How shrinkflation is playing havoc with economists’ models

Re:How shrinkflation is playing havoc with economists’ models by burfog on Saturday August 10, 2019 @11:42PM (#20666098)

Toilet paper should be measured by volume, not length.

Both width and thickness of the sheets can vary. For both, larger is better. All three measurements interact together when forming a wad of paper. All three contribute to the size of the wad.

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Re:How shrinkflation is playing havoc with economists’ models by jml7c5 on Saturday August 10, 2019 @11:45PM (#20666107)

Density also matters, or you could cheat and sell a roll of paper "fluff".

Also, many people fold rather than wad.

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Re:How shrinkflation is playing havoc with economists’ models by majewsky on Monday August 12, 2019 @04:55AM (#20673683)

> Also, many people fold rather than wad.

This. Mass is just a nonsense unit for me as a folder. You might as well be advertising density or albedo. If anything, I'd want the base unit to be

  number of sheets * number of layers per sheet

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Re:How shrinkflation is playing havoc with economists’ models by spacehome on Sunday August 11, 2019 @01:26AM (#20666409)

You could multiply all of those together to get mass.

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Re:How shrinkflation is playing havoc with economists’ models by artwr on Sunday August 11, 2019 @04:05AM (#20666990)

Cue the heavy cardboard rolls in the middle.

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Re:How shrinkflation is playing havoc with economists’ models by nootka on Sunday August 11, 2019 @05:48AM (#20667327)

Wadding is a sub-optimal wiping technique. www.urbandictionary.com/define.php%3fterm=G.I.%2bbutt%2bwipe&amp=true

That said, the general point of your post still stands.

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Re:How shrinkflation is playing havoc with economists’ models by majewsky on Monday August 12, 2019 @04:56AM (#20673692)

WTF happened with this link? Fixed version: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=G.I.+butt+wi...

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