Are westerners being robbed of TP when we get the hollow rolls? Is communism the right path after all?

  • downpunxx
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    777 months ago

    toilet paper without cardboard roll centers are much cheaper to produce, though impossible to place in a toilet paper holder, so they sit on the sink, or the floor, or a long nail in the wall

    • @[email protected]
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      157 months ago

      Do they not have holders specifically designed for it? Could just have two rollers that support it from the bottom.

      • @[email protected]
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        7 months ago

        We used to have one at home. It’s like a clam shell – the roll sits in the bottom half, the hinged top half closes on top, and the paper is threaded through a wide gap.

        It was popular in former Soviet territories. My guess is that many households only had poorly-built outhouses and no reliable supply of toilet paper, and this design protected the roll from water damage.

      • edric
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        57 months ago

        There are plastic containers similar to box tissue but are round with a hole in the middle of the lid. Then you pull the toilet paper from the center of the roll.

    • @[email protected]
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      27 months ago

      they have tp holders for those tubeless rolls. It’s hung on the wall like a box with a slit at the bottom to pull the tp through.