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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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[–] 40 points 2 years ago* (6 children)

There are a large number of Americans that think:

  1. Anything touching them there makes them gay - still not sure how your hand and TP is any different
  2. It will hurt - yeah...... IDK
  3. It's gross, or it doesn't get you clean - uh.....wiping some paper on it does? how?!?!!?
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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I know someone who thinks it just sprays shit over everything

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

    Some american men refuse to touch their own penis while washing, due to a fear of it making them gay. I’d tell them they need therapy, but they’d tell me that therapy is for the weak.

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

    I only have anecdotes, but as an American, it's #1. It was my initial off the cuff thought. Buttholes are verboten here. Full stop.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Right? It's really weird though because a lot of those same people talk about eating ass, a LOT.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    As an American who's unsure.

    I don't like the thought of water spraying into my ass

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I started using them in my adult life so maybe I can give some insight

    it feels a little uncomfortable the first time. Not because it's necessarily uncomfortable, but more because it's a foreign feeling.

    You get used to it after the 2nd or 3rd time though. Once you use a bidet it's hard to go back to TP

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It doesn’t spray INTO your ass. I mean, I guess it could, but you’d have to REALLY try to make it happen.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    There are valid concerns with regard to bidet use. They do result in aerosolized particulates in greater number than results from wiping, which means you are literally breathing more feces.

    Is it enough to be problematic? Probably not, but that may also depend on how aggressively/frequently you use them.

    See also:

    • Ali, Wajid, et al. "Comparing bioaerosol emission after flushing in squat and bidet toilets: Quantitative microbial risk assessment for defecation and hand washing postures." Building and Environment 221 (2022): 109284.
    • Abney, S. E., et al. "Toilet hygiene—review and research needs." Journal of Applied Microbiology 131.6 (2021): 2705-2714.
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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but shit is literally aerosolized any time you flush the toilet. And it’s not contained the bathroom. And it doesn’t matter if the toilet seat is up or down.

    Mythbusters did an episode on exactly that. It is worse than you’d think. I can’t find the actual episode right now, but someone wrote an article about it/the findings.

    The other brushes were placed elsewhere in the home, including the kitchen and even an office on the other end of the building, and all of the other ones were rinsed daily but not used for brushing. At the end of the month-long experiment, the toothbrushes were analyzed by a microbiologist, and they found that every toothbrush had a microscopic amount of fecal matter on them, regardless of the distance from the bathroom. source

    Bidet or not doesn’t matter. Shit is literally all over EVERYTHING. ALL the time.

    Oh, and if we really wanna get fun about it, those hand dryer things…..LOL dude. Sooooo much shit going EVERYWHERE.

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