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.
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.
Last drop belong to undies, that’s the law
2 or 3 squares, often folded. If the paper is cheap single ply it might be two or three times the amount.
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?
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.
I slap it against the door frame as I leave the bathroom.
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.
I’d go with undies.
Some sort of perineal drier? There’s probably bidets with something like that built-in.
They exist. I think primarily a Japan thing (no surprise…). I havent seen one in person, but seen them for sale or some weird bidet article about all the options you can get. Hot/cold water, his/her’s, blow dry, lights, music, multiple user pre-sets, etc. usually it’s sold as the entire toilet, not an “add-on” option.
I will say that the blow dry option doesn’t really help sufficiently after using the bidet to avoid me wanting to use TP to dry off, but it might be sufficient for lady parts after peeing. Don’t have a vagina personally, so can’t say for sure.
That’s about how i figured it would be…seems like it would be kinda weird to get right, and even then you kinda need that reassurance of a good pat 😆
Feeling wasteful in the between 4 and 6 category. That is, if I am away from home and there is no bidet. That is just what I feel adequately safe/dry with
2 or 3
Do some dudes use TP when they pee?
Very serious follow up: How much do you make in a year if your answer is “yes”?
Yes. One piece. Pull back Foreskin, wrap and “load”. Holds the piece in place, voids “the drop” and is removed after standing up.
Based on my pissing pattern, I would say around 600 pieces a year. So 2-3 rolls?
I favor BD’s so cleaning up the rear is really clean too. I theoretically could wear my underpants/boxers for more than a day, they don’t smell after a normal day.
Intimate Hygiene is key to avoid yeast infections or bladder inflammation for partners of the opposite sex. Don’t know about same sex relationships, but no one likes a stinky dick (no kink shaming).
Edit: Get an ass shower if you don’t have space for a BD. Game changer in well-being, albeit a little awkward when having guests who don’t care for stinky butts.
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I definitely use more than I need. #Privileged
I can answer for my wife! She said three folded, when it’s our normal tp, Charmin. Two extra for other brands.
That’s all it takes with her configuration to be dry. I’ll vote on the comments, but since she gave more than a number, and it was variable, figured that might help too.
Fwiw, I make sure to give things an extra squeeze with a few pieces myself. Not a fan of late drips in my drawers. Pee, shake, paper & gentle squeeze. Then wash hands.
Cottonelle is really good, too. In my opinion, better and more absorbent, but personal preference will play a part.
Do you have a square to spare? All I need is a square
I don’t have a square to spare!
You can’t spare a square?!
Tip: “–”, en dash, is used for ranges like 2–3—not “-”, hyphen
How on earth did English typography get so weird with mdash, ndash, dash, hyphen, etcetera while most of the readers have no clue about the the differences. IMHO, just use dash.
Can you explain me how the different lengths of dash add to the understanding of the text, when I usually don’t even see the difference on my mobile phone screen?
They have different meanings where the lengths help at a glance such as using en dash for a compound adjective or em dash for a longer pause for a clause. This aides in reading even if you only pick up on it subconsciously.
How was this handled in the age of typewriters?
whoever invented all those dashes… I just wanna talk
Where on a standard keyboard is this
What is a “standard” keyboard? No such thing as every region has different keyboards & variants inside those regions. I can use AltGr on my desktop keyboard & holding the hyphen key on mobile allows easy selection of em dash & en dash.
I work for a multi-national IT department. I just happen to have a UK, FR and DE laptop on the workbench. I don’t see the em-dash on any of them. AltGr + hyphen does nothing on Windows (Google search says Mac supports this). None of these laptops have a numpad, but Google search says maybe CTRL+MINUS(numpad) may give an em-dash. Can’t test though.
In any case, it seems the world has left behind em-dash, so correcting users on a public forum seems pointless.
Just google the character and copy paste it as needed. /s
How ridiculous. I’ll just use the one on the keyboard.
I had some doubts people would get the joke. I should go add an /s
To answer your question it depends on the keyboard but i don’t actually care, the difference between - and – is just semantics to me.
Okay yea sorry, the sarcasm was whooshed on me.
I wash like civilized human.
Do you dry yourself afterwards? If so, how?
Water dries quickly. No need to overthink.
When I shit, I bidet and use three squares.
4-6
-2?
Might be someone mad because of this.
I know I’m not the target audience, but when I’m at home I rinse my stick
Same. Just hold it against the inside of the bowl and flush. Badabingbadaboom
I love that for you
Sink pissers unite
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