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Four years after the toilet paper shortage of 2020, bidet converts say they’re never going back

While the toilet paper shortages that hit the United States during pandemic lockdowns in the spring of 2020 ultimately eased up, they’ve had a lasting impact on one industry: the bidet business.

“The industry here in the U.S. just blew up. You couldn’t get a bidet if you wanted to,” says James Lin, founder of BidetKing.com, an online marketplace for all varieties of the bathroom appliance. “We all sold out. … There was a huge scramble to get more.”

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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 9 months ago

I told my partner that if the pan wasn't gonna make us USA folks switch to bidets, nothing will. We suck. Lemme smash shit all over my asshole and pretend it's clean.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

If that's your technique no wonder you need a bidet lmao

[-] krashmo@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I don't have a bidet but toilet paper is objectively insufficient. As an illustration consider your response if you spilled peanut butter on the carpet. Are you reaching for a dry paper towel?

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

Your skin is not a carpet. You could remove toilet paper from, for example, a granite countertop with a dry paper towel. If you also regularly sponge down your kitchen surfaces it works perfectly well.

[-] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

A granite countertop does not have hair.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Maybe yours doesn't

[-] EatATaco@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

Imagine you got dog shit on your arm. Would you just rub it with a piece of toilet paper and call it a day? Of course not. If all you had was a hose, wouldn't you at least rinse it off?

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

Other people's shit isn't usually in my buttcrack

[-] EatATaco@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

Well, yeah, duh. I wasn't making that claim, I was demonstrating a point to you where even you find using just paper to be insufficient and not merely a matter of poor technique.

[-] ResoluteCatnap@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

I just try to do a sales pitch of playing asteroids. Would you rather smear shit between your cheeks or surgically blow asteroids out of orbit?

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