Dirty stinking hippies just got dirtier and stinkier

Sea Moose

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And stopped wiping their buttons to save the planet

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...-for-cloth-wipes/story-fneuz9ev-1226814143190

SOME people really will do almost anything to save the planet.

Makala Earley, Angela Davis and Kathleen Quiring gave loo paper the flush and maintain it isn't anywhere near as unhygienic as it may sound.

The North American women, who switched from using toilet paper to cloth wipes, say it not only saves money but can have health benefits by reducing the body's exposure to potential toxins.

They say that while toilet paper is seen as much as a household necessity as milk and bread, it doesn't have to be.

The Healthy Honeys blogger Ms Earley said she stumbled onto the idea after her husband came across another blog on using cloth wipes instead of traditional toilet paper.

The Idaho woman admits it seemed a strange concept at first so she decided to initially keep the pact between herself and her husband.

"My secret pact I had made with the hubby, it didn't last too long. I had to share my excitement and weirdness with someone," she wrote.

Makala Earley and her husband have made the change. Picture: Facebook

Makala Earley and her husband have made the change. Picture: Facebook Source: Supplied

"I told my sister in law a couple of days after deciding to go for it and she thought it was a weird but cool idea. And even said she wanted give it a shot too! Man I was stoked. This gave me the courage to share my story and what I think about it with anyone."

She goes on to write that one advantage of not using toilet paper was that toxins wouldn't "touch my *wahoo*".

She reckons other advantages of using cloths include that it saves money, can help prevent infection, they feel softer and she "even feels cleaner and less smelly".

She keeps the cloths in a basket in her toilet and they are washed in a separate cycle every few days.

FrugallivingNW blogger Ms Davis said she and her family gave up toilet paper as part of a "10-day adventure" to become more environmentally friendly.

The Oregon resident said you could either buy the cloths wholesale or make them yourself which was cheaper.

She said she still keeps toilet paper for guests "wiping" pleasure but that using cloths instead of wipes works out to be a $100-a-year saving.

Ms Davis said women need more cloths than boys and her family of six use about 100 wipes every three-four days, which are stored in a basket near the toilet with a spray bottle of water to wet the wipes for number twos.

Used wipes are stored in a bin with a lid near the toilet and washed every few days.

However, even she admits the change won't be a permanent one despite her husband being "a full-on reusable wipes convert".

But she has now switched to the one-ply toilet paper in an effort to use less natural resources.

Kathleen Quiring ditched shoes, shampoo and now loo paper. Picture: Facebook

Kathleen Quiring ditched shoes, shampoo and now loo paper. Picture: Facebook Source: Supplied

Then there's Becoming Peculiar blogger Ms Quiring, who describes herself as a thinker, a crunchy mama, a butter eater and Jesus lover.

The Ontario mother-of-one, who also has written about ditching shoes and shampoo, said she made the switch to cloth wipes following the birth of her baby Lydia more than two years ago.

"I realised, if it's not a big deal doing it on the baby, why is it such a big deal doing it with us, too," she told HuffPost live.

She said she also stores toilet paper in the house for those who choose to use traditional wiping methods.

It wouldn't be the first time popular beauty and necessary household items have been given the push for health or experimental reasons.

US blogger Jaquelyn Baers hasn't used shampoo for five years after being put off by the "paraben, phthalates, petroleum byproducts, and other dangerous toxic chemicals" contained in the average bottle.

Writer Hanna Brooks Olsen also decided to ditch shampoo for six months after becoming concerned about the dangerous chemicals in the average bottle.

Both women maintain their hair has never looked or felt better.
 

WelshBloke

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They are still wiping. Its probably going to get you cleaner if you use wet cloths as well.

Mind you I wouldnt fancy the washing. D:


Also; Poop thread. IBTL
 

Scotteq

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Why don't they just get a Bidet? :confused:

It's not like you have to buy and install a separate unit.
 
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mikegg

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What's more valuable, toilet paper or the water that she uses to wash the cloths clean? My opinion is for the water because people can survive without toilet paper but can't without water.
 
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*Shrug*

Really this is probably a lot better for them, especially if they're ones that cut down the amount of showers they take. Washing the rags wouldn't be that big of a deal, wipe, rinse with soap while you wash your hands, then hang in the shower. Maybe not share them (although, with the success of fecal transplants that might not actually be a bad idea...), and wash them fairly regularly. Really depending on the material the rag is made of, it might be pretty easy to keep clean.

But yeah, a bidet would likely be better, but I'm guessing most don't want to put in the cost to add it, but it'd be a smart move if you're renovating/building a new home.

What's more valuable, toilet paper or the water that she uses to wash the cloths clean? My opinion is for the water because people can survive without toilet paper but can't without water.

If you're going to go that route, think of all the water needed to grow the plants the paper comes from and to process it and...
 

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That's so gross. What toxins are in TP that are so dangerous for your ass that it's worth getting poop all in your washing machine...
 

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That's so gross. What toxins are in TP that are so dangerous for your ass that it's worth getting poop all in your washing machine...

Cloths must be nasty! And she is putting them in the washer!

You 2 guys never heard of cloth diapers? Before disposable diapers, mothers have been washing cloth diapers in a washing machine or **gasp** by hand!! Using cloth wipes after #2 is not really such a novel idea nor is it really that gross. The washer has soap and hot water and if I were washing something like this, I would add some bleach to fully sanitize.
 

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It's not like they are walking around with mud butt,... they are still wiping.

I think it's digsuting that they wash the cloths and have to scrub their own shit from said cloths,... THAT is damn right dirty.
 

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"The North American women, who switched from using toilet paper to cloth wipes, say it not only saves money but can have health benefits by reducing the body's exposure to potential toxins."

I can already tell they're 2 digit IQ people.

Also if they weren't fucking retarded, they'd have a bidet installed.
 

TwiceOver

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From an environmental standpoint, it probably is better. I would also say that by at least my own observation the cleaner you eat the less messy wiping is, and if you're enough of a tree hugger to ditch TP then you probably eat pretty clean.

Luckily I'm a guy so I have my business nailed down to in the morning at work. I get paid to do my dirty work and use their TP to boot.
 

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Everything is a "potential toxin." Honestly "toxin" is probably in the top four or five words that are guaranteed to make the average person sound like an idiot.
 

foghorn67

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Why do people think TP comes from virgin forests? I appreciate conservation and all, but put your energy into something worthwhile.
 

sixone

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That's so gross. What toxins are in TP that are so dangerous for your ass that it's worth getting poop all in your washing machine...

Hate to break this to you, but there's already poop in your washing machine. Just because those shorts you took off LOOK clean, doesn't mean they are.
 

Murloc

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this is so stupid, they're wasting soap and energy to wash them.

Install a bum gun and use cold water if you really mean it.
 

MrDudeMan

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Cloths must be nasty! And she is putting them in the washer!

What the hell is this line of thinking? The washer cleans everything in it even if it's crap. This is an absolutely moronic point of view. Sorry, but it is. We do this exact same thing and have been for years including our kids and no one has ever been sick from it. It doesn't even make sense. That's the whole fucking point of soap and hot water.

Cloth cleans your ass so much faster and more thoroughly. You can really get in there and do some quality work in a hurry in such a way that TP would surely rip to shreds. It's not even a close comparison. I don't do it because it saves money (even though it does). I do it because it's more efficient and results in a cleaner ass. Read studies about it - TP leaves more shit on your ass. Also, if you have a particularly messy crap, it's far easier to clean with cloth. Taco Bell basically forced my hand.
 
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irishScott

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I just hope that collection basket has a well-sealed lid.

That said I know a few parents who use cloth diapers without issue. This would seem to be a logical extension of that.