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Num10ck ,

i saw an ad for toilet paper in a 100 year old magazine, bragging: now with less splinters!

Obituarykidney ,

I've noticed that the sheets that are "select a size" seem to be using this to list a lower per sheet cost.

So if you're trying to compare prices in the supermarket it comes in at half the per unit pricing of normal sized paper towels while being the same size roll or smaller and costing the same or more.

It just feels like they're trying to cheat the system a little rather than trying to create a new product or be more useful.

SeeJayEmm ,
@SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org avatar

That's silly. Compare per sq ft, not sheet size. There's no guaranteed sheet size. Same thing with toilet paper.

Pulptastic ,

F off with that "larger select a size" crap though.

Cornpop ,

Oh to be young again. This is fairly new. The old standard size was 2 of these together, a square.

nadiaraven ,

And I've seen plenty of the older square sizes still being sold, so it's still necessary to mark the different sizes

ShepherdPie ,

I'm always shocked when I get the old style as who the hell needs that much paper most of the time?

MystikIncarnate ,

I do. With the select a size version, I almost always pull at least two.

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

It's not the same as it used to be.

The individual sheets used to be twice as big.

bastion ,

Yeah, kinda weird to see it on mildlyinfuriating.

SeeJayEmm ,
@SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org avatar

Still are if you don't buy a select a size roll.

LodeMike ,

This stuff happens when a market is actually healthily competitive. Marketing just makes up random bullshit because consumers are stupid.

hedgehogging_the_bed ,

For reference, they still sell these too:
Full Sheets

robolemmy ,
@robolemmy@lemmy.world avatar

Tell me you're young without telling me you're young.

Paper towels, for most of my life (I'm old AF), were as long as they were wide. Square, they were. Bounty originated select-a-size by perforating them twice as frequently, so they were half as long as wide. Others eventually followed suit and now youngsters think that's how it's always been.

Moneo ,

To be fair to OP, they really should've stopped advertising this as a feature years ago. It'd be like if sliced bread was still advertised as "Now sliced for your convenience!" or whatever.

snooggums ,
@snooggums@midwest.social avatar

They still sell the square cut rolls though. This lets the buyer know it is the narrower cut.

LifeOfChance ,

How else am I to tell the difference between a full size and select a size? I buy full size for the garage and select a size for the house they serve two purposes so eliminating the standard size wouldn't be the solution.

OneWomanCreamTeam ,
@OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works avatar

How is the larger size better for use in the garage?

MystikIncarnate ,

Buy shop cloths my friend.

It's not a fabric product, still paper towels, just they're made for automotive/shop use. I swear by them and they have no "select-a-size" option. They're also thicker and come apart less than normal paper towels.

isVeryLoud ,
@isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca avatar

You're talking about the blue stuff on a roll, right?

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/573151cc-c061-4164-9901-019e20b0000f.jpeg

I have some and they are select-a-size.

MystikIncarnate ,

That's new to me. I don't think I've seen them like that.

Alright.

altima_neo ,
@altima_neo@lemmy.zip avatar

Yeah I remember when they started advertising them like that. Back when the towels were about twice as long between perforations.

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

And Bounty always claimed to be the most absorbent brand of paper towel, so the move was like saying "you only need half as much of our paper towel compared to other brands."

Not sure how actually absorbent they were; my family always got Brawny.

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

Burly Paper Towels are the best and the mascot is dreamy.

I’d let him split my wood if you know what I mean.

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

I'm pretty sure that's why my mom got Brawny. It was that sexy lumberjack.

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

Good thing those paper towels are so absorbent because I could drown a toddler in my panties right now.

Alexstarfire ,

I prefer my penis in one piece, thank you very much.

son_named_bort ,

I saw a documentary about Burly Paper Towels once. One of their most loyal customers got to meet the mascot Chad Sexington. Turns out he was a loser and I heard he's a boozer.

ColeSloth ,

Lol. Yeah. Young, young, OP.

TechNerdWizard42 ,

Yup. I remember when we had to tear our own half sheets of paper towel. Kids today have it too soft, and absorbant.

onion ,

I did that the other day

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

I want them perforated about every 12.7mm so I can truly select what I need.

aramova ,

That's not useful for me when I want a 6.35mm size though. We need more granularity!

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

more granularity!

Isn't that sand paper?

fogstormberry ,

just wait for the mess to dry and sand it down

usualsuspect191 ,

I want a bag of paper fibres I can sprinkle into the spill

DontTreadOnBigfoot ,
@DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world avatar

.50cal paper towels

NataliePortland OP ,
@NataliePortland@lemmy.ca avatar

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/5b83361e-bc7a-49fa-9b1a-b35a8e5b9229.png

For reference, this is Brawny paper towels where the sheets are perforated the other direction, allowing you to actually tear a half sheet. This is what “select a size” should mean.

radix ,
@radix@lemmy.world avatar

Only 3 options? Does Brawny think it's illegal to grab 3/4 of a sheet?

akilou ,

Or 5/4, 6/4, 7/4,...

RattlerSix ,

Why only the one half? What if I want the other half?

cazssiew ,

No, you must always throw the other half away.

RattlerSix ,

That's how they get ya

treadful ,
@treadful@lemmy.zip avatar

We should really make a law against that.

deegeese ,
@deegeese@sopuli.xyz avatar

Oh sweet summer child, paper towels used to only come in large square sheets.

These smaller “select a size” didn’t become common until around the year 2000.

Assman ,
@Assman@sh.itjust.works avatar

Oh sweet summer child

No one has ever said that without sounding like an obnoxious dickhead

deegeese ,
@deegeese@sopuli.xyz avatar

👶

finn_der_mensch ,
@finn_der_mensch@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I think it just sounds like southern USA

sik0fewl ,

This picture clearly demonstrates that the original picture is, in fact, select-a-size since they are 1/2 size instead of full size.

CrayonRosary ,

That's not select-a-size. That's just tiny ass paper towels. Select-a-size towels have no perforations and you cut them with scissors.

zeppo ,
@zeppo@lemmy.world avatar

They’re perforated to half the size that paper towels typically used to be. It’s common now but wasn’t in the past.

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