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1. they are increasingly seen in the US, i see them all the time 2. if where you live does not have a "water cycle shortage", it's really not necessary. North
by fsckboy 2y ago
1. they are increasingly seen in the US, i see them all the time
2. if where you live does not have a "water cycle shortage", it's really not necessary. North America is huge and nowhere near as densely populated as Europe or Japan.
when I visited Hong Kong a loooong time ago, we were told that the water system for the toilets used salt/ocean water. Hong Kong is a small island, that was driven by their need. if you don't need it, you don't need it.
rapid adoption of bidets might increase public health/comfort by some measures, but it actually also increases water use. I feel you are influenced as much by familiarity/fashion as by a coherent water usage strategy
- standardUser 2y agoBidets can actually reduce water usage overall, depending on how much less toilet paper is used. Then of course there's the benefit of needing fewer materials to produce toilet paper.
- fsckboy 2y agoi always assumed you wiped first, then cleaned up with with the bidet. you're telling me you're spraying and rubbing with your fingers... i don't want to talk about it any more
- Volundr 2y agoJust spraying. Mine has a drier even. It's not so good I forgo a TP check, definitely drastically reduces use.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoRubbing with your fingers? Uh no. Finish your business, spray, wipe with TP. One additional step which makes the TP mostly perfunctory.
- SAI_Peregrinus 2y agoYou spray. Everything is removed, leaving just water. Then you wipe with toilet paper or a washable towel.
- fsckboy 2y agohate to break it to you, but if you are spraying poop off, you are aerosolizing poop. full stop (except for the poop, which you have not stopped, you have sprayed). No shit? no, shit. (and it would no longer be aerosol, it would be pooposol)
- ffsm8 2y agoBidets aren't high pressure cleaners, so no. If this was true, you'd also not clean your hands by washing them, only aerosolizing the dirt from your hands
- soco 2y agoIt reduces by not needing you take a whole shower to have a less gross asscrack. Although most of the solutions proposed below make me wish I never see a bidet again, at least I should remember to avoid them when traveling to said country.
- slowmovintarget 2y agoBut you have to take a whole shower to get all the toilet (bidet) water off... Having just been to India, and the Middle East, they have sprayers next to every toilet. When you go into one of these public stalls, there is often water everywhere. All over the seat, all over the floor. It takes a minute of cleanup just to get to the point where you can sit. I don't know how people aren't walking out of these with wet clothes. I imagine you take your pants off and hang them and put your sandals in the corner... but I don't think that's for me.