• @[email protected]OP
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      231 year ago

      I can’t explain it, but all the bidets I’ve seen (mainly continental Europe) have been like this.

      • wootz
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        131 year ago

        They are usually placed a bit closer, so the move from the toilet to the bidet is just a scooch over.

      • GONADS125
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        31 year ago

        I’ve seen them sparingly in some nice houses and hotels here in the US, but they were never common. But even as a US native, these are what come to mind when I hear the word “bidet.” Not the hoses that hook up to toilet bowls.

    • Neato
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      71 year ago

      Yes. It’s the old style. Before they had the tech for the under seat ones. Some didn’t even have fountains and you’d fill it up and wash your ass with your hands.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        Why not the hung-on-wall showerhead types? Is this second bowl design more common than the handheld one?

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          I still can’t figure out how to use the showerhead while sitting. I always stand up. I guess the bidet fits people who likes to sit

    • @[email protected]
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      51 year ago

      Some (most?) Italians will do a bit of wiping and the move over. I guess you can even stand up and then sit on the bidet without wiping, as you’ll wash the whole area anyway?

    • @[email protected]
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      41 year ago

      Often used for quickly washing your pits, bits and feet. Not just as an automated ass wiper.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      That is a REAL bidet from long before anyone ever thought of a toilet hookup. You’ll find these throughout Europe and South America. Even the poorest houses have them.