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Why YSK: It's cleaner, cheaper and more convenient than toilet paper

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I installed 1 bidet about 3 months before the height of the toilet paper shortage in 2020. Got used to it and recommended to everyone. I got installed another right as stores sold completely out of toilet paper. I do not feel clean without it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've thought of getting at least a portable Bidet for a while (I rent, so can't really install a proper bidet). How easy are they to install?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

it's an easy install and easy uninstall.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For a bidet attachment like tushy it's just shut off the water, flush to drain toilet, remove seat, attach bidet and use the hose splitter for the water, and put seat back on over the bidet attachment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not sure I understand all of what you're saying, but sounds like I could fill in the blanks with a video tutorial. I'll have to take a look, thanks

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can't even get the main water valve to close.

I also tried it once with the focused setting on a shower head and it was just a mess. It goes everywhere, but doesn't get rid of it properly. And in the end you end up with a dirty wet ass that you still have to wipe. I also feel that the toilet bowl does not offer enough space if you have one with a shelf, add a big dump to that and you'd have to poke it with the bidet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
  1. practice makes perfect
  2. flush first
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Alright look, I swear I'm not just trying to be nasty. But poo always seemed to be......greasy.....to me. Shooting water at it seems equivalent to cleaning up oil with plain water - it just moves it around. Am I way off with this line of reasoning?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Poo is water soluble. It's just stomach juices with the nutrients and water sucked out of it by your intestines.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Legit, if you have enough fat in your stool for it to feel greasy, that may be steatorrhea, which may be a symptom of some underlying condition.

Or, it could just be too much fat in your diet. Most of the time, that's what it is, just not being well balanced in terms of fats vs fiber and carbs. Surprisingly, vegetarians are more prone to it than meat eaters in my experience, because meat eaters tend to eat their meat with different foods than vegetarians use to keep their protein intake right. So the vegetarians end up not realizing the fats they're taking in.

Varies a good bit though since some meat eaters don't actually eat enough of the other things to keep it balanced out.

Anyway, point is that everything comes down to poo.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do they make any that don't take up the rear 3/4 of the seat? I'm interested in getting one but with the standard round toilet you lose a lot of real estate. I don't want my poops to look like they've been squeezed through a playdough extruder or worry about missing my target in an emergency situation.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And also saves trees

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