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.

  • jsomae@lemmy.ml
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    1, sometimes 2.

    Does anyone else have the problem where sometimes a bit of TP sticks to your labia? especially the 1-ply

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    When I was young with tighter labia that didn’t flap or stick to the side and had a firmer bladder, 3, every time. Now 4.

    • GCanuck@lemmy.world
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      I don’t know the physics behind it, or if it’s even true (could just be a placebo effect), but if you scrunch the paper there is less streaking on the clean up.

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caOP
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      Oh this is smart, you’re getting the required thickness by folding instead of using more pieces. When using an unfolded stack of squares you could end up utilizing just a small spot while the rest remains dry.

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    Is anyone else infuriated by the number of ‘I don’t have a vagina BUT’ posts?

    Like let me speak for the woman in my life. Let me provide my opinion. I know I wasn’t asked BUT…

    Jesus just go die in a hole. Let women speak for themselves.

    • lud@lemm.ee
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      Personally I don’t see anything wrong with that at all. Commenting even if you don’t have a vagina is absolutely not the same as speaking for everyone that does have one. In fact I haven’t found a single comment that speaks for anyone but themselves.

      If it’s absolutely critical that only people with a vagina comments, OP should probably have put the question on a gendered ask community instead of the main one.

      Some people just like to engage in the conversation about something they think is interesting even if it wasn’t explicitly asked for. It’s also interesting to compare delta-TP between genders.

      Telling people to die seems a bit extreme for such a non issue.

  • PatchworkHorse@lemmy.world
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    Penis owner here. Occasionally I’ll use 1-2, or part of a paper towel (or whatever else I can find first).

    In 30+ years of peeing, I still can’t figure out why it sometimes stays under my foreskin, then makes a wet spot on my pants two minutes later. Guess I’m just bad at peeing.

    • Heydo@lemmy.world
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      Gotta pump the gooch my dude.

      There’s a bit of a u-bend in the urethra right about where the scrotum meets the taint. Use a finger to push up and slightly forward to pump that last bit of pee out.

      • Notyou@sopuli.xyz
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        Gotta pump the gooch my dude.

        I have nothing to add. I just like this as a saying.

  • 93maddie94@lemm.ee
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    At home: 3 squares, folded. At other places with different paper: 4-5, depending on quality. Out and about with the tissue paper that exists in public bathrooms? Maybe the length of my arm.

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    It really depends. Both on how much I peed, and also how decent the TP is. Basically however many it takes not to saturate the TP, and not get urine/blood/mucus on my hands. Could be three, could be a ton.

    I’ll use a TON more during my period, as even with a cup in, blood finds it’s way onto my skin and then the flow of the urine helps spread it to every nook and cranny.

    Another thing to take into account is discharge. That definitely takes extra TP, it’s thicker and a few squares won’t hold up.

    TL;DR whoever gives a consistent amount of squares is either lying or has a much nicer vagina than I do

    • SeekingFreedom@lemm.ee
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      +1 to this answer. If you don’t have a vagina, it’s probably difficult to understand how much various liquids play a part in every bathroom trip. And having a series of liquidy folds to clean instead of a hose.