Leaving the bidet on "feminine" mode is the female equivalent of leaving the toilet seat up.

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My wife does this all the time, and if I don't check before I spritz I get an unexpected ball splash.

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Leaving the toilet seat up is moot because the lid should be closed when flushing

There is no valid reason for the toilet seat to ever be up when you enter the bathroom.

You close the lid before you flush, that's why it exists.

edit: added "valid"

But after flushing I still need to check if I need to use the toilet brush

But I like seeing my turds circle the drain

I don't like it, but watching the flush can save a whole lot of pain. Clogs suck.

Flushing isn't exactly silent, though? The toilet getting clogged should make a very noticeably different sound.

This might be different in mostly wooden homes like in the US, but here with stone homes the majority of the noise of flushing comes from the actual water rushing into the bowl plus the tank beginning to refill. The actual drainage causes virtually no noise.

Do I need to upgrade my bidet? Ours is one dial for cleaning mode which rotates/plugs the sprayer, and one dial for spray, which is just connected to the valve.

This is how mine is too.

Middle is the off position. Turning to the left is for the butt and turning to the right is for vagina.

There is no setting to leave it to when done except off and the next person to use gets to choose.

Mine isn’t electrically powered, just a valve for opening up the flow of water and then using two different sprayers varying on height.

Why are you hot linking some google images bidet instead of just uploading the image to the post?

You actually have to switch modes? Mine just has a lever that goes either forwards or backwards depending on which nozzle you want to use.

One thing I've always wondered about bidets: where do you add the soap? If there's no such thing, then what makes bidets any better than using toilet paper? What's next, washing your hands without soap?

Personally I rather just risk plumbing issues with butt wipes. And for those particularly nasty shits, I can always hop in the shower and do a quick detail on my asshole with the showerhead and some body wash.

And for those particularly nasty shits, I can always hop in the shower and do a quick detail on my asshole with the showerhead and some body wash.

Really seems like you answered your own question here

Not at all, cause even regular shits should be cleaned off with something beyond just water or paper. Y'all are walking around with smelly, unclean assholes and it's disgusting.

even regular shits should be cleaned off with something beyond just water or paper

You can do that with a bidet though

So bidets do dispense soap, then? Cause if not, no they can't.

Like I said, butt wipes is the bare minimum necessary to get clean after a shit. Toilet paper/water alone won't cut it.

It is most efficient to leave the toilet seat in the position it is used. The same argument applies for the bidet settings.

It is most sanitary to close the toilet lid.

^ This guy's bathroom smells clean.

If a toilet stinks, it's not cleaned properly, there is an issue with the trap or the floor seal is cracked or damaged. If there is a toilet that constantly smells like rotten eggs, it needs to be inspected to ensure sewer gasses are not leaking into your house. (Depending on where you live, water may contain more sulphur which also smells like rotten eggs. That can only be fixed with a good water filter system.)

None of the 7 or 8 toilets that I own stink because they are cleaned and maintained.

It's only "sanitary" to close the lid when you flush it when there is a higher chance that poo water may spray out. Otherwise, water is just going to sit in there and evaporate.

7-8 toilets? Either you have a large house, or are a very enthusiastic toilet collector

Two houses. My first house was cheap enough not to sell when I moved to another state so I keep it as an investment property. It's also the house where I learned how to do most of my own repairs since I was fairly broke back then. Either you pay someone a lot of money to do home repairs or you learn how to fix things properly so they don't break again.

Home ownership is expensive so it pays to learn everything you can about home repair. As a perk, I take pride in my work so I know it will get done properly. However, I'm not perfect and have made my fair share of costly mistakes. Those mistakes taught me how not to be lazy, so that is nice.

Also, I was ripped off a few times by shady service people. That pissed me off enough to learn how to inspect other peoples work and verify that something is actually broken and that a repair cost is valid. (HVAC companies are the fucking worst, btw.)