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    Bidets are amazing. If you don’t have one you should go buy one, they start fairly low priced

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      Paid $50 for mine like 7 years ago. Is it fancy? Heck no. Does it clean my butt real good? Heck yes.

      When I can afford a fancy heated, air drying bidet that will be my goalpost of success.

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        I started with a $30 cheapo 10 years ago and it was life changing. Last year I got a stupid expensive one. Like, has a night light, auto flush (because I got the matching toilet), auto lid, heated seat, heated water, deodorizer, wireless remote, etc. (Toto S7A)

        Just so you’re prepared, the air dry doesn’t fully replace the pat dry entirely unless you’re gonna sit there for a good long time.

        That said, I have no regrets.

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          Just so you’re prepared, the air dry doesn’t fully replace the pat dry entirely unless you’re gonna sit there for a good long time.

          I just shake my ass off like a dog coming in out of the rain

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        I honestly got used to the regular temp one. So much so that when I moved and the new house came with the fancier bidet, I just ended up using regular water every time.

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        You can find a decent one with heated seat/water/fan for not much more than that. I spent a bit over 100$ for mine, and I love it. We had to RMA it within 6 months because the heater died, but it’s been rocking for like 1.5 years since then without issue.

        Worth every penny. Especially in the middle of winter.

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      Do people not wash daily? This seems like a general hygiene issue, and not that closely correlated with bidet use.

      Source: I have never used a bidet, and my butt does not itch, ya know, because I wash daily?

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    “Hey, if some caked-up mud pie got on your face, would you just wipe it off with a dry piece of tissue and call it a day? No! You’d wash it. So why is your butthole any different?” - Detective Allen Gamble, ‘The Other Guys’

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    I got onboard the bidet train during the Covid lockdown. Simple to add on at my apartment. It was my #1 request when I moved to my GF’s house. We replaced the whole toilet with the upgrades.

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    Had my first experience of a bidet in Japan but not just that, the toilet seat was heated too, that was my first dump after landing

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      That’s what I love about mine. Automatic lid raise and lower as you walk in, heated ring and water, (both adjustable temp), air dry, (again heated), and charcoal filtered air filtration to minimize the stench from that drive through burrito.

      It’s the posh life. Very nearly the equal to having your own chamberlain.

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    So, maybe I’m missing something here, but bidets don’t seem all that great? Everyone on the internet is always proclaiming life changing experiences with these things. However, when I recently used them they don’t seem to do very much. My butthole is still poopy and when I wipe to dry my ass the toilet paper tears.

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      Some are better than others in both power and nozzle angle/placement. Sometimes you have to shimmy to get the angle just right if the power is low. It should result in a wipe in which no fecal matter remains, only wetness, if executed properly.

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        Exactly. There’s a learning curve but once you’ve got it, you dread wipe only bathrooms. Installed a bidet on one of my toilets six months ago and now that’s the only toilet anybody in the house poops in unless it’s already occupied.

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      You need to use the power washer setting. Takes the paint right off the wall…

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      Low water pressure maybe? Mines a real cheap one and I’ve never had issues with not being clean after. I do usually get stronger toilet paper, but I only use a roll or two a month. I wouldn’t say it’s life changing, but I do prefer it. Also has saved me a lot on tp

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      I was like you a few years ago.

      The crappy ones feel like that.

      Then I sat on a fancy one that sang me a lullaby and gave me positive encouragement as I pooped. My god, my entire butthole is so fresh.

      I now understand.

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    My friend has one of those Japanese ones. It also has a warmed toilet seat. When I came out, I said that seat is amazing and they said people never come out of there. I proposed that they were napping on the seat. Why do seat warmers feel so good? The thing is, I could never figure out how to make the actual bidet part work. I suspect the people who took a long time were also trying to test it out, but didn’t know how. Or maybe they did and enjoyed it?

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    I like the bidet’s we have at home, but I don’t get the ones that are separate from the toilet. Saw this type when visiting San Juan, PR once. Their plumbing system can’t handle toilet paper very well, so it’s all bidets with a stack of washed towels.

    Not only do they take up extra space in the bathroom, but are you supposed to waddle over to this thing with a dingleberry hanging out? I don’t get why you’d want that.

    The one argument I’ve heard in their favor is from people with vaginas who don’t like the idea of the built-in sprayer catching bits of poop that’ll get in their cootch.

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            Do you also think that saying “Happy Holidays” somehow excludes Christians?

            Increasing the size of your umbrella doesn’t discriminate against the people who are already under it. It simply invites more people to join them.

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            how tf does it discriminate women?? it’s calling all vagina havers women that’s discriminating towards non women, this is just being inclusive

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            Why do you assume it’s fear that motivates people to use language that’s inclusive of trans and non-binary people?

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            It’s not fear it’s just taking a bit of effort to be respectful and inclusive.

            If someone gets mad because you just said women then yeah I’d agree that’s a bit much but taking a bit of time to be inclusive shouldn’t be something you’re upset about.

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            No, that’s deleting your comment like a coward.

            I asked you to answer the question, transphobe.

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            Still waiting for an answer, big guy.

            Just kidding, we know it’s because you’re scared of queer people.

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    I’ve brought bidets awesomeness in groups before.

    It is immediately apparent who is “in the club” and who is not.

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    Remember you don’t have to clean your whole ass. You just have to clean your ass’s hole.