Ask HN: Why do Americans/Europeans not use “bum gun” or water to wash?

Posted by mianasif on Monday December 25, 2017 @11:44AM
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Re:Ask HN: Why do Americans/Europeans not use “bum gun” or w... by byoung2 on Monday December 25, 2017 @11:52AM (#16004762)

There was an old article reposted to HN recently http://mentalfloss.com/article/23210/toilet-paper-history-ho...

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Re:Ask HN: Why do Americans/Europeans not use “bum gun” or w... by philiphodgen on Monday December 25, 2017 @01:30PM (#16005154)

This article kicked up a fake virus scare popup on my Android phone. Beware when clicking on this link.

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Re:Ask HN: Why do Americans/Europeans not use “bum gun” or w... by simonblack on Monday December 25, 2017 @09:45PM (#16006762)

Lots of Europeans use a bidet. It seems to be mainly the Anglophone countries (US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand) that find using water to wash the nether regions as something strange.

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Re:Ask HN: Why do Americans/Europeans not use “bum gun” or w... by kamranahmed_se on Monday December 25, 2017 @04:07PM (#16005713)

Not sure how they can feel clean with those tissue papers

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