How Japan Copied American Culture and Made it Better

Re:How Japan Copied American Culture and Made it Better by mbenjaminsmith on Sunday April 13, 2014 @02:43AM (#7580494)

What, no mention of Japanese toilets?

I live in Thailand where most toilets have a handheld sprayer next to them -- part bidet and part firehose. Awkward at first but it's hard to tolerate a paper-only cleansing after you get used to them. While European-style bidets have their charm the furthest expression of this luxury is the Japanese toilet. Push button controlled, temperature regulated and with a drying cycle that's like a spring breeze on your privates. After using one it's hard to understand why they're not the norm.

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Re:How Japan Copied American Culture and Made it Better by dualogy on Sunday April 13, 2014 @03:51AM (#7580625)

> a handheld sprayer next to them -- part bidet and part firehose

"Bumgun"

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Re:How Japan Copied American Culture and Made it Better by timmyelliot on Sunday April 13, 2014 @03:43AM (#7580617)

I think most Americans (such as myself) are grossed out by the idea of a bidet.

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Re:How Japan Copied American Culture and Made it Better by ANTSANTS on Sunday April 13, 2014 @05:06AM (#7580749)

Count me out against most Americans. How on earth is cleaning your butt with water gross, but smearing shit all over it with paper sanitary?

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Re:How Japan Copied American Culture and Made it Better by jodrellblank on Sunday April 13, 2014 @11:25AM (#7581574)

if you smear something greasy on your arm and dribble water on it nothing happens. Imagine a bidet as a gentle spray of water and it wont clean anythung.

if you imagine a bidet as a pressure washer, you get soaked clothes and soaked legs and filth splashed everywhere.

if you imagine it as something you need toilet paper with - wet toilet paper is awful and useless and turns to chunks.

if you imagine it like a shower with soap and water then you need a towel afterwards.

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Re:How Japan Copied American Culture and Made it Better by mbenjaminsmith on Sunday April 13, 2014 @04:25AM (#7580687)

Japanese toilet != bidet. The former are as sanitary and hands off as the process can get.

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Re:How Japan Copied American Culture and Made it Better by euroclydon on Sunday April 13, 2014 @06:19AM (#7580888)

The idea of one in a public toilet is disgusting!

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Re:How Japan Copied American Culture and Made it Better by randomflavor on Sunday April 13, 2014 @08:34AM (#7581128)

Yah, when I get my hands muddy playing in the dirt, a few wipes with a paper towel and I'm set for the day!!

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