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Bahalex @lemmy.world
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Bidet users, how do you dry your ass afterward?
  • I’ve got a menthol minty butt soap. For the small price of washing myself I get a refreshing, lingering blast of arctic freshness on those hot ‘n humid downstairs jungle days. It may still get swampy, but for a few extra moments- it’s glorious.

  • Bidet users, how do you dry your ass afterward?
  • Read the comment with instructions man. Wipe with toilet paper first, as normal. Then wash with soap and water. Then dry with a towel. If you’re smearing poop all over everything you’ve got other issues to work out.

    To answer your question, it is cleaner than just using toilet paper because you are wash with soap and water after you use the toilet paper. If you manage to get poop all over the towel when you’re done washing, then TP alone was never going to suffice.

  • What did people do before smartphones to pass the time when you were bored?
  • For toilet time there was riveting reading material such as: Shampoo ingredients. Hand soap ingredients. Bodywash ingredients. The latter two assuming it wasn’t bar soap.

    Maybe someone was around to bring you a magazine… or tell you to hurry up and finish and get it yourself.

    Clearly I don’t read even now, as my comment is a more or less the same as others here, and a day late.

  • Apple supplier Foxconn rejects married women from India iPhone jobs
  • Ah, my bad- so it is. To be honest all I’ve ever heard about the Foxconn iPhone factories in china is them using Chinese semi slave labor run by Chinese people.

    I guess taiwan number one China is still a bit shady at times...

  • Apple supplier Foxconn rejects married women from India iPhone jobs
  • Wait… I thought Apple left China because of slave(ish) labor reasons. But are still using Foxconn which is a Chinese company?

    Ah found this: “Like many of its competitors, Apple has relied on China for assembling its products for years. But political and economic factors have forced the company, as well as the broader tech sector, to rethink that approach by seeking partners from across the region.” (Link

    You can take the production out of China, but not China out of production…all for ‘optics’.

  • Trump floats eliminating U.S. income tax and replacing it with tariffs on imports
  • No, poor people already pay for the rich. The rich can afford an accountant to find as many loopholes and deductions as possible. The really rich don’t have an “income” and live of capital gains which is already under taxed.

    This is just a hope people remember the “no income tax” part and forget about the “raise import tariffs” part when they’re at the ballot.

  • Pros / cons of riding a bike?
  • Where there is no will, there is no way.

    If it’s a Costco monthly trip, no. On your carbon road bike, no. Full suspension downhill bike, no. Holding a 2liter bottle of Shasta Cola and three rolls of TP? Rethink some things.

    If you know it’s going to be a utility bike, yea. Easily done. If it’s a zippy get about thing, consider a little trailer for the hauling trips- buy used, even the old ones roll fine.

    I’ve been going for about a year, with two panniers and a front rack, for weekly groceries for a family of 3. Milk, eggs, toilet paper, no problem. Back when Mission Workshop just split off from Timbuk2 I got their expand-o Marry Poppins backpack (the rambler)which is awesome- though I wouldn’t buy it at the current price (eye watering)…it does fit A LOT, like 12kg bags of dog food and still has room. It can carry the weirdest things.

    The worst part is getting the panniers up the flight of stairs to our apartment…which would be the same struggle regardless of transportation.

  • Pros / cons of riding a bike?
  • I don’t disagree. I’ve worked on an ambulance, I’ve seen what the results of improper protection does to a person. But also how it affects everyone else involved- from the people scraping you off the street to the family that has to take care of you. The unseen injuries of head trauma. At the end of the day, it’s a personal choice- just think about the possible consequences to yourself and those around you.

    Think of it this way- don’t wear a helmet because you ride a bike, wear a helmet because everyone else is in a car… they don’t look for you, they don’t care about you. Only you can care about you. It’s car culture pushing the responsibility of safety onto the cyclists to avoid culpability.

    Two fairly interesting videos arguing each point and may help yall convince others to wear a helmet better than calling them stupid.

    https://youtu.be/rhzH6mEpIps?si=UGH6OVQVYDOH7oLf

    https://youtu.be/1JfbTwrtOWU?si=WF7RlOLg4h_uv58e

    Be safe, anything can happen. Wear a helmet, even for the ‘safe’ rides so it becomes second nature.

  • Pros / cons of riding a bike?
  • Rebuttals to a few of the cons:

    • don’t dress like an ‘annoying dork’- unless that’s your vibe, no need to change anything to ride a bike.
    • you don’t ‘have’ to wear a helmet. Though there are some less bulky, big, or wherever this cons comes from. Probably best to wear one.
    • no need to go fast and work up a sweat, or e-bike as other have mentioned. There may be financial rebates available. Other commuter tips include: bring extra clothes, and wet wipes to clean up once getting to.
    • until a matter transporter comes along, it takes time to go anywhere.
    • you get to find new routes. Find new shops, new neighborhoods, new parks. Feel like a part of you community. Not locked in a metal box or tube.
    • bone conduction headphones, or other non noise canceling headphones
    • there are bikes, racks and bags in any combination that can carry all sorts of groceries.
    • no bad weather, only bad gear. I’d say heat of summer is worse than winter.