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CanSpice on Nov 14, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why aren't we all using Japanese toilets?

The article actually states "...many users of bidets use some amount of toilet paper, especially for drying purposes."

mturmon on Nov 14, 2012 | [–]

But it's confusing. It also says washlets "render toilet paper obsolete."

_wwz4 on Nov 14, 2012 | [–]

Drying purposes != Cleaning purposes.

The only thing worse than cleaning feces paste off my butt with paper that shields my hand would be cleaning diluted feces water off my butt with paper that soaks the water through to my hand.

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