shit Gaijin never say

[Nando]

for you expats, in the land of the rising PCE

[Tatsujin]

Am embrassed nao

[RegalSin]

I don't get it. It is just a bunch of milk fed european people, trying to make another biased standard.

All that crap they say, doesn't matter. Without comic books, Japan would probably be another thailand, or worst another hong kong. Without comic books, Japan would have been absorbed into China right now. The biggest thing in Japan would be civil rights.

[PunkCryborg]

I don't get it. It is just a bunch of milk fed european people, trying to make another biased standard.

All that crap they say, doesn't matter. Without comic books, Japan would probably be another thailand, or worst another hong kong. Without comic books, Japan would have been absorbed into China right now. The biggest thing in Japan would be civil rights.

hitting the bong early on a saturday morning?

[Nando]

I don't get it. It is just a bunch of milk fed european people, trying to make another biased standard.

All that crap they say, doesn't matter. Without comic books, Japan would probably be another thailand, or worst another hong kong. Without comic books, Japan would have been absorbed into China right now. The biggest thing in Japan would be civil rights.

hitting the bong early on a saturday morning?

LMAO!!! HAHAHAH MAAAAAAaaaan...and stuff. I'm hungry now.

I do remember using my first non western styled bathroom in Yokohama. My first reaction...Aaahh fuck! Sigh. And 1 and 2 and 3 and squat..and relax...sigh..

*shakes head damn barbarian that I am.   ;)

[termis]

hitting the bong early on a saturday morning?

That's gold... 

[Joe Redifer]

But seriously though, how does one crap in a Japanese toilet?  What's the difference between that and a bidet?  I can only assume you squat but that could get very uncomfortable if you're constipated.  Are you supposed to squat when you pee, too?  Do the Japanese have better, more satisfying shits because of this?

[Tatsujin]

[Samurai Ghost]

Yeah, all the schools I worked in and a lot of other places only had squatty potties. Yeah it's supposed to be better for your body and all that but i always ended up getting a horrible leg cramp afterword.

[Tatsujin]

I don't really think it is better or healthier. The only advantage I can see so far is, that you do not get in direct contact with the toilet/seat (as far you do everything the right way).

[termis]

I don't really think it is better or healthier...

The only advantage I can see so far is, that you do not get in direct contact with the toilet/seat (as far you do everything the right way).

And that's exactly why it's more "healthier" (or "hygienic" might be the better word). No bits of shit/piss matter touching your ass.

[Tatsujin]

yeah you're right, was thinking the same thing. but my part above was regarded to the rectum stuff..lol.

[Arkhan Asylum]

But seriously though, how does one crap in a Japanese toilet?  What's the difference between that and a bidet?  I can only assume you squat but that could get very uncomfortable if you're constipated.  Are you supposed to squat when you pee, too?  Do the Japanese have better, more satisfying shits because of this?

Bidets are used to wash your ass when you're done blasting shit all over the place.  You're not supposed to pee / crap in them.

It's basically a waterfountain + soap for your ass.

It's also more sanitary than what we do here in USA, which is wipe / smear shit around our ass cracks until it's not going to leave a streak in our underwear.



My question is, how do handicapped people use Japantoilets?  You can't squat if you're gimpy.

[termis]

My question is, how do handicapped people use Japantoilets?  You can't squat if you're gimpy.

YOU'RE SHIT OUTTA LUCK!

[Nando]

My question is, how do handicapped people use Japantoilets?  You can't squat if you're gimpy.

YOU'RE SHIT OUTTA LUCK!

LMAO!

or this

[Joe Redifer]

Or the elderly.  Not everyone will retain maximum squatting power until they die.   I guess on a western toilet if you want to mimic squatting (for the rectum advantages) you could lean a bit forward.

So do Japanese people crap in bidets when they encounter them, thinking they are a toilet?

[Tatsujin]

Now at least the title fits.

[termis]

Or the elderly.  Not everyone will retain maximum squatting power until they die.   I guess on a western toilet if you want to mimic squatting (for the rectum advantages) you could lean a bit forward.

Yeah, but if you've been squatting your entire life, squatting is not such a big deal - even for the elderly their leg muscles are very used to it to the point that they can stay squatting for a long, long time...

This is similar to how lot of Japanese folks - even the elderly ones, can stay in "seiza" position without any issues for the whole time while eating, having a discussion with you, etc... While I could never *comfortably* stay in that position - not even for 10 seconds (I can tolerate it for a couple excruciating minutes...)

[Samurai Ghost]

Yeah, you'll notice a lot of older folks squatting when they rest (farmers and the like). I think if you are used to it it becomes a natural position for you.

As for seiza, I don't know how you get used to it, really... I played Japanese music for years and you have to sit in seiza for hours at a time, and it was always so painful. Even the older ladies complained from time to time. It's actually a great way to sit as far as your back goes, and helps you have perfect posture for singing, playing, etc., but it just murders your legs.

[DrBread]

This entire thread is hilarious!

[Arkhan Asylum]

So do Japanese people crap in bidets when they encounter them, thinking they are a toilet?

No.  They have bidets in Japan, IIRC from the stories my friend who is from Japan tells me.

Plus when you look at a bidet, you can kinda tell its not for poopin' since there is no where for the poop to go.

[Joe Redifer]

I just Google bidet (second time using Google EVAR) and it they seem to look like western toilets now.  I recall them being very low, squattable things kind of like Japanese toilets.

[PunkCryborg]

When I was visiting friends in Bulgaria I had to use some crazy toilets like at the beach that were just holes in the ground. And you had to pay some old lady to use it and pay for TP

[Joe Redifer]

I would supply a steaming pile near her feet as payment.

[SamIAm]

On the squatting toilets:

I think I saw a picture once illustrating how a long time ago, when Japanese were basically shitting in a hole cut in planks of wood laid over a large pit, there would be a rope hanging down from the ceiling. When the time came, you'd grip the rope and your arms would hold your weight, rather than your legs. That makes things much more workable for the elderly and disabled.

[Tatsujin]

and disabled.

as long they still got their arms.

[Arkhan Asylum]

and disabled.

as long they still got their arms.

or a neck.

[esteban]

I am actually shocked that many of you feign ignorance of squatting whilst here in the States/Canada. Have you never used a public restroom? Do you actually allow your tender, clean flesh to touch the lid of Sodom? I don't care if you put wax paper/sanitary tissue on the lid. That's sanitary theatre.

I squat all the time now, even at home. The weirdest part, for me, was "facing forward" (penis/vagina towards flush handle). Once I got used to that, however, I never looked back.

[Chuplayer]

The weirdest part, for me, was "facing forward" (penis/vagina towards flush handle). Once I got used to that, however, I never looked back.

Reverse cowgirl?

[esteban]

The weirdest part, for me, was "facing forward" (penis/vagina towards flush handle). Once I got used to that, however, I never looked back.

Reverse cowgirl?

Yes, though I prefer the term "Spread Eagle Cowgirl".

[Samurai Ghost]

I am actually shocked that many of you feign ignorance of squatting whilst here in the States/Canada. Have you never used a public restroom? Do you actually allow your tender, clean flesh to touch the lid of Sodom? I don't care if you put wax paper/sanitary tissue on the lid. That's sanitary theatre.

I squat all the time now, even at home. The weirdest part, for me, was "facing forward" (penis/vagina towards flush handle). Once I got used to that, however, I never looked back.

Well for me I'd rather have a slightly unsanitary ass than risk slipping off a toilet seat, plunging my shoe/foot/leg into shitty toilet water and possibly knock some of my teeth out on the metal hardware. Plus, it's my ass. It's not like I am licking the toilet seat or anything. I don't even bother to use one of those ass-gaskets unless it's a REALLY nasty bathroom, like at a gas station toilet near a bus stop downtown.

[Nando]

[esteban]

I am actually shocked that many of you feign ignorance of squatting whilst here in the States/Canada. Have you never used a public restroom? Do you actually allow your tender, clean flesh to touch the lid of Sodom? I don't care if you put wax paper/sanitary tissue on the lid. That's sanitary theatre.

I squat all the time now, even at home. The weirdest part, for me, was "facing forward" (penis/vagina towards flush handle). Once I got used to that, however, I never looked back.

Well for me I'd rather have a slightly unsanitary ass than risk slipping off a toilet seat, plunging my shoe/foot/leg into shitty toilet water and possibly knock some of my teeth out on the metal hardware. Plus, it's my ass. It's not like I am licking the toilet seat or anything. I don't even bother to use one of those ass-gaskets unless it's a REALLY nasty bathroom, like at a gas station toilet near a bus stop downtown.

I hear you. 

That said, once you squat and squirt, you never go back.

[kazekirifx]

Oh yeah. I finally watched this the other day.

I'm a gaijin, and I do say a couple of those things.
1. I like natto.
2. I laugh at Japanese manzai and other comedy.

[Tatsujin]

I'm a gaijin, and I really do like natto.

[SamIAm]

You know what would have been the clever thing to put in that video?

Japanese guy: "Can you eat natto?"

Gaijin: "What an interesting question! Nobody has ever asked me that before!"

[Tatsujin]

[Samurai Ghost]

Yeah, it's weird because natto is really tasty and a pretty benign food compared to some of the stuff commonly eaten in Japan like jellyfish, raw chicken, horumon (literally "throw away parts" or guts), etc. Raw chicken is really good by the way, but I'm not a fan of jellyfish or horumon.

[Tatsujin]

I can't stand/eat 99% of the hormon stuff. I mostly pass, when they decide to go to such places.

[Samurai Ghost]

Yeah I don't mind the flavor but the texture is what gets me. Just too chewy/fatty. I'd rather have a good piece of meat instead, but luckily most horumon places have stuff like that as well.

[kazekirifx]

I can enjoy a few pieces of horumon as long as I have a huge frosty jokki of namabiiru.
I never quite know how much I'm supposed to chew horumon before swallowing though. It's like a game.
"Hmm... Have I chewed this enough to wash this down with some beer without requiring the Heimlich maneuver?"

[Samurai Ghost]

Yeah it's like a piece of meat-flavored gum. Which I can see the appeal of, but I'd rather have the meat!

[geise]

Haha!  I wonder if I would starve in Japan?

[Ji-L87]

Haha!  I wonder if I would starve in Japan?

Well, there's always McDonalds and KFC : D

[geise]

Haha!  I wonder if I would starve in Japan?

Well, there's always McDonalds and KFC : D

Haha!  I wonder if I would starve in Japan?

[Ji-L87]

Haha!  I wonder if I would starve in Japan?

Well, there's always McDonalds and KFC : D

Haha!  I wonder if I would starve in Japan?

Or possibly get fat. If I went there and stayed for too long I probably would *seriously picky with food*

[NightWolve]

I am actually shocked that many of you feign ignorance of squatting whilst here in the States/Canada. Have you never used a public restroom? Do you actually allow your tender, clean flesh to touch the lid of Sodom? I don't care if you put wax paper/sanitary tissue on the lid. That's sanitary theatre.

2-3 layers of toilet paper on top, wasteful, but I can sit and shit in some level of comfort knowing that my ass cheeks aren't absorbing the sweat of the last person's ass cheeks that sat, shat, and sweat there. ;)

[Tatsujin]

I am actually shocked that many of you feign ignorance of squatting whilst here in the States/Canada. Have you never used a public restroom? Do you actually allow your tender, clean flesh to touch the lid of Sodom? I don't care if you put wax paper/sanitary tissue on the lid. That's sanitary theatre.

2-3 layers of toilet paper on top, wasteful, but I can sit and shit in some level of comfort knowing that my ass cheeks aren't absorbing the sweat of last person's ass cheeks that sat, shat, and sweat there. ;)

WORD!!

[SamIAm]

Jesus Christ, save us George Carlin.

[PikachuWarrior]

Unless you are constantly licking your buttocks or have your children eat off your cheeks, I don't think anyone would care if there is more bacteria (down there) than people in Japan who don't touch a damn toilet seat/lid.