Alternatives to toilet paper: What should we do when we run out of toilet paper due to coronavirus?

Someone shared this recently:

https://youtu.be/Vzb98tQp53I

Or add a bidet to your toilet, maybe like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Abedoe-Hand-Held-Bathroom-Stainless/dp/B074W7XLVM/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=

Don't you have a shower?

I'm at yellow alert - about 2 weeks supply left then I'll have Kleenex for about one week. Then I guess sandwich bags? ?

Every day I go scavenging for TP at several stores...nada

This is the 21st century and we've globally run out of TP, goves & masks...unbelievable!

Saxons wrote:

This is the 21st century and we've globally run out of TP, goves & masks...unbelievable!

Some toilet paper exec said they were running their plants 24/7 before the crisis. They do not have machines sitting idle because that costs money. They are not able to increase production without building new machines. They don't want to do that because they expect this to end, and then the machines will sit idle.

Right now we are operating only at 120% of normal production with about 900% normal demand.

Everything should be leafing out soon.

moss wet wipes are fantastic wrote:

Everything should be leafing out soon.

Good one! ?

A Hungry, Violent Mob wrote:

Right now we are operating only at 120% of normal production with about 900% normal demand.

So people that normally poop 1-2 times a day are now pooping 9-18 times a day?

Coffee filters, sandpaper, grass leaves... You know be creative;)

Dur wrote:

A Hungry, Violent Mob wrote:

Right now we are operating only at 120% of normal production with about 900% normal demand.

So people that normally poop 1-2 times a day are now pooping 9-18 times a day?

Nice try. People who normally need 1 package of 4 rolls and now buying 36 rolls to hoard. The people who have been unable to find rolls for the past few weeks, when they can find it, are then buying more so they don't run out again. It's a vicious cycle.

mid-20s guy wrote:

So basically what are my options? What would a poor person in Africa or India do?

I looked this up. Just buy newspaper. You can't flush newspaper, so you'll also need to dig a hole outside.

A Hungry, Violent Mob wrote:

Dur wrote:

So people that normally poop 1-2 times a day are now pooping 9-18 times a day?

Nice try. People who normally need 1 package of 4 rolls and now buying 36 rolls to hoard. The people who have been unable to find rolls for the past few weeks, when they can find it, are then buying more so they don't run out again. It's a vicious cycle.

If they've been out of it for weeks they should be adapted by now.

TP only became commercially available about 100 years ago. Thats only a tiny sliver of human history.

A Hungry, Violent Mob wrote:

Dur wrote:

So people that normally poop 1-2 times a day are now pooping 9-18 times a day?

Nice try. People who normally need 1 package of 4 rolls and now buying 36 rolls to hoard. The people who have been unable to find rolls for the past few weeks, when they can find it, are then buying more so they don't run out again. It's a vicious cycle.

My business class is a bit rusty, so maybe I understand demand wrong. Either way, if I make toilet paper, and you tell me usage is flat, then I'm not investing in more capacity.

It sounds like you are saying there isn't a shortage. Just post on Nextdoor you are desperate for TP and your neighbors will supply.

mid-20s guy wrote:

I currently have some toilet paper but am getting a little worried. Then I started thinking, "I bet most of the world doesn't have toilet paper. How th hell do they wipe or clean up after going the bathroom?"

So basically what are my options? What would a poor person in Africa or India do?

We have not run out of toilet paper or the supply of toilet paper. In this new normal, leftist preppers have created a shortage in distribution by hoarding unnecessary items. There is zero reason to hoard anything. Grocery stores are open! Shop when you need items like you always have in the past. Crazy ass liberal preppers.

There was a guy in New York City who ran out of toilet paper and was forced to use the NY newspaper.

His only comment was, “ The Times are rough.”

Saxons wrote:

I'm at yellow alert - about 2 weeks supply left then I'll have Kleenex for about one week. Then I guess sandwich bags? ?

Every day I go scavenging for TP at several stores...nada

This is the 21st century and we've globally run out of TP, goves & masks...unbelievable!

Isn’t it bad for sewer pipes if you flush Kleenex down the toilet? I wonder how many sewer problems are going to be created due to the toilet paper hoarders who are forcing everyone else to use other items as makeshift toilet paper?

What?

Wipe your arse with a wash cloth. Once done, clean wash cloth and repeat.

Animals lick their arses clean ,and as humans we still don’t know what to do?

What do you think your ancestors did when they had to use outhouses and before the creation of mass production and modern plumbing.?

Diamond5 wrote:

Saxons wrote:

I'm at yellow alert - about 2 weeks supply left then I'll have Kleenex for about one week. Then I guess sandwich bags? ?

Every day I go scavenging for TP at several stores...nada

This is the 21st century and we've globally run out of TP, goves & masks...unbelievable!

Isn’t it bad for sewer pipes if you flush Kleenex down the toilet? I wonder how many sewer problems are going to be created due to the toilet paper hoarders who are forcing everyone else to use other items as makeshift toilet paper?

I thought that was paper towels? ?

Geezus, you can use anything. Just don't flush it. Put a trash bag next to your toilet. If your toilet is next to the shower, just hop in the shower.

If you're out for a long run, I use a sock. You can even launder a sock and reuse it. Cut up old t-shirts. Cut up an unused bed sheet. Lack of toilet paper isn't a crisis.

When I see anyone buying more than a single jumbo-pack of toilet paper, I know that person is stupid.

For what it's worth, the last time I went to Costco, they had gotten a shipment in and had pallets of it stacked near the front door. I did not buy any. One jumbo pack lasts me about 3 months. Maybe even longer. I looked in the basement, and I must have just bought one around mid-February, and it's still over half remaining.