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The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 wasn’t as irrational as we thought.

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  • jodiJ Offline
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    Lol, 89! My mom had/has (she’s in memory care, her husband still in the house) one of those Japanese toilet seats that does the bidet thing, plus has an air dryer, along with a heated seat. It’s a pretty good substitute for an actual bidet. It freaks you out a little when you first sit down as it’s unexpectedly warm.

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      I’ve used those before and agree it’s weird. I suppose it becomes non-weird at some point.

      Only non-witches get due process.

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        I have like the one that Jodi mentions, from a Japanese company called Toto. It does become "non weird" and then a regular toilet becomes weird. LOL

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          The hardest part for guests was understanding that it was still just a a toilet, all those buttons and funny pictures made you think you had to flush it some other way than the normal way.

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          • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

            Get a bidet!!!! Never realized how nice they were until I got one. Hard to go back!

            Plus, you use quite a bit less toilet paper

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            @taiwan_girl said in The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 wasn’t as irrational as we thought.:

            Get a bidet!!!! Never realized how nice they were until I got one. Hard to go back!

            Plus, you use quite a bit less toilet paper

            I have a story about a bidet from when I first visited France in the mid 70’s. I had no idea what it was. I thought was for washing my feet. My German girlfriend told me otherwise.

            When we visited Vienna in 2012, my then five year old son was impressed as hell with our hotel room. After a quick inspection of the bathroom he commented that the room “even had a special toilet for kids”.

            Elbows up!

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            • jon-nycJ Online
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              Lol.

              Only non-witches get due process.

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              • taiwan_girlT Offline
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                In Taiwan, probably a big majority of toilets, even in public places are of the "squat pot" type, though they are becoming a bit less common. In a public urinal place that does not really cater to Westerners, there may be five toilets, four of them will be squat pots.

                something like below

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                • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                  In Taiwan, probably a big majority of toilets, even in public places are of the "squat pot" type, though they are becoming a bit less common. In a public urinal place that does not really cater to Westerners, there may be five toilets, four of them will be squat pots.

                  something like below

                  alt text

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                  @taiwan_girl

                  Soviet “bomb sight” toilets were “medieval” in comparison to the photo you linked. I’ll leave at the word “medieval”.

                  Elbows up!

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                  • RenaudaR Renauda

                    @taiwan_girl

                    Soviet “bomb sight” toilets were “medieval” in comparison to the photo you linked. I’ll leave at the word “medieval”.

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                    @Renauda 555

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                    • N Offline
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                      #18

                      I haven't used toilet paper since,,,, oh shit, since 3 days ago at the last hotel I stayed in in Sardinia. It was an agritourismo and they had no bidet (the sacrilege!!!). They also had gas station type of toilet paper from a dispenser. Ugh. No really, I installed bidet's onto my toilets couple years back and there is no turning back nor need for paper to clean my better half.

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                      • jon-nycJ Online
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                        I resist using our sprayer because the water is too cold.

                        Only non-witches get due process.

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                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                          I resist using our sprayer because the water is too cold.

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                          @jon-nyc said in The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 wasn’t as irrational as we thought.:

                          I resist using our sprayer because the water is too cold.

                          Said every woman everywhere.

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                            Except mine.

                            Only non-witches get due process.

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                              I haven't used toilet paper since,,,, oh shit, since 3 days ago at the last hotel I stayed in in Sardinia. It was an agritourismo and they had no bidet (the sacrilege!!!). They also had gas station type of toilet paper from a dispenser. Ugh. No really, I installed bidet's onto my toilets couple years back and there is no turning back nor need for paper to clean my better half.

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                              @NobodySock said in The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 wasn’t as irrational as we thought.:

                              I installed bidet's onto my toilets couple years back and there is no turning back

                              Yep

                              @jon-nyc said in The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 wasn’t as irrational as we thought.:

                              I resist using our sprayer because the water is too cold.

                              That is why you get the toilet seat one. The one I have has "instant" never ending hot water. LOL

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                              • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                @NobodySock said in The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 wasn’t as irrational as we thought.:

                                I installed bidet's onto my toilets couple years back and there is no turning back

                                Yep

                                @jon-nyc said in The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 wasn’t as irrational as we thought.:

                                I resist using our sprayer because the water is too cold.

                                That is why you get the toilet seat one. The one I have has "instant" never ending hot water. LOL

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                                @taiwan_girl said in The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 wasn’t as irrational as we thought.:

                                @NobodySock said in The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 wasn’t as irrational as we thought.:

                                I installed bidet's onto my toilets couple years back and there is no turning back

                                Yep

                                @jon-nyc said in The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 wasn’t as irrational as we thought.:

                                I resist using our sprayer because the water is too cold.

                                That is why you get the toilet seat one. The one I have has "instant" never ending hot water. LOL

                                Some of us run a hot engine in life and cold water spikes my dopamine, among other umentionables. I feel so clean after that i want to show people

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                                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                  @taiwan_girl said in The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 wasn’t as irrational as we thought.:

                                  Get a bidet!!!! Never realized how nice they were until I got one. Hard to go back!

                                  Plus, you use quite a bit less toilet paper

                                  Mark was evangelizing them at the time. I ended up getting a poor man’s bidet (sprayer attached to toilet) as Mayla prefers them.

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                                  @jon-nyc said in The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 wasn’t as irrational as we thought.:

                                  @taiwan_girl said in The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 wasn’t as irrational as we thought.:

                                  Get a bidet!!!! Never realized how nice they were until I got one. Hard to go back!

                                  Plus, you use quite a bit less toilet paper

                                  Mark was evangelizing them at the time. I ended up getting a poor man’s bidet (sprayer attached to toilet) as Mayla prefers them.

                                  I still do! We went Bidet back in 2017 or so. I was laughing at all the toilet paper hoarders. I hate pooping without a bidet.

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                                    TMI…

                                    The Brad

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                                      Mark do you have a setup that warms the water?

                                      Only non-witches get due process.

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                                      • taiwan_girlT Offline
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                                        I am not Mark, LOL, but you can get them (like the Toto Washlet) that is like a tankless water heater.

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                                          We have 5 Bidets in the house. Some have hot water connections, and some do not. I don't care one way or the other.

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