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We focus a lot on luxury in the US, and I find the lack of adjustable bidets surprising. It is pure luxury to be able to sit there, push a few buttons on a pan

We focus a lot on luxury in the US, and I find the lack of adjustable bidets surprising. It is pure luxury to be able to sit there, push a few buttons on a panel on the wall next to you, and have a warm jet of water wash you in exactly the place you need to be washed. The alternative - what virtually every American does to clean themselves - is comparatively barbaric. I actually think some of the resistance to bringing bidets into the typical American household is pride - not wanting to admit that another people/country does something better. To adopt bidets would be to admit that we were in some way not as smart or as advanced as we think we are relative to the rest of the world. (This may sound ridiculous, but from what I experience in Texas I can attest that it is real.)

VeejayRampay 3y ago
imagine admitting that the French got things right and you didn't... very complicated for the average American mind
- ghaff 3y ago
  Although the article uses the term bidets, it seems to actually be about Japanese washlets rather than French-style bidets. But that may be complicated for some people too.
- snapplebobapple 3y ago
  The way you can get around that complication is to remember not all things are equally important. In that spirit, America commends the cheese swilling surrender monkeys on adopting a clean bum policy comparatively early. We apologize for being tardy on this issue, we were too busy saving the free world to update our bum cleaning methodology as new tech became available.
  - michaelteter 3y ago
    Good thing we had the French and others when we really needed them, else we wouldn't be around later "saving the free world"... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_in_the_American_Revolutionary_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_in_the_American_Revolut... Now to be fair, France's motivation may have been more to damage their rival than to help us, but either way we got some much needed assistance.
    - snapplebobapple 3y ago
      Yes, it's a good bet that when someone is paraphrasing the simpsons in their choice of sick burns that they are being 100 % serious and not making a joke in response to an already downvoted french snide remark.
      - michaelteter 3y ago
        Unfortunately we don't all remember enough Simpsons to make the connection. Also very unfortunate is that the statement was indistinguishable from many statements made by HN users who have followed the Palmer Lucky path.

VeejayRampay 3y ago

imagine admitting that the French got things right and you didn't... very complicated for the average American mind

ghaff 3y ago
Although the article uses the term bidets, it seems to actually be about Japanese washlets rather than French-style bidets. But that may be complicated for some people too.
snapplebobapple 3y ago
The way you can get around that complication is to remember not all things are equally important. In that spirit, America commends the cheese swilling surrender monkeys on adopting a clean bum policy comparatively early. We apologize for being tardy on this issue, we were too busy saving the free world to update our bum cleaning methodology as new tech became available.
- michaelteter 3y ago
  Good thing we had the French and others when we really needed them, else we wouldn't be around later "saving the free world"... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_in_the_American_Revolutionary_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_in_the_American_Revolut... Now to be fair, France's motivation may have been more to damage their rival than to help us, but either way we got some much needed assistance.
  - snapplebobapple 3y ago
    Yes, it's a good bet that when someone is paraphrasing the simpsons in their choice of sick burns that they are being 100 % serious and not making a joke in response to an already downvoted french snide remark.
    - michaelteter 3y ago
      Unfortunately we don't all remember enough Simpsons to make the connection. Also very unfortunate is that the statement was indistinguishable from many statements made by HN users who have followed the Palmer Lucky path.