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Why aren't baby wipers our default?

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[-] april@lemmy.world 62 points 2 months ago
[-] dogsnest@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

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

[-] dogsnest@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Be thankful you're not blind...

[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Fosheze@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Just give it the old taste stes then.

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[-] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago
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[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago

Did...did you say toilet paper?

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

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I hope we never stop referencing this.

[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 months ago

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

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Mine are plastic free and clearly fall apart in water

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Do they come on a roll?

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[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 months ago

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

[-] cmrn@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months 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 2 months 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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[-] jet@hackertalks.com 18 points 2 months ago

bidet is the only green way

[-] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 3 points 2 months 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.

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 months ago

Until recently, baby wipes were largely non biodegradable

[-] CM400@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago

Mine disperse fine, don't trust big paper

[-] CM400@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months 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 2 months 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.

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Right there with you.

Damn kids act like adults never considered it. Motherfucking kids go read some got-damn HISTORY once in a fucking while.

Neither existed for my grandparents.

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago

People in the past had to put up with a lot of shit we don't have to today. Doesn't mean we shouldn't take advantage on modern luxuries. Your hemorrhoids will thank you.

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[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months 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 2 months ago
[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

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

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