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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think Americans call the q tips

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah but a q-tips here are paper / cotton

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Over here cotton buds used to usually have plastic sticks. They've all changed to paper because of this EU thing though.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not anymore, they switched to plastic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I just bought some today at Costco and they’re def paper still.

When did they switch?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I can find both paper stick and plastic stick next to each other on the shelf at my local grocery.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

It must be the off brands then. I dunno, I don’t buy that junk but I have noticed it in other people’s bathrooms.