why isn't the use of the bidet more widespread?

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Because the tradition of wiping until it’s red is deeply rooted in american toilet culture.

It’s refered to as “better red than dead”

I have never heard that and it deeply disturbs me because this does seem like it'd be an American thing...

It's a joke. The phrase is "better dead than red" and is an anti-communist phrase.

“better red than dead” is a joke - that’s usually a play on political parties or football teams. But what isn’t a joke, something that I’ve heard from american women, is that they’ve dated some american men who:

  • don’t masturbate because touching a penis is gay
  • don’t wash their penis with soap and water, just water, letting the water run down the penis, but not touch it, because you’d be holding a man’s dick in your hands.
  • if they do masturbate, they might just leave their mess on the floor, even if it’s carpet, for years and never clean it. Stains under a computer desk should be treated with a hazmat suit. This is different from the american men who save their mess in jars.. I have no comment for that.
  • don’t touch their penis when they pee. that’s what the zipper in the front is for. I mean, doing this in public would mean other men see you with a man’s cock in your hand. That’s .. uh you know…
  • don’t get prostate exams (this one may be more self-explainitory, doesn’t make it right though).

And then they (guys who say this stuff) wonder why american men have a mental health crisis. Well (addressing the guys who say this stuff), buddy, part of it is you.

And then they wonder why american men have a mental health crisis. Well, buddy, part of it is you.

What part of any of that makes it partly because of me? This seem more like an off-topic rant.


I am an American and the only two I've heard is:

"don’t masturbate because touching a penis is gay"

Every time has been religion driven homophobia related.

don’t get prostate exams (this one may be more self-explainitory, doesn’t make it right though).

Goes back to the last one as well.

Probably why religion has been on a decline.

I think that by "you" he means American men.

"Damn, we're having a mental health crisis." "Part of that is on you."

Am I making sense? Sorry if I'm not.

Different rephrasing helped, yes, thank you.