• pacific@lemmy.world
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    It takes a lot of water and energy to make toilet paper. Well, a lot more than turning on my bidet for 10 seconds.

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      I would also add on that, unless you REALLY rocked that toilet, every poo becomes a single flush. Rather than potentially needing to double flush to avoid clogging it

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        While you’re shopping for a bidet also shop for an Australian toilet. The half flush saves a lot more water too but the proper s-bend makes everything a single flush even if you rocked it hard.

        and by rocked it I mean you filled it with mercury for some reason

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          What’s this now? There are a number of US toilets that have the dual flush feature, but what’s this about a modified S bend?

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            Literally no other countries have problems with toilets clogging. It’s not a modified S, it’s a normal one

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      Ahh, that’s an interesting angle I hadn’t considered. I wonder if there’s a way to quantify the water savings this way, like a volume of water per TP roll or something. I feel like that could be a solid selling point to get more people interested in buying one.

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        I was curious a while ago and researched a little. Bidets are the environmental champ for butt cleaning.

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      Ten seconds? I think Mother Nature can understand if you wanna live it up a little bit more you know?

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          Hahaha well then what better experience can you have with an ebb and flow like that? That’s beyond living it up, and more like riding the storm 😆