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ffsm8yesterday at 7:55 AM6 repliesview on HN

Why do people want to reuse toilet paper rolls? Paper is not a hygienic material, and these are used in a place that's rife with bacteria...


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VBprogrammeryesterday at 8:10 AM

If you are worried about this you might want to consider whether you have a healthy degree of concern about hygiene and bacteria. It could be worth speaking with a therapist.

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bjackmanyesterday at 8:46 AM

IIUC this is also true of most 3D-print materials. You should not be using Gridfinity to store food! This is also why you usually shouldn't 3D print a dildo.

This would be true even if the materials were food safe to be honest, I don't see how you can keep something like this clean.

It's for storing stuff like capacitors and screws and electrical tape.

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therealpygonyesterday at 1:02 PM

You mean like a phone, that you later stick up to your face? I’m sure someone will chime in with how they “never use their phone in the bathroom”, which no one will believe.

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digganyesterday at 10:49 AM

> Why do people want to reuse toilet paper rolls?

Because some of us have like 200 cables, and toilet paper rolls is a cheap but effective way of getting some control over these :) And besides, I'm sure that my fingers and feet are more dirty when I touch/move any of the cables, than the toilet paper rolls that spent a couple of days in a bathroom.

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bluGillyesterday at 5:26 PM

Reduce reuse recycle. They are looking for a step two- hopefully they already have bidet, but paper is still useful for drying after.

linsomniacyesterday at 5:35 PM

Maybe paper towel rolls then?