@yakkoTDI I say, if you own a donkey, go for it! (I get you, God help me!)

@Felton10
Does he fold or crumple?

@chienfou @Felton10 Shit mittens: wrap around the paw several times, wipe once, drop in, repeat until clean, then leave the clogged toilet for the sibling to plunge. Owner wonders why they have to go to Costco to re-up.every.fkn.month!

@chienfou Shred like he does to anything paper or cardboard.

@Endreo You don’t have to kill babies to make them.

@Endreo Well if you take baby wipes and rename them to pet wipes then you might be able to get away with charging more because, you know, pets.

@nikodrant I’d forgotten it was that this time. I (consciously) always round them in my head, and assumed the lingering feeling of .99 was from the comparison price. But that’s my conscious thought. Unfortunately, I don’t know my subconscious thought.

Yeah, I cast my ballot with the “give me whole numbers” crowd. It feels more genuine, personal, or whatever. Unless you’re going to pick something that turns into a round number after tax, but that’s impossible to do with potentially 46 different tax rates. (or more… is Canada allowed here? If so, do they get charged tax here or at the border?)

@nikodrant Yes, been said already. This pricing with the 99 cents started October 1, 2022. Very annoying. Even @snapster chimed in on the conversation on the first day. https://meh.com/forum/topics/2-pack-mr-beams-50-ft-incandescent-indooroutdoor-string-lights#6337bc14ce1e1b45da4c2991

Here are two previous forums. One from 2014 where @dave said any site that does this thinks their consumers are idiots and the other is a survey.

https://meh.com/forum/topics/meh-experiment-variables-pricing

https://meh.com/forum/topics/what-do-you-think-about-prices-that-end-in--99-like-4-99

Even though it’s been said before, keep mentioning it. Hopefully the problem will go away if everyone complains. As for me, I don’t mind them charging me an extra penny to round it up.

@Pony A 4-word order “number” trying to disguise itself as a normal 3-word one? What are you up to, mediocrebot??

@phendrick Each pack contains one 80-ply wipe.

@phendrick You might need the wipes if that stack of cats ends up piled higher and deeper.

@Kidsandliz @phendrick stack cats is a palindrome

@macromeh “Palindrome” needs to be replaced by a term that is, itself, a palindrome.

@Kidsandliz @macromeh @phendrick

stack cats is a palindrome

Gasp! It IS!!!
(P.S. I love that gif.)

@macromeh @werehatrack @Kyeh @Kidsandlz

“Palindrome” needs to be replaced by a term that is, itself, a palindrome.

Challenge accepted! (But probably not conquered…)

Some underfunded candidates:
palindromemordnilap
elemental, self-defining, but unwieldy

backasswardsdrawssakcab
doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue

wordrow
adequate, but definitely meh

huhwordrowhuh
even more so

babblelbbab
most appropriate, IMO

stackcats
why not; it’s the progenitor?

stuffuts
take that, you!

lipspil
short, succinct, more than adequate

OK, Meh creative types, best me here!

@macromeh @phendrick @werehatrack
I like babblelbbab the best of those. I came up with:
Reversesrever
& Flowwolf
just off the top of my head.
But … Semordnilap is already a thing!
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/semordnilap

@Kyeh @macromeh @werehatrack

Semordnilap is already a thing!

emotesirprusastahtwoN

@macromeh @werehatrack @phendrick Kind of neat that your long word there starts with “emote.”

@hchavers No… this is a problem (eg how to make more money on the same item) and this is the solution (changing the name of the same product from baby wipes to pet wipes).

@t0nyc0tt4m A mossy skeleton… right up @mossygreen 's spooky alley!

@bgammill Anything that can be plunged through a toilet is “flushable.” However, if it hasn’t gone through a digestive tract first, and it is stronger than toilet paper, it should not be flushed.

Note: The converse is not always true. There are a lot of weak things that should not be flushed. Also, if you or someone you know suffers from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_(disorder) then seek treatment immediately. It can lead to expensive damage to both the plumbing in the walls and in the patient.

@xobzoo Some gullible reviewer on Amazon said you can’t use baby wipes on pets cuz they “have a different pH” & it can cause all kinds of problems, like skin irritation. Oy vey. [Note: I’ve been using baby wipes & flushable wipes on my dog for years with NO problem.]

@spoole2020 So this image indicates wet wipes should NOT be used on the face (especially after being used on the dog)?

…not sure where the “green tea” is coming from - most likely from the marketing team’s minds…

@Pufferfishy That’s probably the ingredient list for the unscented version. I would imagine that the green tea version says something about fragrance.

@werehatrack
/youtube 99 Toto

@pmarin @werehatrack
/youtube NENA 99 Luftballons

@Kyeh @werehatrack I love the irony that this thread started with a pseudo-German pun, which led to a German song … but the song says “neunundneunzig” rather than anything that sounds like the “nein” we started with.

(but also the original 99 Luftballons just sounds so much better than the half-translated 99 Red Balloons — though I can’t say exactly why — so thank you for picking that one)

@werehatrack @xobzoo
@pmarin’s Toto song is actually more appropriate but it made me think of the Nena song and I couldn’t resist. And as you say, it IS German!

@Kyeh @werehatrack @xobzoo and, though this has no relation to the original topic of .99 or dog butt wipes, I feel compelled to point out the overwhelming theme in those 2 music videos:
The '80s hair!

EDIT P.S. '80s were Great!

Also, gas was less than .99/gallon. well, .999

@pmarin @werehatrack @xobzoo
I posted this a little while ago in the Driving Game:
/youtube Back to the '80s - Aqua

@Kyeh Wow! Thank you for posting this video! It certainly sums up my entire middle and high school years in a single song, lol! The hair, the clothes, the music (I forgot all about Bananarama!!) and MTV. Sigh…

Good times.

@k4evryng

@applemuffin Looks like 7.5 x 7.6 inches, according to a pic taken of the package by an Amazon reviewer.

@applemuffin That would typically be perineum to coccyx, but the actual dimensions are going to vary among individuals.

@FoodGeekFish User name and order number pair up interestingly.

@FoodGeekFish that’s a warning from your cat to be careful where you stick your fingers with those wipes

@braveit1 I’d recommend this for cleaning servers.