January 2, 2026Peasants of the Russian Empire, 1909-1915. These are NOT colorized. They were taken using a special three-color filter technique over 100 years ago.
Lord-Velveeta on January 2, 2026 8:25 pm Scott Tissues: Our TP doesn’t tear up your asshole like the competition.
Future-Turtle on January 2, 2026 8:25 pm TP ads today: “Look at this cute family of cartoon bears!” TP ads then : “USE OUR TISSUE OR YOUR ANUS WILL BE HORRIFICALLY INFECTED.”
OnlyHalfBrilliant on January 2, 2026 8:40 pm Apparently old-timey TP was no joke with splinters and everything.
iwastherefordisco on January 2, 2026 8:41 pm and they laughed at my exercise bike with cloth loop butt wiping machine. There was chafing and loop-burn yes, but most didn’t require surgery.
algebramclain on January 2, 2026 8:49 pm “The sheets tear squarely at the perforations. And the rolls are designed to fit the modern built-in fixtures” Every last single sales pitch they could think of is being used here.
Traditional-Bath-356 on January 2, 2026 9:06 pm [Could be worse, could be a revolution.](https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/files/2010/11/bathroomv.jpg)
claudandus_felidae on January 2, 2026 9:09 pm I really wanna know what the difference was between the brands? Softness? Size?
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Scott Tissues: Our TP doesn’t tear up your asshole like the competition.
TP ads today: “Look at this cute family of cartoon bears!”
TP ads then : “USE OUR TISSUE OR YOUR ANUS WILL BE HORRIFICALLY INFECTED.”
Buy our toilet paper or face horrible anus trouble
Use our tp or you’ll need butthole surgery!
Apparently old-timey TP was no joke with splinters and everything.
and they laughed at my exercise bike with cloth loop butt wiping machine.
There was chafing and loop-burn yes, but most didn’t require surgery.
“The sheets tear squarely at the perforations. And the rolls are designed to fit the modern built-in fixtures”
Every last single sales pitch they could think of is being used here.
What were people wiping with back then, barbed wire?
[Could be worse, could be a revolution.](https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/files/2010/11/bathroomv.jpg)
I really wanna know what the difference was between the brands? Softness? Size?