the bidet. You will not spray poop up into your bits but I get your concern. We also have a dial, on ours, to change the angle to vagina-mode. Great for periods, allegedly, but it blasts me in the balls if I don't notice.

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[–] optissima 10 points 1 year ago

The water is not pulled from the bowl, it's fed from the same pipe your tank pulls from. They're great, but if your water is cold, well you have to brace yourself.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

40$ attachment and no more swamp ass. Say goodbye to foul balls. And no more tainted taint.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Honestly, I thought I was pretty clean before getting a bidet, but since getting one I can never go back without feeling gross. It's weird what we can get used to, when that's just how you've done things your whole life.

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[–] BackOnMyBS 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This post convinced me to order one. I'm moving on up!

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Now this is the kind of content I want more of going forward x

[–] MilchBitte 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What the fuck bidets are not common in the West? Scared that it will spray poop bits in vagina??? What's going on over there.

[–] Discoslugs 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Am american:

Many People here are very hesitant to try one out.

They have some weird thing about butts & water. And shooting water onto ones butt. Its like they consider it overtly sexual and therefore weird and european.

Once people try it out they usually like it.

But the honest truth is: most americans walk around all day with dirty butts.

There is said it.

[–] VioletteRei 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

laughs in Italian yes come to the right side of personal hygiene

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I've tried them before and have never had a good experience. It either is too high pressure and hurts, or it's too low pressure and doesn't clean.

And I'm not particularly a fan of how wet everything gets down there after using one.

Is there a particular trick to them or, am I missing something?

[–] gibmiser 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like your asshole is just a tad sensitive. Maybe you can get the toilet to buy you dinner first and see if that helps?

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[–] korny 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The one I have has a dial to adjust how fast the water comes out. Sometimes I need a gentle whisper of water, othertimes I need my butthole power washed.

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[–] eoddc5 8 points 1 year ago

We have bidets on each toilet and will never go back. Its impossible.

[–] MegaUmbreon 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Another upvote for the Bidet. Super easy to install, I think mine was £40 and it's a life changer.

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[–] ipha 7 points 1 year ago

Be warned, once you go bidet you can never go back.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Got one for Christmas and it had been a revolutionary improvement for my pooping life. Now every time I travel or have to poo in public I spend the whole time pouting and thinking wistfully about my bidet at home.

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