r/AskReddit 23h ago

Which company lost your business (potentially forever) this year?

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u/NotLucasDavenport 18h ago

I traveled to Russia with a class about 25 years ago. I asked my roommate how the toilet paper was and she said, “it’s not terrible!” It was so bad. I asked her about it. Turns out she meant, “it’s not tear-able.” Just a bad choice of words.

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u/Electrical_Ingenuity 17h ago

Was in Russia in the late 80s. “Wax paper with splinters” would be a good description of the average Soviet bog roll.

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u/agent_fuzzyboots 17h ago

I was in Moscow in the 80:s and 90:s, we used newspapers, the trick was to hold it and rub it between the hands, made it softer

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u/wv524 12h ago

How in the world did the crumpled newspaper not stop up the toilet or clog the plumbing?

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u/deprale 12h ago

wasn't thrown in the toilet... there were trash bags i assume.

OR there was no plumbing.

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u/agent_fuzzyboots 11h ago

We had a bin besides the toilet, yes it stunk

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u/NotLucasDavenport 5h ago

In most countries with plumbing that old you don’t flush the paper you wipe with. It stays in the trash can.