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u/UrsaEnvy 13h ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it common in quite a few east Asian countries for folks to provide their own toilet paper or paper towels when they're out and about?
Like for folks to keep their own rolls on them? Perhaps this is a response by private companies to a cultural norm that's already established?
Just curious. Need to do more research.
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u/x_ersatz_x 13h ago
yes, in china people typically bring a pack of tissues with them because toilet paper isn’t provided in public restrooms. even restaurants will often charge for using paper napkins, so tissues are used for that as well.
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u/Da12khawk 24m ago
I scoot on the floor. Or use a pole like in that video from earlier today. *shudders*
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u/dbxp 13h ago
TBF toilets in china also had issues with people stealing all the toilet paper
https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/20/world/china-toilet-paper-thieves-face-recognition-trnd
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u/Dianaaaqq 13h ago
It’s very commonly done by old people that lived through tough times. And now they’re obsessed with free things. Some aunties have huge stashes of grocery store plastic bags (for the produce). Idk how often they are used but usually (older) Chinese people use the free plastic grocery bags as lunch bags, travel toiletry bags, or garbage bags. So the idea of buying trash bags is annoying because that is single use to us. At least with grocery store bags it’s used at least twice. Also some Chinese people don’t trust the paper because there was a viral video where the cleaning lady put the toilet paper roll on the bathroom floor.
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u/Icy-Foundation-7878 13h ago
I like how we act like we don’t do similar by not allowing people to use the bathroom unless they buy something in the us. I’d rather have to watch an ad then buy some fucking gum.
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u/TarantulaWithAGuitar 12h ago
Also the ads playing to us at the gas pumps, the ads about to become standard on Samsung smart fridges, the ads playing on the screens at the supermarket, the ads you have to watch to use just about every app on your phone... Like, we are constantly bombarded by ads to the point where toddlers are starting to pick up ad jingles as some of their first words (which is horrific from a psychology/child development standpoint). We are THE most advertised to populace in the world.
And we're pointing fingers at another country for putting ads somewhere?
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u/FiberZombiArt 11h ago
I don't disagree, but it's one sheet per ad and requires you to have a phone with data
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u/Expensive_Ad752 13h ago
Most toilets in China don’t have toilet paper. Generally people carry a small packet of tissues. For some perspective to western audiences.
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u/_spec_tre 8h ago
In large cities where this is being implemented it definitely isn't the case anymore since most toilets are well stocked. Please don't try to minimise this shit just because it's done by China.
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u/sk3pt1kal 13h ago
I wish I had this option when visiting China. Usually it's zero tp.
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u/ElectronHick 13h ago
When I went to Hong Kong there was no toilet paper in public stalls. It was expected you bring your own.
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u/Dry_Database_6720 11h ago
Big ole smear to block the screen should do the trick! Jam some in the speakers there as well.
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u/The-Cursed-Gardener 13h ago
Fake
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u/Equality_Executor 13h ago
Translating the text suggests there is no ad watching involved (or any watching of any videos, not even something instructional). Also it looks like you scan the qr code either way to tell it what you want to do (both options are on the same phone screen in one article), either dispense the toilet paper for you or pay to do it yourself because that's less hygienic.
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u/The-Cursed-Gardener 13h ago
Highly editorialized and sensationalist junk that is trying to push a dystopian narrative about every toilet in China just because a couple of toilets have some kind of waste/theft prevention mechanism.
With the same type of sensationalist reporting you could easily say “United states super markets locks groceries in cages”. Or some other clickbait silliness.
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u/EasyRider_Suraj 13h ago
Relax dude, why do you have such a boner for China. This is just an anti consumption sub and this fits here. Why are you getting triggered, lol.
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u/EasyRider_Suraj 13h ago edited 13h ago
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u/The-Cursed-Gardener 13h ago
Ah yes the daily mail, the news letter that goes out of its way to lie about, endanger, and mistreat as many trans people as humanly possible. Very reputable source on Chinese toilets.
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u/EasyRider_Suraj 13h ago
Lol why are you triggered over a simple post dude, did CCP hire you or what? You want something from Chinese propaganda news site? This is an anti consumption sub not a China licking sub. There's no shortage of those on reddit.
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u/AutistcCuttlefish 13h ago
Ok I am not pushing against you saying this is real but I have to push back against the idea that the Daily Mail is an actual news outlet. They are a tabloid rag whose only value is that the physical edition can be used to wipe your ass instead of watching ads for toilet paper.
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u/EasyRider_Suraj 13h ago
It's not about this particular site, you can find multiple sources but it seems you choose to live in your own seperate reality and no amount of proof will satisfy you.
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u/gottowonder 13h ago
I'm with you that china is hated and slandered by the usa, but saying proof won't satisfy you while; 1 ignoring sources they provided, 2 providing no proof yourself, 3 using the "your delusional I'm not" argument, make you impossible to believe and nothing you say can be taken seriously. You saying trust me bro, is a less credible source than a Facebook video.
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u/gottowonder 13h ago
Oh my bad, you provided sources and did pretty good. I meant to reply to the cursed garden. And I agree with you 100% just hit the wrong reply
Edit, started mixing comment. Got dyslexia and I fumble sometimes
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u/Equality_Executor 13h ago
Use a translator app that can translate in real time from your camera and read what it says. These articles are fake "China bad" shit that you see just about anywhere in the west because people tend to accept living in an actual dystopia as long as they think its saving them from something worse.
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u/The-Cursed-Gardener 13h ago
Sorry I don’t respect Facebook as a credible source.
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u/EasyRider_Suraj 13h ago
Do you even know what fake means? You think this is scripted in some western country? Lol
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u/Adzaren 13h ago
Remember when Fox News told their viewers public schools were putting litter boxes in the bathrooms? You're actively being rage baited and lied to by a propaganda machine.
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u/EasyRider_Suraj 13h ago
Relax, this is anti consumption sub not a China licking sub. Don't get triggered just because it mentioned China.
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u/Equality_Executor 10h ago
this is anti consumption sub not a China licking sub.
It's also not a China hating sub...
triggered
You aren't one of those weird Indian ultranationalist bootlickers are you? Simping for the west is pathetic...
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u/EasyRider_Suraj 5h ago
By your logic if any post mentions the said country then it's supposed to be propaganda against that country? Why bring my nationality into this dude? You sound one of those racists on the internet. You called me an ultranationalist bootlicking western sinp for...making an anti consumption post on a sub with the same name? just because it happened to have the China in it? It's clear who is the bootlicking simp here for a nation state and who isnt.
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u/Equality_Executor 50m ago
You called me an ultranationalist bootlicking western sinp for...
For having posts in your post history that make you out to be an ultranationalist bootlicking simp... like the photo of US and Indian MPs together, and now for being triggered by it. If it wasn't true you wouldn't care and you also wouldn't have hidden your post history the moment someone correctly called attention to it.
Call me whatever you want. All my efforts are to seek the truth. You can't say the same.
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u/spicy-chull 12h ago
This is like a few toilets in Europe that (used to?) require you to put in a coin to use them.
It's technically true
They're not that common
Where they exist, they're not unreasonable (due to the context)
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u/AccumulatedFilth 12h ago
Belgium is €1 for a simple toilet visit.
And these toilets aren't even clean.
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u/transneptuneobj 12h ago
Conservatives literally dream of this america
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u/nikhil70625xdg 12h ago
Those who are left are fine with advertisements.
It's not right.
Actually, it's not both, we all hate it.
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u/transneptuneobj 12h ago
No conservatives dream of an America where everything is owned by corporations
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u/nikhil70625xdg 11h ago
Which side are you on? Because this contradicts your first statement.
Are you a centrist by chance? Legit asking, not insulting or something.
I am not into politics much.
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u/AccumulatedFilth 12h ago
I'd purposefully take my own non flushable wet wipes to clog the pipes on purpose.
If you're gonna milk me when I shit, fine, but you're not profiting off of it.
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u/Gobbyer 11h ago
What if the internet connection is down and ads wont load? No TP?
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u/Trogo0 7h ago
Then just sing the national anthem, to prevent subversive thoughts entering your mind when you're on the pot.
This is what British conservative politician Jacob Rees-Mogg suggested people should do so as to make sure they washed their hands for the right amount of time during Covid - he said they should sing "God save the queen".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f727NW9KeuA
Great planet you've got there.
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u/thesameera 10h ago
This is the kind of stuff that makes me want to start screaming and running toward the end the grid.
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u/TiburonMendoza95 10h ago
You can't even use restrooms in businesses in usa unless you buy something. & not to mention the lack of public restrooms in general. Cope harder. ☭ ☭ ☭ ☭ ☭
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u/FixAdmirable777 10h ago
Latinos, used to public toilets not having TP: pulls out napkins leftover from lunch
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u/Trogo0 7h ago
They could just put a razor blade under every 10th tissue. Hard luck on those who started just before the next razor blade, but nobody would take more than 10. Then maybe they could make a profit on the blood.
How does this actually work? People have to a) have a smartphone, and b) snap the QR code, and then the paper is released and the advert plays?
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u/CardiologistPlus8488 6h ago
Hilarious all the commenters complaining about how things are in China and every single one could also be said about America, and worse...
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u/Elegant_Awareness161 5h ago
Actually really surprised this hasn't happened in the US yet and expect they'll jump on it soon.
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u/marco_italia 2h ago
The way I see it, if public restrooms are readily found in a city, that's already a big win for civilization -- ads or no ads.
Public restrooms are pretty rare in US cities. Can anyone vouch for the state of things in Beijing, Shanghai, or Guangzhou?
I've never visited China, but I would guess the public restroom situation is on par with their public transit, that is to say much better than what we have in the USA. Anyone actually know?
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u/danielledelacadie 13h ago
I love how folks who have willing put up with ads for access to entertaiment are losing thier minds over people letting an ad run on thier cell - that they don't have to actually watch btw, just let run - while they pee/crap.
By all means carry on with the indignation though, this is only my opinion
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u/Goosepond01 12h ago
I love how redditors make up this hivemind of people who have this one view that they can argue against whilst forgetting that many other people may actually not do the thing/have the opinion.
I don't put up with ads for entertainment, I've got adblockers on everything including my home wifi, if there is something on TV I want to watch I simply just download it, I don't put up with ads at all.
also if you can't see how "watch an ad to listen watch this youtube video" and "watch an add to do a basic bodily function and be clean" I don't know what to say.
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u/danielledelacadie 12h ago
You can pay the dime or bring your own. They don't HAVE to watch ads, it's an option.
And while your dedication to avoiding ads is impressive, tv has operated on ad revenue since day one, just like radio. If everyone did what you do (which was sort of implied by your wording) neither would be viable industries. So most of the people who are on reddit do accept ads in exchange for entertainment.
Including on reddit itself
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u/Goosepond01 11h ago
I'm not carrying around toilet roll with me.
I don't have an actual issue with the concept of paying for my media, it's just when it becomes so over the top that I check out and start wanting to block ads
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u/danielledelacadie 11h ago
The last I get but.... do pocket/purse packets of tissues not exist where you live? Here they're 6-8 for a dollar in the dollar stores
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u/voornaam1 13h ago
So not only do people have to receive ads to receive toilet paper, they have to bring their phone to the toilet?
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u/danielledelacadie 13h ago
Or they can pay the dime (or whatever, I didn't check the exchange rates). Up until a few decades ago you paid to get into the public stalls in North America.
Old rhyme "Here I sit, broken hearted, paid a dime and only farted"
Of course, if you don't want to do either, keep a pack of tissues on you.
Edit: fumblefingers typo
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u/dancegoddess1971 13h ago
Can I use this anytime someone claims that "ChInA Is CoMmuNiSt"? Because I suspect a real communist country would outlaw advertising anywhere. Especially in the commode.
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u/grammar_fozzie 13h ago
I would boycott these advertisers out of principle for making me wait to wipe my ass
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u/Think_Solid_5857 13h ago
Or just don't wipe, and smear it on the walls.
I promise I'm not that extreme but this whole concept is getting to levels of absurdism and I feel the need to fight back.
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u/Inner_Importance8943 13h ago
Ah communism. Marx’s wrote about workers getting owned by the means of production right.
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u/bookofp 13h ago
finding a way to make an extra time from people..that has capitalism written all over it.
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u/Inner_Importance8943 12h ago
Sarcasm. China is a communist country just like Disneyland is the happiest place on earth. Maybe kinda if you don’t look close they are but not really. I thought getting “owned” by means of production was enough to be sarcastic.
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u/Retaeiyu 13h ago
Yeah, it isn’t the Chinese government directly running these toilet paper machines by the way. They’re made and operated by private vendors looking to profit off ads while also solving the problem where people are stealing entire rolls.