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[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 93 points 3 months ago (42 children)

When people think a bidet is stupid, I always ask: If you had poop on your arm, would you clean it with water or just wipe it with a dry towel and call it a day?

Not to mention it's less irritating for ur bum

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 46 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] swab148@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hey, that's mine. You can't have it.

[–] swab148@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago
[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 15 points 3 months ago (13 children)

This question shows that people can have differing standards of cleanliness and it's OK. Because the answer is "would you spray your arm with water only or would you use soap?" Bidets don't use soap, so with either bidet or paper you can still feel dirty until a shower, it's just what level of dirty you're willing to accept.

[–] sircac@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Bidets don’t use soap? Well, I use soap on every use, what kind of bidet instructions do you follow up? Sponge and hands, a bidet is like a mini shower in your groins without a full body implication, is just a washbasin at a convenient height… don’t you wash your hands and your face in the morning with soap in the washbasin?

EDIT: Probably we imply different things for “bidet”, I got South European one in mind…

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[–] MeetInPotatoes@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Hey, fellow Spuds fan. I have a similar one but it's: "If you smeared peanut butter on the outside of a watermelon but wiped it off with dry toilet paper, wouldn't you expect it to still smell like peanut butter?

[–] NormalPerson@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] MeetInPotatoes@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

That's a fair question.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Honestly, I feel like they're both gonna smell like peanut butter about the same

Especially if you do that with a potato instead of a watermelon

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[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

Honestly I'd say wiping my arm with a bunch of paper towels is about the same as spraying it down with a garden hose. I feel like people who say otherwise have never actually tried to rinse something off their body with just water pressure and no scrubbing.

I still plan to get a bidet because it's less irritating as you said.

[–] arbitrary_sarcasm@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Loudermilk had an episode on this.

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