You buy a bidet once. Toilet paper? That’s a lifelong subscription.
Of course capitalism doesn’t want people switching that would destroy the toilet paper industry.
And somehow, spraying clean water on your ass is “weird,” but smearing it with dry paper every day is totally normal? Sure.
But hey, why push for hygiene when endless consumption is more profitable?
Bidets are cleaner, greener, and cheaper over time.
But in a system where profit beats common sense, waste always wins.
Edit: I’m aware that capitalism isn’t the only reason and America isn’t the only country that uses toilet paper.
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There’s a lot of countries that doesn’t use bidets that are less capitalists than the US.
Americans? bidets aren’t even that common in general. stop making this about Americans
So why don’t Australians use them either? Lol stop acting like America is the only country without bidets
Someone watched the south park episode on toilet paper capitalism
Western Europe is capitalistic as well yet countries like Italy, Spain, and Finland see widespread usage of bidets.
You can purchase a bidet in America if you want.
Just fyi, Italians first use toilet paper and then the bidet
home depot has them for $30 dawg
This isn’t an unpopular take, it’s just a dumb one. Bidets are far from ubiquitous in the entire Western world.
As someone from a country that has bidet “guns” near every toilet, we still use toilet paper, I won’t pull my pants up with a wet ass
Jokes on them. I use free paper napkins from the gas station.
You can buy a bidet attachment for like nothing
Bro there’s a whole South Park episode about this. Go to bed.
American GI’s in WWII went to French brothels were they encountered bidets for the first time so they associated it with sex work and thought they were unclean.
That is the historical reasons why Americans don’t use bidets.
Even when we use a bidet, we still need toilet paper to wipe the water off
You can get a bidet in America if you want it. And I know a fair amount of people that do use one, including myself
a large majority of men in the US would not want a bidet because it’d be seen as “gay”.
when i visit someone and see that they dont have a bidet or watering can i feel so shocked
The people who sell bidets are not the same people that sell toilet paper.
I could easily look this up myself but this just crossed my feed so here we go. What do you use to scrub if you’re using a bidet? I imagine using a weak stream isn’t enough to get it all off but using a stronger stream would just splash shit-water everywhere. Currently I just buy baby wipes and throw them in the trash.
I don’t want to shoot water up my ass (I am not american)
Some of us do coffee enemas and colonics on tv and tiktok instead.
I have a bidet. I still use a little bit of toilet paper to dab myself off cause even though my booty hole is clean, it is wet, and I don’t have a fancy bidet that dries you off afterward.
It’s not really capitalism when water isn’t free unless you’re connected to a well.
As an American handyman, I installed countless bidets. The clients were from all walks and origins.
My opinion never did change though, I thought it was weird. Even a cheap bidet produces an impressively pressurized stream of water, and unless the occupant was perfectly centered every time, the stream would surely bounce from all angles of their underside and get everywhere.
I don’t see how they’d leave the experience and put their clothing back up without using a towel. Maybe they use a towel every time? Idk.
It’s weird. I get having a sparkly butthole or not wanting to use or flush toilet paper but everything about a bidet surely isn’t worth it. I just feel that toilet paper and wipes (discarded into their own trash receptacle, don’t get me started on the dangers of flushing wipes down your pipes) is less weird.
Sometimes I feel like these are just interesting perspectives and not necessarily unpopular opinions
Bro i religiously use my bidet BUT I STILL USE TP. like please stop squirting your poopy butt with water
Holy shit bro. It’s not that deep. Big toilet paper isn’t spending billions keeping you from buying a bidet attachment for $40.
I come from a country that normally uses bidet and its the best thing in the world. That being said, you still need a bit of tolite paper afterwards to make sure you are clean and dry everything up
The bidet manufacturers dont care about the profits of the toilet paper industry. Thats why you can buy a bidet rn in America
FYI: the $30-$40 bidet attachments on Amazon are 100% worth it even if that’s all the money or know how you’ve got. I thought forever that I wouldn’t be satisfied with the cold water tap, but it’s honestly not bad at all (maybe not if you live in an area with winter-temp water all the time).
I also have an electric unit with heated water, seat, dryer — lots of bells and whistles — and I still don’t mind using the basic “cheap” style at all. I encourage everyone to get one. You really do use a LOT less toilet paper.
nobody tell this dude u can buy a bidet with ur own money
Show me a paper trail (pun perhaps intended) indicating a business deal between toilet companies and toilet paper companies, and you may be onto something. Though, I don’t know where the particular economic system of capitalism comes into play lol.
And if every single American used bidets, they would claim Americans are wasteful and use fresh water just to clean their butt hole when the rest of the world doesn’t even have fresh water to drink
But I own a bidet? It also doesn’t entirely eliminate toilet paper, though it dramatically cuts down on it
You still have to dry your backside.
Insider Edition actually did a video on this subject! I highly recommend you watch it 🙂
https://youtu.be/nI5shsQuauY?si=Sc19BwTseJmDvswi
In short: you’re partially correct. Bidets were actually super popular in Europe. Americans were first introduced to bidets during WWII, however, they witnessed them in brothels. So the association with bidets and sex work lingered and affected their popularity. When the guy who invented bidets tried to introduce them to America, it was a huge failure due to the negative press.
Since I installed a bidet I use more toilet paper because I use the paper to dry myself off.
I don’t understand anyone who doesn’t do that… Are you walking around with just wet drippy underwear? Genuine question
What a idiot
Popping in the shower…. I’m poor
I bought a nice bidet from Amazon and love it
You do realize you can get a bidet on Amazon to add to your existing toilet right? But sure blame capitalism lol.
I def use less paper with a bidet
So instead of smudge shit in my butt crack, I’m leaking poop water in my pants?
You can easily buy a bidet. Also I still use some tp to dry off. Just not as much
I use the bidet almost everyday and I’m pretty sure I spend more on soap, also toilet paper is necessary for other purposes like cleaning your glasses or spilled liquids from the desk
If the US really wanted to go full capitalist it would follow England’s example by privatising the water industry, so there is no publicly funded option to clean your ass
Wait till you find out that capitalism isn’t only found in the United States and all those bidet-using countries are capitalist too
Hey OP, wait until you look into the American medical system. Talk about protecting capitalism.
I had a bidet in my old house. Just the toilet hose kind. It was because of covid, I haven’t gotten around to installing one at the new house but totally am. Toilet paper was hard to come by here during covid so that was my answer lol.
Sorta some people just think it makes you gay for having something touch your butt. It’s becoming more common since the pandemic though.
Not really, because you still need to replace your bidet every few years. They get shit all over them, and they’re impossible to fully clean.
Also, you can always upgrade to a more expensive model. I started with a $40 bidet on Amazon, and now I’ve upgraded to a $300 Toto Washlet. I already have my eye on the next upgrade. Capitalism at its finest.
I love my bidet. The only issue is now I don’t like to poop anywhere but home
How about just washing it raw?
Virtually all the countries that use bidets are capitalist.
Many bidet-standard countries are also capitalist societies. This is a silly leap to make.
It’s simple exposure. People that didn’t grow up with them or have never used one don’t realize they should have one. And they probably won’t until they encounter the opportunity to give one a whirl.
Bidets aren’t a banned item. And they’re not particularly expensive either. I can drive over to the local hardware store and buy one. Americans don’t have bidets because they don’t want them.
Washing your ass is a habit that i wish more “modern” countries need to pick up more.
You could also nair your butt every now and again. A third the toilet paper use and no swamp butt.
Having tried a Japanese bidet toilet before, the reason I don’t use a bidet is because I fucking hate the sensation of them. I don’t care that toilet paper continuously costs money, I do NOT enjoy the spray sensation on my butt and I will never use a bidet ever again.
So, there’s a car game my buddies and I would play, called just think about it. The idea? You’re given 30 seconds and a random topic by their choosing. Once this 30 seconds is up, you gotta give a 2 minute rant on the hidden conspiracy related to that topic. Naturally, you must end with a very aggressive “just THINK about it people!”
Where am I going with this? Well, this unironically reads shockingly similar to the time I had to give a passionate rant on how sporks are Russian propaganda and are anti American, because they’re anti consumerism and try to get us to buy less utensils thus destabilizing the economy.
Take from this what you will.
Cause the water cant reach past their fat asses.
South Park covered this. Be careful or the TP industry will call a hit on you for preaching this!
Big Toilet Paper at it again
Another crazy Reddit communist…
The french aristocrat’s had them in the 1700s, but the modern bidet was patented
In 1928, in the United States, when John Harvey Kellogg applied for a patent on an “anal douche”.[3
I can’t imagine not having one. I travel for work and on extended stays I just buy and install. It’s something I refuse to live without
Yeah, they want us to keep buying all these paper products.
I just dont want something blasting me in the asshole point blank