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Why aren't Bidets more widespread in the West?

demigod

demigod

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petran79 said:
I carry a small plastic bottle of water in case I am out and need a dump. Just have it marked so as not to confuse it with a drinking bottle.

Once I mistakenly wasted a bottle of alcohol that way and I wondered why my ass felt burned!
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Yup, this is me as well. Went to LA 2 weeks ago and ate pasta udon in Little Tokyo. Drove towards Korea town and my stomach was acting up, there was no way I can make it back to the house with LA's traffic. Took a bottle of water with me and went to the restroom.

I wish USA had the water hose at least. Went on a flight years ago and every time the flight attendant walked by it smelled so bad. I'm pretty sure she had diarrhea and she only wiped and not wash so the smell stuck on her.
 
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GloveSlap

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People accept what they are used to and the US (and most other places) are terrible at learning from the rest of the world. BTW, the clip on bidets on Amazon are $30-40 and work very well.
 
petran79

petran79

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demigod said:
Yup, this is me as well. Went to LA 2 weeks ago and ate pasta udon in Little Tokyo. Drove towards Korea town and my stomach was acting up, there was no way I can make it back to the house with LA's traffic. Took a bottle of water with me and went to the restroom.

I wish USA had the water hose at least. Went on a flight years ago and every time the flight attendant walked by it smelled so bad. I'm pretty sure she had diarrhea and she only wiped and not wash so the smell stuck on her.
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Actually I had no idea about this at all.
While I was in middle school I met a school mate and we used to talk about all that sophisticated male and female genital and sex stuff. During the conversation he told me that his doctor advised him to do this. After a while I started doing it too.
Probably we are in the minority. Most do it only after a bath which is wasted again in a few hours.
 
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SLoWMoTIoN

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petran79 said:
Actually I had no idea about this at all.
While I was in middle school I met a school mate and we used to talk about all that sophisticated male and female genital and sex stuff. During the conversation he told me that his doctor advised him to do this. After a while I started doing it too.
Probably we are in the minority. Most do it only after a bath which is wasted again in a few hours.
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Shave your butthole for maximum cleanliness
 
Tesseract

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what kind of monster degenerate dumps are you guys taking that a few wipes from some respectable brand of tp doesn't clean you up
 
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Durask

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I bought myself one of those fancy expensive Toto washlets 3 years ago, the same ones they have everywhere in Japan.

Gross details - don't read if you are easily triggered.

many nooks and crannies where gross bacteria would grow requring repeated scrubbing with a Q-tip and bleaching.

In some areas gross brown calcium deposits.

Last time I took it down there was gross stuff between the toilet bowl and the washlet and no easy way to get it out of the various seams and nooks on the bottom

$800 wasted.

It's now in a garbage bag and I am getting myself psychologically ready to throw $800 in a dumpster.
 
MultiCore

MultiCore

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Durask said:
I bought myself one of those fancy expensive Toto washlets 3 years ago, the same ones they have everywhere in Japan.

Gross details - don't read if you are easily triggered.

many nooks and crannies where gross bacteria would grow requring repeated scrubbing with a Q-tip and bleaching.

In some areas gross brown calcium deposits.

Last time I took it down there was gross stuff between the toilet bowl and the washlet and no easy way to get it out of the various seams and nooks on the bottom

$800 wasted.

It's now in a garbage bag and I am getting myself psychologically ready to throw $800 in a dumpster.
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So I've had a BioBidet 2000 for over two and a half years.
Your water must be measurably hard, as I don't have any kind of noticeable build-up of water deposits.

Also, the whole thing stays pretty dry and clean, so I can't imagine what kind of conditions led to the problems you're describing.


Which model did you have?
 
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Durask

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MultiCore said:
So I've had a BioBidet 2000 for over two and a half years.
Your water must be measurably hard, as I don't have any kind of noticeable build-up of water deposits.

Also, the whole thing stays pretty dry and clean, so I can't imagine what kind of conditions led to the problems you're describing.


Which model did you have?
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Toto 350e
 
Tesseract

Tesseract

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MetalAlien said:
I don't use a bidet because I own Predator and Conan The Barbarian on Bluray. AMERICA!
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Exentryk

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Mista said:
Actually why is this not widespread:
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I carry my portable water hose everywhere I travel
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This is the exact one we have installed in our toilets at home. These are better than those fixed sprays coz you don't have to move yourself to line up.

Sucks that the rest of the western world hasn't caught up yet.
 
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Liljagare

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It's safer than TP, over use of TP causes those boils and fistulas.


Seriously, don't google fistulas.

Much better to rinse than to wipe!
 
Mista

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Exentryk said:
This is the exact one we have installed in our toilets at home. These are better than those fixed sprays coz you don't have to move yourself to line up.

Sucks that the rest of the western world hasn't caught up yet.
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The same one in my house too and I got portable version for travelling
 
#Phonepunk#

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the US is far more spread out. many European countries would fit inside a single US state. we also have way more people than most. we have way more toilets than any country. bidets are like socialism, it works well if you have a small population in a tiny landmass. the US is huge. would be a waste of resources.

besides, unless you are an infant or bed ridden you should be able to wipe your own ass.

fwiw i've never once used a bidet. i'm 37. i have been to Sweden, Mexico, Egypt. never used a bidet. yall some privileged motherfuckers.
 
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lock2k

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They were quite popular in Brazil in older homes, but then they got phased out.

My grandma's house still has one.
 
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