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Not using a bidet.

I was enlightened the first time I traveled to Japan, and an affordable ($50) add-on has been installed in our master bath ever since.

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I used to think bidets were weird European things.

Now I know that wiping your dry poopy butt with paper is a weird American thing :)

Bidets for life!

A weird American thing that caught on because bidets were considered “sinful”!

I mean, if you eat healthy, your poop comes out pretty clean is my understanding. But we Americans certainly can't make that argument :)

He said sinful, what did you think he said :D ?

I think it depends more on your gut flora than anything else.

My current toilet has a sink besides it. Wet TP does equivalent. But in my new house, the sink is not within reaching distance. I am considering an add-on.

Wet TP is by no means equivalent to a bidet (or spray-hose-thingy, as we have where I live). It is worlds better than dry TP, still.

All hail the bidet. Even the European-style bidet is kind of an inconvenient waste because you're still supposed to use plenty of paper before moving onto it. In Asia you use toilet paper only to dry.

The Japanese one is nice but the one common across South East Asia is the best because it doubles as a bowl cleaner: No need for a toilet brush.

At least in Thailand, Western foreigners call this a "bum gun."

which $50 one do you recommend?

Haven't looked in a long time, but I've had this one for almost 10 years with no issues: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A0RHSJO (only $35).

$34.

I've recently switched to the handheld ones because the seat attachments require you to shift your butt around to catch the stream. Friends seem to be more weirded out by this one though.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076G9M9JG/

How do you install that though?

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