Are westerners being robbed of TP when we get the hollow rolls? Is communism the right path after all?

  • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
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    1 year ago

    That’s cuz you gotta bring your own TP with you instead of it being provided to you for free. No need for a TP holder tube if you’re not gonna share.

    Wait, are US bathrooms communist???

    • Agent641@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      Dont let the Republicans find out! They will lobby to take free TP out of schools on account of spreading communist ideology.

  • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    As a household that doesn’t use a toilet paper roller, this would be amazing. I hate throwing away all those empty rolls

  • Vilian@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    In Brazil I saw a toiled paper that the center was filled with another roll, so you’d need to remove that center to put it in your bathroom and use it as a “portable toilet paper” to carry with you

  • UselesslyBrisk@infosec.pubEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I dont think i saw any TP in VN. Everything was bidet and wash hands.

    wasnt terrible. Cold showers constantly and no water pressure were by far more of a culture shock to me. It was more similar to when I would go and hike for weeks on end in college.

    • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yeah when they say 10 min max limit, they really mean it.

      And even then you see people taking showers as fast as 5 minutes to save water stored in the tank.

      • ngwoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Do they use rainwater collection tanks for showers or is it just a buffer tank on the roof to compensate for low pressure?

        • UselesslyBrisk@infosec.pubEnglish
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          11 months ago

          From what i saw they seemed to be pressure/heat tanks (they were mostly silver or dark and in full sun).

          Looked like most places had their own personal water tower.

  • LousyCornMuffins@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I used to buy rolls where the center of the tube came as a little personal roll you could put in your purse. I can’t remember which brand anymore.

  • ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There are some commercial rolls I’ve seen in the US that seem to be a happy medium…the holder itself in the stall has a thin plastic rod for the TP to go on, and the rolls have a very small opening in the center (and no cardboard) to go on that rod.

  • feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    In China it comes stacked in bags and you pull it out sheet by sheet like paper hand towels or a box of tissues. You can hang the bag up.

  • Pickle_Jr@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    It’s so hard to use toilet paper after getting a bidet.

    I mean sure, I use TP to double check the bidet did it’s job and to dry. But wiping twice as opposed to dealing with a marker butthole has spoiled me.

    • Surp@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Only reason you have a marker butthole is because you ain’t eating enough fiber motha fucka. Get some fiber powder and drink that shit bro wtf don’t spread misinformation like you spread your ass to shoot water up there to enema douche the bit of poop you left pinched off up your buttholy hole because you ain’t eating some God damn fiber my man!! EAT FIBER YO POO BE ONE BIG OL UNBREAKABLE LINK ITS WONDERFUL 👍

  • Norin@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You can buy something like this here in the US.

    The roll is smaller, and they market it as being made for camping (takes up less space in the pack, etc). It also, of course, costs more because of this, since modern camping gear loves to price gouge.

    If you’re going to pack TP though, just spool what you need around something smaller in diameter (like a skewer). Or if you know what you’re doing then just use leaves instead, those are free.