Capitalism and its consequences have been a disaster for the human anus

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 years ago

      As a person with bidet at home, I actually carry my own paper when I poo in public places.

      I do know that makes me insane.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Except when it’s that thin and crappy, some of it’s going to break off no matter how much you use.

      You can use a lot of it to make the company spend more money refilling, sure, but you can’t do a decent wipe with that crap, pun intended, no matter what you do with it.

      • QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        Just absolutely demolish the toilet every time you use it.

        Make them suck out that half-a-ply-ass-TP with oil rig equipment.

      • OhmsLawn@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        Gotta do the star fold with the thin stuff, get the grain aligned like plywood to keep it from splitting.

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          2 years ago

          You mean like some sort of asshole origami? Assigami?

          I don’t think I’ve ever wiped my ass with a star. Other than that weird weekend with Ryan Seacrest, of course.

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    2 years ago

    I love these false economies that some corporate bean counter thinks saves the company money

    Because you see, whenever I see this trash in a cubicle, I lovingly build my own 8-ply, using more paper and burning company time

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        I’m in a warehouse that gets it by the pallet. Still the same cheap 1 ply trash, only we distribute it to the other company locations as well as us.

        We don’t have janitors, just one random poor soul assigned to deal with it each day.

  • krnl386@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    You should see/try socialist/communist toilet paper. Not only is it thin like this, it will also no-so-gently exfoliate your anus.

    Source: Cuban resorts and lived experience in the former Soviet Union during the 80’s and early 90’s.

    • LinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.oneOP
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      2 years ago

      More like totalitarian toilet paper

      Real stateless, classless societies could probably come up with something less barbaric than smearing your asshole with earth-destroying lumber

      • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works
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        Traveling with school to Poland and Czechia in the late 90s we were told to always bring our own TP if using public restrooms. Not because of the quality, as much as because of the non-existence, of TP.

        30 teens were rolling into Poland each with at least one roll of TP in the luggage. No one had to use it.

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    2 years ago

    Am I the only one around here that just wads up an adequate amount, based on thickness? Even the cheapest of toilet paper is never an issue with this method.

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      2 years ago

      While that negates the poke through factor, you are still wiping your anoos with fine sand paper.

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    2 years ago

    As a kid, I remember when the schools used to have that paper that literally was paper and on one side being shiny. Shit used to literally smear on the shiny side. I don’t think it actually exists anymore.

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      2 years ago

      I know exactly what you’re talking about because we had that too. It was like waxed paper, and it dispensed by the square

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      It is so thin that it crumbles upon the slightest pull

      It was a monumental task getting enough to come out for the picture

  • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comdeleted by creator
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    2 years ago

    Oh look, it’s “using 3x as much toilet paper than normal because management wanted to save money so they got worthless toilet paper that only costs half as much as regular”.

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      2 years ago

      If those numbers are real, that means that going with the cheap paper ends up being 50% more expensive in the long run.

  • Extras@lemmy.today
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    2 years ago

    If you breathe on it wrong it’ll tear a hole right through it. Hope there’s soap

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      It actually took great care to pull out enough for the picture. I typically can’t extract more than one (1) thin square of tissue at a time

      I’ve heard of single-ply, but this is more like 0.25-ply

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        The key is not to pull the toilet paper itself, but press on the roll to turn it as you carefully draw out the toilet paper with the other hand.

        Source: I once worked for a really bad travel insurance company that used the same toilet paper supplier.

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        2 years ago

        So you need to use lots of extra time to wipe your ass? Sounds like a reasonable business decision.

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          2 years ago

          One of these two options results in lowering a line item in a budget, the other is just a vague decline in productivity and employee retention.

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    2 years ago

    I would start bringing my own toilet paper.

    Or would check out the toilets on the floor where the management offices are.

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      I would start bringing my own toilet paper.

      And reward their shittiness by buying your own paper?

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    2 years ago

    At least your holder is still assembled properly. People at my job take the roll holder, yank it half out of the box, and just leave it in that mangled state.