Saw this today, 4 ply and then 5 ply toilet paper sheets in Woolies!
It wasn’t that long ago when they started pushing 3 ply and now it seems to be the standard, no doubt a way to get you to spend more on poo paper but this is just getting beyond a joke now.
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Big plumber
For people that SHIT a LOT.
I’m 33 and I don’t remember 4 ply ever not existing.
“Try new Kleenex tarpaulin!”
Years ago when I was super poor I could only afford this brand called Autumn Leaves, it was 2ply and goddamn if the name wasn’t true to the texture
Delicate anus
Don’t get between me and thicker poo tickets, thanks.
I was saving up for 5 ply,
But……
the budget has changed my financial strategy.
At this point you may as well be wiping your balloon knot with a cushion.
5 ply is a new one for me.
It’s for people who do 25% larger sheets.
Skimpflation and shrinkflation – each ply today is smaller, thinner, and less dense than ever before. 5-ply sheets now are likely the same as 2.5 ply from 20 years ago. When they say 25% larger, they mean compared to their shrunken standard sheets, making them the same size as they were ages back.
4 ply has been around a long time. I hadn’t noticed 5 ply though. 3 is enough for me, since it comes in the triple length rolls
The 5 ply appears to be on special, why not get some and report back how now you’ve been told by your family that you now can only buy 5 ply 🙃
Hey I work for a toilet paper manufacturing plant so I can actually shed some light on this.
The three major brands in Australia, Quilton, Kleenex and Sorbent are pushing a three tier model for toilet paper quality and currently they all seem to be hyper fixating on some kind of stupid arms race for the best top tier product.
Complexity of product range makes it harder to compare and budget different items
I noticed the rolls are getting smaller
5 layers! How soft have assholes become lately
IBS is everywhere.
Wouldn’t 5 ply be worse for the plumbing?
Get bidet. I go thru one roll per week now and I poop multiple times a day.
The end of Covid lockdowns left the shareholders wanting more
In fairness, I have always found it worth it to pay a little more and get the best toilet paper and tissues you can. If you don’t… The day will come when you get sick, or stuck on the toilet, and you’ll *really* wish you had.
I think we need bidets with a camera , screen and joystick for aiming the water stream.
Big Bidet is moving in on their territory so they gotta make up some new product to hold ground.
I found 6ply tissues the other day. This is like the thread-count obsessed years isn’t it?
Still get the same amount of paper, but you’re using more of it at one time, meaning you go through the roll quicker, meaning you need to buy more sooner, making them more money
I’m holding out for 6 ply and an M9 MacBook Pro
Get a bum gun. Did we learn nothing from the toilet paper shortage of 2020?
You use so much less paper compared to just wiping.
Which part has the gold in it. I don’t see any gold?
People have bigger butts now i guess.
And yet a lot of the corporate offices still get 1 ply toilet paper 🧻
Keep going, I want 30 ply, 80 ply. MORE
What toilet paper manufacturers think I want: *the most luxurious, softest pampering for your delicate bum-bum… with the finest silk blend*
What I actually want: **shit removed from arse**
Ignore this bs and just order your loo paper online in a big box. Personally I use yarn’n. It’s Aboriginal owned and proceeds go towards supporting increasing literacy rates in Aboriginal youth. A box lasts our house 3-4 months and it’s all made in Australia unlike “who gives a crap”.
Theres nothing stopping you from sticking to 3 ply
Is this why 3 ply now feels like 2 ply because I swear I picked up a quilton & it lasted forever (less paper getting use) but when I went to replace it, I forgot which one it was and grabbed a big pack… It’s just not the same
any more ply and we’ll be using them as quilts!
it absorbs more of my anus covid
That’s 10 ply bud
Anything at, or less than, than $0.28 per 100 sheets is good buying.
I think that using platinum is overkill, plain old bog paper is fine
Mate, I just want milk that tastes like full cream milk.
plumbers are going to love it
Sigh
There are a lot of people with the money to waste of something that sounds fancier
“King Size” but really the same size toilet paper used to be just a few years ago.