I can always tell when a partner gets moody about the toilet paper situation, which sucks, because using the restroom is a natural thing all humans do, and which we use toilet paper to be hygienic about. Please keep in mind that women have periods, and also that we have to use toilet paper for two separate bodily functions. Not to mention that women are pressured more than men to be SUPER hygienic and perfect and clean about everything in that particular area (I mean, douches exist and they are terrible things but they still exist).
I bet she knows you get angry about it, and having been on the other side of it, itās not a nice feeling (I concede that my ex got particularly angry about it, but thatās subjective depending on the people involved and the relationship, I suppose; and it was more than one partner that has gotten at least annoyed, on top of that). Itās a weird thing to get angry about, too. Itās just toilet paper, and itās necessary for us to cleanse ourselves for our daily bodily functions.
On that noteā¦ I think I know why the video made me more uncomfortable than some other people seem to be.
We women already have a lot of pressure in the area of grooming habits, and honestly, having yet another āthingā for people to āteaseā women about and get angry about is, well, itās annoying. Oh joy yet another thing having to do with bodily functions and hygiene for a group of people (mainly men, if the video and this comment section is to be an indicator) to claim women do differently/worse and to get angry about with them. How pleasant.
The model in the video is being developed for the EU & other markets.
The US version eschews the cleaver on a robotic arm in favour of a glock being held sideways on a robotic arm. It costs a bit more to operate due to the ammunition and isnāt recommended for people who donāt want anyone to hear them pooping. An optional sound system will play song fragments while in operation, at volume sufficient to be heard over the TP dispenser.
I got yer back on this one. We all have our hygiene needs, and as adults, weāre responsible for knowing what those needs are without anyoneās help, however well-meaning. I occasionally waggle a stern finger under my sonās nose for excess use of toilet paper, because heās five years old, and when he clogs the john he hasnāt yet learned how to employ the plunger. Weāll get him sorted out in short order, including the putting-the-seat-and-lid-down-after-use issue (things fall off the counter into the crapper otherwise).
Another 100% agree. When I were a lad, my family used Charmin, which was soft and cuddly and perfectly fine for hairless butts. But as I got older and hairier down in the Unspeakable Nethers, Iād find Charmin tends to shred too easily with even the gentlest bum-scrub, if youāre actually trying to get all the crap off. So I switched to Scott, which works exactly as well as you describe.
As an aside, my elementary school used to use this terribly cheap single-sheet-stacked toilet paper that was incredibly time-consuming to get a decent handful ofā¦ by design, since less paper used made it cheaper for the school. We always called it John Wayne Toilet Paper: itās rough, itās tough, and it donāt take shit from nobody. Because of this bad toilet paper, I crapped precisely once at school in the 13 years I attended public school.
Oh, Iām the most comfortable crapper I know. Two or three times a day, usually with something to read. But the olā buttcrack is somewhat hairy, and sometimes the poop isnāt quite as firm as one would like, and you end up with wipe after wipe after wipe. Thereās also an element of not really wanting to feel the intimate contours and textural details of my own dingleberried anus through the paper, so I prefer a few insulating layers.
Sometimes, however, the poop is just the right consistency and firmness, and an impressively sizable bolus will emergeā¦ but the first wipe results in unaccountably clean paper. āThe Phantom Poopā I call those occasions, and it feels like a blessing to my day.
I canāt believe itās true, and if it is, Iām awfully glad Iām not living my life in a muddy trench with a 50-lb backpack on. I think Iād rather wipe my ass on a nearby fencepost.
I like this thing!
The swing-arm is a bit flimsy but, well, itās a prototype.
Idea: two-ply (maybe three?) toilet paper, where one side is softer and the other is rougher. They could differ in color. Depending on what you need, fold one or the other way.
Could work. Iād suggest a silencer and subsonic ammo.
The ammo is however a consumable, which adds more logistics. So Iād be in favor of cutting it with a laser.
People get angry/emotional about the weirdest things. Very few things deserve that, and toilet paper consumption is not one of them.
This, and your earlier post, is what led me to the idea of the different-sides paper described above.
I wonder why it is not done yetā¦ so many brands that compete on meaningless differences, and this is a fairly obvious and not-so-difficult-to-implement in the reel-to-reel manufacture to do.
Those kitchen paper absorbent towels. Or the roll of paper kept in the workshop for cleaning stuff, also serving as a backup for other purposes.
I COMPLETELY misread you, apologies! I will say that even upon re-reading it, itās not clear who you are referring to in your comment, after directly quoting me. So I was clearly confused, and I apologize! I deleted my reply. Dāoh. Thank you for stating your agreement with me, I appreciate it. Sorry again.
However, for those with sensitive bits, having the paper dyed might not be the best idea. I think itās already frowned upon? Which is why we generally use bleached paper rather than colored to begin with? IDK for certain tho.
Misunderstandings happen. They are normal. No need to apologize.
And yes, it was not 100% clear.
We actually somewhat agree on more things (to varying degrees), even if it is sometimes masked with my degree of general grumbly misanthropy.
Take a square more and fold it the other way? The gentler side is intended specifically for this.
Or, if using only one length of paper, one additional fold and the use sequence may handle this problem too. An engineering optimization problem, like most of things in the worldā¦?
Valid concern (my pet peeve are the perfumed ones; not needed funcion and they donāt even supply a MSDS to know whatās in there[1]). Depends on the dye. The vendors usually take those annoyingly pink azo dyes that arenāt always the most biocompatible.
In this specific case Iād go for a sparse pattern (outlines of flowers seem to be a common pattern) of some nonirritant pigment on the coarse side.
Or one of the sides may be non-bleached. Or just without marking, leaving it on the haptic recognition of the texture. But that would impair marketing by making it less distinctive.
[1] If it would be to me, you could look up a complete list of used chemicals via the thingās barcode; the UPC/EAN code is a good identifier. With optional computer āadvisorsā interpreting the arcane lists according to the userās rulesets. Would also help toxicologists and various first responders, in cases of leaks/fires/poisonings. But thatās for a longer rant.
I think itās already frowned upon? Which is why we generally use bleached paper rather than colored to begin with? IDK for certain tho.
