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Also bidets, nintendo switches, instant yeast, powdered milk, etc. I actually snagged some wine yeast on amazon and I'm on my third loaf of bread. Bidet was the best "waste of money" I have spent in a long time. My TP usage has been slashed.



It's not "instant" but it's usually possible to collect some yeast from your kitchen. https://twitter.com/shoelaces3/status/1244252079041974272


Problem with harvasting yeast is that those wild yeast strains may be much weaker and unpredictable compared to the bought stuff. Also it might not be yeast and might be some other terrible organisms, like toxin-producing fungus?


yeah i finally got on the bidet (attachment) wagon and the ones I wanted on Amazon were sold out (the were the top sellers). I ended up ordering from a company that did not sell on Amazon and was cheaper than a Tushy. (Tushy has since lowered their price but it's still slightly more expensive)

https://myomigo.com/products/element

Has not arrived yet so I can not say if I recommend it yet or not but from the research I did it seemed like people who tested the different range of attachments pretty much liked all of them regardless of price so I probably overpaid. The one criteria we had was that my girlfriend wanted a front spray as well which the Omigo has.


I got a $35 one on amazon before it doubles in price and then sold out. It’s a knob with power, woman mode, and clean mode. It’s about the cheapest thing ever and the wife laughed at first but now she uses it. I honestly get sad when I forget to use it lol.


A few friends switch to bidets a while ago and wont look back. Personally I just jump in the shower if it's that bad.


I find bidets as or more useful if it's not that bad. You're often talking about just one or two square of toilet paper (literally, not figuratively).

Try cleaning your hands with paper instead of water some day, and see how that works out for you. It's the same thing.


It's utterly amazing that American society is so unhygienic that we still don't have bidets or washlets in common use.


I would think that the difference between a towel and water alone for cleaning hands is smaller than the difference between water alone and water with soap.


Feces comes in all manner of consistencies and textures. There is a range of consistencies for which bidets are wholly useless. Specifically, sticky ones. For these, you need friction from a solid, high-surface-area object.

I'm sure you've had brown streaks inside the bowl that could not be removed in N flushes, but a simple toilet brush made quick work of the matter.

To use your handwashing analogy, try removing crisco, or some other substance that adheres to your hands with a stream of water. Now try physically wiping it with a paper towel. The towel will win every time.

This is to say nothing of the fact that it's quite nice to leave the bathroom with dry hindquarters rather than a bad case of SA.


Dude, my basic bidet has a knob with 9 levels of pressure, but after 3 it's basically sandblasting your anus to the point it physically hurts and does damage. You can get mostly everything off, but you can still use toilet paper for clean up on the nasty ones, which shouldn't be all the time. You just reduce your TP usage by a lot and have more flexibility. Also, just wait 30 seconds after use then wipe once or twice and you are dry, ta da! Best $70 we've spent; if you don't like it, don't use it, but I guarantee it's worth the experiment if you don't have one or haven't really tried one. The bidets I refer to are the washlet type, not those weird separate sink looking ones.


That isn't how bidets work. I happened to get a bidet in early January, before the wave. One of the first things I learned was to let it run for awhile, maybe 20-30 seconds, and shifting around if it seems necessary. This may be TMI, but one gauge of how long to let it run is when you can relax your anal sphincter and feel the cold water slightly entering your anus. Once I stopped being in a hurry and let the water do its work, I simply never see any discoloring on the few sheets of toilet paper needed to blot dry.


>There is a range of consistencies for which bidets are wholly useless. Specifically, sticky ones. For these, you need friction from a solid, high-surface-area object.

You've obviously never used a proper washlet.


If your bidet can't wash off some sticky feces, you simply have a weak bidet. That's one of the main instances where bidets are so nice instead of wiping and wiping.


A weak bidet... Or too many Quarter Pounders in your diet.


I used bidets a lot when I lived in Argentina. The sensation of having a clean butt is pretty unbeatable. When you poop and then wipe with paper you still feel dirty for the rest of the day.


I'm particularly hairy down there (not trying to be gross), so I often worry a bidet would just make a mess a wet mess.


Get some cheap clippers, use the ~#2 guard, and deforest that shit.

Crack hair is useful for a lot of things, keeping skin from rubbing, fart silencing, sweat management, etc. But you only need a bit of hair for that to work. 80% of the length can be removed with no ill effect, but dramatic improvement in general cleanliness and comfort.


Doesn't it itch after you mow?


I really hope this conversation is mentioned on n-gate.com!


I’m hairy too, it still helps. It’s not peanut butter in shag carpet, but honestly the best thing you could do is learn to shave down there. You go from trying to clean up a disaster, to blasting it away in 2 seconds.


Don't worry about it dude, just get one. You can always just not use it once its installed, they are like $70 and take 15 to install yourself, but trust me, it's a game changer and worth the cost even just to try it a few times.


LPT: Bring a little unscented lotion in with you and put it on the TP.


> nintendo switches

Also specifically Ring Fit Adventure for Nintendo Switch, that allows you to exercise from home. It's been sold out worldwide, with limited numbers showing up in stores and immediately disappearing.


I'm glad I splurged on an Oculus Quest last year; BoxVR for 20-30 minutes every weekday morning, with some Beat Saber if I'm feeling especially energetic.


You can make flatbread without yeast. Flour + water + salt + oil.


Be careful with all that baking, there's a reason bakers get fat in old age!


I’ve been tracking my weight, stopped eating crap just because it’s there, I’m down 2.5 lbs after 5 days and I’m actually sleeping better.


I've been finding I actually need to pace the baking. Otherwise, I'd end up with way too many carbs in the house.




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