Comment on why isn't the use of the bidet more widespread?

AttackBunny@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• dipshit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Some american men refuse to touch their own penis while washing, due to a fear of it making them gay. I’d tell them they need therapy, but they’d tell me that therapy is for the weak.

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  • AttackBunny@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m pretty sure those are the same types that start anti pedophilia groups to then be charged with and convicted of pedophilia. Or the anti gay/drag people who end up being gay AF. Or the ones that try to ban porn, only to have 10tb of porn on their computers when they get fired/breakup/get arrested. But I know what you mean.

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  • BNE@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    What a cool country!

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    • dipshit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s the republicans. They push this moral filth on everyone.

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• Touching_Grass@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I know someone who thinks it just sprays shit over everything

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  • AttackBunny@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I know a lot of people think the same thing. I’ve even seen people say so on here/reddit, on other bidet posts.

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    • DTFpanda@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Because unfortunately, even stupid people know how to use the Internet.

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• VoilaChihuahua@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I only have anecdotes, but as an American, it’s #1. It was my initial off the cuff thought. Buttholes are verboten here. Full stop.

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  • AttackBunny@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Right? It’s really weird though because a lot of those same people talk about eating ass, a LOT.

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    • Touching_Grass@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Everybody, touch your asshole. Just once and from that day on you will be different

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    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      CUZ EATIN ASS FUCKIN RULEZ

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• Tyler_Zoro@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There are valid concerns with regard to bidet use. They do result in aerosolized particulates in greater number than results from wiping, which means you are literally breathing more feces.

  Is it enough to be problematic? Probably not, but that may also depend on how aggressively/frequently you use them.

  See also:

  • Ali, Wajid, et al. “Comparing bioaerosol emission after flushing in squat and bidet toilets: Quantitative microbial risk assessment for defecation and hand washing postures.” Building and Environment 221 (2022): 109284.
  • Abney, S. E., et al. “Toilet hygiene—review and research needs.” Journal of Applied Microbiology 131.6 (2021): 2705-2714.

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  • AttackBunny@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but shit is literally aerosolized any time you flush the toilet. And it’s not contained the bathroom. And it doesn’t matter if the toilet seat is up or down.

    Mythbusters did an episode on exactly that. It is worse than you’d think. I can’t find the actual episode right now, but someone wrote an article about it/the findings.

    The other brushes were placed elsewhere in the home, including the kitchen and even an office on the other end of the building, and all of the other ones were rinsed daily but not used for brushing. At the end of the month-long experiment, the toothbrushes were analyzed by a microbiologist, and they found that every toothbrush had a microscopic amount of fecal matter on them, regardless of the distance from the bathroom. source

    Bidet or not doesn’t matter. Shit is literally all over EVERYTHING. ALL the time.

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    • khalic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Oooh you remind me of a study where those Dyson things were flinging shit 2-3m away

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• ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  As an American who’s unsure.

  I don’t like the thought of water spraying into my ass

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  • AttackBunny@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It doesn’t spray INTO your ass. I mean, I guess it could, but you’d have to REALLY try to make it happen.

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    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You just need good sphincter control! It’s quite refreshing.

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    • ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’ve just been traumatized by water jets before 😅

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• Sprinklebump@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Its really the first one tho.

  Striaght american men will fight you before they will let water spray on their dirty asses.

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