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[I]A roll of luxury toilet paper is stamped with gold in Germany. American luxury toilet paper is softer, thicker and gold-free. (Michael Dalder/Reuters)[/I]
[quote]Sales in the United States of what the industry calls "luxury" rolls — anything quilted, lotioned, perfumed or ultra-soft, from two- to four-ply — climbed to $1.4 billion last year, outpacing all other kinds of toilet paper for the first time in nearly a decade, data from market research firm Euromonitor International show.
The luxury market is one-fourth the size of the standard TP market, but its prominence in Big Wipe is growing faster than many industry watchers expected. Luxury toilet paper sales have grown more than 70 percent since 2000, and they're expected to keep growing faster than all other categories every year through at least 2018.
"Higher growth is expected out of the luxury segment as the improved economy allows consumers to satisfy their desire for comfort," Euromonitor analysts wrote in a recent industry report about toilet paper's "increasing premiumisation." "While the idea of ... luxury toilet paper may be slightly odd, (its) performance suggests otherwise."
This style of bath tissue offers a far different kind of luxury than, say, a $17,000 watch: It's the same ol' stuff, just thicker, softer and more absorbent than other rolls. Though it's a little pricier, analysts said, nearly everyone can still afford it, making it a surprising barometer for how confident Americans are that they can afford a minor splurge.[/quote]
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What a waste of gold.
Pay more for paper that will tear apart as you wipe with it.
[I]"that gold could have fed my family"[/I]
-average person
It'd feel a little wierd wiping your ass with a crown signature and gold.
[QUOTE=Sableye;47323395][I]"that gold could have fed my family"[/I]
-average person[/QUOTE]
Guess what, it is. Someone buys gold toilet paper, someone else gets money to feed their family.
For being such a rare and precious metal, people sure do love wasting gold.
do i save the wipe after i use it on my asshole? i dont feel like flushing down gold
[QUOTE=Tmaxx;47323439]For being such a rare and precious metal, people sure do love wasting gold.[/QUOTE]
That's the point, isn't it?
"Look how affluent I am, that I can waste something so valuable without caring."
[QUOTE=Sableye;47323395][I]"that gold could have fed my family"[/I]
-average person[/QUOTE]
I am not a dietologist but I think gold isn't very nutritious
Fuck single ply toilet paper.
That cheap shit gives you hemorrhoids, since it's like sandpaper for your ass.
They used that for two years at school back in my young days, my ass were only getting better after they switched to soft two ply paper after truckload of complaints from parents about the torturous toilet paper.
[QUOTE=itisjuly;47323428]Guess what, it is. Someone buys gold toilet paper, someone else gets money to feed their family.[/QUOTE]
Why of course, it's so obvious now! Just keep buying shit and eventually people will get fed! You're a genius man!
[QUOTE=Warriorx4;47323469]Why of course, it's so obvious now! Just keep buying shit and eventually people will get fed! You're a genius man![/QUOTE]
You can't feed people with gold. Someone has to buy it.
^Certainly, it's more so the rather defeatist nature of your comment that made me post at all; as if all that can be done about it is to just buy crap. (Or perhaps that's just me looking too far into it? Probably) The fact is--as stated in the article--it's a pretty booming business.
[QUOTE=Warriorx4;47323507]^Certainly, it's more so the rather defeatist nature of your comment that made me post at all; as if all that can be done about it is to just buy crap. (Or perhaps that's just me looking too far into it? Probably) The fact is--as stated in the article--it's a pretty booming business.[/QUOTE]
Gold's value is so inflated that it's not really useful for anything else than it's being used for.
I mean, it's nice to have gold coated contacts, but you need layers so thin that's still affordable on high grade electronics.
Outside of being a very good not-oxidizing conductor, gold is not generally very useful, tho, mainly because of how soft and weak it is.
Because of this, it doesn't really matter if rich people use it for dumb stuff, because it wouldn't really be helping anyone too much anyway.
[QUOTE=itisjuly;47323428]Guess what, it is. Someone buys gold toilet paper, someone else gets money to feed their family.[/QUOTE]
Maybe but is it really worth all this shit? Not sure where toilet paper fits in, maybe dental :v:
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[QUOTE=Van-man;47323457]Fuck single ply toilet paper.
That cheap shit gives you hemorrhoids, since it's like sandpaper for your ass.
They used that for two years at school back in my young days, my ass were only getting better after they switched to soft two ply paper after truckload of complaints from parents about the torturous toilet paper.[/QUOTE]
Fuck that extra comfort shit that's like 10 layers.
That shit glosses over my ass and doesn't clean it. At least with the single ply I can dig in deep and get all the shit out. I'm trying to rid the brown from my ass, not give it a gentle handshake.
Two-ply isn't luxury, two-ply is the bare minimum for TP that doesn't ruin your arse and performs it's function well.
We should just make gold toilet paper with fool's gold instead. Nobody likes it so that's perfect butt wiping material.
Does this mean that theres going to be another gold rush but with prospectors looking through the sewage under rich neighborhoods?
I guess trickle down economics really does work
[QUOTE=redBadger;47323557]Fuck that extra comfort shit that's like 10 layers.
That shit glosses over my ass and doesn't clean it. At least with the single ply I can dig in deep and get all the shit out. I'm trying to rid the brown from my ass, not give it a gentle handshake.[/QUOTE]
you're not supposed to give yourself a colonoscopy each time you poop
[QUOTE=mentalmoustache;47323672]Does this mean that theres going to be another gold rush but with prospectors looking through the sewage under rich neighborhoods?
I guess trickle down economics really does work
you're not supposed to give yourself a colonoscopy each time you poop[/QUOTE]
I'm not supposed to slide a towel down there either.
you don't know my pain
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this is a subscription to tiny rolled up balls stuck in your assholecheeks
i've actually been avoiding this lately by taking a piece of paper towel, dividing it into four pieces, then i take 2 squares of the angelsoft, and layer 1/4 of the paper towel square on top of the angelsoft, to act as a barrier so i'm not wiping with too much paper towel, but also not making contact with a layer of angelsoft to my ass skin, so it works out, not supposed to flush paper towel down the toilet though, oh well
getting charmin is a luxury in my house
my dad's favorite christmas gift is 4 ply toilet paper
[QUOTE=latin_geek;47323653]Two-ply isn't luxury, two-ply is the bare minimum for TP that doesn't ruin your arse and performs it's function well.[/QUOTE]
I never understood how ply count even matters, you can always fold over more paper if there's not enough layers.
Which German company is it that even makes those gold stamped rolls lol
[QUOTE=ManSlayerX;47323706]you don't know my pain
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this is a subscription to tiny rolled up balls stuck in your assholecheeks
i've actually been avoiding this lately by taking a piece of paper towel, dividing it into four pieces, then i take 2 squares of the angelsoft, and layer 1/4 of the paper towel square on top of the angelsoft, to act as a barrier so i'm not wiping with too much paper towel, but also not making contact with a layer of angelsoft to my ass skin, so it works out, not supposed to flush paper towel down the toilet though, oh well
getting charmin is a luxury in my house[/QUOTE]
Dude get wet/baby pipes, toilet paper is not enough to clean yer ass after an extreme shit.
[QUOTE=spectator1;47324062]Dude get wet/baby pipes, toilet paper is not enough to clean yer ass after an extreme shit.[/QUOTE]
Baby wipes wreck havoc on the sewer system since they do not break apart in water like toilet paper is designed to do.
bidet squad
Such a stupid thing to spend money on. If you want luxury after taking a stinker; get a bidet shower, colloquially referred to as the bum gun/pussy phone depending on your nation of residence.
[QUOTE=itisjuly;47324001]I never understood how ply count even matters, you can always fold over more paper if there's not enough layers.[/QUOTE]
Each layer seems thinner than a single sheet of single-ply so you save paper despite it working better. (Saves money too, you burn through it half as fast but it doesn't cost twice as much)
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