egitalian@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWhat's some amazing technology they have in Japan that's very normal to them but would blow our minds here in the US and western world?message-squaremessage-square440fedilinkarrow-up1344arrow-down125
arrow-up1319arrow-down1message-squareWhat's some amazing technology they have in Japan that's very normal to them but would blow our minds here in the US and western world?egitalian@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square440fedilink
minus-squareOlhonestjim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up47·10 months agoI would kill for their bidets everywhere.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoNext time out down the katana and just learn some Japanese. You can say: Toire o tsukatte mo ii desu ka? And they will just let you use the bidet
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-210 months agoI’m in Portugal and bidets are standard in all home toilets around here. And it’s not just here: the word itself - “bidet”- is actually French. That said, they’re invariably plain and no-frills around here.
minus-squarexX_fnord_Xx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·10 months agoWe have plenty of bidets here in the States, they just install them outside the bathrooms and they mount them kind of high so they’re kinda awkward to get a good clean angle, though.
I would kill for their bidets everywhere.
Next time out down the katana and just learn some Japanese. You can say:
And they will just let you use the bidet
I’m in Portugal and bidets are standard in all home toilets around here.
And it’s not just here: the word itself - “bidet”- is actually French.
That said, they’re invariably plain and no-frills around here.
We have plenty of bidets here in the States, they just install them outside the bathrooms and they mount them kind of high so they’re kinda awkward to get a good clean angle, though.