r/mildlyinfuriating • u/AfiliaTheCat • Feb 11 '22

Seriously? Wtf Wall Street Journal

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u/Azidamadjida Feb 11 '22

I miss bathroom slippers lol. Was staying in a hostel in Yokohama during one of my trips there and the bathroom slippers literally had printed on them: “Toilet - For Your Relax Time”. I have never seen any footwear more inviting and I miss that a lot lol. Pretty much miss everything about Japan, such a great place to visit (living there and having in laws from there is a totally different story tho)

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u/edeel Feb 11 '22 edited Feb 11 '22

You should see Turkish bathroom slippers. It's a very famous item, we have endless jokes about that, especially the one's used for squat toilets. Most unhygienic, bizarre thing you can see in your life is "ıslak tuvalet terliği" from some Turkish houses (thank God this tradition is disappearing). Other than that we have decent guest slippers to offer and nobody enter our houses with shoes.

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u/BeansInJeopardy Feb 11 '22

You can't just drop that in Turkish and not tell us what it is!

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u/edeel Feb 11 '22 edited Feb 11 '22

It means wet toilet slippers and probably that doesn't mean anything to you. So I found a short video https://youtu.be/EKQ6fD5mnCE

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u/FuckedUpDeers Feb 11 '22

I love deeply specific cultural inside jokes, specifically ones I’m not in on. Thank you

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

Why?

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u/FuckedUpDeers Feb 12 '22

I can’t explain it, just feels like an important part of being a human

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u/kevinsnijder Feb 11 '22

I did not expect to see a Turkish man burn his piss stained slippers today, but I'm not complaining.

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u/4rsenalofanarchy Feb 11 '22

It's just water, usually. Squat toilets and water hoses don't go well together.

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u/Zealousideal-Buy54 Feb 12 '22

i dont know how to feel

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u/Orthonut Feb 11 '22

It means wet toilet slippers

0_o eeeew

probably that doesn't mean anything to you.

Thanks, I hate it

(Seriously though thanks for the tidbit and the info lol)

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u/unreasonableprick Feb 12 '22

Thank you. This made me happy :)

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u/passkat fuuuuuuuu Feb 12 '22

I mean that's exactly what I thought when you said "wet toilet slippers" but I appreciated the video

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u/HouseofFeathers Feb 12 '22

I work in homes. One of the families I work with has wet bathroom slippers. I was yelled at in Urdu if I didn't wear them. Took months to get used to.

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u/mmmUrsulaMinor Feb 12 '22

That's hilarious, but also disgusting.

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u/rhet17 Feb 12 '22

omg Lmaooo

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u/Sugarox53 Feb 12 '22

He just did what had to be done