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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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[โ€“] bizarroland@fedia.io 28 points 4 months ago (4 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?

[โ€“] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] Wahots@pawb.social 2 points 4 months 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.

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[โ€“] Head@lemmings.world 18 points 4 months 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.

[โ€“] lud@lemm.ee 17 points 4 months 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.

[โ€“] kusari@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 months ago

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

[โ€“] schwim@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago
[โ€“] Alice 16 points 4 months ago (2 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

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[โ€“] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)
[โ€“] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Might be someone mad because of this.

[โ€“] Mothra@mander.xyz 11 points 4 months ago

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

[โ€“] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)
[โ€“] Corno@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago

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

[โ€“] Monzcarro@feddit.uk 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

[โ€“] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 months ago

Yeah, about the same.

[โ€“] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months 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.

[โ€“] 93maddie94@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months 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.

[โ€“] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 months ago

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

[โ€“] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 4 months 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.

[โ€“] jonsnothere 2 points 4 months ago

I dab too, there are dozens of us!

[โ€“] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago

Sink pissers unite

[โ€“] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 months ago
[โ€“] tfowinder@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I wash like civilized human.

[โ€“] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Do you dry yourself afterwards? If so, how?

[โ€“] toastal@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

Water dries quickly. No need to overthink.

[โ€“] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago

When I shit, I bidet and use three squares.

[โ€“] TisI@reddthat.com 6 points 4 months 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.

[โ€“] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

[โ€“] Bilbo_Haggins@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months 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.

[โ€“] TisI@reddthat.com 2 points 4 months ago

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

[โ€“] jsomae@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months 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

[โ€“] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] jsomae@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

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

[โ€“] Drusas@fedia.io 4 points 4 months 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.

[โ€“] ChrissieWF@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 months ago

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

[โ€“] I_am_10_squirrels 2 points 4 months ago

I think an important metric is a bidet.

[โ€“] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)
[โ€“] FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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

[โ€“] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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.