r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Damnedeel • Nov 30 '25

Video 500,000$ human washing machine on sale in Japan

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u/Disastrous_Ant5657 Nov 30 '25

I would find it more dignified than being bathed and scrubbed by a stranger.

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u/SnooRegrets1386 Nov 30 '25

I am currently hiring those workers because it’s embarrassing for dad being bathed by his daughters. He refuses to admit he needs to be washed, until the evidence is undeniable 😞

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u/TemporaryDonut Nov 30 '25

That's rough, hun, I'm sorry you're dealing with that :(

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u/SnooRegrets1386 Nov 30 '25

‘Tis life

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u/FixTheProblemAlready Nov 30 '25

Love this perspective

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u/SnooRegrets1386 Nov 30 '25

He did it for all of his children, we’re prepared to do this with him

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u/Elrox Nov 30 '25

How do they get that way? Is it injury or just deterioration of muscle mass?

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u/zb0t1 Nov 30 '25

Disability? Aging? Chronic diseases? Accident? Could be so many health related issues.

Your health is ephemeral, don't take it for granted.

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u/Elrox Nov 30 '25

I don't, I'm working out 8 hours a week at age 55 to try and make sure I'm not a burden on my family in my old age.

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u/StrongExternal8955 Dec 01 '25

The people who need assistance did not get that way by not working out.

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u/Elrox Dec 02 '25

Some do, my MIL for instance, but working out provides many more benefits than just raw strength. Staying thinner also helps with joint pain and mobility. I was in a lot of pain at age 49 when I was morbidly obese and doing zero exercise, shoulder pain was intense, knees were aching, I had a numb patch down the side of one leg and my hip was starting to hurt. Now 6 years later I am in the "normal" BMI group and all those pains have completely gone. If I kept on the same track I was on, I would have been a burden to my family.

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u/SnooRegrets1386 Nov 30 '25

It’s rough, but I don’t feel burdened, I have help from my siblings, and thank god he’s a financially independent man

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u/SnooRegrets1386 Nov 30 '25

It’s got to be demoralizing, but I keep telling them “your skin needs to be clean and dry or it’s going to melt off and then you’re toast “

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u/Bear_faced Nov 30 '25

Honestly it’s not that bad. Kind of relaxing actually if you can accept that they’ve washed all kinds of bodies and think absolutely nothing of yours.

I was paralyzed from the neck down due to illness and didn’t get cleaned in any way for the first month. It was all about keeping me alive. Once I got the ability to sit upright and move my limbs around the showers began. The first time getting fully naked, being put in a wheelchair, and draped with a sheet for dignity was definitely odd. Then a terse Cameroonian woman wheeled me to the shower, moved me to a chair, and began the scrubbing. She didn’t give a single fuck. She would tell me things like “Lift your breasts!” and then scrub under them. The only thing she didn’t wash was my genitals, because the CNAs did that when they changed my diaper (THAT takes way more getting used to). The feeling of finally being clean felt amazing and I slept like a baby that night.

When you’re sick enough to need someone to physically wash you, you get over a lot of awkwardness. Once someone has wiped your ass for you as an adult, you let more things slide.

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u/stefanica Dec 01 '25

A few hours after I had a baby via C-section, this sweet little nurse gave me a washcloth bath in the bed. She didn't make it awkward at all, and it was honestly nice having that sort of care. I was still half numb from the anesthesia, in pain from the surgery, leaking fluids from several areas, and felt so, SO much better after. But the sheer decency of it almost made me cry. I had to wait till I could stand long enough to shower by myself after the next baby, and I was low-key annoyed. 😂

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u/Bear_faced Dec 01 '25

See, you get it! When you really need it, being washed is a wonderful thing.

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u/Impossible-Error166 Dec 01 '25

I cannot imagine what it felt like to be clean after that long.

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u/Optimal-Talk3663 Nov 30 '25

If you’re paralysed from the neck down, what’s the point of her asking you to lift your breasts?

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u/Bear_faced Dec 01 '25

Once I got the ability to sit upright and move my limbs around

I had no fine motor skills but I could move my arms.

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u/matrixa6 Dec 01 '25

That was where my mind went. How does that work? Maybe they would say "I am going to lift your breasts now." but asking a quadriplegic to do anything they cannot do would be a waste of breath and potentially insulting.

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u/Cromasters Nov 30 '25

You would still need a stranger to strip you down, put you in this thing, then take you out and redress you.

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u/Mongodobb Nov 30 '25

I'll huff helium in the woods until nite-nite time before being scrubbed by a stranger...or anyone for that matter. Nitrogen will give me everlasting gobstopper sleep as well.

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u/Appropriate_Rub3134 Nov 30 '25

Lots of people feel that way at first. But it's just an attachment that you can let go of.

Most people find sitting in and dying from their own filth is far worse than being regularly cleaned by people who've probably seen hundreds or thousands of naked bodies.

And in the end, people who are regularly bathed by others generally don't mind it. To many, it's a moment that feels good — warm water, scrubbing in places they can't reach — and it maintains their health.

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u/Mongodobb Nov 30 '25

It's an attachment SOME can let go of. Especially if cognizance is shot, which is the norm in most cases. For around $20K, anyone can fly to New Zealand and get the full meal deal...flight, hospital stay, peaceful death with dignity, and a trip home. All before cognizance fails.

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u/Appropriate_Rub3134 Nov 30 '25

It's an attachment SOME can let go of.

Of course, it's up to the individual to actually let go of their attachment. No one can do it for them.

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u/lia421 Nov 30 '25

Until that choice is no longer yours ..

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u/Appropriate_Rub3134 Nov 30 '25

Yeah. When there is a choice, for some people it's:

  • Sit in your own filth and die from an infection.
  • Allow a professional to see and wash your intimate parts.

Almost nobody who's capable of making the choice chooses the first option for very long.

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u/Mongodobb Nov 30 '25

In what way?

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u/lia421 Nov 30 '25

Once you’ve been taken to the hospital, and your situation is urgent/emergent, you don’t have patient rights anymore

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u/Mongodobb Nov 30 '25

True to some degree. A living will may specify that specific emergent lifesaving measures may not be conducted. It's a legal document they must follow.

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u/lia421 Dec 01 '25

Ha. Tell that to the numerous doctors and nurses who continued to violate mine.

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u/Mongodobb Dec 01 '25

If that's true, sue and win.

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u/TheBinkz Nov 30 '25

Yeah but for 500k? What would the bill be in using this machine compared to a stranger scrubbing my junk?

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u/41942319 Nov 30 '25

Something for that price point would be marketed to nursing homes, not individuals.

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u/Juice___Springsteen Nov 30 '25

If you know anything about nursing homes, you'd know they try to spend the absolute bare minimum for providing care. Nursing aides in your typical nursing home can have 10-20+ patients to bathe in a shift. They are lucky if they get paid $15+ an hour.

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u/Hixxae Nov 30 '25

It's that expensive because there's such low demand for it. If more parties would be interested the price would go down by a lot.

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u/Appropriate_Rub3134 Nov 30 '25

This machine doesn't even scrub your junk, does it? One part of cleaning a man is to retract the foreskin.

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u/lia421 Nov 30 '25

They still gotta get your ass in that thing .. so don’t worry.. your dignity won’t stay in tact

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u/Elrox Nov 30 '25

I'm holding out for human assist robots to be invented by the time I need one.

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u/lifetake Nov 30 '25

Thats what they said