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why isn't the use of the bidet more widespread? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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[–] 37 points 2 years ago (4 children)

in Italy, there is literally a law obligating houses to have a bidet. the separated from the toilet kind.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    the separated from the toilet kind.

    I don't understand how those work at all...seems like that would be a recipe for poop tracks from the toilet.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    well... it is time to explain to an internet stranger how we clean our bum.

    • you shit on the toilet
    • you wipe with tp one or two times
    • get up, sit on the bidet
    • water, soap on the hand, and you scrub your ass with your hand, no this is not gay
    • go again with water and soap until you feel your ass is clean
    • dry with a small towel

    the towel is generally personal, and we change it every couple of days.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    What part of cleaning your ass could be misconstrued as gay? Feels like an unnecessary aside, haha. Thanks for the step by step though, that makes sense!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Legit question: Do you wash your hands again after that?

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  • [+] -23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    That would never fly in the US. They complain about water usage so much that they regulate shower heads so that they barely drip water, and toilets so that they don't have enough water to flush solid waste. The bidet would just blow the regulators' heads with all the water usage.

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  • [+] -36 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    not surprised that Italy (who has a history of fascism and from what I heard currently has a fascist leader) has an authoritarian law requiring that people do things in their own homes (kinda like some HOAs in the US. Although, I have to admit, we must have lucked out with a HOA that's not one of the shitty ones you always hear about)

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