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What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper?

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Re: What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper?

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Post by burfog »

freeflight wrote: post #245
tyingq wrote: post #193

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perhaps NSFW, but being frank so it's clear what I'm saying. There's cultural differences the other direction. German toilets catch feces on what we called a "shit shelf" instead letting it fall and submerge in water. Which, of course, made for a pretty bad odor situation. And in Turkey, the "toilet" was a hole in the ground. Even in the Hilton, it was a fancy carved marble and gold leaf "4 inch diameter hole in the…

> There's cultural differences the other direction. German toilets catch feces on what we called a "shit shelf" instead letting it fall and submerge in water. Which, of course, made for a pretty bad odor situation. You get the odor anyway, that difference is quite negligible, but the "shit shelf" also serves a purpose: It "breaks up" the log by curling it and thus prevents clogging the toilet/the log getting stuck. W…

The "shit shelf" allows a large shit to adhere vertically, temporarily becoming a pillar. The shit may then tip over, with the lower part acting as a joint. If it tips forward and the shitter is male, then it smacks the scrotum.

It's a weird surprise, suddenly getting touched there when not expecting it. Then there is an additional body part that needs cleaning.

Re: What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper?

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Post by atomical »

deftturtle wrote: post #549
rocho wrote: post #516

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> If I had poo on my arm, I'd use soap and water to clean it then rinse well. That is why the only acceptable option is using a bidet, with soap of course. It boggles my mind that some people can withstand even the thought of cleaning themselves with just paper or wet wipes.

Animals don't use toilet paper or bidets.

Ever had an intelligent conversation with one?

Re: What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper?

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Post by fredley »

deftturtle wrote: post #549
rocho wrote: post #516

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If I had poo on my arm, I'd use soap and water to clean it then rinse well. That is why the only acceptable option is using a bidet, with soap of course. It boggles my mind that some people can withstand even the thought of cleaning themselves with just paper or wet wipes.

Animals don't use toilet paper or bidets.

Animals don't have oversized glutes that allow them to stand upright, and run long distances to catch prey, and a high fat/carb, low fibre diet that most humans have.

Re: What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper?

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Post by garfieldnate »

bambax wrote: post #54

> To ancient Romans, the practice of sitting on a shared toilet in an open room full of people was entirely ordinary. That's a funny thing to say for an American, because, to Europeans, American toilets are much too public: doors don't go to the floor or ceiling, and even "walls" are thin sheets of wood/plastic loosely joined together with huge spaces between them. It seems, Americans don't trust one another to sit a…

Americans don't like their own public bathrooms, either.

Re: What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper?

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Post by fleetingmoments »

rnet85 wrote: post #332
3pt14159 wrote: post #58

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Please no. I don't want asshole recognition software tracking my movements from washroom to washroom.

and the data can be stolen by an analytics company which may use it to manipulate elections.

How else would we elect the biggest asshole?

Re: What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper?

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Post by tyingq »

burfog wrote: post #551
freeflight wrote: post #245

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> There's cultural differences the other direction. German toilets catch feces on what we called a "shit shelf" instead letting it fall and submerge in water. Which, of course, made for a pretty bad odor situation. You get the odor anyway, that difference is quite negligible, but the "shit shelf" also serves a purpose: It "breaks up" the log by curling it and thus prevents clogging the toilet/the log getting stuck. W…

The "shit shelf" allows a large shit to adhere vertically, temporarily becoming a pillar. The shit may then tip over, with the lower part acting as a joint. If it tips forward and the shitter is male, then it smacks the scrotum. It's a weird surprise, suddenly getting touched there when not expecting it. Then there is an additional body part that needs cleaning.

Lol. I skipped that part, fearing downvotes. That was also part of why I was mystified about these toilets.

Re: What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper?

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Post by cwmma »

brewdad wrote: post #483
cwmma wrote: post #436

I loved using bidet's in Europe and about a year ago learned that they are not actually expensive, I got one for like $20 that I was able to install myself and I can not recommend it more highly.

I would love to try one but my bathroom has no where to plug in an electronic one, and really no good spot to install a new outlet. How is the cold water shock from using a more basic model?

I've never used a heated bidet or put another way I have had no problem with cold water shock.
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