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Toilet paper dispenser (thelemmy.club)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by jeena@piefed.jeena.net to c/china@lemmy.ml
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I heard rumors about it and couldn't quite believe it but here it was a toilet paper dispenser with payment via WeChat. I was lucky that my wife put 10 RMB on it foresting purpuses because otherwise I would probably need to call her to come in and pay for it.

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It was 3.8 RMB and you get a small package of wet tissues. I have no idea if they dissolve as easy as normal toilet paper but I like the Japanese way with water bidets better.

On the way out I also realized that there is another dispenser for normal toilet paper at the entrance -you also pay for it with WeChat, not sure probably it's cheaper, sneaky.- ah no it says scan it for free paper, I guess it's played by advertisement.

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Anyway cool mall here l, very flashy in the middle of Changchun by the train station.

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[-] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 16 points 5 months ago

I get the idea. People don't often treat the communal toilet paper supply with due respect, but they could just put a cap of 10 sheets per 5 minutes.

[-] Harald_im_Netz@feddit.org 10 points 5 months ago

This probably would have been a better solution.

Or bidets and you get some toilet paper to dry off.

[-] twinnie@feddit.uk 7 points 5 months ago

You watch an advert to get toilet paper?

[-] fr0g@piefed.social 20 points 5 months ago

Taking enshittification to a new level.

[-] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 3 points 5 months ago

I couldn't figure out how to get the free one because my son had to go and he couldn't wait. It seemed it wanted still 0.38 RMB and there was something else but I don't speak Chinese so we just bought it again.

[-] Harald_im_Netz@feddit.org 3 points 5 months ago

Travelling to China without understanding at least some Chinese is playing on Hard Mode.

I speak, read and understand a little, it helped a great deal in navigating through the country.

[-] procapra@lemmy.ml -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

What a victory of "socialism"!

[-] Harald_im_Netz@feddit.org 9 points 5 months ago

It was a try to tackle the whitespread stealing of toilet paper. Many 阿姨 and 叔叔 stole toilet paper, because they saw it as free. The advertisement was there to limit it.

Those systems are not common in China, and I've did not encounter them in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen nor Hongkong.

[-] socsa@piefed.social 4 points 5 months ago

Even in Shanghai having TP at all is a pretty new thing. Even 5 or 6 years ago you'd find nothing at all in the stalls if you left some pretty specific tourist areas.

[-] procapra@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

So what did people use, a stick? /gen

I know some places that do it that way, or maybe a squirt bottle with water or something? Benefit of the doubt, maybe this is just a cultural thing.

[-] socsa@piefed.social 8 points 5 months ago

You carried your own TP or didn't poop outside your home.

[-] procapra@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Why are people stealing toilet paper if their needs are being met?

[-] Harald_im_Netz@feddit.org 8 points 5 months ago

Why is everything a Socialism vs. Capitalism thing?

In the end it iy very much a cultural difference. Toilet paper wasn't a common thing. In contrast to Western countries, people in many different cultures (not limited to Asian countries) knew that washing your ass isn't a bad thing.

[-] DigitalAudio@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 months ago

I mean, this is kind of faulty logic to begin with. Why do politicians steal anything if their needs are being met? Do all thieves steal only out of necessity?

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