没有卫生纸，我们怎么生存？网友回答：“水是清洁臀部的最好工具”
How will we survive without toilet paper?
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有三个关键的方法，都与水有关。
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There are three key ways, all involve water.
有三个关键的方法，都与水有关。
有三个关键的方法，都与水有关。
An actual bidet. It''s a bit costly as it''s a separate structure in your bathroom. Or some people get the fancy toilets with buttons and stuff that have it included.
一个真正的坐浴盆。这有点贵，因为它是你浴室里的一个独立结构。或者有些人买了带按钮之类东西的高档马桶。
The next is more ideal, a pressurized jet spray. Aka, health faucet. Aka, butt hose. It's just a five minute installation connecting it to the water line, then hang it over the side of the back of the toilet. No drilling, virtually no setup.
下一种更理想，加压喷射。也就是卫生喷洒器。也就是洗屁股软管。只需要五分钟的安装，把它连接到水管上，然后把它挂在马桶后面的侧面。无需钻孔，几乎无需安装。
The third is best if you're in a pinch. Take a measuring cup and fill it about halfway with water. Lean forwards, pour the water slowly down the spout with your right hand, and, as the water hits your butt, use your left to help the water remove the debris/poop.
在紧急情况下，第三种方法是最好的。取一个杯子，盛半杯水。身体前倾，用右手将水慢慢倒出壶嘴，当水打到你的屁股时，用左手帮助水冲走残渣/粪便。
It may seem gross at first glance, but I promise you it's super effective and you will not have poop on your hand when you finish. You're not scratching the poop off, you're just helping the water remove everything.
乍一看可能很恶心，但我向你保证它非常有效，当你用完后，你的手上不会有便便。你不是在刮掉便便，你只是在帮助水冲走所有东西。
乍一看可能很恶心，但我向你保证它非常有效，当你用完后，你的手上不会有便便。你不是在刮掉便便，你只是在帮助水冲走所有东西。
Think about when you wash dishes. If you use a dry sponge, a lot will be left on the sponge. If you use a wet sponge with running water, most will flow naturally leaving minimal leftovers on the sponge.
想想当你洗碗的时候。如果你用的是干海绵，海绵上就会留下很多。如果你使用带有流动水的湿海绵，大多数会自然流走，在海绵上留下最少的残留物。
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想想当你洗碗的时候。如果你用的是干海绵，海绵上就会留下很多。如果你使用带有流动水的湿海绵，大多数会自然流走，在海绵上留下最少的残留物。
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I think in time you'll grow to prefer it. I certainly have.
我认为随着时间的推移，你会喜欢上它的。我肯定已经喜欢上了。
我认为随着时间的推移，你会喜欢上它的。我肯定已经喜欢上了。
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I was thinking about getting one of those bidet toilet seats, but a butt hose would also work. I’ve come to realize that our toilet paper custom is sort of inferior and gross, and I’m sure many Indians are horrified.
我想买一个那种坐浴盆马桶座圈，不过洗屁股软管也可以。我意识到我们使用卫生纸的习惯有点低劣和恶心，我相信许多印度人会感到震惊。
Most of us when going abroad can adjust to the food,climate,work culture, loneliness, anything …….. but not TP. We need the butt hose and nothing else comes close.
当我们出国时，大多数人可以适应食物、气候、工作文化、孤独感等等，但卫生纸却是一个例外。我们需要洗屁股软管，没有任何替代品能够媲美它。
But I don’t think I want my butt hosed.
但我可不想被冲屁股。
Water cleans better than paper
水比纸更清洁
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The hose works well in warm climate only. Unless your cold water is luke warm its a miserable experience
这种软管只有在温暖的气候下才能正常工作。除非你的冷水有一定温度，否则这是一种痛苦的经历
Yeah, it’s ice cold in Seattle in the wintertime, and basically cold all year long. That’s why some people have those fancy bidet toilets which warm the water and the seat for you.
是的，西雅图的冬天很冷，基本上全年都很冷。这就是为什么有些人有那些花哨的坐浴盆马桶，它为你加热水和座位。
My Airbnb hosts in Stockholm simply connected the jet spray with the wash basin tap. You simply turn on the wash basin tap with whatever temperature of water you prefer!
我在斯德哥尔摩的Airbnb（一个租赁社区app）房东只是把喷雾器和洗脸盆龙头连接起来。你只需打开洗脸盆水龙头，用你喜欢的任何温度的水!
It's not fancy. Costs barely $300 here in Australia, meaning it is half that in the US. Best thing ever.
这并不花哨。在澳大利亚只需300美元，这意味着那是在美国的一半价格。这是有史以来最好的东西。
Honestly, it's not a big deal at all. I live in the Seattle region too (Eastside to be more precise) and this Indian butt doesn't mind ice cold water hosing it down every day. The first winter it was a shock to the system but I'd much rather have a clean and powdered butt (okay, joking on the second part) than worry about cold water splashing down my nether cheeks. Of course, I'm not that fancy to be worth the extra $1000 to pay the plumber to extend the hot water line and get an extra hi-fi Japanese toilet seat bidet attachment.
老实说，这没什么大不了的。我也住在西雅图地区(更准确地说是东区)，这个印度屁股不介意每天用冰水冲洗。第一个冬天，这对整个系统来说是一个冲击，但我宁愿有一个干净的和扑粉的屁股(好吧，在第二部分开玩笑)，而不是担心冷水溅到我的屁股。当然，我可没那么想花1000美元请水管工来延长热水管道并买一个额外的高保真日本马桶坐浴盆附件。
I understand your agony. But there is a solution. By installing a T-shut off valve which mixes hot and cold water you can be kind to your bum. Go to the local Plumbing store to get Hot- Cold mixer shut off valve.
我理解你的痛苦。但有一个解决办法。通过安装一个t形关闭阀来混合热水和冷水，你可以善待你的屁股。去当地的管道商店买冷热混合器的关闭阀。
In the USA most all homes are built/equipped with a central hot-water heater/tank and then the pipes through the home sends the heated water to the kitchen, clothes washing machine, and bathroom sinks, baths, and showers. Between uses the hot water in the pipes cools down to ambient temperature. In my apartment, when I turn on the water in my shower it takes about a minute or more for the heated water from the tank to replace the ambient water in the pipes and then also heat the pipes until there is an established flow of consistently warm/hot water reaching my shower.
My shower is equipped with a Hot-Cold mixer valve. If I had that type of setup to clean my stinky backside I’d be wasting 2 to 3 gallons (7 to 11 liters) of water per “cleanup” just waiting for the water to be “comfortable”. Btw, I live close to Seattle.
在美国，大多数家庭都建造/配备了中央热水器/水箱，然后通过管道将加热的水送到厨房、洗衣机、浴室水槽、浴缸和淋浴。在使用期间，管道中的热水冷却到环境温度。在我的公寓里，当我打开淋浴时，水箱里的热水要花一分钟或更长的时间来取代管道里的水，然后加热管道，直到有一个固定的温暖/热水流到我的淋浴处。
我的淋浴器配有冷热混合阀。如果我用这种装置来清理我的臭屁股，每次“清理”就会浪费2到3加仑(7到11升)的水，只是等待水变得“舒服”。顺便说一句，我住在西雅图附近。
But even if the water is ice cold your butt will not be frozen in an instant. We Indians use the same chilled water we get through our pipes for everything. Some ruggedness is always good for your body and don’t worry you’ll be fine.
但是，即使水是冰冷的，你的屁股也不会瞬间冻僵。我们印度人用的都是我们管道里的冷水清洗一切。一些粗犷行为对你的身体总是有好处的，别担心你会没事的。
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All across the middle east too, when I went to live in berlin i was horrified with the reality of not having a “cleanser" as we call it, but I was already prepared with some sort of portable hand spray called “freshbuzz”.
A friend just drilled 3 holes to the top cover of a plastic bottle and filled it with water, and whenever he squeezed water would sprout it strong enough to shake poop off the body but bot too strong to actually hurt you.
Of course these things are very personal and 3every one had their own, but a handheld cleaner like option 2 is much better.
在整个中东地区，我们也是这样做的。当我去柏林居住时，我对没有我们所称的“清洁器”的现实感到震惊，但我已经准备好了一些便携式手喷器，名为“freshbuzz”。
一个朋友只是在一个塑料瓶的顶部盖子上钻了3个孔，然后灌满水，每当他挤压时，水就会喷出来，足够强劲以震掉身体上的粪便，但不会太强劲以真正伤害你。
当然，这些东西非常私人化，每个人都有自己的方式，但像选项2这样的手持清洁器要好得多。
When I was told Westerners use toilet paper to clean I thought it was a joke. Later I realized it is real.
当我被告知西方人用卫生纸清洁时，我认为这是一个笑话。后来我意识到这是真的。
Oh yes, I can imagine. It is gross. Some people carry moistened wipes to use in addition to paper. But then they flush them and it’s not great for the pipes.
哦，是的，我能想象。太恶心了。有些人除了带纸外，还带湿纸巾。但是他们会把它们冲水，这对管道不好。
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I guess your toilet paper industry is the one to blame. Anyone would know a greasy substance is cleared better with a stream of water than a paper towel.
我猜你们的厕纸行业是罪魁祸首。大家都知道，用清水比用纸巾更容易清除油腻的物质。
Yes I’ve seen one of those bidet toilet seats here in Montreal and my first reaction was that it’s really an overkill. The bum gun is the best or you smaller installations of bidet that fit over the toilet and are really not expensive at all.
I’ve done it in the past but now I simply refuse to clean my butt with paper. My choice is option 3 and if you know how to do that you can navigate toilets outside home too by carrying a bottle. Lol.
是的，我在蒙特利尔看到过一个坐浴盆马桶座圈，我的第一反应是它真的太夸张了。如果你想在马桶上安装一个小型的坐浴盆，那么这个坐便器是最好的，而且一点也不贵。
我以前也这么做过，但现在我只是拒绝用纸擦屁股。我的选择是选项3，如果你知道怎么做，你也可以带着一个瓶子去外面的厕所。哈哈
Yeah, I've come to terms with it though. I start by flushing the poop, then dipping the paper into the water and then using that to clean myself. Feels clean, and doesn't feel itchy afterwards.
是的，不过我已经接受了。我先冲洗粪便，然后把纸浸入水中，然后用它来清洁自己。感觉很干净，之后不会感到发痒。
Yes,we are. Why waste paper ?A mug full of water is enough to serve that purpose. It's more natural.
是的，我们就是这样。为什么要浪费纸张?一个装满水的杯子就足够了。这样更自然。
Well Caroline, some of us Indians do use toilet paper but is always followed by water n then the thorough hand wash that I mentioned earlier. The paper concept suits more when used after peeing.
嗯，Caroline，我们印度人中有些人确实会使用厕纸，但通常之后再用水冲洗，然后像我之前提到的那样进行彻底的手部清洁。纸张的概念更适合在小便后使用。
Health faucet? Butt hose?
We use the cooler name here, BUM GUN!
卫生喷洒器？洗屁股软管？
我们这里用一个更酷的名字，屁股枪！
I prefer ass hose.
我更喜欢屁股软管。
We here just use a normal name: pipe.
Like, no kidding. It’s just pipe here where I live
我们这里只是用一个普通的名字：管子。
就像，不开玩笑。在我所在的地方，它只被称为管子。
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All Brazilian bathrooms have butt hoses. It's so weird to travel abroad and not find them…toilet paper it's only used to dry. Never to clean.
所有的巴西浴室都有洗屁股软管。在国外旅行却找不到厕纸真是太奇怪了……厕纸只是用来擦干的。从不用来清洁。
I am amazed that this is even a question on Quora. In India this is a basic necessity. Toilet paper is just to dry off your butt.
我很惊讶这竟然作为一个问题出现在Quora上。在印度，这是基本的必需品。厕纸只是用来擦干屁股的。
I have been using option three since childhood. Which makes the toilet paper mania mildly amusing to me.
我从小就一直使用第三种方法。这让我对厕纸狂热有点好笑。
Or you could buy one of these bidet seats
cost 75$ to 200$
easy to install and the Kohler ones are really fancy!
或者你可以买个坐浴盆马桶座圈
售价75美元至200美元
很容易安装，科勒牌的那些真的很漂亮！
Mattdd Render
very helpful
非常有帮助
Being an Indian, it’s so funny reading the 3rd point and wondering how paper actually works in cleaning without making use of the universal solvent.
作为一个印度人，读到第三点很有趣，而且想知道纸是如何在不使用通用溶剂的情况下进行清洁的。
Nothing cleans that butt like water.
没有什么比水更能洗干净屁股了。
I promise you Nigerians roar with laughter at this toilet paper craze in the West. Even those who live in the West don't get it either. It's just paper. No big deal. Any paper would do, if you must have paper. Otherwise, use water. In fact, some of us can't be bothered to buy toilet paper ordinarily. It's easily affordable, but it's hardly as effective as water.
It's so hilarious that it's such a big deal to anyone anywhere.
我向你们保证，尼日利亚人会对西方的厕纸狂热大笑不已。即使是那些生活在西方的人也不明白。只是纸而已。没什么大不了的。如果你一定要用纸的话，任何纸都可以。否则，用水。事实上，我们中的一些人通常都懒得买卫生纸。它很容易负担得起，但几乎没有水那么有效。
这真是太滑稽了，对于任何人在任何地方都是。
Funny how ppl get disgusted with poop once its out of the body. They dont realise tht same poop was inside, touching every surface of our colon.
有趣的是，一旦粪便离开身体，人们就会对粪便感到厌恶。他们没有意识到身体里面有同样的粪便，接触着我们结肠的每一个表面。
The issue is that very few people in India use the butt hose properly. Each and every public toilet I have been in has had a soaking wet floor as people are spraying that damn thing everywhere, so essentially, the detritus of whatever the butt hose washed off is on the floor, and inevitably, on other body parts. So now, you may have a clean arse, but your feet and legs are probably covered in butt crap. But, in my rather extensive experience of India, this goes very well with the national ethos of being seen to be doing, rather than actually doing something that could help.
问题在于印度很少有人正确地使用洗屁股软管。我去过的每一个公共厕所都有湿漉漉的地板，因为人们到处喷洒这个该死的东西，所以基本上，洗屁股软管冲洗掉的任何残渣都会掉在地上，不可避免的，也在身体的其他部位。因此，现在你的屁股可能很干净，但你的脚和腿上可能覆盖着来自屁股的垃圾。但是，根据我在印度的丰富经验，这与被视为在做事，而不是实际做一些有帮助的事情的国民性非常吻合。
it is very hygienic to use a butt hose or a mug/ cup as it is the best way of cleaning your butt hole and nothing is left stuck to your butt hole .
使用洗屁股软管或马克杯/杯子是非常卫生的，因为这是清洁屁眼的最佳方式，没有任何东西会粘在你的屁眼上。
I just use the water sprayer.Just yeet the water and it takes everything with it.
我只用喷水器。只要喷水，它就能带走所有的东西。
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Thanks for this vitally important post.
I have a lot of admiration for the sense of innovation, industry, scientific temper and problem solving ability of the Western world but I still cannot understand the toilet paper thingie despite being cognizant of the cultural differences.
I have borderline OCD on personal hygiene but I've always had problems with the same issue in European Airports. No spray, no bidets….Jesus!
感谢您的这篇至关重要的帖子。
我非常钦佩西方世界的创新意识、工业精神、科学气质和解决问题的能力，但尽管我意识到了文化差异，但我仍然无法理解卫生纸这件事。
我在个人卫生方面有强迫症，但在欧洲机场我总是遇到同样的问题。没有喷雾器，没有坐浴盆…天哪！
Which is why you don’t eat with or exchange money or other items in much of Asia. The left hand is unclean.
这就是为什么在亚洲很多地方不能用手吃饭、交换钱或其他物品。左手是不洁的。
That is why you wash your hand after using it.
这就是为什么你用完后要洗手。
The left hand isn't unclean. People WASH their hands with soap! What you don't understand is that the left hand is considered inauspicious NOT unclean, although because of the same reasons.
Even centuries ago, when there weren't any soap, people use to scrub their hands with soil and ash and then wash with water to get it clean.
左手并不是不洁的。人们会用肥皂洗手！你不理解的是，左手被认为是不吉利的，而不是不洁的，尽管因为同样的原因被视为不洁。
即使在几个世纪前没有肥皂的时候，人们也会用泥土和灰擦洗手，然后用水清洗干净。
Soaps and shampoo were introduced to west by Indian traders, and at that time is was very common among indians but limited to western elites. Also, there's countless mentions of Sandalwood or Turmeric soaps been used by Indians in stories.
肥皂和洗发水是由印度商人引入西方的，当时在印度人中很常见，但在西方仅限于精英阶层。此外，印度人在故事中无数次提到檀香木或姜黄肥皂。
Yeah, but those could not afforded by the common people in India either. It was for the wealthy.
是的，但是印度的普通人也负担不起这些。它是为富人准备的。
If we even try to learn foreign travellers accounts on Indian kingdoms, say Kalinga far in East(the present day Odisha) they had farmers who used to export their produces towards southeast and an average farmer in their kingdom used to have doors and windows made up of gold in their house. Farmers in indian history were not poor like west used to have.
Indians mostly had sizeable numbers of middle class in their respective kingdom because of the stable military and economy until it faced 1000’s years of foreign invasions and their temporary rules. Infact each states in india has countless festivals and the type of celebrations they have, or just the food variety it involves simply shows their history wasn't poor. The value of rupees was still more than dollar when Brits left India.
The idea that humans were civilized or became rich recently because of west is a religious belief from churches and Christianity. Elitism and slavery in India only came after mughals followed by Britishers.
如果我们试着学习外国旅行者对印度王国的描述，比如在遥远的东部的卡林加(现在的奥里萨邦)，他们有农民曾向东南出口他们的产品，他们王国的普通农民过去在他们的房子里有黄金制成的门窗。印度历史上的农民并不像西方那样贫穷。
由于稳定的军事和经济，印度人在各自的王国拥有相当数量的中产阶级，直到面对1000年的外国入侵和他们的临时统治。事实上，印度每个邦都有无数的节日和庆祝活动，或者仅仅是其中涉及的食物种类就表明他们的历史并不差。英国人离开印度时，卢比的价值仍高于美元。
认为人类因为西方而变得文明或富裕的想法是来自教堂和基督教的宗教信仰。印度的精英主义和奴隶制只在莫卧儿王朝和英国人之后才出现的。
In my culture in Eastern Nigeria (and, as far as I know, elsewhere in Nigeria), the left hand is historically regarded as the toilet hand, so we don't shake hands with it, offer things with it, receive things with it, etc. But that is just a mark of respect. The right hand is literally called “the food hand" in the Igbo tongue. Interestingly, “the right hand of fellowship” appears to be an ancient cultural phenomenon in Europe and the Middle East (the Bible uses that phrase in Greco-Roman times). So, perhaps it is actually a more universal thing than you may be supposing.
I wouldn't therefore put it the way you just did, like the hand is literally unclean. It's just a way of showing respect in general. After all, even if you use toilet paper, you have to use a hand to do it. Traditionally, it would still be the toilet hand. In fact, I was raised to always use my left hand to wipe my butt, and we used toilet paper growing up. Still, it was highly offensive to accept or offer things to anyone, especially your elders with your left hand.
And before you ask, toilet paper has been part of Nigerian culture for a long time.
在我的东尼日利亚文化中（据我所知，在尼日利亚的其他地方也是如此），左手在历史上被认为是上厕所的手，所以我们不用它握手，用它递东西，用它接受东西等等。但那只是一种尊重。右手在伊博语（尼日利亚南部的一个种族语言）中字面上被称为“食物之手”。有趣的是，“友谊的右手”似乎是欧洲和中东的一个古老文化现象（圣经在希腊罗马时代使用了这个短语）。所以，也许这实际上是一个比你想象的更普遍的事情。
所以我不会像你刚才那样说，好像手是不干净的。这只是一种表达尊重的方式。毕竟，即使你用卫生纸，你也必须用手去做。传统上，它仍然是厕所的手。事实上，我从小就被教导用左手擦屁股，我们从小就用卫生纸。尽管如此，用左手接受或提供东西给任何人，尤其是你的长辈，是非常无礼的。
在你问之前，卫生纸已经成为尼日利亚文化的一部分很长时间了。
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It is the same in India - we too consider the left hand as the toilet hand and never shake hands or eat with it.
And the right hand is considered the food hand. Everything auspicious is done with the right.
So yes - the hand system is probably universal.
Don’t ask what will left-handers do - they’re too few to consider changing the norm.
在印度也是一样——我们也认为左手是上厕所的手，从不用左手握手或吃饭。
而右手则被认为是食物之手。一切吉利的事情都是用右手做的。
所以是的，手部系统可能是通用的。
不要问左撇子会做什么——他们太少了，不会考虑会改变惯例。