This post sent me down a rabbit hole.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_hygiene
The funniest one is the Japanese “chuugi”, translated to “shit stick”.
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Whatevster@lemmy.today 5 months ago
What the fuck were they going for toilet paper before 1891?
blarth@thelemmy.club 5 months ago
WarmSoda@lemmy.world 5 months ago
As absolutely batshit crazy the world is right now, it’s important to reflect on what we do have. And thankfully it’s advanced beyond shit sticks.
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Imagine getting an asshole splinter?
WarmSoda@lemmy.world 5 months ago
No. No I will not imagine that, thank you very much. Kittens are cute. Kittens are cute.
HocEnimVeni@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Farmers almanac.
shalafi@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Sears catalog and corn cobs. No lie.
WarmSoda@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Smart. One for the front, and one for the back.
oatscoop@midwest.social 5 months ago
Various other things like leaves, rags, sponges, or leftover paper. Failing that a bare hand works: manners dictating you wash it after.
Some cultural hangups on the left hand being “unclean” stem from those cultures using that hand for hygienic reasons.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I dunno, but it probably involved slaves.
Toes@ani.social 5 months ago
A rag on a stick, frequent trips to the river, their left hand, nothing at all and the three seashells. We’re some other options.
jballs@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
We’ve still got a few years until the three seashells take over and Taco Bell wins the franchise wars.