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The even easier explanation is that it's the one thing you don't ever want to run out of.
by mark-r 7y ago
The even easier explanation is that it's the one thing you don't ever want to run out of.
- SlowRobotAhead 7y agoEh... there are a million things you can use in place of toilet paper. Food is much more important but for the most part the supply chains have kept up there. Installed bidet sprayers on all our toilets last year, I care not for your TP panic! We have 8 rolls in the house, that’ll last us another 2 months or so.
- NateEag 7y agoYes, but most people 1) do not realize that, and 2) would not want to change their butt-wiping habits even if they did.
- SlowRobotAhead 7y agoLearning new wiping habits was one of the best parts of traveling around the world. USA #1, but we have a thing or two to learn about butts.
- ineedasername 7y agoBidets have become extremely hard to come by as well.
- beervirus 7y agoIt also lasts forever. If you have room to store it, there's no downside to stocking up when you have the chance. And since everyone else is buying lots of it as well, there's an obvious upside--if you don't buy it today, you might not be able to buy it tomorrow.
- WalterBright 7y agoRelatives went through WW2 with no tp. It's the last thing you care about running out of, there are plenty of alternatives.
- jopsen 7y agoI also suspect it a thing everybody can relate to. It's the lowest common denominator of things people can run out of -- so we hoard it, like there is no tomorrow. And it's risk free, because you'll go through it eventually.