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

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    Hopefully they realize it won’t save them anything when people use an entire roll every time they shit.

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    This should be against the ADA. Many Americans have Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis, IBS, and other issues which make them need to use the restroom frequently. Using toilet paper of that quality quickly becomes painful and causes inflammation.

  • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    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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      When I worked at a grocery store, we had very cheap paper towels to absorb messes, and had to use a ton of them to actually clean up a mess. This is the part I never understood, you cheap out on the paper, now I have to use way more. Likely a multiple higher than how much cheaper it is. It’s only cheaper to buy, it’s very shortsighted.

      Eventually they wised up and got us real, good paper towels. We used way, way less, and interestingly we only had good paper towels from that point forward.

      Edit: Can’t forget to mention the extra labor costs with more time spent cleaning up a mess!

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

      • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
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        Checks out against every time a company tried to cheap out. But then, they also do not care because by the time it matters the decision makers have moved on. With bonuses!😟

  • Crozekiel@lemmy.zip
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    You have to layer the individual plys yourself. It’s a build your own toilet paper kit.

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    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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      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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          When I studied in China I was always reminded to take a tp roll with me

          Once I forgot, and I realized that even in a KFC the tp was missing in the toilet

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      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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      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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        Just absolutely demolish the toilet every time you use it.

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

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

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          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.

  • Icaria@lemmy.world
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    Thin toilet paper is one thing, just use more layers.

    Narrow toilet paper is another. Fuck places that use non-standard width toilet paper.

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    This has got to be where the idea for transparent wood came from…

    What you’re holding there is Prototype-0

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    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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      They thought the service they hired was the least expensive.

      The Janitorial service is the one cutting costs because they are not the ones using the toilet paper and they only care about their bottom line.

      Nicer paper means they lose the contract. Capitalism and somebody else’s problem all the way down.

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    Just use a massive amount and if it keeps blocking the loo then oh well when the cheap paper causes too much cost then they might look into better quality stuff.

  • willeypete23@reddthat.com
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    Look, I get it that it’s cool to rag on a company for being cheap and short sighted but this toilet paper is not bought to save money. They know you use more. It’s bought because thin toilet paper breaks down quickly in water, meaning rather than needing a plumber to wrestle your turd nest out of the pipes with a snake, they can hang an out of order sign on the stall for a shift and try flushing again once the “toilet paper” has completely dissolved.

    • LinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.oneOP
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      Someone else explained this too. It’s still mildly infuriating when you have to use it. Can’t even pull it out without it breaking before there’s enough tissue for the job because of how the dispenser is designed.