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Shouldn’t we more worried about using toilet paper than IKEA catalog if we want to save trees ? Using a bidet is very easy and clean. https://blog.nationalgeog

Shouldn’t we more worried about using toilet paper than IKEA catalog if we want to save trees ? Using a bidet is very easy and clean. https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2010/04/16/toilet-paper-wipes-out-27000-trees-a-day/ https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2010/04/16/toilet-paper-...

forgotmypw17 6y ago
It's true, and a bidet proper isn't necessarily needed. I haven't used an actual bidet in a while, but I honestly find it hard to fathom not washing my butt after pooping now that I've started doing it. TP is just smearing it around...
- fredsir 6y ago
  Can you explain how you wash your butt afterwards? Do you take a shower? Sit in the sink and rinse with soap?
  - forgotmypw17 6y ago
    It depends on the circumstances. I may get into the shower or I may hang my butt over the tub or sink. The basic method is to keep washing it and rinsing it off and then washing off my hand, until I no longer feel poop or anything resembling it on my butt. Be gentle. No soap on the butt, that will dry it out. (As I mentioned in other posts, I don't use soap anywhere besides my hands.) I then keep washing it, occasionally washing off my hand. When I can rub my butt with my hand it comes back not smelling like poop at all, I consider my butt to be clean. If you look at animals, they do something similar, though they have to lick it clean. I consider myself very fortunate and blessed to not have to do that. :) Afterwards, I wash my hands, get dressed, and then wash my hands again.
    - fredsir 6y ago
      Thanks. Definitely food for thought!
- AngryData 6y ago
  If you are just smearing it around then I think you have both a diet and a method problem.
  - forgotmypw17 6y ago
    Here is a challenge for you: After you're done wiping as thoroughly as you will, run your hand or another piece of toilet paper through your butt and smell it.
    - AngryData 6y ago
      Here is a challenge for you, get some dog crap on your hand and spray it with a garden house then sniff your hand. Unless you are soaping and scrubbing your ass deep, it isn't going to be 100% sanitary regardless of using paper or a bidet. They are nice, but in the end it doesn't matter.
      - forgotmypw17 6y ago
        If you try the dog crap experiment and actually make a good effort with the hose and scrub it, you will find that it does not smell anymore.

forgotmypw17 6y ago

It's true, and a bidet proper isn't necessarily needed. I haven't used an actual bidet in a while, but I honestly find it hard to fathom not washing my butt after pooping now that I've started doing it. TP is just smearing it around...

fredsir 6y ago
Can you explain how you wash your butt afterwards? Do you take a shower? Sit in the sink and rinse with soap?
- forgotmypw17 6y ago
  It depends on the circumstances. I may get into the shower or I may hang my butt over the tub or sink. The basic method is to keep washing it and rinsing it off and then washing off my hand, until I no longer feel poop or anything resembling it on my butt. Be gentle. No soap on the butt, that will dry it out. (As I mentioned in other posts, I don't use soap anywhere besides my hands.) I then keep washing it, occasionally washing off my hand. When I can rub my butt with my hand it comes back not smelling like poop at all, I consider my butt to be clean. If you look at animals, they do something similar, though they have to lick it clean. I consider myself very fortunate and blessed to not have to do that. :) Afterwards, I wash my hands, get dressed, and then wash my hands again.
  - fredsir 6y ago
    Thanks. Definitely food for thought!
AngryData 6y ago
If you are just smearing it around then I think you have both a diet and a method problem.
- forgotmypw17 6y ago
  Here is a challenge for you: After you're done wiping as thoroughly as you will, run your hand or another piece of toilet paper through your butt and smell it.
  - AngryData 6y ago
    Here is a challenge for you, get some dog crap on your hand and spray it with a garden house then sniff your hand. Unless you are soaping and scrubbing your ass deep, it isn't going to be 100% sanitary regardless of using paper or a bidet. They are nice, but in the end it doesn't matter.
    - forgotmypw17 6y ago
      If you try the dog crap experiment and actually make a good effort with the hose and scrub it, you will find that it does not smell anymore.