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[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Today you have the bidets you can install on your toilet, but traditionally they were a thing on its own, that required about as much space as a toilet and all the extra pipework associated with it.

In some European/ Mediterranean countries (I suspect France may have started the trend) this caught on well, and bidets were a must have in most houses that had toilets as part of their main architectural structure. Most people in South America had bidets this way, it's rare to see a house without at least one bidet, and this comes from the culture inherited from colonial times .

Now, things are different in othe parts of the world. England seems to traditionally have the toilet separate from the house and for some reason the bidet trend never caught on. This is in turn reflected both in USA and Australia. I don't know about bidet popularity across all of Europe, but this is definitely a cultural thing and I suspect distance and language may have kept UK without bidets until relatively recently. And as you know, old habits die hard, so... Yeah in Australia I use the shower.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (4 children)

in Italy, there is literally a law obligating houses to have a bidet. the separated from the toilet kind.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Just another reason to like Italy even more.

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

the separated from the toilet kind.

I don't understand how those work at all...seems like that would be a recipe for poop tracks from the toilet.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

well... it is time to explain to an internet stranger how we clean our bum.

  • you shit on the toilet
  • you wipe with tp one or two times
  • get up, sit on the bidet
  • water, soap on the hand, and you scrub your ass with your hand, no this is not gay
  • go again with water and soap until you feel your ass is clean
  • dry with a small towel

the towel is generally personal, and we change it every couple of days.

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

That may have been sarcastic, but I appreciated the info. It beats having to take a shower.

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

What part of cleaning your ass could be misconstrued as gay? Feels like an unnecessary aside, haha. Thanks for the step by step though, that makes sense!

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

i legit have no idea, but on every tread talking about bitets, there is always someone that discards it because is gay to touch your own ass

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

Legit question: Do you wash your hands again after that?

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

oh, yes, felt like it was obvious... i'm not touching anything without washing my hands after that.

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

Well I mean I do that in the shower, and I don't wash my hands again after the shower, so I have no idea what the mentality is.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

brit here.

can confirm. i sit on the side of the bath and wash my arse with the shower. The only house i have seen in the UK with a bidet was essentially a mansion

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

Right now I live abroad and we have just the tub, so yeah same remedy. It’s cursed and annoying though, so I hate it so much

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

Just get the toilet seat bidet. It's probably like 40£

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

only outputs cold water, right?

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

Yeah, you get used to it quickly

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

Look up the Tushy 3.0 bidet. Costs less than 100USD, and connects to both hot and cold taps at the sink. No electricity for a heater and you get the warm bum treatment! I got one for each bathroom

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Also in the UK, the aftermarket toilet attachments are not in line with building codes because of the possibility of contamination of the water supply, so it's quite complicated if you don't have room for a separate bidet.

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

England seems to traditionally have the toilet separate from the house and for some reason the bidet trend never caught on

Uh... wut?

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

This what I've been told- I've never been to England, my understanding is that back in the day this was the way especially for suburban and farmland, and that that's why many old Australian houses still have the toilet separate. Obviously this doesn't apply to dense or modern areas.

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

Lol. Out of ALL the European countries to pick as example, you chose the worst.

France definitely does not like bidets and French will even ask you why even bother having one, assuming they even know what it's for.

Try again with Italy. Basically every household has one.

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

Interesting. Well, not losing sleep on that. Good on Italy and Spain though.

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

Spain checking in here. Bidets are definitely popular in Spain. I suspect that's how they made their way to south America.