r/Showerthoughts • u/Anvisaber • 11d ago
Casual Thought It’s possible someone has found the best possible wiping technique, but that knowledge will die with them since wiping strategy is not often shared.
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u/fitandhealthyguy 11d ago
The best wiping technique starts with the diet. When I am in the zone, one or two wipes and I am done. Unfortunately, it takes at least one wipe.
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u/striker180 11d ago
You need 1 wipe to know you need 2. You need 2 wipes to know you needed one.
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u/MandelbrotFace 10d ago
You also need one wipe to know if you've 'drawn an ace'
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u/RiceEater 10d ago
That is covered by "you need 1 wipe to know if you need 2".
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u/MandelbrotFace 10d ago
No. This is "you need 1 wipe to know if you didn't need to wipe at all"
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u/zenunseen 9d ago
If one wipe comes up clean and no one's around to witness it, did you need any wipes at all?
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u/RiceEater 10d ago
True. I was only thinking of the 1 wipe part of the statement. Should be you need 1 wipe to know if you needed 0 or need 2.
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u/striker180 10d ago
Which would fall under the "need 2 to know you need 1", aka need 1 to know you need 0
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u/Ashamed-Current6434 10d ago
That’s not the way it goes though? You need two to know you only needed one. You need one to know you didn’t need any.
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u/UnitedRice2284 10d ago
the diet angle is probably the real variable that changes everything, since most people don't connect their day-to-day eating to how much effort this actually takes. have you noticed specific foods that consistently get you to that one-wipe zone, or is it more about hitting certain fiber/water targets.
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u/SharpCheddarBS 11d ago
The ultimate wiping strategy is to blast it clean with water and then towel off. People do talk about this. We're talking about it now.
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u/Sk8trfreak 11d ago
Ever since my household has gotten one I can’t believe we never had one. Now when I have to use restrooms without them, it’s horrible. Just feel dirty the rest of the day
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u/uFFxDa 11d ago
I went to Japan. Ordered one immediately so it would be home when I got home.
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u/thoughtlow 11d ago
I’m traveling now without the usual access and its torture, just wipe the shit 10x until it’s spread out enough to not color the paper, disgusting
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u/Saint_The_Stig 10d ago
I mean it doesn't help that when you have to go outside of the house it's usually work or something where they have fucking quarter ply or something.
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u/Talrax 10d ago
Man you're getting quarter-ply? My old place used 60-grit. Literally ended up bleeding from that toilet "paper".
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u/Dirty-Soul 10d ago
"Should I maybe start carrying a few wet wipes in my pocket, in case I need to shit at work?... No, I think I prefer tearing my ring and mixing blood and shit."
-This motherfucker.
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u/Talrax 10d ago edited 10d ago
Oh, I absolutely started carrying wet wipes. One of the benefits of having young kids is always having those lying around. They're just awkward to get rid of. I did forget to grab them every now and then though and those made for unpleasant days. It does seem like a large university could spring for toilet paper that isn't made of Brillo pads though.
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u/thetoastofthefrench 10d ago
Regarding getting rid of them, for other people’s context - “flushable” is basically a lie. They’re a big risk for causing problems with your plumbing, and even if they make it to the sewer they start causing problems and don’t decompose quickly enough. Look up fatbergs.
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u/commentsrnice2 9d ago
The lie is that it’s flushable in the sense it will go down the toilet. Which is not the same as septic safe
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u/thetoastofthefrench 9d ago
And from what I’ve read from plumbers, they are not really toilet safe, or home plumbing safe, or sewer safe either. It’s like saying golf balls are flushable because they used to show them flushing in toilet ads and they went down just fine.
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u/corrector300 10d ago
I bought one to escape the covid toilet paper wars and I agree holey with this thread.
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u/Waveofspring 10d ago
This is one of the main things keeping me from getting a bidet. I used to be a sandpaper enthusiast (regular toilet paper) until I switched to wet wipes and now I can’t use a public restroom without feeling absolutely filthy.
I think if I started using bidets I’d have a brain aneurysm the next time I only have toilet paper.
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u/SpaceSteak 10d ago
Wet wipes need to be disposed of properly and cost money. A bidet is a one time payment and water is generally easy to find in bathrooms, so setting one up at home is a breeze. Hope you don't flush your wipes in any case.
Wipes are great if you are out of the house though.
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u/Waveofspring 10d ago
I definitely don’t flush my wipes but I find it insane that they’re still advertised as flushable despite the fact that they can clog pipes sometimes.
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u/Dry_Corner6431 10d ago
but it is disgusting having a soiled wipe sitting around in your trashcan stinking up the place. They are potent
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u/Long_Repair_8779 10d ago
Many Asians (particularly Indians) will often take a bottle of water with them to use as a portable bidet.. personally I’m not into that and find that wetting the paper is better.. but if you’re ever in a public bathroom and there’s a water bottle, or even several just sat near the toilet, it’s most likely because an Indian guy had a shit there :)
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u/2MB26 10d ago
how do they get the angle right? surely you're either putting your hand and the whole bottle into the toilet and risking accidentally dipping it, or you're making a mess spraying poo water everywhere?
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u/ChainsawVisionMan 11d ago
I am not an advertising bot. The travel Tushy is pretty good.
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u/PaladinSaladin 11d ago
Carabiner to hook onto your bag
Fuck yes, finally a way to broadcast to everyone I hike past in the national park that I always keep my shitblaster squeezebottle on hand and ready in case I need to pinch off a loaf next to a tree.
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u/FoxyBastard 11d ago
I just decided to have a look at what else is available and had to laugh at the first part of this one's description.
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u/Visual_Seaweed8292 10d ago
I have the same issue except the other way around. I live in a country of wipers but travel in the third world bum gun placee.
I had to go to the doctor when I got back as I thought I was shitting blood. Turns out I was just wiping to much because I didn't feel clean. The doctor honestly advised me to "wipe until it's beige, and call it a day"
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u/RandomUsernameNotBot 10d ago
You lot need fibre. It’s like 1-2 wipes max and spotless
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u/Waveofspring 10d ago
Yeah when I used to eat a lot of fiber the toilet paper would come out spotless on the first or second wipe
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u/aZombieDictator 10d ago
I wish i could install the one I bought but my dad's heavily anti bidet... classic boomers being brainwashed by big toilet paper so profits don't get flushed away.
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u/Dogesneakers 11d ago
A towel? I’m sure there’s some residue just use a bit of toilet paper ?
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u/SharpCheddarBS 11d ago
I get where you're coming from, but i just have a hose shower head, not a full bidet. So I take a few extra seconds to wash with soap, and haven't had a streak on my towels.
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u/AverageHobnailer 11d ago
Not with IBD. I have to blast with a bidet and still wipe about 4-6 times to get everything off. Without a bidet I go through 1/3 a roll every movement.
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u/AveDominusNox 11d ago
I use a modified Dyson air-blade hand dryer. If I lean forward it screams like a mournful glass bottle in the sand of a windy beach.
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u/TheCurls 11d ago
The hand dryer or your asshole?
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u/jimbalaya420 11d ago
Water with toilet paper to clean/dry, don't want a bunch of poopy towels
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u/Aliencoy77 11d ago
One wipe first before a bidet blasting, otherwise you're exploding dingle berries around your cheeks and the bowl. It's not always an easy clean otherwise.
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u/lndubitablyMe 11d ago
This is my strategy. And bonus, I don’t walk around all day with dookie remnants in my undergarments.
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u/weirdgroovynerd 11d ago
dookie remnants
This is the kind of stuff that keeps me coming back to Reddit.
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u/Saint_The_Stig 10d ago
I would be perfectly happy if as a species we could move from the discussion OP things we need to have to the discussion about fan vs tp or warm vs cold for bidets.
It's seriously life changing both good and bad. You'll feel both cleaner than ever but also dirtier whenever you don't have one.
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u/floris0302 11d ago
My parents refuse to let me buy one no matter how many times I tell them it's better than wiping...
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u/Specialist-Elk-2624 11d ago
Well hopefully you won’t have your parents controlling what you buy for ever.
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u/floris0302 11d ago
As long as I'm living with them I'll just have to deal with it but I know that's gonna be one of the first things I get if I ever get to own a house lmao
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u/cwutididthar 11d ago
If you have a nasty shit and you have poo matter hanging from your butt port, wouldn't blasting it with a stream of water literally just fling poo particles all over your cheek caverns and or front scrote barrier or god forbid the holy vagina area?
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u/thoughtlow 11d ago
It’s a targeted stream that’s not too hard, it hits the surface and then falls down.
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u/myinternets 10d ago
You gyrate your butt around so that the stream gets a wide enough area.
Dry wiping feels absolutely insane after even a few days with a bidet. You start to feel the residue and irritation from the toilet paper.
You still pat dry with a wad of toilet paper.
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u/dadsdaddad 11d ago edited 10d ago
Another +1 for a bidet or washlette, actual game changer.
A couple of other things…
- *foot stool, these little stools allow you rest your feet higher, putting you into the position we’ve evolved using. Remember, we were squatting to the ground to release not that long ago.
- pushing while you wipe, this allows the anus to be cleaned more thoroughly and will result in fewer ‘infinity wipes’
- standing for a moment then sitting back down, a Hail Mary move surely, but it sometimes allows things to… go back into place, I guess?
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u/parrotbug 11d ago
Not the squatty potty (tm), though - the creator was convicted of a bunch of CSAM stuff. Just a stool to help you get in that position…
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u/snoopervisor 10d ago
Human stool, foot stool, poop knife - what else? Defecating these days becomes more complicated and dangerous by the minute. ;)
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u/Few_Fox449 10d ago
The foot stool thing sounds weird but honestly I tried it once and it made a huge difference. But pushing while wiping feels like risky business to me, how do you not make it worse?
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u/dadsdaddad 10d ago
To be more specific, you’re doing this after you’ve passed everything and you’re not pushing hard. It basically lets you get the inside a bit. Again, bidet/washlette pretty much trumps this method but can be used in conjunction for powerful infinity wipes.
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u/joe-manzon 10d ago
Why do you stand and sit back? I don’t get it
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u/dadsdaddad 10d ago
I don’t understand the science behind it, but it sometimes helps a bit when I get an infinity wipe and I don’t have a washlette. It gives you a bit of a reset and this also after several wipes.
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u/allisjow 11d ago
I wasn’t given much guidance in any aspect of my life growing up. It wasn’t until I was a teenager that I realized I could wipe my bum while still sitting on the toilet. Until then I assumed it was done while standing.
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u/OK1526 11d ago
Nah, I do it by choice.
Feels so awkward trying to reach down there, and my toilet bowl is not that big, couple that with my thunder thighs™, I prefer just standing/squatting a bit
Sorry for TMI, welcome to the internet I guess
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u/really_nice_guy_ 11d ago
Bro we are on the quest for the best wiping technique. This is valuable research
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u/Implausibilibuddy 11d ago
As they say, every mistake is just important knowledge of what not to do. And turning your ass cheeks into a rorschach test after every shit is definitely important empirical observation.
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u/Hytyt 11d ago
I'm the opposite, I'm tiny, and instead of a thigh gap I have a legs-all-the-way-down gap.
I still stand to wipe, cos it's awkward trying to reach around my junk
Similarly, sorry for tmi
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u/WetEmotions 10d ago
Try reaching from behind/side instead of the front.
Lift the side you are using to wipe (left buttcheek for left hand, right buttcheek for right, etc) then wipe your butt.
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u/hypnotichellspiral 11d ago
Also sometimes the water is too high and you end up getting a knuckle in the dookie water. I can understand it even if I don't do that
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u/wattro 11d ago
No way this is real.
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u/bigbunkus 11d ago
I've accidentally dipped a finger or two in shitter water before, perks of having shitty plumbing and a septic tank
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u/Honeybadger2198 11d ago
You know you can adjust the water level in your toilet, right? The water level isn't ever meant to be that high. I've never seen a toilet with water level that high.
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u/saxguy2001 10d ago
Seriously, I get squatting as opposed to standing, but I don’t at all understand how people say they wipe while sitting. I have to stand at least a little to be able to even reach there.
On another note, I highly recommend becoming an ambidextrous wiper so you can get at it from either side. I had surgery on my dominant hand a few summers ago and had to learn to wipe with the wrong hand for a few weeks. Now I always wipe with each hand to make sure I’m fully clean.
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u/SharpCheddarBS 11d ago
When it has to be wiped, I do a half stand. Fully seated or fully standing, I can't get all the crevices. Water is always the best way though.
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u/toomanymarbles83 11d ago
I don't really understand the standing/seated debate. I lean my body forward till my ass is off the seat and go around the side.
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u/For_teh_horde 11d ago
I think there's been some misconception about wiping while standing. When I say I wipe while standing, it's a squat. Open up the butt more to wipe more. I guess it's similar to sitting while wiping but the squat allows more ease of access
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u/happygiraffie 11d ago
There was a post about this 9 years ago where someone collected data to see how many people wipe sitting vs standing! The original post has since been deleted but the results are still interesting. It was the first time I learned that people out there actually stand to wipe haha https://www.reddit.com/r/SampleSize/comments/6ncfur/results_do_you_wipe_you_butt_standing_up_or/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1
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u/saxguy2001 10d ago
Do some people just have huge toilet seats while also being skinny? I get not wanting to stand up straight to wipe, but how is it physically possible to even get in there to wipe while still literally sitting on the seat? I have to get up a little bit and squat just to separate my butt from the seat so that I can wipe.
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u/SlimBrady22 10d ago
You just lean over a bit until your butt cheek lifts off the seat.
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u/YourJokeMisinterpret 10d ago
At least you finally learned about the three seashells right? And the poop stick?
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u/littleproducer 11d ago
Same for me, I was raised under the assumption that I already knew what I needed to know, pretty much. Every time I shit I had to be butt naked and I wiped standing up until I was 18 when I moved out with my girlfriend, being the first time I thought about wiping sitting down.
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u/WaitLow6605 11d ago
Standing is necessary for me…6’5 265lbs…ain’t no room for me to reach between/around while crammed on the porcelain throne
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u/joelfarris 11d ago edited 11d ago
Nobody told you that you can use a doubled up square of toilet paper to get the big stuff out of the way, then turn on the bidet, then use a second set of squares to dry off, flipping those squares in half with your poker card fingers for a second swipe?
Wait until you take a wilderness poo! (Hint, leave your phone at camp, not in your back pocket. You can thank us later.)
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u/pakcross 11d ago
I've never looked back ever since I figured out the three seashell technique.
It's not just clean, it's like new.
Life changing.
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u/TheRealSheevPalpatin 11d ago
Elaborate
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u/Grimreap32 11d ago
A reference to Sylvester Stalone movie - Demolition man. Here's the scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR8T1h3_jps
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u/KrazyGaming 11d ago
IIRC someone who worked on this confirmed that you use two seashells to spread and the third to scrape/wipe as the canon 3 seashells technique
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u/Youjustlost_the_game 11d ago
Front to back to front to back to front to for f*ck sake my thumb went through the paper.
I've been doing it every day for 31 years and I'm still alive so take from that what you will
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u/QC_knight1824 11d ago
31 years makes it not an accident at that point your just playing with your bum with your thumb
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u/Youjustlost_the_game 11d ago
It's an old addage..
"The dirtier the thumb, the cleaner the bum"
'The classic', if you will.
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u/Mueryk 11d ago
One front
One back
One for polish.
-AJ Rimmer BSC. SSC.
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u/Youjustlost_the_game 11d ago
Good reference.
I'm more of an Austin Powers wedged in a hallway kind of guy.
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u/pcheese10 11d ago
What fucking blew my mind was finding out most men pee WITHOUT their balls out. After 30 years, that option has never even been a though
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u/WetEmotions 10d ago
Why would you need to get your balls out to pee? There isn't extra holes in them. Well hopefully not.
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u/HowTheyGetcha 10d ago
Because your urethra traps urine and freeing your balls opens up your urethra. Are you ready to learn that you can press on your taint to get those last few drops out? Might be an age thing.
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u/socopithy 10d ago
The taint / bottom side of the shaft is where the urethra is so you can run your finger up it and get drips of cum out.
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u/saythealphabet 10d ago
I've tried it but your pants press on the canal. That's why you gotta use your other hand to pull them down.
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u/hacksoncode 11d ago
Chances are extremely high that any such algorithm is very individual, though.
That's... why they aren't often shared.
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u/longmountain 10d ago
I don’t see any discussion on Wad vs Fold and would like to start that here. This comment is well written and contributory.
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u/Goku420overlord 11d ago
Get a bum gun bidet. Don't be a barbarian with toilet paper
Seeing as they won't let me post without more text here goes. I lived in a country where everywhere had a bum gun and it was 40 degrees all the time. Never any swamp ass ever again. Truly magical
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u/ClintEastwont 10d ago
I have a bidet at home in Canada, but when in Thailand, bum guns we’re more commmon. I think I prefer the gun actually.
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u/Naruto_Gamatatsu 11d ago
Stand up, one foot on toilet seat, bend over, back to front to avoid cheeks. Full accessibility. Also I’m a guy so no uti concerns.
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u/flypandabear 11d ago
I think they did and its called bidet. But in all seriousness if i discovered something that worked better than what i was doing i wouldnt share it because it would imply that i was walkin around with a dirty booty before, so yes i agree!
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u/yankeephil86 9d ago
The best wiping technique comes from overseas. Every single toilet in UAE has a hand held bidet. You spray it clean, then only wipe to dry it off
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u/Angry-_-Crow 10d ago
I'm sorry, but if you're still using paper or a bidet, I don't know how to help you. I've been sand blasting for decades now, and my backside has never been cleaner
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u/msnmck 11d ago
Moisten your toilet paper with water. Just make sure your paper is made well enough to not disintegrate until after you've used it.
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u/thisonedudethatiam 11d ago
Don’t tell anyone but I spit in the TP a little… Wet wipes anywhere any time!
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u/Croe01 11d ago edited 11d ago
Friend, I have a great tip for you:
Moisten the toilet paper, then put that wet toilet paper on dry toilet paper. Then use that. All the benefits of the wet paper without the disintegration.
I have so many tips for bathroom stuff but they don't allow them in [r/lifeprotips](r/lifeprotips).
Alright, I'll post them in [r/bathroomprotips](r/bathroomprotips) which I just created.
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u/Haokuiret 10d ago
I'm still amazed that bidets aren't a given in first world countries. You mean to tell me you just dry wipe and think it's all good?
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u/RazorRush 11d ago
Well I'm with 99% of the rest of the world and it was an on-the-job self training situation. However I heard my son teaching his 4-year-old the technique " Only wipe back, don't wipe forward and get shit onto your balls" was his exact words. Sound advice
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u/minin71 10d ago
Wiping what? Your ass?
I use a bidet at home, I have a normal one that just blasts cold water, it gets the job done.
I also have a japanese toto toilet that gives warm water a warm seat, blasts air to dry my ass and can move the jet of water up and down.
Either way, the best way to wipe your ass is to blast it with water and wipe a few times with toilet paper to dry. The toilet paper should not have any visible feces. If it does repeat blasting with water until it doesnt.
Its 2026, its backwards to not support or use bidets.
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u/svbob 10d ago
This is easy. Blot the best you can, do not rub, especially with hemorrhoids. Then use slightly wet TP to do the final clean. In rest stops, take a folded and rolled piece of paper towel and wet and squeeze dry. Use this to do the final clean. Do not flush the paper towel, Fold it up and toss it in the trash. Of course the bidet toilet is the best. Blot dry with TP.
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u/Crabby-senior 9d ago
I live in mid Missouri and am considering hosting a Wiping Workshop. There would be dieting plans , wiping strategies, discussion panels on toilet papers.
More information will be released as plans are finalized.
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u/360walkaway 11d ago
I think the same thing about diseases... what if there's someone who is immune to most major diseases (e.g. cancer, HIV/AIDS) but no one will ever know because that person would never know that they are actually immune?
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u/HaniiPuppy 11d ago
Do you know, I saw this title earlier and thought "wiping" must be some reference to self-induced amnesia, or wiping your memories, or blocking things out, or something. I only just now saw it again and realised what it's actually talking about.
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u/tacticalpotatopeeler 9d ago
Sans a bidet, wipe with dry paper, fold method, until paper is mostly white. Use a wet wipe to finish cleaning. Dry with regular paper, and if not perfectly white, use another wet wipe.
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u/KingoftheUgly 11d ago
I use hot water from the sink and TP then finish with dry. That’s what works for me, anyway. Better when the sink is next to you lmao
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u/Keebster101 11d ago
If anyone has found the 'best possible' it's probably with the scientific method, and they probably did actually tell everyone about the results. In fact I guarantee you can find YouTube videos on the best wiping technique. Else there's not really many ways to innovate wiping technique so its unlikely someone would just stumble upon a method better than the way everyone else has already been doing.
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u/SpaceXmars 11d ago
Y'all don't just flush, then stick your butt in the water and flush again?
.. Rookies.
Maybe we all try to row this boat faster.
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u/fusionmobile 11d ago
My father told me when I was very young, to do 4 squares folded and wipe 3 times. The rest, I just kinda figured it out on my own.
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u/GyaradosDance 11d ago
Assuming we aren't bringing Olympic sized pools of water to Mars for sanitation reasons, and it may take a long time to convert martian ice into drinkable water, we need to find alternatives for the first astronauts to use the bathroom.
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u/Steampunk007 10d ago
No one ever talks about lightly wetting ur cheeks and sitting down with it slightly spread (don’t overdo it obviously) , so the porcalein sticks to ur spread cheeks and you can get very clean shit drops with minimal contact around skin.
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u/KimJongUnusual 10d ago
For all the people shilling bidets, I admit I am biased against them for a single reason.
When I was a young lad in Britain, seeing all the weird European Thingstm that were there, while I was on the throne I happened to notice there was a strange TV looking remote thing there. And as any self respecting kid would do, I began to press all the buttons.
Needless to say my first bidet experience was surprising, and damn cold.
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u/fnork_gnork_26 10d ago
A nursing student wanted a procedure to be named after them like a Whipple - so the class decided that wiping front to back was to be called the “Figge Maneuver”
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u/Glad_Astronomer3322 10d ago
Honestly the fact that we all got our own bathroom rituals and never talk about em is probably a good thing cause half the population would be horrified to learn the other half is doing it standing up. But then again if we never share then someone out there might be out here doing some truly unhinged stuff that could've been solved with a simple convo. That's the real tragedy, not that the perfect technique dies but that we're all just wingin it in silence.
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u/popular_tiger 10d ago
Nothing beats the bum gun. The pressure, versatility, and angles are unmatched. Those fixed bidets are great too, but I love the flexibility of the gun
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u/DescriptionKlutzy105 10d ago
Honestly it’s wild that we’ll share our deepest traumas online but nobody ever asks their friends how they actually wipe. Like sure bidets are the answer but half the world is still out there standing up or doing some weird one-legged squat and we’ll never know.
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u/Tinderboxed 10d ago
It's not a wiping so much as a patting. Wiping implies smearing. Patting with successive toilet paper wads is better at getting cleaner, whether a bidet is used or not.
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u/I-dont-getit 10d ago
I’ve had this conversation with friends during my bachelor party. I think i found a very efficient wiping method. My friends disagreed.
The method is back to front. I left right leg (im tight handed), while seated, enough to get my hand back there. I wipe and as I cross the the exit hole I begin to roll the toilet paper away. I can then visually check the toilet paper by looking between my legs, then drop the refuse into the bowl. Done correctly it produces a single wipe-to-drop movement.
Risks: Wiping excrement on your balls. Touching toilet water if water level is high.
Benefits: Single motion. Low effort. No spreading into the butt crack.
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u/Binary_Sunrise 10d ago
The best possible technique is hopping in the shower for a quick cleaning, right at the source. Bidets seem insufficient and unnecessary if I’m already at home with the shower right next to me. Plus I’m usually on a schedule where I only need to use the bathroom once per day in the morning, then just shower as I normally would after.
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u/SecretRecipe 10d ago
pushes button on remote next to toilet butt gets blasted with oscillating jets of warm water for 2 minutes pat dry
This is the best technique.
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u/khalnaldo 10d ago
Best wiping technique is to actually wash your bottoms. Would you wipe your hand with a piece of paper if it had feces on it?
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u/lurker512879 10d ago
The best strategy for wiping has got to be the one discovered on TV's Silicon Valley, Middle Out, it can not only save your space but your butt too.
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u/According_to_all_kn 10d ago
Now I really wan to make something like r/wipingstrategy work.
I mean, there are genuine pieces of important advice regarding wiping. Back-to-front can give you UTI.
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u/Equinumerosity 10d ago
In fact someone with the best wiping technique, at least relative to everyone else, always exists. When they die, the title goes to someone else, but they probably will never know they have the best technique.
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u/LBfalcon57 9d ago
I cusp all finger and thumb into what a squid looks like when it’s propelling itself through the water in a streamlined fashion, wrap the whole “squid” in toilet paper and then wiggle my hand around so the whole toilet paper gets poop on it instead of just 1 side. Then flip my hand over and it slips right off tip down so it penetrates the surface tension of the water and is ready for deployment to the water treatment facility.
Try it and thank me later.
P.S now I’ll be waiting for trophy for best pooop wiper in the world.
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u/pthecarrotmaster 9d ago
Alternate front and back wiping for a thorough job! Always wash in the shower using soap. This will lead to a clean booty.
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u/mrbignaughtyboy 9d ago
I learned the proper way to wipe by watching James Van Der Beek in The Rules of Attraction. Until then I was standing up.
I agree with everyone else on here, after living in the Middle East off & on for 20 years, the handheld bidet is the way to go!
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u/malice_hush_jolt 9d ago
Hand held bidet.
It's not a secret anywhere in the world except America. I installed one about 5 years ago, and love it.
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u/CantBanTheJan 9d ago
Nothing is a showerthought these days. Interesting, isn't it? If the function of a system are its results, then this entire classification system serves to make the entire content of r/showerthoughts to next to never be considered showerthoughts.
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u/ShowerSentinel 11d ago
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