The Cult of the Toto Toilet • Hacker News Board

Re: The Cult of the Toto Toilet

#21

Post by username223 » Sat, Nov 21, 2015, 2:07 AM UTC

dewiz wrote: post #6

Toilets and bidets are two separate items, I don't believe an automated thingy will ever provide the same hygiene levels. Plus, bidets have many other use cases not mentioned.

> Plus, bidets have many other use cases not mentioned.

Drinking fountains?

Re: The Cult of the Toto Toilet

#22

Post by msoad » Sat, Nov 21, 2015, 2:11 AM UTC

It seems it's a "sponsored content" for the company making those toilet seats.

Re: The Cult of the Toto Toilet

#23

Post by username223 » Sat, Nov 21, 2015, 2:14 AM UTC

wodenokoto wrote: post #20

coin wrote: post #19

nytimes website is so annoying to use on an iPad. Zoom is disabled and double tap changes font size, WTF?

It works excellent with readers view, at least.

Heh. A company whose motto is "all the news that's fit to print," whose entire purpose is to provide people with reading material, deliberately breaks its own website so much that other people have to develop software to make it readable again.

Re: The Cult of the Toto Toilet

#24

Post by applecore » Sat, Nov 21, 2015, 2:25 AM UTC

6502nerdface wrote: post #4

Previous, memorable bidet discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9560985

> The feeling of having a genuinely clean butt gives you the confidence you need to go crush it in the boardroom.

Memorable indeed.

Re: The Cult of the Toto Toilet

#25

Post by dwightgunning » Sat, Nov 21, 2015, 2:28 AM UTC

This looks like an opportunity for a hardware startup.

There's a nascent market that is just waiting the right branding/positioning to land.

Re: The Cult of the Toto Toilet

#26

Post by CosmicShadow » Sat, Nov 21, 2015, 2:40 AM UTC

umutisik wrote: post #13

throwaway13337 wrote: post #2

I like the Japanese style toilet but the timing of this article seems particularly like sponsored content. Does NY times have a policy of disclosure?

Oh my god! He can recognize them! :) I hope this is not a PR piece. But if it is, then it works really well because the first thing I did after reading was to look up the prices of the Toto washlets one more time.

Jimmy?

Re: The Cult of the Toto Toilet

#27

Post by laxatives » Sat, Nov 21, 2015, 2:59 AM UTC

username223 wrote: post #21

dewiz wrote: post #6

Toilets and bidets are two separate items, I don't believe an automated thingy will ever provide the same hygiene levels. Plus, bidets have many other use cases not mentioned.

> Plus, bidets have many other use cases not mentioned. Drinking fountains?

I'm genuinely curious what the uses cases poster uses a bidet for, aside from washing their genitals. It seems like a great thing to have and I definitely want one, but its not a particularly glamorous device.

Re: The Cult of the Toto Toilet

#28

Post by moron4hire » Sat, Nov 21, 2015, 3:00 AM UTC

I just turn the hot water on in the sink next to me, wet and warm up my hand, and get to work. Way better than TP.

Re: The Cult of the Toto Toilet

#29

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Nov 21, 2015, 3:00 AM UTC

[deleted]

Re: The Cult of the Toto Toilet

#30

Post by nrjames » Sat, Nov 21, 2015, 3:08 AM UTC

My mother is cultish about Toto toilets. The sad truth is that it rubbed off on my wife and me and we're replacing the toilets in our house with them. Not fancy ones, mind you -- just the base model efficient flush ones. The swirly flush design in the bowl is awesome.