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Lota Vs Toilet Paper

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darkside31337 said:
Toilet Paper.

Isn't a Japanese toilet the best of both worlds? I never understood why these never took off worldwide. The heated toilet seats alone should have billions of these worldwide.
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They aren't cheap...
 
anonnumber6 said:
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Yeah and it's the best thing ever. I'll probably install that if I ever own a house.
 
I don't get why you would want to transfer the problem from your arse, to your hands. I can live with the idea that my arse is 98% clean instead of 100% (till shower), but I don't feel like getting any on my hand. When it accidentally happens, I have to spend the longest time washing my hands.
 
People often use both. Toilet paper first and then wash with water using your left hand. But for those that only use water, this is why you don't eat or shake with your left hand. I can understand why it seems disgusting, but it is to address the issue of your ass not being properly cleansed after you use toilet paper.

There is that taboo of using your hand but the idea of having dried stains of faeces on thei inside of your butt cheeks is arguably more unappealing
 
warthog said:
I don't get why you would want to transfer the problem from your arse, to your hands. I can live with the idea that my arse is 98% clean instead of 100% (till shower), but I don't feel like getting any on my hand. When it accidentally happens, I have to spend the longest time washing my hands.
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Because it is easier to clean your hands. At the end you are 100% sure you are shit free.
 
So I am hoping that this Lota thing gets washed thoroughly with soap and water after each use? It would be pretty gross to use it right after someone else.
 
I use a lota and it makes my ass feel super clean. I'm a bit of hygiene freak though so I tend to overwash my hands afterwards with shit tons of hand soap.


Vgamer said:
So I am hoping that this Lota thing gets washed thoroughly with soap and water after each use? It would be pretty gross to use it right after someone else.
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Nobody other than me uses it in my family thankfully. I would assume each person has their own? Though I can't see how it would get dirty.
 
Vgamer said:
So I am hoping that this Lota thing gets washed thoroughly with soap and water after each use? It would be pretty gross to use it right after someone else.
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Why? You're supposed to pour water over your asscrack from a distance, not plug the thing up your butthole.
 
SteelAttack said:
Why? You're supposed to pour water over your asscrack from a distance, not plug the thing up your butthole.
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I was just assuming that pretty often you would end up handling it with your "wiping" hand like before you get up from the toilet and wash your hands. Maybe I am wrong.
 
Meus Renaissance said:
People often use both. Toilet paper first and then wash with water using your left hand. But for those that only use water, this is why you don't eat or shake with your left hand. I can understand why it seems disgusting, but it is to address the issue of your ass not being properly cleansed after you use toilet paper.

There is that taboo of using your hand but the idea of having dried stains of faeces on thei inside of your butt cheeks is arguably more unappealing
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I don't see how that is arguable at all. My hands contact my food, my ass crack doesn't. My hands have fingernails for shit to get under, my ass crack doesn't. My hands touch everything throughout my house and workplace, my ass doesn't. My hands could have paper cuts or hangnails for shit to get into and get infected since they are exposed to all forms of abuse all day, my ass doesn't.
 
beast786 said:
Because it is easier to clean your hands. At the end you are 100% sure you are shit free.
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Not in my mind. I wouldn't be the right guy to be using this, since I already wash my hands constantly. I'd want boiling water after using that thing.
 
Vgamer said:
I was just assuming that pretty often you would end up handling it with your "wiping" hand like before you get up from the toilet and wash your hands. Maybe I am wrong.
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Well, I'm not quite sure. Never used something like that. But I guess you're not supposed to handle it with your "poop hand".
 
PrivateWHudson said:
I don't see how that is arguable at all. My hands contact my food, my ass crack doesn't. My hands have fingernails for shit to get under, my ass crack doesn't. My hands touch everything throughout my house and workplace, my ass doesn't. My hands could have paper cuts or hangnails for shit to get into and get infected since they are exposed to all forms of abuse all day, my ass doesn't.
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You're not meant to use the same hand for handling food. Besides, as long you wash it well, I don't see the anxiety of using that left hand at home or in your work place - it doesn't become contaminated. I think it's fair to say the discomfort at the idea isn't based on hygiene but rather psychology.

If you have a cut or wound on your hand, then don't wash using that hand. You should try it, at least once and let us know whether your hand still feels dirty after. What's the worst that could happen? If you used some cheap soap, your hand initially may not smell the best? The alternative is that your put on your boxers whilst your ass almost certainly smells of shit from the dry stains still left there. In both extreme cases, I'm willing to bet the one who washes will be cleaner and smell better throughout
 
anonnumber6 said:
If you just use toilet paper and then not use a lota, take a shower, or use a bidet after is just disgusting. The common belief that rubbing your arse with paper removes the shit from it is just strange.
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I thought everybody washed their bum after using toilet paper? :\
 
A little hidden secret is that most Pakistani and Indian families living in Western countries still use the lota or a variation. Because that particular funnel is hard to come by, they end up using water bottles.

If you're ever at an Asian friend's house and spot a water bottle inconspicuously resting next to the toilet, it's not because he was drinking water while taking a shit.
 
anonnumber6 said:
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These are used in every single private bathroom in Finland and most public toilets too, though usually the showerhead is connected to a seperate sink. I had no idea they're so rare in the rest of the world. Honestly, why would you use a teapot when you can have the added benefit of high water pressure?
 
Wet wipes, man. They've changed the way I wipe and my bum is soooooo much cleaner nowadays.

That said, I would love a Japanese style bidet/washlet.
 
I would just like to add, washing your hands for 15 seconds with water & without soap, removes 80% of the bacteria.

Washing your hands once with water & soap for about 15-30 seconds, removes 99% of bacteria.

Washing your hands twice (with water and soap), 15-30 seconds each time, removes 100% of the bacteria on your hands.
 
Farooq said:
I would just like to add, washing your hands for 15 seconds with water & without soap, removes 80% of the bacteria.

Washing your hands once with water & soap for about 15-30 seconds, removes 99% of bacteria.

Washing your hands twice (with water and soap), 15-30 seconds each time, removes 100% of the bacteria on your hands.
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I agree with you except for the 100% part.

For 100% I'm sure you need some sort of surgical scrub containing like povidone-iodine or something.

And even then you can't be sure to kill every little microscopic bastard.

Its just a fact of life we have to live with, we cant be sterile.
 
Orcastar said:
These are used in every single private bathroom in Finland and most public toilets too, though usually the showerhead is connected to a seperate sink. I had no idea they're so rare in the rest of the world. Honestly, why would you use a teapot when you can have the added benefit of high water pressure?
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Because people in Pakistan and other countries are too poor to afford even toilets much less the showerheads.

Many people (in fact, most) still shit squatting over an open hole toilet- no expensive sitting toilet for the majority of the population.
 
Darth Kupi said:
I agree with you except for the 100% part.

For 100% I'm sure you need some sort of surgical scrub containing like povidone-iodine or something.

And even then you can't be sure to kill every little microscopic bastard.

Its just a fact of life we have to live with, we cant be sterile.
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How about 99.9%?

I am just spouting figures I read in an article from the BBC.
 
Toilet Paper then Wet wipes is the best of both worlds. Nice and clean without need for high pressure showers or scraping shit out of your ass with your hands.
 
MWS Natural said:
Toilet Paper then Wet wipes is the best of both worlds.
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*brofist* That's how I roll. Granted, I'd love to have a bidet in my house, but for the time being, TP/baby wipes combo does wonders for my anus.
 
SteelAttack said:
*brofist* That's how I roll. Granted, I'd love to have a bidet in my house, but for the time being, TP/baby wipes combo does wonders for my anus.
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Does it prevent dingleberries?
 
What the fuck are you people eating that a tiny bit of TP doesn't make your ass clean? Taco Bell 3X a day so you have constant diarrhea? The only time my ass isn't clean after one or in a rare case two wipes is the one or so times a year I have a stomach bug or something similar.
 
Wait. What the fuck? Is this real life? People wipe their freshly shitted-out-of asses with their hands and water?

What the fuck?
 
beast786 said:
With lota your ass crack will always feel like after a shower.
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Yeah and my hands will always feel like they need a shower. I'll stick with the toilet paper thanks. There's no way I'm cleaning my arsehole using my hands and a teapot.
 
I've never heard of anyone having a problem with toilet paper.

If you squat to poop it makes more sense to use a lota, otherwise a bidet is preferred to using your bare hand to wipe.
 
Huh, I'm not really too interested in wiping my ass with my hands.

Considering how well people wash their hands, odds are someone will occasionally still have shit on their hands if they use the lota method.

Nasty, mang
 
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