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Ask HN: Why do Americans/Europeans not use “bum gun” or water to wash?
5 points by mianasif 3100 days ago
3 comments
byoung2 3100 days ago
There was an old article reposted to HN recently http://mentalfloss.com/article/23210/toilet-paper-history-ho...
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philiphodgen 3100 days ago
This article kicked up a fake virus scare popup on my Android phone. Beware when clicking on this link.
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simonblack 3100 days 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.
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kamranahmed_se 3100 days ago
Not sure how they can feel clean with those tissue papers
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