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The Medieval Invention of Toilet Paper
- watertom 7y agoI'm waiting for the 3 seashells.
- sjg007 7y agoflush, bidet, air dry
- throwawaypoop 7y agoTake a shower.
- amriksohata 7y agoParents laughed at me for using toilet paper and having skid marks and dried poop on my bum. They would wash with water and never had the bum problems I had growing up , since I started washing feels much nicer
- throwawaypoop 7y agoI don't understand why people don't just shower after they shit. Get up, clean your teeth, shit, wipe, then shower. Unless you have a problem with your bowels there shouldn't be any need to have a non-showered ass at any point. Nobody healthy should need to be shitting outside of their house.
- quadrifoliate 7y agoThere are so many edge case situations that I don't even understand how people prescribe "just" showering after poop. Sometimes people get diarrhea. Sometimes they get constipation. Some people just have to go twice a day. Bidets and air drying or TP drying accounts of all of these.
- throwawaypoop 7y ago> Sometimes people get diarrhea. Sometimes they get constipation. Right - I said 'nobody healthy'. > Some people just have to go twice a day. That's insane. Who's routinely shitting twice a day?
- darkgreene 7y agoLooks like anywhere between 3 times per day and 3 times per week is considered normal (https://muschealth.org/medical-services/geriatrics-and-aging/healthy-aging/bowel-habits https://muschealth.org/medical-services/geriatrics-and-aging...)
- RobotCaleb 7y agoIt's a real revelation to find out that there are people in the world who aren't you.
- optimuspaul 7y agoThat is a bumper sticker or t-shirt right there
- dang 7y agoEnough with this shit.
- glouwbug 7y agoFor the longest time I thought a green username meant you were a hackernews mod, and I kept asking myself why hackernews mods were such trolls.
- blaser-waffle 7y agoWhat does it actually mean, then? I assumed it was a paid premium user or something.
- glouwbug 7y agoI think it means its a new user with like under 10 posts or something
- willart4food 7y agoSo, I went here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper which then lead me here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylospongium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylospongium
- adamredwoods 7y agoEastern latrines: the water and the dipper. Very informative! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKkryfdtMNQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKkryfdtMNQ
- saagarjha 7y ago> To clean the sponge, they simply washed it in a bucket with water and salt or vinegar.[2] This became a breeding ground for bacteria, causing the spread of disease in the latrine. Seems like we might not want to switch to that anytime soon.
- henearkr 7y agoNowadays, it could be personally owned by each (so, not shared) and also the cleaning could be done with clear water and soap.
- amingilani 7y agoI don't know if this has been asked before but: Why does so much of the world use toilet paper? Especially given the cost in manufacturing, the cost of buying it, and the dependence that comes on using a product that may go out of stock. Obviously I'm a bidet person, but I'm just trying to build a better understanding.
- Fezzik 7y agoIf I had to guess, it is similar to why people spend small fortunes on diamonds - despite being a horrible financial decision and having superior/cheaper alternatives, a series of a societal pressures (mainly advertising, at this point) has resulted in people making a behavioral decision that is far less than optimal based on any reasonable metric. Also, people are bad at changing habits. Really bad. And as ridiculous as it is, a huge portion of the US thinks bidets are for the French, gays, and women... all of which are thought of as pejoratives. I am not as familiar with the ignorances and stupidities of other countries.
- adamredwoods 7y agoI don't think bidets are standard in the US and still need a water hookup, which is a small but definable barrier. TP is cheap, viewed from a short-term cost.
- rootusrootus 7y agoThere are cheap bidets that don't need any electrical hookup, and install with a splitter on the water hookup for the toilet itself. It's just a cultural thing.
- baud147258 7y agoNot all appartement have enough room to put a bidet in each bathroom? At least it's been the case in most bathroom I've seen. And TP can still be usable without any running water.
- coderintherye 7y ago