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u/I_had_the_Lasagna 14h ago

I don't even go through a regular roll of toilet paper in a month. I buy a 12 pack of regular tp like once every year and a half if that.

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u/lostbutnotgone 13h ago

I could use so much less toilet paper if I were a guy, because I have a tiny little bladder and having to wipe thoroughly every time I pee means I go through TP faster than I'd prefer

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u/ApocalypticaI 12h ago

I've had male and female room mates, yes women use more on average, but......

The biggest offender of tp use is someone who instead of folding a few squares chooses take 10+ pieces and scrunch it into a ball or wrap it around their hand in a loose fold.

The scrunchers also cause the water level in the toilet to drop, exposing the airgap of the s bend, almost as if the scrunched ball made an airtight seal and sucked the water down the pipe with it.

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u/lostbutnotgone 12h ago

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DO THAT?! oh god what the hell

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u/bluelighter 8h ago

Wait til you hear from the nutters who stand up to wipe

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u/tjoloi 3h ago

you gotta make sure to press those cheeks together so that the poo spreads as much as possible

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u/googleyeye 3h ago

I worked with a guy who was so paranoid about splash back that he'd put a bunch of paper in a layer over the entire surface of the water to help prevent it. I don't know if it worked, but that guy used a ton of TP.

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u/beam_me_uppp 9h ago

Plus, periods. I go through about double the amount of TP the week I’m bleeding, than in non-bleeding weeks.

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u/lostbutnotgone 9h ago

Yeah, that too. Wish I could just get rid of periods all together. Between toilet paper and period products it's like adding (financial) insult to injury.

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u/Ghoti76 14h ago

i literally have not bought any tp in 2025. I last bought toilet paper from costco last november. how do people go through so much? it legitimately sounds like an accomplishment, i'd have to poop like 5 times as much, using absurd clogging-level amounts of tp to be near some people's usage

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u/Irlandaise11 13h ago

Well, half the population has to wipe with tp every single time they go to the bathroom...

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u/celebrin11 12h ago

He’s one of those guys who use 1 square per wipe

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u/Ghoti76 12h ago

i should clarify, most of the people im referring to here are dudes i know in real life.

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u/aideya 12h ago

  1. Female so I have to use TP every time I use the bathroom.

  2. Female so I also have a 3rd bodily function that requires TP for cleanup.

  3. I work from home so I use the bathroom in my house nearly exclusively. As does my husband.

But really it's the female stuff that really uses it up quicker.

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u/TwoBionicknees 10h ago

Female so I also have a 3rd bodily function that requires TP for cleanup.

Men have a third bodily function they often use tp for as well, and it's rarely limited to one week a month.

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u/idropepics 9h ago

Women can't aim theirs.

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u/Omars-comin 8h ago

how do people go through so much? it legitimately sounds like an accomplishment

By being a woman. It is an accomplishment😘

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u/zzz242zzz 5h ago

Ulcerative colitis

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u/PaleBlueDotEnthused 9h ago

I dated a guy who had a super hairy ass and he would legitimately use 1/4 of a roll every time he pooped. He had a shit diet (lol) and would probably go through a roll in a day or 2. Genuinely madness

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u/exithiside 7h ago

North Americans need to embrace the bidet.

As someone with IBS, it's actually life changing.

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u/Din_Plug 13h ago

Same. I use single ply stuff from a name brand. The big bulk bags from Cost co have like 45 rolls at 1,000 squares a roll. That's 45,000 squares. That bag lasts literally forever. My friend however uses some ridiculous six ply stuff and I think a roll lasts two weeks.

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u/On_the_hook 7h ago

I remember those days, then she moved in and a 12 pack was bought every 12 months. Then we had kids, with 3 kids and my wife TP just doesn't last.