@avguser@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 5 months agoWhat is a useful or interesting product under $100 that you wouldn’t normally think to buy?message-square132fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a useful or interesting product under $100 that you wouldn’t normally think to buy?@avguser@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 5 months agomessage-square132fedilink
minus-square@mysticpickle@lemmy.calinkfedilink0•5 months agoJust don’t flush them. Even if they say they’re “flushable”, they most certainly are not.
minus-square@200ok@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•5 months agoTo anyone wondering why: they’re more akin to large cotton pads than toilet paper. They don’t break down. Over time it’s like flushing a bag of t-shirts and wondering why your pipes get clogged. Draino ain’t fixing that.
minus-squareCavemanlinkfedilink0•5 months agoJust to expand on that municipal sewage gets clogged by them because they turn into rock after some time and need to be removed with a jackhammer. Can also happen on a smaller scale before it reaches the municipality and then it’s on you.
Just don’t flush them. Even if they say they’re “flushable”, they most certainly are not.
Sounds like words of experience
To anyone wondering why: they’re more akin to large cotton pads than toilet paper. They don’t break down.
Over time it’s like flushing a bag of t-shirts and wondering why your pipes get clogged. Draino ain’t fixing that.
Just to expand on that municipal sewage gets clogged by them because they turn into rock after some time and need to be removed with a jackhammer. Can also happen on a smaller scale before it reaches the municipality and then it’s on you.