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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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[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 149 points 3 months ago (6 children)

I've been on Lemmy for about a year, so I'm certain that communism is the only right path.

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 112 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Same, I've installed Arch on my ThinkPad, shaved my legs and put on knee high stockings. I also give every car a middle finger and swear when walking past parking lots. Lemmy has radicalized me in surprising ways.

[–] cheddar@programming.dev 47 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 58 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I fucking hate it. I've lost all my friends because I was just spamming anti AI memes from Lemmy to everyone I knew. They've all blocked me, but I'd like to think they will think twice before "doing AI".

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[–] drathvedro@lemm.ee 118 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (11 children)

Don't go to Russia. Every once in a while you can encounter this atrocity. Yes, it has holes right out of the roll, no perforation whatsoever and not even a hole that you could hang it on and therefore outer layers are always dirty. And, of course, feels like a sandpaper, tears when wiping, but stretches when you actually try to get a piece. Please don't tell me that this exists outside of Russia, that'd be way to much assrash for this world.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 97 points 3 months ago (1 children)

when you take brutalism so far that your toilet paper looks like concrete

[–] KellysNokia@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Now with 20% more aggregate!

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It’s just a little asbestos, don’t worry about it comrade!

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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 66 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Don’t go to Russia.

There's a very tall list of reasons to not go to Russia and their toilet papers isn't very high on it.

[–] BambiDiego@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I don't know...

My list goes:

  1. Their toilet paper

  2. I might criticize Putin

  3. I might criticize the government

[–] drathvedro@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (15 children)

Well, I wouldn't worry about 2 and 3 that much. It's just that as a foreigner, especially if you are from the US, you will most definitely fall under the surveillance of FSB and the cops will look at you twice, but they're not paid half-decent enough to actually give a shit and do their job properly. They might harass you here and there but if you don't do anything stupid like protesting in red square or doing selfies in front of military bases, then they'll have nothing against you. I imagine that's not that much worse than living in the US under CIA's umbrella and trigger happy cops. Other than that, it's not nearly an extreme hellhole like NK, Afghanistan or Syria that people make it sound like. In fact, you can get by in Moscow or St. Petersburg without a guide or translator just fine. I'd rather advise to watch out for the tourist traps(the usual), and to avoid getting out of the city limits and into the suburbs because of the much increased crime levels.

Ah, and put the fact that for every dollar you spend there, you put 20 cents straight into Putin's pocket into that list...

And also that you'd probably need a visa and it's a hassle...

And that you'd probably need a Russian friend to get you hooked up with the basics and avoid going through the bureaucracy - like with currency exchange, credit card, carrier plan, etc...

Also that weather is rather harsh there...

And also that it's probably the dirtiest country on earth because city planners didn't zone out lawns and parks properly therefore the mud gets spread absolutely everywhere...

And that internet is half-broken, with half sites censored while the others block everyone from Russian IP's because sanctions...

And that Ukraine might not let you in afterwards...

And that you'd for sure be questioned by your homecountry's intelligence services...

And that's about all that I can think of.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And you'd likely be held prisoner as a trading chip for Russian murderers.

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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago
  1. Might accodentally fly my drone into a cracking vessel at an oil refinery. Whoops.
[–] acchariya@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's because soft toilet paper is too gay for Russia.

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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I encountered this in Ukraine, often combined with those toilets in the floor and/or extremely rickety, extremely "well-loved" outhouses. Once, we stopped in what appeared to be a stranger's yard and my hosts advised we were at the rest stop. I asked where the restroom was. They all started laughing. They are a hearty bunch.

[–] drathvedro@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

The one that's just like a concrete block with few holes in the floor? God that shit's terrifying. Grew up in Russia and luckily never had to use one of those as they were never the only option. But if I had to, I'd rather shit my pants instead. Had to use shoddy garden toilets, squat toilets and toilets with no stalls before a few times each, all were awful experiences, but this thing, it combines all three for the ultimate discomfort.

[–] brachypelmasmithi@lemm.ee 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You see these in Poland every now and then, just with an actual central hole. I remember seeing these in my school, we used to call it srajtaśma ("shit tape" is the best translation I can think of), and it was just as bad as you described it. It also had a very particular smell to it.

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[–] Pickle_Jr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 67 points 3 months ago (4 children)

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 10 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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 👍

[–] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

^ this user does not wash their asshole

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[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 54 points 3 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???

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago

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

[–] LouNeko@lemmy.world 38 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)
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[–] ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months 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.

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

Here in Vietnam we use the whole toilet paper! That’s 65% more toilet paper per toilet paper!

[–] Norin@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago (8 children)

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.

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[–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 months ago

Shitposting is being taken a little too literally lately

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] UselesslyBrisk@infosec.pub 14 points 3 months ago (6 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.

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[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 13 points 3 months ago (6 children)

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

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[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 months 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

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The toilet paper I used in Taiwan was in the form of individual pieces folded up like American tissues for blowing your nose. I even accused my host of making me use tissues, but she showed me that they were actually marketed as toilet paper. Oh, and I couldn't flush them. That was not embarrassing at all.

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[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Just yesterday I was reminiscing with my wife about how TP rolls used to have no tube when we were children and how hard it was to find the center to put them on the holder.

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[–] IMongoose@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Where do you think all the centers of our TP go?

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

They sell them as donut holes near the airport

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