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

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Food so spicy, they give you a roll of bandages as toilet paper. Patch yourself up.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

They have the same thing in China, it’s very confusing.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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???

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I got a box of these from Amazon in 2020. (In USA)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

They were kinda handy to have around tbh. Like, tissue in my backpack during allergy season, or in my car. I think we used them as tp on a camping trip.

At home, we only used them until the usual tp rolls came back into supply.

They came in a pretty big package so we had them around for a couple years, but I think they're all gone now... So, yeah we used them, maybe not as intended and maybe not favorably, but they saved my ass in 2020, literally!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That's called coreless TP and you can get it in the US too, mostly from institutional suppliers. You can also try Asian markets like Ranch 99 if you are near one.

https://www.costcobusinessdelivery.com/compact-recycled-bath-tissue%2c-coreless-roll%2c-2-ply%2c-3.85-x-4.05%2c-1000-sheets%2c-36-ct.product.11286393.html

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I see your Vietnam toilet paper and raise it with with my paradoxical environmental savings whatever this is (lights were on when this picture taken):

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

This is common in US motels and some hotels. It's supposed to say that one should put their towel on the floor, rather than the rack, to have it replaced.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Solid TP rolls are quite common in Asia. Not sure if this is still true, but a lot of public toilets don't provide toilet paper for fear of people stealing them. You have to bring your own TP, at which point including the cardboard insert takes up too much space to carry around.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

That's an option here in Japan, though most don't use it. I'm pretty sure some people sell that style in the US as well. I use one that has a hole but no cardboard insert.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Just rip the tube up and use it like a really tick toilet paper

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Thanks, I hate it.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I try to find uses for ours where we can. I have a BBQ with a dead sparker so I usually use a half-tube which I light on fire and drop by the burner before turning on the gas

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Take dryer lint and stuff it in half a toilet paper roll, then dip it in some melted wax. Makes a great fire starter and you can use stuff you're gonna throw away anyway.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

half-tube

Short cylinder or long half cylinder?

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