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11 Mar 2016 12:48 - 11 Mar 2016 12:52 #224181 by MacDirk Diggler
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Buying toilet paper one sheet at a time solves nothing if it comes from China. The carbon footprint from transport exhaust of said sheet will contribute to global warming. And the labor conditions are poor.

I get my toilet paper at the local farmers market from a guy with a handlebar mustache in coveralls and clogs. He assures me it's a green product made from recycled hemp that was organically and sustainably grown and locally sourced.
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11 Mar 2016 13:07 #224182 by SuperflyPete
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JEM wrote: Costco hating hipsters. I had this on some other forum with incredulous urbanites saying "Who even does a weekly shop these days, you just get what you want on the way home at the Tesco Express" as if everyone lives that city lifestyle.

Costco is full of good stuff, plenty of organics, and the Kirkland brand stuff is all made by the usual companies (coffee by Starbucks etc). It's not gross consumerism, it's just supplies in bulk. Also, not too busy on a Sunday morning here in ATL.


I love Costco, because I save 4,000 post-tax dollars a year or so going there. We just got one here like a year ago, so it's not a 40 minute drive anymore. They have EVERYTHING.

But aside from that, the reason I like them is that they pay their employees well. I ~~~REFUSE~~~ to go to stores that have those self-service lanes as the primary checkout, and I refuse to use them. I'd rather pay a little more knowing that I'm not part of the "de-jobifying" of America. Costco pays their employees well above the national average and it shows. They're better, happier employees. That means something to me.
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11 Mar 2016 13:14 #224183 by Msample
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As far as crowds at Costco goes, I've found the perfect time is just before they close at night, esp on Fridays. Zero lines.

Their pay scale shows in their employee retention. My local one I see many faces have been there for a long time. Their name tags have their hire date and its not unusual to see 10, 15, 20 year employees.

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11 Mar 2016 13:15 - 11 Mar 2016 13:18 #224184 by SuperflyPete
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JEM wrote:

Alastair MacDirk wrote: Now the thread has devolved into a defense of Costxo.


Well, that's because these effete urbanite hipsters came into the thread to sneer at people who don't buy their toilet paper by the sheet. Seriously. Toilet paper, the barometer of fucking consumerism. Posted unironically no doubt from a fucking iPhone 6S.


I have to share this:

A while back, Sheryl Crow said some outlandish shit about saving the planet, and that she uses one square to wipe herself after using the loo. Well, it so happened that I was in Dallas in a rental car, and the radio control was virtually impossible to decipher, so I flicked it onto whatever was on, and Rush Limbaugh was on. He had callers mocking her, and Rush was sitting there wondering how that is even possible...one square.

A caller called in with the best call I've ever heard on the radio. He said, "Now, this is hard, so follow along. First, fold it in half, into a triangle. Then do it again, and again. Then again. When you've got it to the size of about a dime, you're ready to use it."

Rush was incredulous, and he asked how the hell you could effectively wipe with a dime-sized toilet paper sheet.

The caller, without missing a beat, said, "Oh, you don't wipe with it, you use it to clean out underneath your fingernail."

LMAOOOooooooOOOOooooo

Fucking hippy bullshit. I grew up in the sticks with a septic system, and if you wanted to get the shit beat out of you, the best way was to use too much paper and clog the system. That was a deadly sin in our house. Note: there were 4 women in my house. So, I'm all about conservation of toilet paper, but for fuck's sake, some of these faux-environmentalist morons kill me.

EDIT: OK...some details are wrong, but it's been like 10 years. I found it:
www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2007/04/23/de...lls_us_how_it_s_done
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11 Mar 2016 13:45 #224185 by the_jake_1973
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I look forward to the day when I can go to the grocery store, pack my cart, roll through an RFID arch to scan my cart contents, and have the amount deducted from my bank account or credit card. No checkout personnel involved.

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11 Mar 2016 13:54 #224186 by Michael Barnes
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I only buy artisanal toilet paper made by earnest craftsmen in flannel shirts with beards, using traditional toilet paper making techniques that date back to the pre-industrial era. It comes packaged in recycled paper made from other recycled paper sourced locally.

But I also never take a dump because everything I eat is 100% pure and I waste absolutely nothing ever.
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11 Mar 2016 14:04 #224188 by Black Barney
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I love that Sara Silverman bought those artisanal wipes that Jessica Alba markets and ended up wrecking the Four Seasons bathroom cuz you can't actually flush them.
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11 Mar 2016 14:20 #224189 by MacDirk Diggler
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Quit with the irony Barnes. It's a concept that's been co-opted by the hipsters.

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11 Mar 2016 14:33 #224190 by SuperflyPete
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Michael Barnes wrote: But I also never take a dump because everything I eat is 100% pure and I waste absolutely nothing ever.


And now we know why you are often so full of shit!


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11 Mar 2016 14:45 #224192 by Michael Barnes
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At least you know my shit is 100% pure.

I love that movie.
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11 Mar 2016 23:27 - 11 Mar 2016 23:28 #224218 by SuperFlySwatter
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the_jake_1973 wrote: I look forward to the day when I can go to the grocery store, pack my cart, roll through an RFID arch to scan my cart contents, and have the amount deducted from my bank account or credit card. No checkout personnel involved.


you should come to Sweden where thats already an option, you pick up a scan remote with your trolley, scan stuff in as yo uwalk round and shove the remote into a self service terminal where you use your pin number to verify your card and then you're out.
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12 Mar 2016 11:35 #224225 by SuperflyPete
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That's the conundrum I've always had - which jobs are more important and long-lived? The checkout folks, or the software developers who develop a scanner or RFID-based system of automated stuff.

My position has been (thus far) that the software developers can go develop anything. The checkout folks...not so much. They have more limited options. So, I'd rather pay a little more to support those jobs. Not saying it's what everyone should do, just what I do, because to me, it matters a lot.

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12 Mar 2016 11:53 #224227 by wadenels
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But if we replace the checkout folks with automation they'll have more free time to make artisanal products.

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12 Mar 2016 12:07 #224228 by Michael Barnes
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I was thinking about apprenticing with a master artisinal cotton candy craftsman.

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13 Mar 2016 23:23 #224269 by Columbob
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Michael Barnes wrote: But I also never take a dump because everything I eat is 100% pure and I waste absolutely nothing ever.


No no, it needs to come out, if only to grow potatoes if ever you get stuck on Mars for a while.

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