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Artisticallyiinclined
Yes Sir, would you like those in Jumbo, Super Jumbo, Mega Jumbo, Double Plus, Jumbo Mega, Jumbo Plus, Supe Mega, Supreme, Mega or Mega Plus?
threedeviations
Building an imaginary sales image... standard practice...
Ruein
Marketing is a scourge
PrfctDrk
And stop making the "2 ply" so god damn small. biG BOLD LETTERS PLEASE
TacoTorn
Toilet paper math is the hardest kind of math.
MrFJ
In Denmark all toilet rolls are the same size. Only information on package is how many rolls and how many layers.
soultarr
basically a big sign saying “this is how many roles it would have been if We were allowed to be the shitty company we wanted to be!”
MayhemKing
There seems to be a lot of people conflating [paper] towels with toilet paper. They are not one and the same.
RandomGuy12345678910
Guessing my title is the cause of that confusion
nepats8712
Don’t forget the latest absorption technology. Like really? How much tech can go into a paper towel. Same with shaving razors.
GoddammitMrNoodle
Amen. And stop making the cardboard roll in the toilet paper bigger so that the role looks bigger.
Lurkinjustlookinohlookarmrolls
Toilet paper math is the worst kind of math.
thundercactus
It's shitty math is what it is.
SomeGuyWhoSaysStuff
Yes, I agree with this, paper towel math is the most confusing math ever
TacoBellChipotle
Just tell me how many poops it will last me.
Devolv3
Should hand over an enlarged dollar...it's the same size as 2 regular dollars
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
I recently worked out that Kirkland (Costco) select-a-size paper towels are one cent per sheet. Do with that knowledge what you will.
testzero
I dream of the day when expiration dates are printed mm-dd-yyyy instead of 04182041238103158109
RummageSaleBubbler
Your toilet paper expires?
testzero
woosh
v01dstar
I, too, miss the '80s.
MoopsyLD
don't forget they actually lowered the height of all rolls by around an inch
markthomasc31415
Toilet paper is far worse
mcbase
Keep dreaming. Crossing out numbers is a good sales tactic for any product. E.G. sunglasses. $150 / $125 / $50!!!
Gremlynn4023
They do both. Also it's clear packaging. How hard is it to count to eight?
UseTheBoost
You can just count how many rolls there are.
Niagaran
You're talking about Americans. 7% think chocolate milk comes from brown cows and 40% still want Trump.... Math ain't a strong suit.
mike13815
Yeah count all 30 different brands and packages, then put it into an excel sheet and enter the prices to find the deal. Every three weeks.
hiyesthisissatan
NO!
Hiphop101ize
Couldn't you just look at the weight?
RandomGuy12345678910
We use washing machines as a standard unit of measurement here is to old America
DeinnsBeans
Just tell me how many total square feet and the number of rolls.
SlicedCoffee
I'm pretty sure they tell you the sheets per roll
chin2luffy
No! Give me the number of 3 sheets I get for a package
MouthyLurker
Costco lists the price per square meter.
TheSomethingSomethingGenericReplyGuy
Better yet: "handles 49 explosive diarrheas"
EDDEDNEDDY
Good for 49 days gotcha
nevergonnagiveyouupnevergonnaletyoudownnevergonnarunaroundand
I better buy a few pack then, to get through the week.
rizion
32 after taco hell
EmporerDragon
Most brands do do that, it's just in tiny print on the bottom corner.
Ididnotknowthatwecouldchangethese
Haha... do do
chris3spice
This I look and last time I calculated at Target, Angel Soft was one of the cheapest per square foot.
Q269
Going bargain shopping at Target is like ordering from the American section of the Menu at a Chinese Restaurant...
chris3spice
I love me some Target. Also used to work for Target and loved it. Won't step foot in Wal-Mart and Wife doesn't like Charmin from Costco.
Q269
Charmin selectively ships a different quality of TP to Costco?
ButtplugHandGrenade
They should use WPA, wipes per ass.
meskuntujay
You mean.... ASSES per wipe
CojeCulos69
You wipe your ass with paper towels? That's that bachelor/bachelorette life ?
Gianttesticlemonster
Perhaps this is the ultimate question 42 is the answer for
tentacularfleshscape
If your ass needs 42 wipes then you may not be done shittin
v01dstar
You're thinking of TP, not PT.
Inarticulated
Don't flush paper towels. It doesn't dissolve as well as toilet paper.
v01dstar
"As well"? It's specifically designed, and advertised, for it's ability to *not* dissolve.
CleveryGuy
I'm sorry, is this some sort of American joke that I'm too European to understand?
phuzz00
Went to buy bog roll the other day, the supermarket has "cost per sheet" on the price tag, so you can just buy the cheapest overall.
birdloverlovesbirds
same here
EmporerDragon
Most packagings say crap like "8 Mega rolls! Compare to 12 Jumbo rolls of most other manufacturers!".
nosaucesbutapplesauces
They put the actual number of rolls smaller, and the hypothetical number of rolls bigger.
acuteavocado7
and the description of the hypothetical rolls in tiny font.. such garbage
MayhemKing
In North America, paper towels are sold in hypothetical rather than actual amounts per roll and it confuses the fuck outa everyone.
MayhemKing
For example, the papers towels I have now are 12=18. Which means, their 12 rolls are equal to 18 hypothetical rolls that a competitor sells.
muunleit
Ohh, here it's 10 rolls with 200 papers each or 8 rolls or 160 papers or something like that
Noughmad
Yes. I'm European and I have never seen this bullshit before, except on Imgur.
SociallyAwkwardCanadianMoose
Canada often has these too....
Noughmad
As much as the internet wants to believe otherwise, Canada is still in America and not in Europe.
ThomasThundersword
i mean a lot of people refuse to read the sheet count printed right there on the package and allow themselves to be confused.
UWAGAGABLAGABLAGABA
I just pick one up and put it in the basket. Idgaf what is says on it. If I need it, I'm going to buy it anyway. There's not really a point
nosaucesbutapplesauces
Honestly yeah this. Regardless of what it says, I know I’m getting this amount of tissue. *holds up actual tissue*.
UWAGAGABLAGABLAGABA
Expending effort on something so trivial.
RoundThreeFIGHT
Always go by total yardage, which they put in the corner of the label, just like toilet paper. That's how to get moneys worth
AccountCreatedToUpvoteDogs
If one is thicker though, the total yardage isn't sufficient.
ButtTrumpett
And for every other product look for the price per ounce on the rack. Only way I shop.
lizardbones
they donty have that in canada
wiezzenger
Some places do, and some only have it for specific items. Also depends where in Canada
lizardbones
never seen it in ontario
wiezzenger
Could have sworn the metro, no frills, and food basics I've gone to had it
CaptainTypo
Agreed. It's marketing nonsense.
GetHighWithTowlie
Can confirm its all marketing nonsense as someone who worked for a big supplier of these products
AndreaAllheart
12=36 rolls get it now!
RandomGuy12345678910
12 = 48 with our brand. Buy it instead.
Ironblitz
12 mega jumbo rolls = 24 of our [any unquantified metric] and = 150 regular[still not really quantified] rolls!
CE0485
Depends if your location but just add the tax into the on floor price.....
Case71
Right? If it works, it's borderline false advertising. And if it doesn't, then they're just treating us like idiots. Hate it either way.
v01dstar
No, they really are bigger than what used to be the "normal" size. OTOH, what's worse is they don't fit in normal-sized holders.
bamcobra
Exactly! Damn fat rolls fit so tightly in the ceramic built-into-the-wall holder that I’ve given up putting them in holder till half gone.
tongia
Can anyone explain this to a non american?
merxman
It's where you learn fun math things, like 16 = 40! https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71QfHaktWwL._AC_UL480_FMwebp_QL65_.jpg
tongia
Well. That's weird.
Wombatish
Hey now we've leaked a bit into Canada and they do it some too
RummageSaleBubbler
America has almost no consumer protection laws. Paper companies just plain lie to consumers. Saying, "20 rolls" when clearly one counts 6.
tongia
Oh fuck. What the hell?
kyramor
Warning: this comment may contain ridiculous hyperbole.
RummageSaleBubbler
Absolutely. And for their legal CYA, they say 6 rolls = ***20 rolls***.
RummageSaleBubbler
Needs to advertise total ft^2 (m^2) and lb (kg). Instead, packaging has lies like, "super mega roll = 6 regular rolls".
RummageSaleBubbler
They say 500 sheets, while cutting the width 30% less. Like when I ask how large is a pizza, and they say "we cut it into 8 slices".
RummageSaleBubbler
Good thread/rant: https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=266360&sid=1b6fc424c9c8dce6db977f214ca6ff84
RummageSaleBubbler
Gremlynn4023
American and I never see this. I do see like "6 Mega Rolls = 20 normal rolls!", which is pointless marketing but not a lie.
RummageSaleBubbler
No, they get to define "normal". And you will never find their "normal" roll, since it was never sold and as calculated is extremely small.
Gremlynn4023
Despite starting with "no", nothing you said contradicted anything I said. It still lists the number of actual rolls.
RummageSaleBubbler
"6 Mega Rolls = 20 normal rolls", is the lie. Have you seen a roll with only 71 sheets and 0.76" of paper around the core? Aka, "normal".
aChungusAmongUs
You can get like a 20-pack of microfiber towels at harbor freight and never need a paper towel ever again
RandomGuy12345678910
Keep your fingernails trimmed and you don't even need the microfiber towels. Just bare hand it and then go wash them.
Toolbone
A bidet is a lot cleaner and you can just use a .10 cent bar of soap to clean your ass and literally wash your hands at the same time
aChungusAmongUs
They said paper towel, not toilet paper. Paper towels are used in the kitchen
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aChungusAmongUs
That was me
Toolbone
It's the same crap on toilet paper too