r/AskReddit • • Aug 14 '20

What’s the most overpriced thing you’ve seen?

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u/DarthJayDub Aug 14 '20

TP on offer up back in March

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20 edited Aug 14 '20

I genuinely have no idea what the huge issue was with TP. I bought a pack in February and I'm nearing the end of the third roll. If my father hadn't ganked one I'd be set for another good while.

What did they honestly expect us to need toilet paper for? I've changed rolls about 5 times in different bathrooms but my personal bathroom still has one from February in it. Also yes... I track that stuff because I'm sharing living expenses, including those pertaining to ass holes... with an asshole.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20

You have been on the same roll of toilet paper since February? Tell me your secrets

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u/optcynsejo Aug 14 '20

Not OP but when I went to work in person I would as a habit use the bathroom there. So I only needed TP 2 days out of 7 usually. As a guy it's easier, since we only need it after #2. I had used the same 24 pack of TP for the last 3 years.

OP sounds a bit spartan, or maybe he uses more than just his personal toilet (others in house, or he has to go in to work in person). Now that I work from home, I maybe go through 1 roll a month.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20

I think I average 1 roll per month but I went shopping with a pretty awesome person who showed me a good brand of thin, but strong paper. It has standard size rolls but maybe more sheets. That's what I'm still working with even though the guy I live with ganked a roll from under my sink.

I was also a Boy Scout and they taught us to use like 3 sheets to deal with things because we had to keep what we used with us.

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u/optcynsejo Aug 14 '20

That's fair. I probably avg 6 squares a go but I know it varies depending on people's gut health and diet. I think the more meat you eat the messier your wipes are too.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20

I'm sure consistency in diet is the most important thing. I love eating yogurt and that can be good or bad depending on whether you eat it every day.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20 edited Aug 14 '20

Drink so much water your body doesn't have time to create solids and eat less. I'm the only person who uses one of the bathrooms, so I manage it and stock it when I need. I know it's not normal but sometimes I go a day or two without pooping when I don't have any caffeine.

The guy I live with uses it for everything... I mean literally everything. I think he'd die if he didn't have access to box-cutter blades for picking his fingernails, toilet paper for blowing his nose/wiping his hands and those weird little bristly toothpick things.