I was taking my daily mid-morning poop today and while I was wiping, I thought, I wonder how most people wipe.

I tend to wipe while standing up cause it’s more comfortable and allows for more cheek-spreaditivity.

So, I beg the question: How does most of Lemmy wipe? Do you wipe while standing up or do you wipe while sitting down? Why?

  • Entertainmeonly
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    The real question is if you use a wet wipe at the end? Total game changer.

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          Flushable means it can travel down a clean pipe. Once it encounters an obstacle it will snag and sit there until it breaks down or catches more debris. If it catches fat particles then it will never break down and will create what is called a fatberg which will restrict flow.

          New products come out everyday. To test them, you could try putting the wipes in a jar filled with water and toilet paper. See what survives when you shake it up. Maybe add a bit of oil as well to see if that changes the result.

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            That’s a lot of trouble just to save my landlord some money. Wonder if they’ll thank me for taking all that time out if my day? Maybe they’ll even lower my rent after I make my garage science report about a milion dollar companies product.

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          No wipes are actually flushable regardless of what the packaging says. They’re awful for municipal plumbing and cost tax payers thousands

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          I know someone who’s home flooded with poop water because of them doing exactly that. The plumber pulled a LOT of them out of the blockage. Apparently it’s a common mistake, although that doesn’t make the repairs any cheaper.

          Just in case, don’t flush tampons or pads either.

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          It’s most likely a lie. There’s no industry standard, manufacturers can say what they want and their wipes end up blocking your plumbing or the sewer system, or decorating beaches.

          To test whether flushable wipes are truly flushable, Ryerson University gathered 101 products, including 23 wipes that were labeled as flushable. They conducted a series of tests to determine whether any of these products would actually fall apart or disperse safely through the sewer system and found that not a single flushable wipe product passed the tests.

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      I used to but where I live the toilet blocks very easily so I had to stop but I got a bidet.

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          Somehow that seems less sanitary.

          I have long arms and my secret shitter safe space is literally in an old broom closet, so the sink is not inconvenient for me. It’s my happy place.

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            Oh I was mega joking, that’s completely horrifying hahaha.

            Plus, I’ve got a bidet, which is the most life-changing thing I’ve gotten since my first solid state drive.

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      I just wet the TP in the sink. Highly recommended. You’re not going to clog up your septic system that way. Even flushable wipes aren’t really flushable.

      Unfortunately you don’t have the option to use the sink like that if your stall is separated from the sink or farther than an arm’s reach away.

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      1 year ago

      Butt wipes are an absolute game changer. If I don’t use them I just feel dirty for the rest of the day until I get a chance to shower