It wasn’t but a couple of years ago now, during the height of a panic caused by the unspecified virus of unknown origin at the beginning of the second decade of the 2000s, that toilet paper became incredibly scarce the world over. Oh, how short our collective memories are. After all, you can go into any store or grocery that does not have this stuff piled to the rafters ready to be purchased. Do I Really Need To?Įven today, I know quite a few preppers who scoff at the notion that they need to go out of their way to stockpile toilet paper ahead of time. Overall, toilet paper is just another tool and the toolbox when it comes to remaining hygienic and preventing the spread of disease, even in a survival situation. Good toilet paper is also strong and durable enough to afford you control and assurance for taking care of business, allowing you to get cleaner with less mess getting on your fingers. This is not something you’re going to be applying to your backside that is an unknown quantity and has the potential for a bad reaction. Toilet paper is certainly more familiar and far more comfortable to pretty much all of us, but it also can’t be overstated that it is more hygienic. You can do that, I suppose, and if things get bad enough and go on long enough you might have to resort to improvised or primitive methods of cleaning your rear end.īut I maintain it is far better to avoid that outcome entirely by maintaining a sizable stockpile of toilet paper. Like I mentioned above, some people think it is a luxury, and plan on wiping their butts with any manner of natural and man-made substitute, from leaves and pine cones to crumple up pieces of newspaper or pages torn from a book. When you think about all of the other seemingly more important things that preppers need to acquire and quantity for their survival plans, toilet paper seems almost comedic. I admit, the concept might sound a bit ridiculous. How Much TP Do You Have? Why Should I Stockpile Toilet Paper?
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