The Trump administration plans to almost double duties on Canadian softwood lumber to 27%, with the possibility of additional levies pushing the rate to more than 50%. While Trump advocates for new tariffs partly to bolster U.S. manufacturing, they may also hit the availability of northern bleached softwood kraft pulp, or NBSK, a key component in making toilet paper and paper towels.

  • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
    43·
    5 days ago

    I was getting “December 2019” vibes back in November, so I started stocking up on N95s and toilet paper. This isn’t exactly what I was preparing for, but I’m prepared nonetheless.

    • N0t_5ure@lemmy.worldEnglish
      33·
      5 days ago

      Protip: Invest in a cheap bidet attachment for your toilet. You’ll be cleaner, suffer less irritation to your sensitive regions, and use much less toilet paper.

      • FiveMacs@lemmy.caEnglish
        15·
        5 days ago

        I do not get why this has not taken off… You save so much money not buying so much tp

        • Gordon Calhoun@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          5 days ago

          Pretty sure bidets are woke. Has something to do with the silent t and the fact it shares many letters with “biden”

          • rekabis@programming.devEnglish
            7·
            4 days ago

            That’s funny, but watch out - somewhere, some conservative is reading that and taking it to be exactly as you wrote it. Before long Republicans will be passing laws banning bidets and even forcing them to be ripped out of homes because of “bidet wokeness”.

            I would add a /s, but with the way America is crumbling ever-further into ridiculousness, satire is becoming real at ever-increasing rates. Even The Onion is constantly getting upstaged by reality these days.

      • Cruxifux@feddit.nlEnglish
        74·
        5 days ago

        Every time I hear about someone stock piling toilet paper I can’t help but think how brutally stupid that person must be. Get a fucking bidet. They’re cheap and easy to get and you aren’t blowing a bunch of money and storage space and looking like a jackass at the grocery store.