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[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.org 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Fuck these fucking things! Why do people tend to choose the most insane option when they are given a choice!?

Ghetto-Takeaway-Bidet
Punch a tiny hole in the neck of an empty 0,33ml PET plastic bottle. You can use a drill, a needle or a corkscrew. Fill it with water and squeeze it to spray your ass, vulva, whatever clean.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 142 points 1 week ago (7 children)

It blows my mind that I still see ads for "flushable" wipes

[–] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Oh. Shoot. I’ve bought those in the past. So they’re lying about being flushable, I suppose.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 66 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, they're definitely flushable. Just like my new product, flushable golf balls! Put them in your toilet, hit the plunger, and watch them disappear down the drain. Totally flushable!

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[–] PlantJam@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They're fine to use, just put them in the trash when you're done.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (10 children)
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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (30 children)

My understanding is that none of them are flushable

Edit: Yes, you are able to flush them. I didn't think I needed to clarify that I meant whether flushing them will destroy your plumbing or not

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[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Like "recyclable" plastic.

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[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 126 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yep. Make it the manufacturers' problem. They only care when it hits their wallet. Even if they pass on the costs, it'll make the wipes that actually dissolve properly cheaper and these are exempt.

[–] xylol@leminal.space 42 points 1 week ago (4 children)

How do you make a wet wipe dissolve when its wet without dissolving when its wet

[–] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 27 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I understand it's "wet" from some alcohol/aldehydes and not from water.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 31 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Who is out there wiping their ass with %100 ethanol?

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Gets it fucking clean, I'll tell you that.

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[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 40 points 1 week ago (9 children)

We can do this with wet wipes, but carbon is a bridge too far?

Easily the weirdest demonstration of the. 'polluter pays' principle

[–] AfroMustache@lemmynsfw.com 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd imagine fossil fuel has a bigger lobby than wet wipe companies lmao

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[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (76 children)

A bidet is way cheaper and way better for everyone.

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[–] airportline@lemm.ee 29 points 1 week ago (5 children)

They should mandate bidets in all residential bathrooms like Italy imo

[–] CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

I went to Japan last month. It is a bidet heaven. My ass was so clean!

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[–] GoodOleAmerika@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Nice move Spain. Seriously. Anyone still cut the 6 pack plastic carrier to save turtles ? Anyone still confused why they still allow manufacturer to still use that plastic contraption?

That is because they don't care.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-pack_rings

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

I haven't seen can six packs in the wild in Germany for ages, the few cans that are for sale come in trays of 24. Results do show pictures of "wrap everything in plastic" (Coca-Cola) as well as cardboard solutions like the Spanish one, the first hit that's a commercial supply looks just like carton six-pack packaging for bottles.

Thing is cans are kind of iffy in Germany because of the 25ct deposit, it's not so much the deposit that's the issue (the same goes for very popular PET bottles) but that cans crinkle and once they do they might be right-out impossible to scan and get your money back. Also PET is fine for about everything but beer, and for beer there's glass bottles. If you ever see beer in PET in Germany give it a wide berth it tastes as good as its price-point indicates. You're better off with wine or sangria in a tetra pack.

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[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

if manufacturers were fined for their garbage, there would be much less garbage.

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[–] andybytes@programming.dev 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 37 points 1 week ago

Just don't flush them after

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