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    I have a similar one right next to my bidet. There’s no way I’m going back there. It even has a fan, ya hear me? A fan!

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    I couldn’t live without one.

    It’s so much cleaner and you save so much money and it has other uses too.

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        Maybe even outlets in other rooms! That’s really fun when a random outlet stops working

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          I know of a house that has the upstairs bathroom daisychained off of the downstairs kitchen. They are not above/below each other.

          I’ll never understand why that much wire routing is worth a $20 GFCI.

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        In the U.S., no. Federal code only requires GFCI in certain areas like kitchens, bathrooms, garages, laundry rooms, basement, etc. State and local governments can amend the federal code if they want; a common amendment is to make GFCI only required in unfinished areas of basements instead of the entire basement. Some places may even have more strict codes than the federal code. There are also some electricians that voluntarily only install GFCI breakers (my brother’s company does this), but it’s not required.

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        Where are you that they do that? Under water? Lol

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          Europe, we call it RCCB and it’s in the electrical distribution board on all circuits. GFCI isn’t only useful in wet conditions, it protects you everywhere where there is the possibility of a circuit between a live wire and the ground with you in the middle.

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            Although it’s an absolute pain in the arse in certain scenarios. Surge protectors essentially present as a leak to earth any time they do their job, so my mandatory RCCBs on every circuit turn minor mains fluctuations into permanent outages.

            I really need to see if I can legally run one circuit that isn’t RCD protected for my homelab…

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              Put the surge protector before your RCD?

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                You understand that the RCD is (mandatorily) in the electrical distribution panel where it hands off to the utility supply right?

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                  I don’t know all the details. Are you sure you’re literally not allowed to place anything before the RCD? Technically SPD then RCD makes the most sense to me, so it seems strange to me that it wouldn’t be allowed, but I couldn’t find any clear answer.

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      100% correct, code violation and that person is asking for trouble.

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    Get ready for the experience of traveling, needing a shit and then realizing there won’t be a bidet.

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      Vacations are so much less enjoyable now. Like it shouldn’t ruin my whole experience, but it kinda does.

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      You can use a portable bidet. It’s not as good as a mounted one but still.

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      as an arab you couldn’t imagine my shock when i travelled abroad and experienced the joy of hemorrhoids for the first time lol

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      I spend a lot of time working away from the office at sites.

      I have a bidet at home and specifically save my shits for when I get home.

      My ass just dosnt feel properly clean these days if I have to shit like a commoner.

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    I once heard the phrase “a water fountain for your butthole” and hear it every time I see one.

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    For those who hesitate making the investment, portable squirt bottles for this purpose are available for less than $25.

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      Vietnam has a good way of doing it. You just tee in one of those kitchen sink sprayer heads to the water supply. You could even tee it off from the bathroom sink warm water.

      Looks like the spray heads are $11-15, plus a hose and a tee fitting.

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        India too. Lots of Asia went this route. “bum gun” where I’ve been. It was a real blessing when I got food poisoning.

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        Same goes for Thailand, definitely a good cheap option if you got the angle right. Messy otherwise. Always do a pressure check into the bowl if it’s a public toilet…

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    Confused congrats from Germany.

    Is that really what you call a bidet? Because our bidets here are unrelated to the toilet and that’s a Japanese toilet. The bidet is the one for washing https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidet.

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      The Japanese toilet uses wash sprayers to act like a bidet. Takes up less room. For some reason, Americans like dirty asses.

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        I know bidets and Japanese toilets but the image shown is the latter and not a bidet that’s why I’m curious if that definition is a US thing or something, I like learning.

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          The image shown most definitely contains a bidet.

          It’s a washlet bidet, which attaches either underneath the toilet seat or as part of the toilet seat itself, and usually has controls that jut out to the right of the seat(to the right from the perspective of the seated person).

          The toilet in this picture has a washlet bidet installed.

          This is separate from the kind of bidets that are installed separately from the toilet, as is common in many other countries.

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            I think removing the need to move the dirty bottom from one hole to another is a key innovation.

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    I wish I could get one. The lease for my apartment specifically says no installing bidets unfortunately

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        They come in to the apartment like 4 times a year maybe for alarm / leak checks. Guess I could just uninstall it every time

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          Mine like the one pictured would be uninstallable on demand , but a massive pain in the ass. I’d probably install it and see if they bring it up. Sort of depends on the landlord and how desperate you are to stay there. IMO knowing nothing of your situation its worth it.

          Be warned all other non bidet bathrooms will now be unpleasant.

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

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      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? 🥺

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      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.

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          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.

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      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.

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      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.

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        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.

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

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

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

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    That’s a fancy one. Mine only has two settings, drinking fountain on my butthole or power wash the inside of my colon.

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      You can buy a separate valve to install between the water supply and the bidet, to limit the super powerful “stab of doom” spray.

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      Mine was literally the cheapest I could find (Amazon flash sale during COVID for maybe $30?) and isn’t even powered, but still manages to have a continuous knob to adjust pressure, along with three buttons for where to aim the spray (butt, front, and self-clean).

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        Yeah, same. Cheap, no power other than my water pressure and no warming either so the water is always cold. 🥶

        But, it gets the job done.

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          Yeah, back when I was properly plumbed we had two. One expensive one with a tank on the side of the toilet for warm water kept the same temperature for as long as, well I gave it to my cool brother before I started dating my wife and she didn’t want a bidet don’t get me started I think it still works tho, and one cheap one with just pressure control and just cold water, but was great if you ever needed to do a little spring cleaning and that one is in the home office and I just did a little spring cleaning last week. $35 gets you where you need to go

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      And the knob is counter intuitive to every other water control knob. Wtf is this clockwise is ON bullshit? The number of times I let Blastoise wash my bum…