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[-] Bishma@social.fossware.space 149 points 11 months ago

There are people still alive who remember a world before "splinter-free" toilet paper.

The manufacturing of this product had a long period of refinement, considering that as late as the 1930s, a selling point of the Northern Tissue company was that their toilet paper was "splinter free".

-Wikipedia

[-] just_cramblin@lemmy.world 56 points 11 months ago
[-] NakariLexfortaine@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago

Sometimes you need that good, deep clean only a chunk of bark will give you.

[-] cone_zombie@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Also known as "scooping"

[-] BaconIsAVeg@lemmy.ml 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

And in 2023 the majority of Americans still have not discovered the joy of using a bidet.

[-] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

Mostly because they think it will “turn you gay” or some shit

[-] DM_ME_SQUIRRELS@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

That's my favorite Wikipedia page now. Love that Wikipedia takes itself so seriously that they actually list the uses of toilet paper.

[-] Bishma@social.fossware.space 10 points 11 months ago

I enjoyed "See also: Anal Hygiene"

[-] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

History smells awful.

[-] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 7 points 11 months ago

til: nokia sold toilet paper

[-] kool_newt@beehaw.org 5 points 11 months ago

That's a thought I did not need in my head.

this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2023
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