AIBU to think that actually toilet paper is really unhygienic

[keepitclean1980]

I was doing the washing up and a thought came to me. Don't you think toilet paper is actually really unhygienic?

If you happened to put your finger in a random turd, what would you do? Wipe it with a tissue and call it a day? Or scrub it with soap and water followed by a smell test?

When you think about it, it is insane that we just use toilet paper on our bums. Or do other people give it a little more pampering and I just didn't realise?

@flaviaritt

I think we have become obsessed as a society by the sanitisation of the home and body. Yes, arseholes have shit in them. You wipe it, you wash your hands, you shower or bathe regularly, end of story. It’s not like we all go round touching them all the time.

Quite.

It was newspaper in the outhouse in my grandparents time.

Wipe your bottom, was your hands.

A lot of very defensive people on here trying to justify their dry wiping habits. Hey your grossness is your business. No one is judging

@sst1234

A lot of very defensive people on here trying to justify their dry wiping habits. Hey your grossness is your business. No one is judging

You clearly are being judgemental. And bitchy.

Just because you never learned to wipe your arse properly doesn't mean everyone hasn't.

I dream of getting a bum gun installed. One day. one day.

Yes, it is a bit grim when you think about it. However, I tend not to open doors, push supermarket trollies and press pelican crossing buttons with my arsehole.

When I just tried to add Fresh X ( had never heard of it) to my Sainsburys shop....breaded cod came up !!!!!!

A lot of very defensive people on here trying to justify their dry wiping habits.

I literally don’t give a single shite what anyone thinks of my ‘habits’. I’m the only person who should care about my bum!

What about vaginal discharge and urine and ear wax and sweat? Are we all attending bathing stations the very second they show up, or do we manage until we can conveniently have a shower? People with acne have pus ready to squirt off their face at any minute. I'm sure we've all accidentally spat on someone whilst talking to them.

Bodies are pretty gross. Expecting to keep them 100% sanitised is unrealistic. If the majority felt the way that some PPs feel, public toilets would be designed differently.

@BrandyandDeath

Just your normal Friday evening chat topic, then..

🤣

@Sadbadglad

When I just tried to add Fresh X ( had never heard of it) to my Sainsburys shop....breaded cod came up

It might work, due to being mildly abrasive.

After having a dump I go outside, drop my knickers and drag my bum along the grass. I learnt to do it off my dog who always has a clean bum. Anyone who does anything else is a minger!

I avoid a dry wipe at all costs.
Both our toilets have sinks next to them so I do dry, wet, dry ect
Very gross to wipe poo with just paper, lots of cultures joke that brits walk round with poo on our bottoms and I have to agree I'd dry wipe is your routine

@sst1234

A lot of very defensive people on here trying to justify their dry wiping habits. Hey your grossness is your business. No one is judging

You seem very invested in the bums of others 😁

I would love a bidet or a Japanese toilet. We’re getting a renovation done at the moment and I am going to get one of them and by all the gods my anus will be the cleanest in the kingdom.

It does feel like a particular western world habit. That is so defended! It’s weird and gross not to wash after a poo. How can anyone possibly think otherwise??
It’s just because it’s ingrained in you to think this is normal ‘British’ behaviour but it’s really not.
All Asian, Middle Eastern and Med countries seem to have understood bum washing as standard practice.
If I’ve ever had to just wipe (caught out while out) I find myself having an itchy bum all day!

@SimonJT

Using just paper is gross, it you had poo on any other part of your body you would clean it with soap and water, your bum shouldn’t be any different. Why would anyone be comfortable walking around knowing they’re dirty?

Because I'm not?

I can wipe with paper then use a wet wipe and there's nothing on the wipe.

I don't generally bother but every time I have there's been nothing on the wipe. Also the areas is generally covered by two or more layers.

Hands are different because you're touching stuff with them.

Have fallen down a Japanese Toilet rabbit hole...
This one even comes with a “lady spray”
www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/grohe-sensia-arena-wall-hung-shower-toilet-39354sh0

@QuestionableMouse Most wet wipes don’t actually have soap, so they just move fecal bacteria around your bum, rather than ‘killing’ the fecal bacteria.

I don't want soap on my bum every day, thanks.

Have fallen down a Japanese Toilet rabbit hole...
This one even comes with a “lady spray”

DesperatelySeekingSunshine that's the exact one we have, I can highly recommend the pulsating spray for massage

All I'm saying is that to those of you who think if you just use toilet paper you'll end up with skidders, you gotta get more fibre in your life.

you gotta get more fibre in your life

Not necessarily true for everyone. But I agree that just using TP doesn't mean you end up with pants covered in crap.

I don’t know about you, but my bum hole is between my cheeks and doesn’t touch anything apart from toilet paper or whatever I’m washing myself with in the shower. So while a bidet function is nice, I don’t really care that much.

If more than your bum hole is dirty then I’d suggest it’s your technique rather than toilet roll being the issue, and I would suggest you eat more fibre, drink more water, and spread your cheeks when you sit down!

It may have already been said but I don’t understand the jug of water thing. Surely it just ends up going down the loo and not getting to the arsehole. What position do you have to be in to pour from front to back?

A lot of very defensive people on here trying to justify their dry wiping habits. Hey your grossness is your business. No one is judging wink

So funny, if you were any more judgy your pants would be up round your neck.

Why do you assume people are being defensive? They couldn't give a shiny shit what you or anyone else thinks.