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Folks with vaginas, I'm conducting some family comparative analysis and I'd like to know how many standard pieces of toilet paper do you use when wiping after a pee. I posted some comments with options to upvote if you like.

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[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I do not have a vagina, but I have noticed that by myself 1 roll of tp will last 2-4 weeks, but when I have feminine company it becomes more like 1+ roll a week.

It's mind boggling how you need so much more tp than us guys do, not that I blame you cos it's different down there.

Maybe I'm more concerned that in 10,000 years of civilization no one has developed a better way. We have "spray with water" and "copious amounts of absorbent material".

Where's the 3 shells at, people?

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 34 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Also vaginaless, but I'll throw in one square as an answer. All the jiggling in the world won't get rid of that last drop. It's either TP, or my undies.

You gotta press that spot behind ur balls, kinda moving back to front, and it comes out. This secret arcane knowledge was lost for millenia in my lineage, no longer passed down man to man. A kind stranger on the internet shared it with me.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'd go with undies.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Some sort of perineal drier? There's probably bidets with something like that built-in.

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, the Toto C2 or whatever micro revision it is this year. Same toilet lid, about $330 ish dollars. Lifechanging for men and women, especially once you realize it has an oscillating mode for washing.

I don't use TP at all anymore, it's just there for guests who feel uncomfortable.

[–] Head@lemmings.world 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is anyone else infuriated by the number of 'I don't have a vagina BUT' posts?

Like let me speak for the woman in my life. Let me provide my opinion. I know I wasn't asked BUT...

Jesus just go die in a hole. Let women speak for themselves.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Personally I don't see anything wrong with that at all. Commenting even if you don't have a vagina is absolutely not the same as speaking for everyone that does have one. In fact I haven't found a single comment that speaks for anyone but themselves.

If it's absolutely critical that only people with a vagina comments, OP should probably have put the question on a gendered ask community instead of the main one.

Some people just like to engage in the conversation about something they think is interesting even if it wasn't explicitly asked for. It's also interesting to compare delta-TP between genders.

Telling people to die seems a bit extreme for such a non issue.

[–] kusari@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago

1000 people dead in Alaska because they replied to a post about wiping piss

[–] schwim@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago
[–] Alice 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It really depends. Both on how much I peed, and also how decent the TP is. Basically however many it takes not to saturate the TP, and not get urine/blood/mucus on my hands. Could be three, could be a ton.

I'll use a TON more during my period, as even with a cup in, blood finds it's way onto my skin and then the flow of the urine helps spread it to every nook and cranny.

Another thing to take into account is discharge. That definitely takes extra TP, it's thicker and a few squares won't hold up.

TL;DR whoever gives a consistent amount of squares is either lying or has a much nicer vagina than I do

[–] seekingfreedom@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

+1 to this answer. If you don’t have a vagina, it’s probably difficult to understand how much various liquids play a part in every bathroom trip. And having a series of liquidy folds to clean instead of a hose.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The hose can be sneaky though. See, you think you are finished, you relax a bit more drops out... Now you are really done, you wipe the last little bit. Good to go.

But fuck you, no, sometimes there is a bit half way up that didn't come out, you get to the door and now the last bit let's go. Now you are uncomfortable and a little embarrassed.

Does it happen every time, no, but it is an ever present option...

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Might be someone mad because of this.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 11 points 1 month ago

2 or 3 squares, often folded. If the paper is cheap single ply it might be two or three times the amount.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Penis owner here, I used to do 1just to dab the tip cuz that's what my dad did but learned later that nobody else does it and stopped.

[–] jonsnothere 2 points 1 month ago

I dab too, there are dozens of us!

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I know I'm not the target audience, but when I'm at home I rinse my stick

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Sink pissers unite

[–] 93maddie94@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

At home: 3 squares, folded. At other places with different paper: 4-5, depending on quality. Out and about with the tissue paper that exists in public bathrooms? Maybe the length of my arm.

[–] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

Not a fan of the 0.5-ply paper they have at work?

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago

Two or three, more if my uterine lining is shedding.

[–] Monzcarro@feddit.uk 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Three shares, folded in half, then in half again. Maybe two squares if it's quilted.

[–] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

Yeah, about the same.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Oh this is smart, you're getting the required thickness by folding instead of using more pieces. When using an unfolded stack of squares you could end up utilizing just a small spot while the rest remains dry.

[–] tfowinder@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wash like civilized human.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Do you dry yourself afterwards? If so, how?

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Water dries quickly. No need to overthink.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

When I shit, I bidet and use three squares.

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago
[–] TisI@reddthat.com 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I obviously wash, but when I'm home I use washcloths to dry my vagina, and they're just the best. If I can't use washcloths to dry, I use those interfold tissues. They're amazing, they don't rip and you don't find tiny rolled pieces all over the place.

If I'm not in the house, in public places I use the interfold tissues if they have them, otherwise, depending on the quality of the tp, a minimum of 3 up to 6 or 7.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What do you do with the washcloth after use? Hang to dry and reuse, throw in a basket for laundry?

[–] Bilbo_Haggins@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Not OP, but we have a bidet and a basket of cut up t-shirt cloths next to the toilet that are single-use and then go in the wash every week. I wouldn't personally reuse washcloths for wiping out of fear of UTIs, but I'm extra paranoid.

[–] TisI@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago

I hang it to dry and use it for the rest of the day, and then with the laundry it goes.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

1, sometimes 2.

Does anyone else have the problem where sometimes a bit of TP sticks to your labia? especially the 1-ply

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

And then there's the toilet paper lint that sticks to various parts...

[–] ChrissieWF@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago

Usually, 2-3 double/folded sheets (so 4-6 in total). Possibly more at messier times.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago

Well, before I had terrible digestive problems, I would typically use four. Three for the initial wipe, and one to make sure everything is dry. Sometimes two to make sure everything is dry.

Now that I have terrible digestive problems, I think it's more like 10. I should buy stock in Cottonelle.

[–] I_am_10_squirrels 2 points 1 month ago

I think an important metric is a bidet.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's stupid if you edit the amount.

Edit: this used to be 5+. So view the other amounts OP edited with this thought in mind

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I edited it at the very beginning before there was any activity because I realized it's less ambiguous to have non overlapping intervals. Started with 1-3, 3-5, 5+. Settled on 1-3, 4-6, 7+. Of course it's stupid to change if there's any significant voting already. I'm asking because I'd like to know what people do. I wouldn't want to render useless what precious few responses I get.