The toilet paper shortage

[kaiser715]

If you thought the great toilet paper shortage during covid was real, not contrived, then look at this date stamp from inside the roll on the package I recently bought. Somebody was hoarding a warehouse full.....

 

[skyhighZJ]

Not the slightest bit surprised. They already proved the egg shortage was a man made issue for profit.

 

[justjeepin86]

If you thought the great toilet paper shortage during covid was real, not contrived, then look at this date stamp from inside the roll on the package I recently bought. Somebody was hoarding a warehouse full.....


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One thing to note is that the tubes are not always made by the TP manufacturer. I worked in a paper tube plant that bought tube winders from a TP factory. They stopped making the tubes themselves.

 

[ckruzer]

so was the lumber shortage.

 

[Blaze]

The tube might have been sitting there, just no paper to be wrapped on it. We might have been ok if everyone wanted to wipe their asses with paper tubes!

 

[kaiser715]

The tube might have been sitting there, just no paper to be wrapped on it. We might have been ok if everyone wanted to wipe their asses with paper tubes!

I've done worse. Sometimes a sock is a real luxury.

 

[ckruzer]

Sometimes a sock is a real luxury.

for those times it seems like an infinite number of wipes to get clean?

 

[jeepinmatt]

I will never understand why the US is not more pro-bidet.

 

[Noel]

I’m glad it’s back, the toilet brush was much worse than paper.

 

[ckruzer]

I will never understand why the US is not more pro-bidet.

Once you experience it, its never the same doing anything butt that

 

[Croatan_Kid]

I've been a lot of places around the world...used lots of bidets. Sometimes, you'd find yourself sitting down to pee just so you could get your spring goose early and have a warm shot of water on the old balloon knot. It'll keep you going in the early afternoon

I mean...if your kid or dog crapped on the floor, you'd probably hit it with some (liquid) cleaner, right?

When it comes to our chocolate starfish..nah...dry paper is sufficient! Makes no sense!

It's also worth mentioning that I always pooped better after eating food in other countries. That's a whole story by itself though.


I will equate this to lawnmower engines. My mower is a 2013. The engine was manufactured in 2010. They tool up and run X number of these and then go on to something else. Probably the same thing they do with TP rolls, if I had to guess.

 

[RatLabGuy]

I will equate this to lawnmower engines. My mower is a 2013. The engine was manufactured in 2010. They tool up and run X number of these and then go on to something else. Probably the same thing they do with TP rolls, if I had to guess.

After the previous paragraph I thought this was another lead-in to why TP is arcane and really had my curiosity piqued.

 

[kaiser715]

One thing to note is that the tubes are not always made by the TP manufacturer. I worked in a paper tube plant that bought tube winders from a TP factory. They stopped making the tubes themselves.

Don't be screwing up my conspiracy theory with facts!

 

[ckruzer]

It's also worth mentioning that I always pooped better after eating food in other countries. That's a whole story by itself though.

The "enriched flour" epidemic in the US

 

[ManglerYJ]

 

[mbalbritton]

I've been a lot of places around the world...used lots of bidets. Sometimes, you'd find yourself sitting down to pee just so you could get your spring goose early and have a warm shot of water on the old balloon knot. It'll keep you going in the early afternoon

I mean...if your kid or dog crapped on the floor, you'd probably hit it with some (liquid) cleaner, right?

When it comes to our chocolate starfish..nah...dry paper is sufficient! Makes no sense!

It's also worth mentioning that I always pooped better after eating food in other countries. That's a whole story by itself though.


I will equate this to lawnmower engines. My mower is a 2013. The engine was manufactured in 2010. They tool up and run X number of these and then go on to something else. Probably the same thing they do with TP rolls, if I had to guess.

God I love this place.

 

[mbalbritton]

Serious question on bidet use. Don’t you still use some TP to dry off? Not all of those fancy automatic toilet lids have the blow drier built in. Or do you just let the undies soak up the drops and waddle around with wet briefs for 20 min after?

 

[ckruzer]

Serious question on bidet use. Don’t you still use some TP to dry off? Not all of those fancy automatic toilet lids have the blow drier built in. Or do you just let the undies soak up the drops and waddle around with wet briefs for 20 min after?

Depends on how massive your dump was, and how much sugar youve had lately (aka a muddy poop). For the most part, they are 99.99% good at getting everything off. I always use one TP wipe for good measure and to visually check im good to go. im super 'anal' about being clean down there. i get waxed and use wipes lmao. if i have to take a shit in the middle of the night, i take a shower afterwards.

One of these days ill have a bidet lol. too much project to route electric to the toilet, add in the plumbing, and then buy a good model.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Serious question on bidet use. Don’t you still use some TP to dry off? Not all of those fancy automatic toilet lids have the blow drier built in. Or do you just let the undies soak up the drops and waddle around with wet briefs for 20 min after?

TP wipe to dry, also as a former quality engineer, my motto is trust butt verify.

 

[Bebop]

i get waxed and use wipes lmao. if i have to take a shit in the middle of the night, i take a shower afterwards.

That's more american than using TP.

 

[benmack1]

Depends on how massive your dump was, and how much sugar youve had lately (aka a muddy poop). For the most part, they are 99.99% good at getting everything off. I always use one TP wipe for good measure and to visually check im good to go. im super 'anal' about being clean down there. i get waxed and use wipes lmao. if i have to take a shit in the middle of the night, i take a shower afterwards.

One of these days ill have a bidet lol. too much project to route electric to the toilet, add in the plumbing, and then buy a good model.

I feel I will regret asking this but what is the electric needed for to spray down your ass?

 

[jeepinmatt]

I feel I will regret asking this but what is the electric needed for to spray down your ass?

Shockingly good sensations.

 

[jeepinmatt]

But also to power the fan and heater

 

[RatLabGuy]

One of these days ill have a bidet lol. too much project to route electric to the toilet, add in the plumbing, and then buy a good model.

Dude you know they come like this, where all you need is a wall plug and T right off of the supply to the toilet?

Amazon.com

 

[Croatan_Kid]

God I love this place.

Glad I could help!

Serious question on bidet use. Don’t you still use some TP to dry off? Not all of those fancy automatic toilet lids have the blow drier built in. Or do you just let the undies soak up the drops and waddle around with wet briefs for 20 min after?

I go for the dry, wet, pat dry method. The realllly nice Japanese and Korean ones I've used that had full HVAC were niceeee. I just tried to put my legs together so it wasn't recirculating air blown across my turd canal right in to my face.