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Why aren't baby wipers our default?

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[-] april@lemmy.world 62 points 1 year ago
[-] dogsnest@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

Got one off Amazon for $35....wifey's like, "meh"....I say, "30 days, you'll wonder where it's been all your life!"....8 days later, wifey, "When I go at work, I wonder why they don't have..."

[-] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 17 points 1 year ago

Bidet very good, but I still need a few squares to check. "Trust but verify."

[-] dogsnest@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Be thankful you're not blind...

[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io 5 points 1 year ago

As long as you're not both blind and anosmic, should be OK.

[-] Fosheze@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Just give it the old taste stes then.

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[-] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago
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[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

Did...did you say toilet paper?

He doesn't know how to use the three seashells!

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I hope we never stop referencing this.

[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago

Because "flushable" wipes really aren't and they are mode of plastic?

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Mine are plastic free and clearly fall apart in water

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Do they come on a roll?

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[-] jet@hackertalks.com 18 points 1 year ago

bidet is the only green way

[-] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 4 points 1 year ago

Some years back I was introduced to the CuloClean (https://culoclean.com/) - a side squirting cap that fits most any narrow plastic bottle, e.g. dish soap bottles. Super portable, I take it camping.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago

Because toilet paper can be flushed, but baby wipes should go in a garbage bin?

[-] cmrn@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

My roommate refuses to acknowledge that key difference. I just hope I’m out of the apartment before it becomes my problem.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Being in an apartment, good chance it gets to the building-wide plumbing before clogging, and so wouldn't be traced back to you. Of course, that would still leave you (and the rest of the building) without plumbing for a while whenever it actually does clog

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[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

Until recently, baby wipes were largely non biodegradable

[-] CM400@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

And they’re still non-flushable, despite what the package says.

Most baby wipes and similar materials aren’t designed to be flushed—“flushable” products like wipes do not readily disperse upon flushing and actually remain in a solid state while traveling through the sewer system. They may clog your pipes at home resulting in costly visits from your plumber. They may get caught in the public wastewater system, which can cause thousands of dollars worth of damage to regional pumping equipment leading to higher sewer bills for us all. While many of these products might masquerade as “flushable” and “sewer friendly”, don’t be fooled!

https://protectyourpipes.org/wipes#

[-] bizarroland@fedia.io 11 points 1 year ago

Toilet wipes have led to an epidemic of what have been colloquially termed as turdbergs, which are vehicle sized piles of shit held together by baby wipes that refuse to actually biodegrade and have caused sewer and plumbing issues costing taxpayers and individuals millions of dollars.

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Mine disperse fine, don't trust big paper

[-] CM400@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Paper? I don’t wipe like a peasant. I have one of those $20 bidets.

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[-] Boozilla@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

This shit again? Pun intended. But JFC Lemmy is fucking obsessed with TP & bidets.

Mandatory PSA: Baby wipes clog up the plumbing system. Please don't flush those down a toilet. TP was designed to break down.

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[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Read some history to discover methods used before we settled on toilet paper.

Spoiler: you're not gonna like it.

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[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago
[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

"We" didn't. Join Eru's chorus and buy a bidet.

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