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Re:Ask HN: What happens next after a successful lockdown? by mirimir on Monday March 16, 2020 @07:52PM (#22599656)
> - major lockdowns and panic (running to the store to stockpile toilet paper, for some reason)

Americans use lots of toilet paper.

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Re:Ask HN: What happens next after a successful lockdown? by falcor84 on Monday March 16, 2020 @10:24PM (#22600881)
To save others like myself the time, here are some figures corroborating this on statista: https://www.statista.com/chart/15676/cmo-toilet-paper-consum...
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Re:Ask HN: What happens next after a successful lockdown? by mirimir on Monday March 16, 2020 @10:53PM (#22601133)
Thanks. Didn't know it was that bad.

I also suspect that most US consumer toilet paper is fluffier than the non US norm, with far fewer sheets per roll. So the 90g per roll conversion is misleading.

My favorite institutional style paper comes in 1000 sheet rolls, which weigh 187g. The consumer brand that I recently bought comes in 220 sheet rolls, which weigh 106g.

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