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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Why aren't baby wipers our default?

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 months ago (23 children)
[–] [email protected] 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..."

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Be thankful you're not blind...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Just give it the old taste stes then.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Did...did you say toilet paper?

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I hope we never stop referencing this.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (6 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mine are plastic free and clearly fall apart in water

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Do they come on a roll?

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

bidet is the only green way

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (7 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 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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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Until recently, baby wipes were largely non biodegradable

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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#

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mine disperse fine, don't trust big paper

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (5 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

PSA Kleenex Australia sells flushable wipes

Update: After extensive input from public wastewater bodies and industry experts including Kimberly-Clark Australia (the maker of Kleenex® Flushable Wipes), Standards Australia published a new, AU & NZ-specific, Flushable Products Standard (AS/NZS 5328:2022). The Standard details clear testing criteria that need to be met for manufacturers to use a “flushable” label in accordance with the Standard.

We welcome the introduction of the new Standard and are proud to announce that Kleenex Flushable Wipes meet and exceed the requirements of the Australia/New Zealand Flushable Products Standard (AS/NZS 5328:2022)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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

Spoiler: you're not gonna like it.

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