Human rights

I relate to this on such a deep level. I really dread using any toilet that doesn't have a bidet now. I can't figure out why they aren't everywhere . It has to be better for the environment.

I don’t think I’ve seen a post that spoke so strongly to me

That said. Working at a Japanese company has some perks like this in particular

I know corporate overlords wish there could be, but I don't think we're at the point of having someone in there with you to check that you're actually pooping just yet..
So poop at home, then just sit there and catch up on your scrolling on company time..

Using just toilet paper is like if a bird shit on your arm and you used toilet paper to wipe it off. There's still shit on your arm - you're still dirty and need to wash it off. Bidets are really superior in every way.

Wash up in the sink. Or the water cooler.

I've always wondered, why aren't Bidet Showers(aka the bum gun) more popular in the west? Should be a far more cheaper and similarly hygienic option no?

I generally carry a portable bidet when I travel for this reason. But yes, I'm traveling in Japan right now and it's great. Also the fact that the bathrooms are clean.

A (single use) water bottle with a sport cap is basically a portable bidet. One can even easily adjust the water pressure.

Portable bidets are great for work!

Now I take baby wipes backpacking with me. I can't go back to dry poopy butt after owning a bidet for years.

Yeah that don't track. I poop on company time and walk away with a pampered butt thanks to my bidet. Feels fantastic and clean.

So true. I was just at a client site yesterday, forget bidet, the stall walls barely even cover below the knees and above the shoulder, plus have inch wide gaps between the walls and doors. May as well just poop in the sink.

The bidetphilia is strong at lemmy, which never ceases to amaze me.

Move to Finland. Problem solved.

I've used many a bidet, and I had one installed before eventually removing it.

Isn't it kind of gross to have shit-spackled water being sprayed around a larger area of your undercarriage? I enjoy a nice bidet, but it just kind of seemed gross to me. You wipe clean, then whatever fecal matter and microbes are left then get sprayed onto your taint? That doesn't really help things much.

Do what I do: only poop in nearby businesses so you never pollute your toilet, and then immediately come home and take a shower.

The nozzle needs to be constantly sanitized, or you're basically just letting shitty water be sprayed on you. Studies have shown that regular use of a bidet disrupts healthy vaginal microflora.

Pregnant women should especially not use a bidet.

Even a constantly (every use) sanitized bidet is generally less sanitary than proper wiping. Using a spray of water to handle fecal material is very obviously suboptimal. I feel like it's absurd that people need to be told this. You might "feel" cleaner, but you just allowed bacteria a vehicle to spread over a larger area of your body.

Buff Girlfriend ... posting about butts, poop, and bidets.

No baiting going on at all.

Nope.

None.

Buff.

Sure.

You all just like having your poop splashed all over the place.

Yeah. The upside down shower I use works great. I clean myself off, and the shower head between my feet keeps spraying what I've just washed off my body... back onto my body. Totally reasonable, no reason for criticism.