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No thank you.
by vnchr 5y ago
No thank you.
- mlyle 5y agoIf you got poop on any other part of your body, would wiping it with some dry paper convince you that you were clean?
- esalman 5y agoThis is my question as well.
- phonypc 5y agoYou'd also use soap elsewhere. Absent soap, I'd rather use paper than just water. I'd bet it's strictly more hygienic too. Moving water spreads stuff everywhere.
- taberiand 5y agoMaybe, but it seems in practice that either option is fine hygiene-wise - there surely would be definitive proof one way or the other by now, given widespread use, of there were issues?
- falcolas 5y agoThere's a paper about parachutes and problems with proving they prevent death that seems applicable here.
- mlyle 5y agoNot really relevant, given that a huge fraction of the world uses bidets. Unless you're implying that a huge portion of the world is eschewing parachutes and apparently doin' OK.
- JasonFruit 5y agoThat is... an unexpectedly good argument.
- tshaddox 5y agoNot a great argument for people who wash other parts of their body with soap, hot water, and scrubbing with a cloth.
- falcolas 5y agoYeah, water alone does not a clean surface make. Mythbusters showed this in their "air dryer vs. paper towls" myth. Water plus soap = clean hands no matter the drying method. Water alone, and the paper towels did better than an air dry.
- latchkey 5y agoThis was my realization as well.
- tshaddox 5y agoWait, would you only squirt it with water?
- mbg721 5y agoIf you ask a typical parent with an infant, dry paper isn't quite enough, but wet-wipes are; they're just more expensive and not flushable.