Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/nyregion/bidets-zohran-mamdani-gracie-mansion.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LVE.oQC5.xgXjzcOrkXCf

archived copy of the article

If you’re not using a bidet, you’re a filthy piece of walking poop. ;)

But if my butt is always clean what will I do in the shower?

Masturbate, like normal folk. Ffs.

Hell yeah. Its drain cloggin' time!

Huh. A literal shitpost. Curious.

You let it go to waste down the drain?

I was about to downvote until I saw which community it was. Fuck the NYT

-sigh-

Well... what do you do with it?

Save money on breakfast

Does anyone know how many acres of forests are getting cut down just so we can wipe our dirty asses? Feels like it could be one of those environmental problems thatgets underreported

That a bad thing, though? Assuming the trees are re-planted, this should be carbon-reducing overall.

I would love to live in a country were all issue shave been solved and people focus on things like bidets.

I only use tp made from old-growth rainforest woods.

Whats next, wiping your ass with your goddamn hands? Wake the fuck up people, this is sharia law in action!!

Years ago we tried to install a bidet upgrade kit in our apartment. Unfortunately the water line to the toilet is corroded in place and can't be disconnected without having maintenance shut off the water supply to the entire apartment and replacing the valve and line, all the threaded parts...

We ended up just returning the bidet for a refund. :(

Bigger older trees take in and store more carbon than smaller younger trees, so yes it’s a bad thing.

Slow news day.

Ig, I mean I think that using paper tissues is generally an ineffective way to clean our asses