• Merman_Gothique
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    111
    ·
    2 days ago

    I seriously do not understand the cultural reluctance to adopting the bidet. After using one it becomes instantly clear how awful the alternative is.

    • LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      51
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 days ago

      Hi I’m from the TP lobby, but don’t you want to smear poo around on yourself with a piece of paper that will probably rip anyway and get it all over your hand too? 🥺

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      26
      ·
      2 days ago

      As someone from a country where bidets are normalized, I was horrified when I learned what the toilet paper in Western cartoons was actually used for.

        • markko
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          6
          ·
          1 day ago

          I think they mean that they didn’t realise the toilet paper was used for “cleaning” instead of just for drying up after the cleaning was done.

    • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      2 days ago

      I put off getting one for a long time just because I didn’t see a problem with the way things were going. If only I had realized sooner how much better life could be.

    • plaztek@piefed.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      18
      arrow-down
      5
      ·
      2 days ago

      Mostly speculation on my part and remembering conversations from decades ago, but at least in the US among men, anything touching your butthole = gay. Using a bidet is something those effeminate Europeans use and not something for manly Americans. These same men think that actually cleaning your butthole in the shower is also gay. Fortunately this mainly seems to be a mindset that older generations hang onto, as I talk to younger folks (Millennial and younger), they seem to be much more open to bidet usage. I have one installed at home and I don’t feel clean if I have to do my business somewhere without one.

      • nomy@lemmy.zip
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        2 days ago

        I’ve noticed this as well and have starting using bidets as a quality of life improvement flex.

        Hard to pretend you’re the man when you’re walking around with a nasty ass and I’m over here feeling fresh as fuck on the hottest day of the summer.

      • EastofEdson@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        2 days ago

        Haha. If I have to do business elsewhere I’ll give myself a rinse when I get home in order to freshen up.

    • Rooskie91@discuss.online
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 days ago

      Gay: remotely squirting water at your butt. Not gay: shoving your hand up your butt covered by the world thinnest paper.

    • EastofEdson@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      2 days ago

      Right! Maybe it’s due to its French origin. Freedom lovers can’t stand French things.