The "Big Tissue" lie

[klondike]

Being tight I don't buy posh tissues but I'm fairly sure that the ones I do buy don't weigh all that much more that a toilet roll but cost a fair bit more.

No I'm not going off topic here... As some may know I have a 3D printer. The way I use mine it is pretty much a toy but I still upgraded it a couple of weeks back. I was looking through one of the many 3D model sites for something to print and came across something I may use.

The write up of the something...

The Great Tissue Conspiracy: A "Tissue" Box for the Enlightened
Let's get one thing straight: you've been lied to. Hoodwinked. Utterly bamboozled by Big Tissue™. They have convinced you that dainty, over-packaged, mark-up-laden "facial tissues" are the only way to gently pat your pweshus widdle nose. Do you know what those tissues really are? Toilet paper with delusions of grandeur.

That's where this bourgeoisie-defying toilet paper tissue box comes in. The the tissue box of the revolution. The Revolutionaries' Tissue Box.

Since You've Been Conditioned to Think This is Weird, Here's How This Works
Instead of throwing your hard-earned money at absurdly expensive paper squares wrapped in three layers of corporate deceit, this box lets you use what you should have been using all along: toilet paper.

That's right—take basically any standard roll of toilet paper, rip out that inner cardboard core (a step that may initially feel wrong after years of capitalist brainwashing, but don't worry, you'll acclimate much faster than a trust fund baby having to make their own latte), and pull the tissue from the center and feed it through the opening in the lid.

Then, just use the twist-to-lock lid to close things up. No need to pointlessly deal with some fussy threaded nonsense that expects the precision of a Swiss watchmaker. You have better things to do—and so do I—like breaking free from the shackles of corporate tissue propaganda.

The rich and powerful have played their sleight of hand so long, this all probably seems utterly baffling, so here, I made you a video.

Well yes when I'm in the toilet I often blow my nose on toilet tissue but replace all tissues with the stuff? Hmmm... Any comments

[Mups]

I don't understand what this bit means?


" Then, just use the twist-to-lock lid to close things up. No need to pointlessly deal with some fussy threaded nonsense that expects the precision of a Swiss watchmaker. You have better things to do—and so do I—like breaking free from the shackles of corporate tissue propaganda."


What the 'eck is a  twist-to-lock lid?   Can't make head nor tail of that. 

Anyway,  what's all the faffing about removing the cardboard middle for?   What's wrong in just pulling off what you want to blow your nose?




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[JBR]

I don't understand what this bit means?


" Then, just use the twist-to-lock lid to close things up. No need to pointlessly deal with some fussy threaded nonsense that expects the precision of a Swiss watchmaker. You have better things to do—and so do I—like breaking free from the shackles of corporate tissue propaganda."


What the 'eck is a  twist-to-lock lid?  Can't make head nor tail of that. 

Anyway,  what's all the faffing about removing the cardboard middle for?  What's wrong in just pulling off what you want to blow your nose?

A twist-to-lock lid is similar to any screw lid, except that it doesn't have a complete twist fitting that requires several turns to tighten it up.  Instead, there is only a short thread which means you only need to turn it less than half a turn to tighten it.

You probably have such a thing at home, but if not, go to the local shop and have a look at some twist-to-lock containers, thought don't worry if they think you may be trying to nick something!

Incidentally, that tissue box thing looks a good idea!

[Mups]

I thought it meant a twist-to-lock lid on the toilet roll holder.    Sorry.

I have just watched the video,  I didn't see that before.   
Now all is clear, and yes,  its not a bad idea, is it.     

It might not be easy to find an exact size jar to put it in though, do you think?

[klondike]

I fear that folk without a 3D printer will just have to leave bog rolls around the house. Such folk can leave the middle in and get the paper off the outside.

 You didn't read the off topic bit did you? This is a container you make yourself using a 3D printer so visitors don't spot that you are a cheapskate who blows their hooter on bog paper. You can just scale 3D models but it also says there are several standard ones in the set.

[Scrumpy]

All very interesting.. 
My pockets are full of bits of toilet roll.. I do have (proper) tissues but they are for visitors only..
I get excited when I go into places for a coffee and they have tissues at hand.. A couple go in my pocket.. 

White only for me.. and very soft.. 
 

[Alex]

I've got those little cube boxes all over the shop !   Some lovely designed boxes in Aldi and Lidl - also Home Bargains.

[Ashy]

The day the epidemic broke out, I said to my wife, if we can't get toilet paper, we may have to use something else. It never happened, so our ingenuity was never put to the test.

[muddy]

I have boxes of tissues in the car in the foot well 
I tend to tread on them so they are all squished .

[Mups]

The day the epidemic broke out, I said to my wife, if we can't get toilet paper, we may have to use something else. It never happened, so our ingenuity was never put to the test.

I can remember back when I was a small child and my Nan & Grandad still had a toilet in the garden.
They did have one indoors as well,  but  in the garden loo there was always bits of newspaper on a string to use.   
To flush the loo,  it was a metal ring on a piece of chain.
Memories ey . . .

Come to think of it,  the water people say that these thick quilted toilet rolls nowadays, often block the sewers,  so I wonder how they got on in years gone by with sheets of newspaper being flushed down??   

[Scrumpy]

I don't use quilted paper.. I find it hard to flush..
My Aunty Annie had a loo outside.. and newspaper hanging on string..
No bidets back then.. And only one bath a week .. on a Friday.. 
  But always white sheets on the washing line..

[Mups]

I wonder what todays children will remember about their childhood in 70/80 years time? 

[Alex]

I remember the outside loo too, not forgetting the tin bath kept on a hook on the outside wall

[Mups]

I remember the outside loo too, not forgetting the tin bath kept on a hook on the outside wall

Yes,  I forgot about the tin bath,  but you're right.  
I can't  quite remember ever being put in it though,  can you?

[muddy]

I can the tin  bath came into the back kitchen .
My mother was so young then , happy before life had made her bitter , frustrated and ill.