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The reverse combination also works: remove the larger particles with paper, use soap and water to finish the job. It's amazing how most of the western world ge
by new2628 7y ago
The reverse combination also works: remove the larger particles with paper, use soap and water to finish the job.
It's amazing how most of the western world gets by with paper only. Try holding a piece of ... in the hand, then clean it with paper only. No amount of paper will make it clean enough.
- numlock86 7y agoThere is also the option of wet paper towels, which works also very nice.
- pan69 7y agoApparently those wet paper towels are a real strain on the sewer system, clogging it.
- gpmcadam 7y agoThere's a general conflation of two types of wet towels. 1. "Wet Wipes" which are commonly used to clean babies and young children, these must be disposed of in the bin and can't be flushed 2. "Wet Toilet Paper" which is a far less durable version of the above, and flushes and disintegrates as normal. In the UK, these come with a "Flushable" symbol on the package.
- evanb 7y agoIn the US "paper towel" usually refers to kitchen roll. Kitchen roll is designed to be strong when wet, unlike toilet roll, which is designed to dissolve when wet.
- mcny 7y agoI don't know about the UK but if you ever come to the US please don't flush anything that says flushable in the pack. if it has to say flushable on the packaging, it likely isn't.
- jjeaff 7y agoHere's the thing though. I don't pick up food or shake hands or touch the doorknob or keyboard with my anus. I agree that a bidet can get you cleaner. But if you are using your bare hand to clean with, you are getting a cleaner rear at the expense of a dirtier hand. No matter how well you wash.
- premek 7y agoThats why you have two hands
- yibg 7y agoWhat do you use to clean yourself down there in the shower?
- mcny 7y agoI use my fingers. that and just soap and water like the rest of the body?
- amelius 7y agoI would agree but using paper can also make the hand dirty, except perhaps in an invisible way. I think it might be all in our heads and we need a scientific study to show which method is safer/more hygienic. This also could take into account the question of whether spreading some bacteria could have a positive effect on e.g. our immune systems somehow.
- pinkfoot 7y agoDramatically reduce your carbohydrate intake. You'll be down to a single square in no time.
- usrusr 7y agoAs with all culturally different ways to do something, switching costs make individual comparison almost impossible. A lifetime of experience with paper/bidet/whatever will inevitably make you so good at it that it ends up being the best process for you. It's really just like emacs/vi I think.
- srg0 7y ago> It's really just like emacs/vi I think. Do you mean that one of these techniques is a major mode, and the other is hard to quit?
- hycaria 7y agoIs your ass that dirty though ? Honestly gotta wonder about diets here. Most of the time I wipe clean or almost, and I am never constipated nor have diarrhoea... Eating lots of greens yada yada