Aren’t those red & blue Charmin bears really annoying?
I’d almost rather see Mr. Whipple arise from the grave to admonish the shoppers not to squeeze the Charmin, like he did back in the mid 60’s through mid 80’s
@ELJAY I have many questions about the bears. Like they wear clothes (which we know from the commercials about the kid bear and his underwear)…but under their fur? How does that work?
@ELJAY@gt0163c
That’s so funny my boyfriend hates the charmin commercial bc of the jingle and he has the same questions about the bears but I love the jingle. Every time that commercial plays that jingle gets stuck in my head and it annoys the shit out of him.
@gt0163c Mama bear made junior wear skivvies so he wouldn’t leave skid marks around the lair. But maybe he’s outgrowing them, because, as we all unfortunately know, thanks to Charmin, his heinie’s clean…
Switched to Cloudpaper.co
Made from sustainable bamboo and your cost includes a double carbon offset for shipping the TP from China. Combined with the bidet, the bathroom really is a throne room.
@Star2236 Still working through the supply from last summer. It looked intriguing when I saw Robert Downey Jr on Colbert and he mentioned it and gushed effusively about it. It’s a subscription business model, so I ordered a bundle with the longest renewal.
It’s the only brand that mentioned they offset the carbon from shipping the stuff from China (twice over!). I’ll post back a review.
@mike808@Star2236 I saw ads last summer for ‘Who Gives A Crap’ recycled TP. No plastic overwrap, either. Some recycled paper ends up with non-trivial BPA content (thermal paper/receipts and/or newspaper ink); WGAC website claims they use recycled books & office paper.
Also, I recently read about paper suppliers getting closer to producing TP from bagasse (irony, I know), leftover sugar cane fibers. Already using it for burger boxes, paper plates, etc (seen some on Amehzon).
/image who gives a crap toilet paper
@compunaut@Star2236
Several of the bamboo TP manufacturers also used “sugarcane” as the fiber source in the TP, aka bagasse. I think the “sugarcane” didn’t market well, especially with its historical link to slavery in the US and shrinking supply. I think they’ve all switched to all bamboo.
@mike808@Star2236 There’s no denying the link to slavery in the US & elsewhere, but sugarcane is the world’s largest crop by production quantity, with 1.8 billion tons produced in 2017 (Statista). There is no shortage of supply. It’s mostly just burned.
@compunaut@mike808@Star2236 Huh. You’d think they could just say it’s made from cellulose, or plant fiber or something, not specify that it’s sugar cane.
@compunaut@Kyeh@Star2236
I think the primary goal of the marketing was to support the claim that they weren’t part of the global deforestation problem to claim being “tree-free”.
Which, btw, is where most TP gets made from. So if you’re going to replace trees with something else, bamboo and sugar cane are candidates. Sugar cane because it is a viable use of the bagasse byproduct that doesn’t reduce revenue or increase costs for the sugar cane already being produced. And sugarcane can be grown in more places and has more acreage than bamboo. If you want bamboo, you pretty much need to go to China to get it. Sugarcane grows in Louisiana, Florida, the carribean, and other places closer and more friendly to the US. Also, less carbon to ship it here since it doesn’t have to go across the ocean.
FYI - the primary use of bagasse is in cardboard, fiberboard, ceiling tiles, and cheap cabinetry and furniture, as an alternative to using tree wood pulp.
@compunaut@mike808@Star2236 I approve of it, but I don’t use lawn fertilizer. I get a lot of natural fertilizer in my yard from the deer who think it’s their yard.
@compunaut@Kyeh@Star2236
What are you using to kill the weeds from the seeds in the deer crap left all over your yard?
Or do you have one of those “prarie conservation” type lawns?
Why can’t you keep a pet cougar/wildcat or wolf who can also think it is their yard too? These deer have never run from a predator in generations, or starved in winters or droughts. You know, like if they truly lived in their natural habitat without the crutches of human intervention.
Plus, those deer make for some tasty roasts, sausage, and jerky. They are highly marbled, like wagyu, having never experienced any stress in their suburban all-you-can-eat landscaping buffet, sauntering from home to home daily from sunrise to sunset.
@compunaut@mike808@Star2236 We do have bobcats and cougars around here; also coyotes. Hunting isn’t allowed in city limits, and these deer often look a little scrawny to me ( I would never shoot one, give me a break!)
@compunaut@Kyeh@Star2236
Here, we get 10 to 15 daily ravagers dropping weed seeds in their poop (sometimes 10+ pounds of the stuff litters the yard). And no predators. They’re all fat and heavy at about 100lbs or so each. The fawns are less, but still easy 50 lbs in a few months.
There’s literally a trail through the backyards of the neighborhood that they devour anything doesn’t already have a 3" trunk. They’re not starving at all, nor do they “need” to feed so voraciously, but rather their DNA hasn’t changed their genetic drives to eat whatever and whenever available (when food was much scarcer tens of thousands of years ago). Much like humans.
@compunaut@mike808@Star2236 Wow. Here they have to contend with the dry winters and lately the summer fires, so they’re not as fat and plentiful. I did have a mother with twin fauns hanging around my yard one year - that was pretty sweet. But my neighbors with the “House Beautiful” yard get very mad about the deer.
It was weird. Everyone was freaking out and buying tons of toilet paper and I’m like “When was the last time I used this? A year ago? Two years?”
I don’t even remember the last time I had to smear crap around my ass instead of just using water.
Hmmm maybe meh will be selling soon soon then since it looks from that photo they have a surplus supply.
What location?
@romellex Utah
@blaineg @romellex On a Costco shelf.
@blaineg @romellex Booking my flight to Utah to get some toilet paper. My hand is quite raw after 11 months of usage.
I still have over 2½ miles of commercial 2-ply, so I’m good for a few more years.
@narfcake I still have that urge to buy every time I see TP in stock at a store. Some sort of super mild and mostly inconsequential PTSD? (TPSD?)
@narfcake @togle YMMV
@narfcake Last year the only thing hubby could find was one ply.
Holey crap.
For sure.
@mehcuda67 ISWYDT.
@lisaviolet One box was purchased pre-pandemic, the other was when things got crazy. I even sold my extra 14" TP dispensers to my work – at a profit.
It’s sad this is a thing
I think you meant to say Potty Time.
I don’t go to parties with a bunch of ass wipes.
@yakkoTDI You’re not going to the right parties, then.
idk, I think there’s been at least 1 asswipe at every party I’ve ever been to
Seriously, all y’all need to add bidet attachments to your toilets.
@haydesigner I know, right? Still use a little TP, but it lasts soooo much longer, and feels so much cleaner.
@haydesigner The only problem is you really miss them when you’re ‘going’ away.
@smigit2002, not just feels cleaner… IT IS CLEANER.
Aren’t those red & blue Charmin bears really annoying?
I’d almost rather see Mr. Whipple arise from the grave to admonish the shoppers not to squeeze the Charmin, like he did back in the mid 60’s through mid 80’s
@ELJAY YES! I hate those bears!
@ELJAY I have many questions about the bears. Like they wear clothes (which we know from the commercials about the kid bear and his underwear)…but under their fur? How does that work?
@ELJAY @gt0163c
That’s so funny my boyfriend hates the charmin commercial bc of the jingle and he has the same questions about the bears but I love the jingle. Every time that commercial plays that jingle gets stuck in my head and it annoys the shit out of him.
@ELJAY I
Mr. Whipple
@gt0163c Mama bear made junior wear skivvies so he wouldn’t leave skid marks around the lair. But maybe he’s outgrowing them, because, as we all unfortunately know, thanks to Charmin, his heinie’s clean…
There are still purchase limits here in Michigan. And Aldi grocery selling packs like this. What a waste of cardboard rolls!
Unlimited TP?
That’s how we roll!
Switched to Cloudpaper.co
Made from sustainable bamboo and your cost includes a double carbon offset for shipping the TP from China. Combined with the bidet, the bathroom really is a throne room.
@mike808
Is cloudpaper soft and 3ply like charmin though? I’m not being sarcastic, I really wanna know.
@Star2236 Still working through the supply from last summer. It looked intriguing when I saw Robert Downey Jr on Colbert and he mentioned it and gushed effusively about it. It’s a subscription business model, so I ordered a bundle with the longest renewal.
It’s the only brand that mentioned they offset the carbon from shipping the stuff from China (twice over!). I’ll post back a review.
@mike808 @Star2236 I saw ads last summer for ‘Who Gives A Crap’ recycled TP. No plastic overwrap, either. Some recycled paper ends up with non-trivial BPA content (thermal paper/receipts and/or newspaper ink); WGAC website claims they use recycled books & office paper.
Also, I recently read about paper suppliers getting closer to producing TP from bagasse (irony, I know), leftover sugar cane fibers. Already using it for burger boxes, paper plates, etc (seen some on Amehzon).
/image who gives a crap toilet paper
@compunaut @Star2236
Several of the bamboo TP manufacturers also used “sugarcane” as the fiber source in the TP, aka bagasse. I think the “sugarcane” didn’t market well, especially with its historical link to slavery in the US and shrinking supply. I think they’ve all switched to all bamboo.
@compunaut @mike808 @Star2236 or who gives a shit…
@compunaut @mike808 @Oldelvis
100% recycled tp does not sound good lol. I know it’s not really recycled TP but that always cracks me up.
@mike808 @Star2236 There’s no denying the link to slavery in the US & elsewhere, but sugarcane is the world’s largest crop by production quantity, with 1.8 billion tons produced in 2017 (Statista). There is no shortage of supply. It’s mostly just burned.
@compunaut @mike808 @Star2236 Huh. You’d think they could just say it’s made from cellulose, or plant fiber or something, not specify that it’s sugar cane.
@compunaut @Kyeh @Star2236
I think the primary goal of the marketing was to support the claim that they weren’t part of the global deforestation problem to claim being “tree-free”.
Which, btw, is where most TP gets made from. So if you’re going to replace trees with something else, bamboo and sugar cane are candidates. Sugar cane because it is a viable use of the bagasse byproduct that doesn’t reduce revenue or increase costs for the sugar cane already being produced. And sugarcane can be grown in more places and has more acreage than bamboo. If you want bamboo, you pretty much need to go to China to get it. Sugarcane grows in Louisiana, Florida, the carribean, and other places closer and more friendly to the US. Also, less carbon to ship it here since it doesn’t have to go across the ocean.
FYI - the primary use of bagasse is in cardboard, fiberboard, ceiling tiles, and cheap cabinetry and furniture, as an alternative to using tree wood pulp.
@compunaut @mike808 @Star2236 Okay, I’m glad it does get used. I’d like to see more use of biomass for energy.
@compunaut @Kyeh @Star2236
Then you’ll love using Milorganite.
/image milorganite
@compunaut @mike808 @Star2236
I approve of it, but I don’t use lawn fertilizer. I get a lot of natural fertilizer in my yard from the deer who think it’s their yard.
@compunaut @Kyeh @Star2236
What are you using to kill the weeds from the seeds in the deer crap left all over your yard?
Or do you have one of those “prarie conservation” type lawns?
Why can’t you keep a pet cougar/wildcat or wolf who can also think it is their yard too? These deer have never run from a predator in generations, or starved in winters or droughts. You know, like if they truly lived in their natural habitat without the crutches of human intervention.
Plus, those deer make for some tasty roasts, sausage, and jerky. They are highly marbled, like wagyu, having never experienced any stress in their suburban all-you-can-eat landscaping buffet, sauntering from home to home daily from sunrise to sunset.
@compunaut @mike808 @Star2236
Prairie-type yard - here’s how it looked in 2019 when I let the pink vetch take over:
@compunaut @mike808 @Star2236 We do have bobcats and cougars around here; also coyotes. Hunting isn’t allowed in city limits, and these deer often look a little scrawny to me (
I would never shoot one, give me a break!)
@compunaut @mike808 @Star2236
This guy paid me a visit in December.
@compunaut @Kyeh @Star2236
Here, we get 10 to 15 daily ravagers dropping weed seeds in their poop (sometimes 10+ pounds of the stuff litters the yard). And no predators. They’re all fat and heavy at about 100lbs or so each. The fawns are less, but still easy 50 lbs in a few months.
There’s literally a trail through the backyards of the neighborhood that they devour anything doesn’t already have a 3" trunk. They’re not starving at all, nor do they “need” to feed so voraciously, but rather their DNA hasn’t changed their genetic drives to eat whatever and whenever available (when food was much scarcer tens of thousands of years ago). Much like humans.
@compunaut @mike808 @Star2236 Wow. Here they have to contend with the dry winters and lately the summer fires, so they’re not as fat and plentiful. I did have a mother with twin fauns hanging around my yard one year - that was pretty sweet. But my neighbors with the “House Beautiful” yard get very mad about the deer.
@Kyeh he is beautiful
@tinamarie1974 Thanks!
Also saw a pallet of Lysol spray disinfectant the last tine I was there too.
Buy it cheap, stack it deep. Toilet paper forts are still forts and protect you from a certain type of deprivation.
@duodec I never thought of making a fort with it??? Who wants to play in my new fort village???
@duodec @tinamarie1974 It won’t protect one from cats, however.
@duodec @narfcake
It was weird. Everyone was freaking out and buying tons of toilet paper and I’m like “When was the last time I used this? A year ago? Two years?”
I don’t even remember the last time I had to smear crap around my ass instead of just using water.