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minus-squareRooskie91@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down1·6 days agoIsn’t it the same problem tho, since they can make the sheets smaller and say there’s more without actually offering a longer roll?
minus-squareRicky Rigatoni@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·5 days agoWe need legally defined toilet paper roll standards.
minus-squareHonytawk@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up15·5 days agoLets setup some ISO standards for shit wipers.
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoI would be shocked if there isn’t already one. The trick is getting companies to adhere to it.
minus-squaretaiyang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 days agoHelps that they tend to be square-ish, there’s a subsection of people who would notice immediately if you can’t fold perfect paper cranes from a single sheet while you’re pooping.
minus-squareLojcs@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agopretty sure they are rectangles
minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 days agoOh, totally. It’s by no means a good measurement, it’s just the only one that’s in some way tied to anything tangible. “8=39” doesn’t mean anything.
minus-squareFermion@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 days agoWhich matters more total kg or mm2 ?
minus-squarehuppakee@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 days agoKg for sure, i wouldn’t trust tp with a low cost per mm²
minus-squareFermion@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoI also don’t trust a toilet paper with a low gsm. Maybe we need both a gsm and total weight labeling.
Isn’t it the same problem tho, since they can make the sheets smaller and say there’s more without actually offering a longer roll?
We need legally defined toilet paper roll standards.
Lets setup some ISO standards for shit wipers.
I would be shocked if there isn’t already one. The trick is getting companies to adhere to it.
Helps that they tend to be square-ish, there’s a subsection of people who would notice immediately if you can’t fold perfect paper cranes from a single sheet while you’re pooping.
pretty sure they are rectangles
Oh, totally. It’s by no means a good measurement, it’s just the only one that’s in some way tied to anything tangible. “8=39” doesn’t mean anything.
Which matters more total kg or mm2 ?
Kg for sure, i wouldn’t trust tp with a low cost per mm²
I also don’t trust a toilet paper with a low gsm.
Maybe we need both a gsm and total weight labeling.