Ask HN: Why do Americans/Europeans not use “bum gun” or water to wash?

5 points by mianasif 8y ago ↗ HN

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byoung2 8y ago ↗

There was an old article reposted to HN recently http://mentalfloss.com/article/23210/toilet-paper-history-ho...

philiphodgen 8y ago ↗

This article kicked up a fake virus scare popup on my Android phone. Beware when clicking on this link.

kamranahmed_se 8y ago ↗

Not sure how they can feel clean with those tissue papers

simonblack 8y ago ↗

Lots of Europeans use a bidet. It seems to be mainly the Anglophone countries (US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand) that find using water to wash the nether regions as something strange.