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[–] [email protected] 103 points 7 months ago (1 children)

and then someone swallows one and you have a situation

[–] [email protected] 140 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Bad case of Irritable Towel Syndrome

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 103 points 7 months ago (1 children)

These "compressed towel tablets" are about 2cm across in diameter, and not pill sized as this picture implies, and are closer to wet wipes than actual, fluffy towels.

Still useful cleaning at music festivals though.

[–] clubb 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

2cm has to be too small. Surely they wouldn't be useful that way

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I believe they're saying the pills are 2cm. It would be bigger once expanded

[–] clubb 4 points 7 months ago

Ah, that went right over my head

[–] [email protected] 68 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

what the actual fuck? Capitalism is so weird 💀

[–] [email protected] 83 points 7 months ago (5 children)

What does capitalism have to do with this?

[–] [email protected] 66 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 60 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)
[–] KISSmyOSFeddit 11 points 7 months ago

There's a frood who really knows where his towel is.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Disposable towels? Single use compressed Towels?

the endless focus on consumption with no reuse, the usage of resources?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

It’s for hikers who need to be careful about how much weight they carry. They can also be used like wet wipes.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Skill issue, tbh.. If you can't afford the extra grams for two small towels, then you need to get a little bit more stamina.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

I used these things in my edc kit. It’s not about the weight, it’s about the space, and they’re really only ever used in emergencies. I wouldn’t say they’re a good product though.

[–] KISSmyOSFeddit 10 points 7 months ago

Needlessly using disposable stuff for hiking is like driving a coal-rolling Diesel truck into the mountains to enjoy the pristine nature.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Weight or volume? Technically a compressed object weighs the same as uncompressed, ex. a sheet of paper

[–] KISSmyOSFeddit 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Name one communist country that has towel pills.

[–] irreticent 9 points 7 months ago
[–] IsThisAnAI 1 points 7 months ago

They didn't understand, saw an inaccurate meme, and wanted to bitch over a use case they don't understand. I'm not sure what do complicated about the modern lemmy lurker.

[–] PopcornTin -2 points 7 months ago

Oh right, damn them Americans and no socialized healthcare!

It's Lemmy, it's bound to be one of these hot button issues.

[–] SparrowRanjitScaur 4 points 7 months ago

What does this have to do with capitalism?

[–] Num10ck 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

if you have to put then in water to expand then what if you want a dry towel?

[–] DrDominate 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well if you're trying to dry off then you wouldn't put the towel in water first, you'd start drying off with the little tablet and by the end it'll be a full, wet towel.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I didn't think of that lol

That's cool

[–] papalonian 5 points 7 months ago

You've packed the wrong towel

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I mean you can wipe up a spill with a damp cloth, and it even works better than a dry cloth often

[–] Psythik 7 points 7 months ago

Is this how cottonmouth happens?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)