They should mandate bidets in all residential bathrooms like Italy imo
I went to Japan last month. It is a bidet heaven. My ass was so clean!
At last. I have been waiting for this for years. I can finally wipe again
Nice move Spain. Seriously. Anyone still cut the 6 pack plastic carrier to save turtles ? Anyone still confused why they still allow manufacturer to still use that plastic contraption?
That is because they don’t care.
In Spain cardboard is used
I’ve seen cardboard in America too! Sometimes you’ll also see reusable clip-on plastic tops that some smaller stores will actually let you return so they can re-use them, or send them back on their next shipment, although that’s much less common.
Here the whole 6pack is either wrapped in a thin plastic foil or it’s cardboard.
I guess they’ll post a policeman in every toilet
Uhhh, you know those things are from the store, right?
A bidet is way cheaper and way better for everyone.
I’ve always wondered this, but how do you prevent a bidet from festering? When dedicating, micro poop particles get everywhere in the bowl, and therefore my conclusion would be that it would get on the bidet spout. Over time, since it’s moist, wouldn’t a very thin microbial biofilm form on the spout? Then you’d be blasting in potentially dangerous bacteria back into yourself. Do you have to clean it after every use? Every day?
The only way I could see it maybe keeping clean would be if it was behind a small door that opened when it’ll be in use and then retracted once more.
So far the most hygienic option would be wet wipes.
Your “the only way” argument is literally how they are all sold. Maybe do even the lightest bit of research before declaring you have no option but to continue doing the worst thing possible?
“We’ve done nothing and we’re all out of ideas!”
Mine not only has such a door, but can self-wash with hot water and then disinfect and deodorise itself. It also has a hot air dryer. Using it right now!
Bidets are overrated. There, I said it.
How the fuck can it possibly be overrated?
I’ll preface my comment with the fact that I never saw a bidet until I was in my 30s, so I was never properly “bidet trained”, but I can tell you that at a glance the prospect of having a damp ass after every shit does not appeal to me. Particularly in humid regions where damp bodily areas leads chafing and rashes. It also looks like a lot more effort than just wiping and moving on with minimal difference in results.
That said, if you prefer bidets and have access to them, more power to you.
You wipe your ass to dry it after using it, dumbass.
How do you manage showering?
After a shower you dry off with a towel, obviously.
Do you dry your ass with a towel after using a bidet? An ass towel? Because that’s disgusting.
So wait, do you not dry your ass after a shower? Or are you saying that you use something other than a towel to do so? Am I speaking to someone who’s never touched their ass with a towel? Do you just stand around in the nude while waiting for your ass to air dry?
How is leaving your ass crusted in poo less disgusting than wiping your ass after cleaning it with water? Do you not wipe your ass after a shower? If you do, that’s just another ass towel that you also use to wipe your whole body. If you don’t, that means you don’t actually care about having swampy ass in the first place.
Soap. In the shower I use soap.
What I gather from this thread is that some people have an ass towel in their bathroom, and I should be drying my hands on my shirt/pants if I use a bathroom with a bidet.
You dry off with toilet paper. The bidet is for cleaning
How does having bits of toilet paper stuck to my ass improve the situation?
So… no bidet, no toilet paper, how do you usually wipe your arse, entire hand, seashells?
Toilet paper doesn’t stick when it’s not wet. It falls apart when it is wet.
Comes with heated seat, blower fan these days.
This is exactly it.
I used a bidet in Europe in my thirties, and then my ass was all wet. I could dry it with toilet paper and leave bits of toilet paper in my ass hair, or I could dry it with a dedicated ass towel, which is clearly less sanitary than just wiping.
It’s wet and uncomfortable, and it’s not any better than just wiping. Running a bit of water over something doesn’t really clean it anyway.
Why are you wiping your wet ass with toilet paper the same way you wipe your poop encrusted ass? Its already clean. Just dab your ass with toilet paper and you won’t leave bits of toilet paper in them.
It’s honestly shamefull to see people downvoting and calling you dumbass for raising questions and concerns about bidets. I’m not bidet trained either, and I don’t really have a strong opinion on them, but these responses almost make me want to take a stance against bidets.
“a bunch of people told an ignorant person they were wrong and that offended me because I’m also ignorant and that makes me upset.”
Bro grow up and wash your asshole. If you stepped in shit barefoot would you be cool just wiping it with paper and moving on or would you use water? Bidets should be standard in the USA, absolutely barbaric using the sandpaper corporate America has deemed acceptable.
Bro.
I live in a country where bidets are extremely rare. I honestly only know one single household with a bidet. I have however discussed getting one, but the discussion has pretty much faded out since it isn’t seen as a common need around here.
I fully agree with the “buttholes are the only thing we are content with wiping with paper to clean away poop”-paradox argument. I have mentioned that a lot in my discussions with my gf about getting one. So maybe I should get one - as I said, my opinion isn’t very strong as I haven’t experienced one, and I haven’t experienced sanitary issues with using paper.
So with all that said, it’s less tempting to make that purchase when people respond as condescending dickheads when raising concerns or questions about it. You just fully assumed that I lived in a place where bidets are common and told me to grow up and that I am ignorant. The other commenter got called a dumbass for not knowing the bidet procedure when they initially said that they were not bidet trained.
Being condescending doesn’t really help anyone. It just makes me want to ignore your advice.
I too am from a place bidets are rare, literally don’t know anybody else who has one. But after that first wash I was changed, made a true believer; anybody who talks bad about bidets is shit talking something I love. Try one, join us on the smug and clean side of butthole’s.
Bidets should be banned, non sarcastically. People who shoot water into their shitty anus, creating shit water that splashes all over the place, are disgusting and a health hazard. That’s probably why you only see them in third world places like Europe, which historically has been a disgusting place with disgusting people who would literally dump buckets of shit into the streets. You really gonna take hygiene advice from those pigs? LMAO
Anyways, I’m going to continue to properly clean my ass with toilet paper, like God intended. Hopefully those Europoopeans invest in proper potty training for future generations so they can stop being the laughing stock for the rest of the modern world.
Downvote if you agree.
I don’t have any opinion about bidets, just wanted to join the downcote train.
How big is your ass hole?
Medium, I guess?
Depends where you are-
In many states of Australia installing a Bidet is extremely expensive as they they need to have a full RPZ backflow protection device (bulky and expensive - $600+ for the part) to prevent backflow. (simple and even double check valves aren’t allowed for Bidets as they’re considered ‘high hazard’)
You’re talking about a full blown extra device. You can just add a bidet to your toilet seat.
Still needs an RPZ in Australia, regulations for backflow protection are super stringent here.
Backflow for what? It just attaches to the cistern feed.
You shouldn’t be questioning him. He’s not the one making the law.
Wow that is so complicated to install a simple hose. https://amzn.eu/d/2AN2BDt
Yes-
https://mccarthyplumbinggroup.com.au/blog/2022/05/26/can-i-install-a-bidet-myself/
To add, If you’re even filling a bucket of water with a hose, it’s against regulations if the end of the hose gets submerged, that’s a ‘cross connection’
It sounds like ‘Strayan plumbing code enforcement is funded by Big TP
It sounded to me like they were requirements to prevent snakes and spiders to crawl in from it.
Fuck wet wipes
Just don’t flush them after
I keep a pack of wet wipes with me every time I travel. I never use them in the toilet, though. Just for cleaning my hands when eating street food.
Yep. Make it the manufacturers’ problem. They only care when it hits their wallet. Even if they pass on the costs, it’ll make the wipes that actually dissolve properly cheaper and these are exempt.
How do you make a wet wipe dissolve when its wet without dissolving when its wet
They are different kind of wet, obviously
I understand it’s “wet” from some alcohol/aldehydes and not from water.
I’m looking at a package of wet wipes right now and it says “99% water” on them
Maybe my understanding is wrong, and I don’t use wet wipes that often, but the ones I have I bought like a year ago 60% ethanol v/v.
I see, maybe there are different types then. Mine are for an actual baby.
Who is out there wiping their ass with %100 ethanol?
Because ethanol forms an azeotrope with water, 100% ethanol is also considerably more expensive than ~95%
They’re definitely not gonna use 100% ethanol haha
Would at least leave it super clean lmao
Gets it fucking clean, I’ll tell you that.
You light the ethanol and it burns off all the shit.
someone with 6inch thick skin.
I prefer acetone and a map-gas torch.
Chip clean room workers stealing stuff from the job rather than buy tp?
Right? I use Goo B Gone
Got that mud butt?
No clue, but I have those here.
Tried it too. Left it in water and poof, disssolves after a while. (several minutes)
Must be different kind of water they come in would be my guess
It blows my mind that I still see ads for “flushable” wipes
Flushable just means it will fit in the pipe. It doesn’t mean it should be there.
Cottonelle claims that theirs break down and for a while they would fall apart when using them, so it could be true. Anything that just says flushable, though, is meaningless.
I saw one that claimed “plumber approved” and it made me so mad we don’t have meaningful laws against deceptive advertising.
I’d like really sewer-safe wet wipes. If tried several bidets and did not like them, definitely worse than wipes IMO.
Like “recyclable” plastic.
Well it is recyclable, it’s just so expensive most don’t bother.
One of the biggest bits of propaganda of all time.
Edible wipes are the future! Invest now!
Oh. Shoot. I’ve bought those in the past. So they’re lying about being flushable, I suppose.
No, they’re definitely flushable. Just like my new product, flushable golf balls! Put them in your toilet, hit the plunger, and watch them disappear down the drain. Totally flushable!
Conover, are you flushing golf balls again?!
They’re fine to use, just put them in the trash when you’re done.
Insane. Just get a bidet. You can get one that just screws on under your toilet seat.
I’ll hold my dog over the bidet.
I use them for after exercise, so it’s just sweat and dirt. I have been meaning to get a bidet, though.
Bidet showers are the best after a long workout, have your gym install one in the gym restroom for everyone to use
I like the hand held ones. Better build quality for the price
And FYI for any woman out there, these are better for health, as they don’t blast bacteria from back to front. There was a study about it that I read several years ago, which I kept in mind when choosing a bidet. I went for a handheld one, too, and it’s great.
My understanding is that none of them are flushable
Edit: Yes, you are able to flush them. I didn’t think I needed to clarify that I meant whether flushing them will destroy your plumbing or not
My understanding is they are flushable (technically), it’s just not good to flush them because they don’t disintegrate or break down in water like toilet paper does. So it leads to clogs in pipes or sewer filtering equipment.
By that logic anything small enough to fit in the pipe is flushable. Sounds like the word “flushable” on packaging needs to be regulated.
I remember reading a post from someone who worked for a flushable wipe company. They were getting complaints from the waste treatment plant but the they kept telling them that they are safe to flush and that the waste treatment plant were having issue were non flushable wet wipe baby wipe types. It got to the point where the guy from the wipe company had to go down there and get a lab analysis on them. All of the wipes that were blocking up the plant were wet ones and non flushable baby wipes. The conclusion was people are idiots and don’t read the labels.
It is regulated. Flushable means it doesn’t clog household pipes. It doesn’t say anything about the sewers and that’s where the problem is.
It’ll clog some household pipes regardless.
Saw it on history channel a many moons ago, the sewage treatment plants have difficulties with them.
I wonder because the one I use is made 100% of plant fibers and a couple natural extracts like aloe vera. Is that flushable?
Wooden roof beams are also 100% plant fibers, as are wool sweaters and the sewer system definitely can not handle neither of those.
100% plant fibers
wool sweaters
Vegan wool.
Wait. You’re saying that sheep aren’t plants?
the sewer system definitely can not handle
neithereither of those.it’s not a double negative. it’s repetition for emphasis.
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No.
If it’s not human waste or regular toilet paper, it’s not flushable.
End.
Sometimes human waste isn’t flushable. Btw where do you keep your poop knife?
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Is it sold already wet within their packaging?
If it were water soluble, it would have already dissolved before you opened the packaging.
Doubtful. I think it’s that they dont break down quickly enough and cause clogs.
They are flushable, it just becomes a problem later on
Everything is flushable if you’re brave enough and your toilet is big enough. I flush whole garbage bags and small appliances down my powerflush-9,000,000. The local water authority hates me, they have to keep a crew on standby at the end of my driveway to haul my garbage away after unclogging the sewers, but I write “flushable” on each one to taunt them so they know there’s nothing they can do to stop me.
In all seriousness, we need to stop this anti-social behavior. It’s a problem, the government needs to step in to protect consumers and municipalities and hold manufacturers accountable.
But muh freedumbs!
I mean, sure… Poop is also technically edible but you don’t see me eating shit
Ah, right, I get it! It becomes a hidden problem that I can’t see, just like I technically can’t see you eating shit, because you hide while doing so.
*Scurries into the corner and cowers over bowl of hot poop*
Cold poop is just gross
Wow you made the same point I did!
I just think it was unnecessary, as I assumed people understood that you can technically flush these wipes.
I don’t ever remember seeing them here in Sweden. I can’t even remember seeing an ad for wipes at all. The only common “wipes” here are for babies, and even that isn’t something everyone uses.
Wanna see something really gross…what is a fatberg
We can do this with wet wipes, but carbon is a bridge too far?
Easily the weirdest demonstration of the. ‘polluter pays’ principle
I doubt that cars and car infrastructure would be allowed today if we weren’t already knee-deep in the shit they cause.
It’s probably the worst invention ever.
bleach wouldn’t be allowed today either
I’d imagine fossil fuel has a bigger lobby than wet wipe companies lmao
Didn’t let Big Wet Wipe hear this! They will be furious! (But very fresh)
Have we though? This headline is “Spain aims to”.
Are you hitting a pay wall? I was able to open the actual article.
Draft legislation that only applies in Europe/EU
A lot of EU regulations will often cause an industry to standardize on their global products following the more strict standard.
Nobody has ever explained externalities to them clearly. Instead they just yell at them and call them fascists. So it’s understandable why many of them don’t get that they’re paying for the damage the company places in public spheres.
They can make what looks like plastic carrier bags that dissolve in water now so the manufacturers could I suspect make dissolvable wipes but will probably only do it when forced by law.
I’m aware there are maybe one or two brands that already do this (or claim to at least) but they all need to be doing it.
The thing is that those aren’t wet to begin with, like a wet wipe.
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We have flushable dog poo bags and they’re awesome. We’ve tested them and they dissolve after less than an hour in the toilet (maybe much sooner, but I got distracted and didn’t time it).
Dog poop for the fire gods
at least they have a backup plan of getting those companies to pay for the cleanup. That might be just slightly less impossible to make happen than people stop flushing them.
Spain is on a roll!
The hospital I work at had installed some kind of wipe catcher in most of the publicly accessable toilets. All you can see is a metal ring at the opening at the bottom of the toilet with a sign warning not to put your hand in there or you WILL get shredded. Apparently it has sharp bits that will snag wipes if you attempt to flush them.
We need to install waffle grates in all toilets and just have a foot press that lets you push your poop in
that doesnt sound pleasant, and poop might get caked up in the grate.
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What’s up with Europes fragile plumbing? Does the US have this problem but it’s never reported or what?
Wipes clog up American plumbing also. They make giant fatbergs that workers have to go in and tear apart to unblock the sewers.
Spent $4000 on a plumbing repair because the previous owner flushed a bunch of wipes. The plumbers removed about 15 pounds of shitty wipes and then replaced the pipe.
Mostly a Spain thing. They don’t even want you flushing toilet paper in Tenerife.
Unfortunately nobody told me that until the last day of the holiday…
Not sure about the majority of Europe but as far as I’m aware you can still find lead or ceramic pipes in parts of the UK. Some plumbing is still Victorian as well I think, thanks to a lack of investment from the water companies.
