Was toilet paper really as bad as it supposedly was in the former Soviet bloc?

[Os Cangaceiros]

Supposedly using toilet paper in the fUSSR (and associated nations in Europe) was like wiping your butt with raspy tree bark. Was this really the case, or is this just another goddamn bourgeois lie? Or is it a fatal flaw in the centrally planned economy, that one can not even produce a single roll of soft 2-ply?

Discuss.

[The Douche]

Couldn't have been worse than army toilet paper.

[Prometeo liberado]

Do any of these sound as if they lived up to all the hype?
Cottonelle toilet paper brand
Looking out for the family.


Angel Soft toilet paper
Comfort Where You Want It.


Royale bathroom tissue brand, Canada
A Stronger Feeling of Softness.


Charmin Ultra toilet tissue
Best For Bear Bottoms.
Purex toilet paper

Pillowy softness you can see and feel.

The thickest Purex ever.

Purex. Long on value.


Velvet toilet paper
Velvet. Love your Bum.


Bouquets Toilet Tissue, Australia
The toilet tissue that really cares for Downunder.


Quilted Northern Bath Tissue
Quilted Northern. It's all in the quilting.


Na, I don't think so either. The only problem with Soviet toilet paper is that they didn't bother trying to bullshit anyone.

[Comrades Unite!]

The toilet paper was not up to standard in a Socialist country?

I am now giving up on Marxism, Poor toilet paper is the sign of an oppressed nation.

[Ostrinski]

The toilet paper was not up to standard in a Socialist country?

I am now giving up on Marxism, Poor toilet paper is the sign of an oppressed nation.

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[Igor]

Couldn't have been worse than army toilet paper.

my army toilet paper was surprisingly nice. partially because it wasn't actually army toilet paper as people were just bringing their own as my unit for some reason was constantly out of toilet paper

[Comrade Samuel]

The toilet paper in a public highschool isn't exactly great either, it's simply 1 ply, very cheaply produced and you've got a 50-50 chance that when you get to it that it will already be covered in somebody else's excrement,blood, snot or some other bodily fluid.

The old idea of using your left hand seems far more convenient but at the same time horribly unsanitary and quite disgusting.

[Igor]

we need more of those japanese future toilets. toilet paper is reaKKKtionary

[Os Cangaceiros]

The toilet paper in a public highschool isn't exactly great either, it's simply 1 ply, very cheaply produced and you've got a 50-50 chance that when you get to it that it will already be covered in somebody else's excrement,blood, snot or some other bodily fluid.

The old idea of using your left hand seems far more convenient but at the same time horribly unsanitary and quite disgusting.

Yeah, some TP in public bathrooms is terrible.

I haven't heard of futuristic Japanese toilets. Are they just a new version of the bidet?

[PC LOAD LETTER]

The toilet paper in a public highschool isn't exactly great either, it's simply 1 ply, very cheaply produced and you've got a 50-50 chance that when you get to it that it will already be covered in somebody else's excrement,blood, snot or some other bodily fluid.

The old idea of using your left hand seems far more convenient but at the same time horribly unsanitary and quite disgusting.
My high school's bathrooms seemed like they never had toilet paper, but when they did it was that 1-ply bullshit you're talking about. And they always reeked of shit and weed. It was a weird combination. It's almost like it was being used as air freshener. Take a shit, light a j.

[Prometeo liberado]

My high school's bathrooms seemed like they never had toilet paper, but when they did it was that 1-ply bullshit you're talking about. And they always reeked of shit and weed. It was a weird combination. It's almost like it was being used as air freshener. Take a shit, light a j.

Why are you smelling the toilet paper in the school restroom? Do what most civilized people do and hold it 'till you get home or after the revolution. Whichever comes first.

[PC LOAD LETTER]

Why are you smelling the toilet paper in the school restroom? Do what most civilized people do and hold it 'till you get home or after the revolution. Whichever comes first.
Oh, c'mon, the bathrooms reeked of shit and weed :lol:

[Rusty Shackleford]

is it me or does no one know that folding 1 ply toilet paper makes for exponentially more ply toilet paper?

[Igor]

I haven't heard of futuristic Japanese toilets. Are they just a new version of the bidet?

kinda.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilets_in_Japan#Japanese_bidets

[citizen of industry]

my army toilet paper was surprisingly nice. partially because it wasn't actually army toilet paper as people were just bringing their own as my unit for some reason was constantly out of toilet paper

my navy toilet paper (one ply) was rolled across the stalls on a locked wire cable to keep people from stealing it, and it was almost always empty. I remember going from head to head trying to find a stall with tp, using my knowledge of years on the ship to check those semi-hidden stalls. I remember one shipmate shitting in the female officer's head and another who used to just shit in a bucket on watch.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

It couldn't have been any worse than that glossy stuff that I've thankfully only come across once or twice. What the fucking fuck is up with that nonsense? It absorbs nothing and just spreads it around. Might as well try to wipe one's arse with an Argos catalogue.

[cynicles]

It couldn't have been any worse than that glossy stuff that I've thankfully only come across once or twice. What the fucking fuck is up with that nonsense? It absorbs nothing and just spreads it around. Might as well try to wipe one's arse with an Argos catalogue.
OMG! I thought I was the only one! Nobody believed me that there was glossy toilet paper, I thought it was all a nightmare! I'm not crazy!

[the last donut of the night]

i can give up marxism but i will not give up my right to good tp

[Veovis]

Whoever thought that wiping your ass with nothing but dry paper constitutes cleanliness?

Bidets for the win. Or at least wet wipes.

[Ostrinski]

Am I the only one who has to get my wad of toilet paper wet by dipping it under the facet (not soaking, but wet) before I wipe my ass? When you just use dry toilet paper it just spreads it, it doesn't get it off. Everyone I've talked to about this said I was crazy.

[PC LOAD LETTER]

Am I the only one who has to get my wad of toilet paper wet by dipping it under the facet (not soaking, but wet) before I wipe my ass? When you just use dry toilet paper it just spreads it, it doesn't get it off. Everyone I've talked to about this said I was crazy.
Why don't you just buy wet wipes


You could keep a standard TP roll on the ... roll ... for guests, then stash the wet wipes somewhere and bust 'em out when you need to squeeze some sausage.

[#FF0000]

The old idea of using your left hand seems far more convenient but at the same time horribly unsanitary and quite disgusting.

what the fuck do you think they spent all that money on running water for you coward?

[Robocommie]

Real men use poison ivy anyhow

[Igor]

my navy toilet paper (one ply) was rolled across the stalls on a locked wire cable to keep people from stealing it, and it was almost always empty. I remember going from head to head trying to find a stall with tp, using my knowledge of years on the ship to check those semi-hidden stalls. I remember one shipmate shitting in the female officer's head and another who used to just shit in a bucket on watch.

we kinda did the thing with officers bathroom for a while until they realized we're doing it and weren't that happy about it. nobody exactly wanted to risk losing their holidays for a luxurious shit

[Quail]

It couldn't have been any worse than that glossy stuff that I've thankfully only come across once or twice. What the fucking fuck is up with that nonsense? It absorbs nothing and just spreads it around. Might as well try to wipe one's arse with an Argos catalogue.
It's a while since I used glossy toilet paper but yeah wtf is with that. It's not only useless as toilet paper, but you may as well be wiping yourself with tracing paper or baking parchment. It's kind of spiky if you scrunch it up.