Unrolling History: Military Grade Toilet Paper

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  • Опубликовано: 21 дек 2024

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  • @the_fat_electrician
    @the_fat_electrician  Год назад +1842

    Its a weird week. Lemme know what you think.
    Also TFE gas station shirt will be in merch store next month!

    • @MIKE_F44
      @MIKE_F44 Год назад +88

      “Get in touch with my inner self “ literally laughed out loud.

    • @JustSomeGuy117
      @JustSomeGuy117 Год назад

      I think your cute…. But like in a gay way.

    • @filthycasualgaming4540
      @filthycasualgaming4540 Год назад +1

      God damn it I'm not even 30 seconds into this horseshit and I'm not even capable of breathing

    • @ДжексонДиринг
      @ДжексонДиринг Год назад +37

      Military tp makes a wet rag seem viable lol

    • @jacksonschenk361
      @jacksonschenk361 Год назад

      Can you do a video about the Wagner douche being blown up?

  • @scottbaron121
    @scottbaron121 6 месяцев назад +552

    It's a genuine war crime that single-ply still exists. When my workplace changed GM's...his FIRST order of business was to "upgrade" to 2-ply. He's still held in the HIGHEST esteem.

    • @dragonsword7370
      @dragonsword7370 4 месяца назад +37

      Bosses who take care of their workplace from the bottom[snickers] up, upgrade from bosses to REAL managers. They are the good folks we would do anything for if we worked with them.

    • @LighthawkTenchi
      @LighthawkTenchi 2 месяца назад +4

      That man was doing the Lord’s work

    • @MariusBaade
      @MariusBaade 2 месяца назад

      A true leader.

    • @jamesrjohanniii774
      @jamesrjohanniii774 2 месяца назад +5

      It's the small things that inspire allegiance.

    • @MeteoricMist
      @MeteoricMist Месяц назад +1

      I’ll be honest, Walmart uses 2-ply toilet paper I believe. Every now and then I can hear people slightly groan from using it. And I only use dude wipes in there now. Reason being I’m a cart pusher and I’ll actually chafe so bad I can’t do my job as well.

  • @Mike_in_Can
    @Mike_in_Can Год назад +544

    We need more unhinged TED talks like this

  • @blze0018
    @blze0018 Год назад +1543

    "Abolish Single-Ply Toilet Paper" would get my vote every single time.

    • @arcaderdude
      @arcaderdude Год назад +9

      The only use for it is in an rv or something where more ply is impossible to flush.

    • @TheYTSucks
      @TheYTSucks Год назад +1

      Hell yeah!

    • @White_ops_arcade
      @White_ops_arcade Год назад +1

      100%

    • @panther-nk2hn
      @panther-nk2hn Год назад +12

      @@arcaderdude counterpoint: get RV companies to step up their toilet game. Instead of condemning our trapped RV brethren to the sinle-ply TP Hell, have the companies raise their standards for toilet durability.

    • @arcaderdude
      @arcaderdude Год назад +3

      @@panther-nk2hn that's not it. Its the septic tank

  • @jamesweible5357
    @jamesweible5357 11 месяцев назад +246

    "what does the future hold?"
    "poop on my finger probably"
    That had me guffawing, nice one dude.

    • @Laurelin9222
      @Laurelin9222 2 месяца назад

      I laughed for two solid minutes.

  • @roustabout4458
    @roustabout4458 Год назад +370

    Just a couple thoughts ...
    As a former truck driver of 30 years, I can tell you that truck stops use mil-surp toilet paper. That stuff still has the bark on it half the time. The only things a truck driver dreams of are smooth roads, light loads, and two ply toilet paper.
    Encourage your wife to do more cameos, she is prettier than you and I gotta look at dudes all day as it is. Every little thing helps

    • @discodecepticon
      @discodecepticon Год назад +17

      The ol' John Wayne TP... B/C its rough, tough, and don't take no shit off no-one.

    • @squilliampills9851
      @squilliampills9851 Год назад +24

      i work in a warehouse, i was cleaning the bathrooms one time i saw that one of the drivers had snuck in a single roll of 3 PLY TOILET PAPER. i can only assume he forgot to take it back to his truck with him lmao

    • @Jaeger-01
      @Jaeger-01 Год назад +22

      @@squilliampills9851 Damn THREE PLY? Holy shit. Where is the American budget going for one random trucker to get three-ply toilet paper...

    • @tolson57
      @tolson57 Год назад +5

      @@discodecepticonMay they should call it Fat Electrician Wife TP for the same reasons.

    • @roustabout4458
      @roustabout4458 Год назад +8

      @@squilliampills9851 for many years I have carried six squares of good TP in my wallet just in case.
      Otherwise you wipe with something akin to a catchers mitt

  • @Driveby-Viktum
    @Driveby-Viktum Год назад +232

    I spit my coffee at " I don't wanna get in touch with my inner self" right after talking about holes in the paper... whether unintended or not, WELL PLAYED, SIR!

    • @colestowing8695
      @colestowing8695 Год назад +6

      He definitely intended it. I don't think he misses much (pun also intended)😁

    • @mikeylikethailand
      @mikeylikethailand Год назад +4

      Breaking’ through BAD … lol

    • @Mowntandewey
      @Mowntandewey Год назад +5

      "Dissolve on contact like a fucking Listerine strip" got me chuckling like an idiot.

  • @grillmadeofrecycledgrenade3197
    @grillmadeofrecycledgrenade3197 Год назад +813

    The ultimate demonstration of how little "military grade" should mean to anyone.

    • @reisch25
      @reisch25 Год назад +46

      I’m a sub contractor for the company that makes JLTVs, military grade is 100% the cheapest bid

    • @thewhitewolf58
      @thewhitewolf58 Год назад +30

      Comedy is that tv and movies pretend that military grade means that a weapon is crafted on the forge of creation by God himself to be one of the finest weapons of the current time period. Took me too long to remember that when it comes to government they always buy the lowest bid unless there are kickbacks involved.

    • @harbl99
      @harbl99 Год назад +17

      Military grade = lowest bidder.

    • @noneedtoknow07
      @noneedtoknow07 Год назад +12

      @@thewhitewolf58Well they got the M1911 right at least, and the woobie.

    • @MrSirwolf2001
      @MrSirwolf2001 Год назад +14

      @@thewhitewolf58 #3 Philips screwdriver. I ran a tool room for a while in the US Army. The #3 Phillips screwdriver ALWAYS breaks in the exact same place every single time. 2" up the shaft splitting the mfg name lengthwise. EVERY...SINGLE...TIME.

  • @rsweaney
    @rsweaney 6 месяцев назад +102

    I truly believe that the quality of toilet paper a company has in their bathroom reflects how much they respect their customers.

    • @611fk
      @611fk 5 месяцев назад +16

      And Employees.

    • @RangerOfTheOrder
      @RangerOfTheOrder 3 месяца назад +2

      Disney parks use one-ply. Take that how you will.

    • @LyneaSilver
      @LyneaSilver 3 месяца назад +5

      @@RangerOfTheOrder I don't think anyone would have expected any different

  • @ChipJohnson
    @ChipJohnson Год назад +348

    This was one of the more brilliant "unhinged TED Talks" I've ever heard. If there's anything that everyone can come to an agreement upon, it's that single-ply toilet paper is an abomination and should be eliminated.

    • @Ran_out_of_ideas
      @Ran_out_of_ideas Год назад +10

      Info rating 7/10
      Funny rating 9/10
      Unhinged rating 100/10

    • @devynlich00
      @devynlich00 Год назад +3

      ​@@Ran_out_of_ideasIt's not unhinged if it's correct

  • @avis21X
    @avis21X Год назад +282

    Fat Electrician is the only RUclipsr who I can unironically watch talk about toilet paper for ten minutes. And have it ACTUALLY be fun.

    • @sierp13pl
      @sierp13pl Год назад

      In Poland we have a guy who made interesting video about outside toilets🤣

  • @HeisenbergFam
    @HeisenbergFam Год назад +322

    Wife "accidentally" buying single-ply toilet paper to upset you is most trolling wife thing to do

    • @goldenhate6649
      @goldenhate6649 Год назад

      And from then on, she was no longer allowed to buy toilet paper. Only the finest paper can touch this ass.

    • @Atarilas
      @Atarilas Год назад +3

      How in gods name are you in every other video I watch, wtf

    • @kugelblitz1557
      @kugelblitz1557 Год назад

      ​@@Atarilas they are everywhere.

    • @clairruckman7674
      @clairruckman7674 2 месяца назад +3

      I'd argue buying single ply grounds for divorce.

    • @samhaines8228
      @samhaines8228 17 дней назад +2

      wife also has secret stash of the good stuff for her own personal use, probably.

  • @brotherchris01
    @brotherchris01 6 месяцев назад +33

    Using less paper doesn't save trees. We farm tress specifically to make paper and construction lumber. Trees are literally a renewable resource.

    • @SynchronizorVideos
      @SynchronizorVideos 3 месяца назад +5

      Toilet paper specifically is typically made from recycled paper products, but your point still stands, it’s just an extra step or two from trees.
      I’ll also add that tree farming is a very effective atmospheric carbon capture process.

  • @MrTazLewis
    @MrTazLewis Год назад +1169

    You call this unhinged? This seems like a perfectly acceptable subject to talk about.

    • @PopstAhri
      @PopstAhri Год назад +9

      Yeah, but wrong final thought. Toilet paper in general is proof you don't love yourself. Get a bidet.

    • @russbennett5470
      @russbennett5470 Год назад +6

      I feel like he was way too calm for the reason this got started in the first place

    • @vermin9190
      @vermin9190 Год назад

      @@PopstAhri but when i nut i do so in some soft 2 ply sky paper

    • @andrabook8758
      @andrabook8758 Год назад

      I disagree completely with this episode. By 2050, it will all be GREEN toilet paper, aka LEAVES. 🥬🥬🥬🥬🍁🍀🍁🍁🍂🍂🥬🥬🥬🥬

    • @shroomzzz
      @shroomzzz Год назад +1

      ​@@PopstAhritrue that. For $100, we can all poop like kings. The ROI is less than a year in savings on TP. Not to mention septic system, hemmoroids. I feel so much better now that I'm not smearing shit all over myself with paper.

  • @willerwin3201
    @willerwin3201 Год назад +634

    No joke, I had a sergeant in my platoon who had bleeding problems in Iraq because of our military grade toilet paper. I mentioned this offhand to my grandfather, and that WW2 vet made sure my sergeant had enough top-quality TP direct mailed to him to last the rest of our 15-month deployment.
    My grandpa took that shit seriously. I miss him.

    • @gow1044
      @gow1044 11 месяцев назад +25

      Well that is a story to remember

    • @davidstonerook3868
      @davidstonerook3868 11 месяцев назад +31

      I love hearing stories of vets helping out other vets we are all brothers in arms

    • @ladytalksalot4097
      @ladytalksalot4097 11 месяцев назад +12

      If your granddad is still with us, give him a high five for me. If not, give him one in spirit. ❤

    • @timumbra2476
      @timumbra2476 11 месяцев назад +3

      I swear it’s made by blind people could that be the issue?

    • @willerwin3201
      @willerwin3201 11 месяцев назад

      @@ladytalksalot4097 Will do, though it will be the spiritual kind. He passed back in 2020 at 95 years. I miss him a lot. He was my surrogate father after my own dad (his son) died when I was 10, and he was my best man at my wedding. I'm so grateful my own kids all got to have a relationship with him to carry forward. He left behind so many lessons and memories that we still think and talk about.

  • @davidfarris2234
    @davidfarris2234 6 месяцев назад +30

    I've been on this planet for 40 years. This year three-ply paper found it's way to my balloon knot. That was like wiping my butt with the softness of cotton and the strength of paper towels. Truly a game changer.

    • @barefootalien
      @barefootalien 3 месяца назад +2

      Wait'll you try Charmin Ultra. That'll really blow your mind...
      And best of all? It's single ply. :P
      It's almost like number of sheets isn't the point; durability, softness, and smoothness is, and they do those things better with one thick fluffy ply than anyone else does with _four._

    • @Seanmmvi
      @Seanmmvi 2 месяца назад

      Wait till you try a bidet. You'll realize you've been doing it completely wrong for 40 years

    • @jam258420
      @jam258420 Месяц назад +1

      Charmin uses virgin paper meaning the pulp is directly from the tree no use of recycled paper fiber.
      Makes it softer and easier to Emboss.

  • @JulianPeterson-g1e
    @JulianPeterson-g1e Год назад +463

    The ultimate demonstration of how little "military grade" should mean to anyone.. We need more unhinged TED talks like this.

    • @MrDj232
      @MrDj232 Год назад +13

      On the other hand, we dropped 2 nukes on a decommissioned ship and still had to spend another 5 days bombarding it. Even unmanned our military grade boats kick ass.

    • @captin3149
      @captin3149 Год назад +7

      Back when I was in, I would swear to you the paper still had splinters in it.....

    • @bwofficial1776
      @bwofficial1776 Год назад +5

      Military grade, aka the lowest bidder to meet a basic standard.

    • @AzzKicker-bz1cb
      @AzzKicker-bz1cb Год назад +2

      @@captin3149
      Not sure when that was, but when I was in school, I saw toilet paper that had actual wood pieces in it!!!

    • @lucusloc
      @lucusloc Год назад +6

      There is a meme going around many of my communities; "Don't call my rifle military grade, it is way better than that". This is a very true statement, and also applies to toilet paper.

  • @damonculbert5853
    @damonculbert5853 Год назад +2913

    When Brandon Herrera wins his congressional election, he needs to put a bill forward to abolish, single ply, toilet paper.

    • @the_fat_electrician
      @the_fat_electrician  Год назад +759

      Or I’ll run 2

    • @masontrupe9047
      @masontrupe9047 Год назад +203

      @@the_fat_electrician do it bro, Iowa won't know what's comin

    • @astroguy8210
      @astroguy8210 Год назад +111

      ​​@@the_fat_electrician do it I double dog dare you

    • @tresavage97
      @tresavage97 Год назад +68

      ​@@the_fat_electricianyou have my vote 🫡

    • @ben10mama
      @ben10mama Год назад +67

      ​@@the_fat_electricianmight as well run for president and executive order that shit

  • @CivilianTactical
    @CivilianTactical Год назад +591

    Dude, my mind is blown that the algorithm never graced me with your videos until last week… But now, oh boy, I’ve been binge watching.

    • @duh9182
      @duh9182 Год назад +4

      Welcome to the (sh*t)show grunt, buckle up.

    • @jorgey4
      @jorgey4 Год назад +46

      Never got graced with his videos, I just looked up the s.t.e.a.l. shirt that Brandon Herrera kept wearing in his videos

    • @the_fat_electrician
      @the_fat_electrician  Год назад +66

      Welcome ti the channel

    • @Formalpotato
      @Formalpotato Год назад

      @@the_fat_electricianmy dad introduced me back when you used the TikTok style video and made the freedom boner video

    • @gow1044
      @gow1044 Год назад +5

      Same man I discovered him yesterday

  • @thatpatrickguy3446
    @thatpatrickguy3446 11 месяцев назад +25

    Dude, you're so fricking awesome. I spent most of this video cackling like an insane hen at the hilarious fury you put into this informational rant.
    Kudos for hitting the John Wayne toilet paper line in the first 30 seconds or so of the video. I knew it would be there, just didn't know how quickly. And it's a truism, not a joke.
    A friend of mine who was in your situation here told his wife that if she bought single ply toilet paper ever again he was going to install a bidet in the bathroom that used a high force pressure washer as the 'gentle cleaning' apparatus.
    Bonus point was that he used the single ply paper to TP his father-in-law's house as a birthday prank. In return his father-in-law gave him a glitter bomb for Christmas that year. A day or so after cleanup was finally completed both guys found these pranks to be funny. Their wives, not so much. Both of their wives enforced a "there will be no more of this going on" law with threats of castration. Since both women were surgical nurses and therefore had skills with scalpels, peace quickly followed.
    Additional benefit: she never bought single ply TP again.

  • @onarandomnote25
    @onarandomnote25 Год назад +227

    "I like my toilet paper the same way Pixar like their moms... thick". That has to be the best line I've ever heard and I couldn't agree more haha

  • @vikingwebproductions2627
    @vikingwebproductions2627 Год назад +343

    Dear god that is the best message I have heard from a candidate in a very long time. You have my vote sir.

    • @lsswappedcessna
      @lsswappedcessna Год назад +7

      AK Jesus for Congress, TFE for Poo President!

    • @dancook828
      @dancook828 Год назад +4

      Need to start the TFE party of the uk.. Sorry usb and join in this ban of single ply campaign make use of this "special relationship" outlr contrys have and band together to abolish this menace to our outhouses!

    • @Atlquotl
      @Atlquotl Год назад +2

      Quackbang for president!

    • @coltonholaway7902
      @coltonholaway7902 Год назад +3

      ​@@Atlquotltbh he has my vote. Things cant get much worse and at least this way we get some laughs

  • @nautifella
    @nautifella Год назад +100

    SUBPAC Sailor here. I was responsible for making sure we had enough TP for our deployments. I would order 1 case at a time (512 rolls) and fill our hidey holes with it, then I would _"LEAK"_ that we might have enough TP for the run.
    The crew would then snatch a personal supply, and I would back fill original hidey spots.
    When the boat went in to overhaul they stripped out insolation in the frame bays and discovered over 25,000 rolls of TP.
    Most of still useable.

    • @AdmiralYeti8042
      @AdmiralYeti8042 Год назад +13

      Can’t be too careful. The ocean itself is trying to kill you, no need to stress at the head, too.

    • @akiathered
      @akiathered Год назад +13

      Not all heroes wear capes

    • @dustygrunt
      @dustygrunt Год назад +3

      As a skimmer sailor, when the TP is running low it's amazing what someone will be willing to pay for a roll of the good stuff.

    • @ordo_draigo_assault_ham
      @ordo_draigo_assault_ham Год назад +2

      Your priorities and planning are commendable

    • @KnawedOne
      @KnawedOne 9 месяцев назад

      You fulfilled the task!

  • @alvarocastillo9858
    @alvarocastillo9858 Год назад +321

    Skillcraft toilet paper is single handedly responsible for more accidental prostrate checks than all the proctologist in the planet

    • @berkstien1289
      @berkstien1289 Год назад +14

      Got to love the factor that it's made by the blind.

    • @atgrim
      @atgrim Год назад +1

    • @edk.9939
      @edk.9939 Год назад

      Yeah, and I've found the Carborundum branded paper is pretty nasty too.

    • @minddestruct1
      @minddestruct1 Год назад

      XD

    • @SikenServent
      @SikenServent Год назад

      It's also single handedly responsible for more rectal splinters than anything else on the planet, there's a reason good shitter roll is currency in the Navy. Nobody wants to resort to skillcraft toilet paper it's rougher on your leather cheerio than 40 grit sandpaper

  • @dystopianlucidity4448
    @dystopianlucidity4448 Год назад +2085

    I gotta say, I have a hole new appreciation for the first amendment.

    • @Llangion
      @Llangion Год назад +46

      I see what you did there.

    • @Stoobdoob
      @Stoobdoob Год назад +3

      Good stuff 😅

    • @firemanjoe4014
      @firemanjoe4014 Год назад +27

      Is it right to say, "and amendment number two?" 😂😂😂

    • @gmanbo
      @gmanbo Год назад +3

      👏👏👏👏

    • @DomFortress
      @DomFortress Год назад

      So that we can tell censorship to go shove it where the sun don't shine.

  • @waynehajek6346
    @waynehajek6346 6 месяцев назад +15

    "I don't need to get in touch with my inner self". 🤣🤣🤣🤣
    Great line !
    Old Seabee

    • @suther2
      @suther2 4 месяца назад

      I don’t even know if that was intended🤣

  • @tyberzann101
    @tyberzann101 Год назад +70

    “I don’t feel like getting in touch with my inner self” that joke damn near almost killed me. Bravo sir.

  • @cassandraharris853
    @cassandraharris853 Год назад +106

    I used to be an auditor at a couple of Big 4 audit firms. One of the little tricks they taught us was to watch out for the penny pinching. If a company is trying to save money by cutting the toilet paper, free coffee or rationing the pens then they’re in trouble. If they’re that worried by minuscule savings, then they really need the money.
    I’m now senior management at a multibillion multinational and I make sure we don’t play silly buggers with meaningless savings like that. Anyone with time to worry about toilet paper savings isn’t cost effective.

    • @biohazardousBiker
      @biohazardousBiker Год назад +10

      I've always just been a grunt on the floor, but when I see that behaviour I move on to a new job, i've avoided unpaid union strikes twice, and another business went into receivership and couldn't pay out leave to the staff that stayed on.
      Get off the boat while it's still afloat.

    • @blazeesq2000
      @blazeesq2000 Год назад

      @cassandragarris853 Does your firm do the Six-sigma thing where they still ask every employee to submit a cost-savings idea each month? Or was that some early 2000' stuff where 6-sigma and Konban got confused together? In my experience, project managers (PM's)or management get stuck on the project management methodology of the day and get myopic about each of those styles. If one person learns one, it becomes the metaphorical hammer, and everything starts to look like a nail. Each PM style has its one merits and habits. Each method has its own merits depending on the project to be developed. Is there a belief that middle managers can only learn one? That we can only disseminate one style to lower level managers and employees? Why do organizations have an adherence to just one?

    • @No-One-of-Consequence
      @No-One-of-Consequence 11 месяцев назад +1

      Can I send you a resume?

    • @wesleythomas7125
      @wesleythomas7125 11 месяцев назад +3

      "Good toilet paper is a garantee that everything will be alright."
      A comedian whose name escapes me. I think it was John Pinette.

    • @jerryfick613
      @jerryfick613 10 месяцев назад +2

      In my experience, availability of middle management it a bid indicator. When companies are in trouble, the first thing they do is have lots of meetings trying to figure out why they are in trouble.
      So, middle management is constantly tied up in meetings about profit margins, cash flow, and overhead. As a result, they are unavailable to address problems that affect cash flow and overhead.

  • @unklStewy
    @unklStewy Год назад +57

    I've always called it "Einstien Toilet Paper" because every time you use it, you are the verge of a major breakthrough.

  • @CeruleanOyster
    @CeruleanOyster 10 месяцев назад +14

    This entire video reminds me of the first ever paper I wrote for one of my college classes in which we were generally just doing it for fun as sort of an introduction after the first day of class. I believe it was titled something along the lines of 'Single-Ply of Doom'. Alright the assignment was really "what surprises you most about college life so far", and yeah, the single ply in the dorms was horrifying, but I had the blessed foresight to supply my own toilet paper.

  • @orygun9mm
    @orygun9mm Год назад +135

    I have lived my entire adult life by one motto...." You are never ever too poor for good toilet paper."

    • @aniquinstark4347
      @aniquinstark4347 Год назад +15

      Anything that goes on, in, or under your body is worth spending a little more on

    • @JoeRogansForehead
      @JoeRogansForehead Год назад

      I guess you’ve never been homeless than lol . Try ripping the pages you’ve already read out of your only book so you can take a shit in the one nasty public portapotty in the city . Lmao

    • @JustinLaFleur1990
      @JustinLaFleur1990 Год назад +2

      A lesson well learned during the great toilet paper shortage of 2020

  • @travisdrake2940
    @travisdrake2940 Год назад +82

    Thank God, this man has finally brought this to light.

  • @attackofthehog
    @attackofthehog Год назад +18

    The military- "Only the best, for our best!" *Pulls out Humvees and single ply*

  • @mckeeca93
    @mckeeca93 6 месяцев назад +3

    "OK, so I have about 10 minutes to eat breakfast, finish this cup of BRCC and get work. Let's see if there's anything interesting on youtube this morning.....ah yes PERFECT" ....I know, old video. I'm new to the channel and the podcast and I'm playing catch-up. Dude, you get my mornings started off right. I'm the only daughter in a family of military men (brothers, cousins, dad, uncles, grandpa, EVERYBODY). Listening to you and the guys on Unsubscribe podcast makes me feel right at home. It's like listening to my cousins bickering at a family reunion. Thanks for all you do!

  • @draifang
    @draifang Год назад +93

    “I’ve been really broke; I always got good toilet paper. It’s a line you don’t cross. It lets you know everything will be alright.” -John Pinette

    • @disco4178
      @disco4178 Год назад +4

      You could make a suit out of it. Is that Versace? CHARMIN!

  • @ercedwrds
    @ercedwrds Год назад +36

    Did Basic and AIT at Benning over 30 years ago. I asked the drill sergeant what every grunt should bring to a field problem that is not on the packing list. Without even missing a beat he says "baby wipes and playing cards" Best advice I ever got.

    • @andrewwebb3248
      @andrewwebb3248 Год назад

      I was 3 months into the deployment at Kuwait prior to Iraq before I asked for baby wipes in my care package. Fresh out of basic/ait & I didn't know before hand. Never again did I make that mistake & still using baby wipes to this day.

  • @jonathan53356
    @jonathan53356 Год назад +428

    My dad was a facilities manager for the 45+ years he worked. He worked for sites that had over 600 people. One of his duties was to buy paper goods kleenex, toilet paper, etc. He is an industrial engineer by trade. So when vendors like Tork would come with their giant rolls of tp he realized those rolls are and inch narrower than a normal roll. He also told my mom an I "that crap was 1 step up from a pail of corn cobs. How is it cheaper if employees have to use more?" Aparently the 1 ply toilet paper industry is supper pushy and act like their products will save thousands of dolars.
    Since my dad knew this was all BS he purchased good 2 ply toilet paper. He said over a few years they had to buy less because employees used less of the better toilet paper.
    So when the Fat Electrician tells you to not buy 1 ply just listen😅

    • @lastswordfighter
      @lastswordfighter Год назад +22

      Ten bucks says certain tp industry has got lucrative private and government contracts with some lobby power with it.

    • @jelleluyten5017
      @jelleluyten5017 Год назад

      I buy 4-5 ply cause it's soft on my pooper

    • @MrGaryGG48
      @MrGaryGG48 11 месяцев назад +4

      In the early 1960s, my Army Sergeant dad was stationed in Germany. Our family did quite a bit of traveling during our four year assignment and that included a trip through East Germany, into Berlin. The Helmstedt/Berlin autobahn passed through a border crossing at each end. When we were getting our passports stamped, my dad asked the US Army Sergeant-Clerk to hit the passports with all the stamps since we were collecting them to keep when we went home.
      The clerk laughed and said here, "let me use this. He pulled out about 3 feet of toilet paper. He said this is all the military toilet paper was good for. It felt like it had been varnished, it was so smooth!! I don't remember if it was 1-ply or something else but everybody got a laugh out of it.
      As Jack Benny used to say, "Thanks for the memories..." 🤣☝

    • @coyoboyo
      @coyoboyo 11 месяцев назад +3

      This is ass Science people.

    • @Larchkty0324
      @Larchkty0324 11 месяцев назад +4

      I carry toilet paper in my purse, you never know when you'll go in a public restroom and it'll be out or have some weird rationing things.

  • @ripvanwinkle2002
    @ripvanwinkle2002 10 месяцев назад +6

    10 min vid on the most evil use of tree guts man has ever invented?
    *YES PLEASE!*

  • @bigbobam8857
    @bigbobam8857 Год назад +78

    You sir are comedy gold. The fact you can blend history, jokes, and beliefs and it be hilarious and heart warming to watch for almost everyone is magnifico.

  • @georgehuesler9561
    @georgehuesler9561 Год назад +87

    I just realized why I like this channel so much. Unlike so many fake people out there, hipsters, politicians, greasy celebrities, the Fat Electrician really is one of us. Nic, you're the shit, man. And I'm not talking about the most important job on a U boat! Thanks for keeping it real and saying what we're all thinking!

  • @KamikazeShinobi
    @KamikazeShinobi Год назад +30

    Wife:"What's the future hold?" TFE: "Poop on my finger more than likely" Been awhile since I laughed so hard, tears formed.

  • @donaldham308
    @donaldham308 5 месяцев назад +1

    1:42 wasn’t just the pilgrims. My grandmother remembers using corn cobs during tough times as a kid.

  • @troysmith3177
    @troysmith3177 Год назад +19

    I actually have a legit and perfect use for single ply. During the 4th of July, I mix Oxy/Acetelene and Helium into three foot diameter balloons, then tie single ply TP to the end. Let it float about 25 feet up, light the end of the TP, and run! They usually continue to float up to around 80 feet up, then the flame from the TP burning catches the bottom of the balloon. Best poor mans fireworks ever invented. Bright blue flash and a thunderclap that can be heard from 5 miles away. This was taught to me by a bored and retired Navy welder.......the best generation!

  • @tellermorrow81
    @tellermorrow81 Год назад +50

    You have to use half a roll of single ply just to make sure you don't accidentally check your own oil.

  • @ralffsmith2655
    @ralffsmith2655 Год назад +33

    The Canadian forces went with "multiple use sanitary tissue".
    It was basically the brown paper roll cut down to toilet paper width.
    You could write on it....yes with a pen or pencil or even a grease pencil.
    This stuff was almost waterproof , and thick enough to make a paper plane out of.
    There was a unofficial hit put out on the clucker that got this for the army.

    • @IanB.2022
      @IanB.2022 Год назад +2

      Unofficial? They should be public enemy number 1! (or at least in the top 5)

  • @asthacker17
    @asthacker17 10 месяцев назад +2

    Fun Fact: The military's Skillcraft toilet paper has little blotches of red already on it. I'm not sure if they're recycled from Powerpoints some disgruntled S3 red-inked or they just want to make you unsure of whether or not the toilet paper caused your chocolate starfish to bleed, but the thought has kept me up at night.

  • @danieltaylor3480
    @danieltaylor3480 Год назад +152

    Sir as a fellow large American I would vote for you in a heartbeat if you were to run for office to abolish single ply.

    • @brian-8814
      @brian-8814 Год назад +4

      A very sluggish heartbeat.

  • @Ohiotrucker1
    @Ohiotrucker1 Год назад +245

    We need more unhinged vet rants.😂

  • @FatBadger-Airsoft
    @FatBadger-Airsoft Год назад +27

    There’s no worse feeling than that moment when a finger manages to punch through a cheep butt napkin and give you a surprise prostate exam 😂

  • @adamberndt4190
    @adamberndt4190 10 месяцев назад +2

    My grandma (B. 1924) was raised in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, she used to say how they'd use pages from Sears catalogs ball em up and flatten em out a few times to soften em and that was there T.P.

    • @adamberndt4190
      @adamberndt4190 10 месяцев назад

      When My grandfather came home from world war II He married her and brought her to 'the big city' Milwaukee, That was the first time she had ever seen indoor plumbing mind you this was 1945! When she got to the city she wrote her mother and one of the first things she brought up was how everyone had toilets inside the house! She said they used to tie a rope from their front porch to the outhouse So they could grab the rope and follow it to the outhouse due to the fact back in the '30s there was absolutely no ambient light in the North woods of Wisconsin, hell! There's not much ambient light at night up there nowadays! My great grandfather, her dad had a special outhouse shotgun that stayed in the outhouse, just in case!

    • @Suzanne-f4x
      @Suzanne-f4x 5 месяцев назад

      @@adamberndt4190 Yep. A copperhead in the outhouse was not that unusual. Look before you sit.

  • @ithinkihadeight
    @ithinkihadeight Год назад +61

    I'll live in cheap housing, eat cheap food, and put cheap gas in my cheap car, but I'll never voluntarily use cheap TP.

    • @timrankin8737
      @timrankin8737 Год назад +13

      There are certain things I will not compromise on. Charmin TP. Heinz ketchup. And Jif peanut butter. Wife says iam crazy. No I work way too hard and don't have any bad habits so this is my hill to take a stand on.

    • @baseballjustin5
      @baseballjustin5 Год назад +1

      ​@timrankin8737 but will you eat ALL the present butter

  • @6YJI9
    @6YJI9 Год назад +67

    I just want to say that I absolutely love that you included the clip/conversation with your wife at the end. And I absolutely loved the hell out of these so called 'unhinged TED talks'. The more I watch you and Habitual Linecrosser, the more I love you guys; ya'll really are helping me out coping with all of the PTSD/SI episodes I struggle with so thank you!!! -From one vet to another

  • @CaitiffFTW
    @CaitiffFTW Год назад +168

    Fun fact: The position of "Groom of the Stool" was HIGHLY sought after, for one very simply reason.
    The selected person would have immediate and sole access to the Monarch, in the Monarch's most intimate moments. This afforded the Groom massive sway, since this was the only person outside of the Monarch's marriage who actually got to talk to the Monarch, on a regular basis.
    Ambition will make you do, or in this case clean, a lot of shit.

    • @SupersuMC
      @SupersuMC Год назад +3

      XD

    • @kenman451
      @kenman451 11 месяцев назад +1

      😂

    • @jameswolf133
      @jameswolf133 7 месяцев назад +1

      You had a lot a face time with the king.

    • @Banthisyoutube-zs6sx
      @Banthisyoutube-zs6sx 2 дня назад

      ​@@jameswolf133ye middle ages iphone. "Groom of the stool i desire entertainment and ye ole memes!"

  • @user-vl1bo6pf7g
    @user-vl1bo6pf7g 7 месяцев назад +3

    You have to watch an advertisement to get some pt. You just brought that into our collective future my friend.

  • @TheBrent2012
    @TheBrent2012 Год назад +55

    Love the military content, but I think you should have more unhinged TED talks on non-military topics, plenty to choose from today too

  • @defiantance
    @defiantance Год назад +85

    As a 20 year Army Veteran; let me tell you, I always considered Military Grade Toilet Paper to be fine grit sandpaper.

    • @williambrown319
      @williambrown319 Год назад +3

      Dude...that not fine grit. That 12 grit at best.

    • @julieinthenorthwest4594
      @julieinthenorthwest4594 5 месяцев назад

      How about having TP rationed? This happen to us in Korea. God-for-bid you forget your paper in the stall and supply is closed.

    • @defiantance
      @defiantance 5 месяцев назад

      @@julieinthenorthwest4594 I never had that problem ....... thankfully.

  • @greenspace3279
    @greenspace3279 Год назад +32

    I found this channel about a week ago, and I’ve shotgunned 90% of the content this man has made since then. Love the energy, and love the long form content!

    • @foremanhaste5464
      @foremanhaste5464 Год назад

      I did the same. I would wager most of us did when we got blindsided by a quackbang.

  • @bandgeekforlife406
    @bandgeekforlife406 6 месяцев назад +2

    Then there's that stuff they have in public school bathrooms which is more akin to cheap napkins than toilet paper. I avoided bathrooms at school whenever possible for multiple reasons, and that was definitely one of them.

  • @jcpahman77
    @jcpahman77 Год назад +75

    This is not the video we wanted, but it's the video we needed. Abolish single ply toilet paper! Run for office Doc, I'm not in your area but I'll find a way to get on the trail with you.

    • @Jeff.78
      @Jeff.78 Год назад +1

      His campaign could be called, "The Paper Trail".

  • @GoodHunter9
    @GoodHunter9 Год назад +61

    This is probably the only person on the planet who can release a 10 minute video rant on toilet paper and leave me laughing throughout the entire thing.

  • @RetroBlockade
    @RetroBlockade Год назад +22

    "I'm not trying to get in touch with my inner self" actually had me crying from laughing so hard. Keep making stupid jokes for my insanely broken humor please.

  • @spiritofthewolf15x
    @spiritofthewolf15x 2 месяца назад +1

    The Groom of the Stool was one of the second most respected and revered stations. You were one of the most trusted people in the kingdom because you alone were allowed to see royalty at their most private.

  • @yardrats3804
    @yardrats3804 Год назад +70

    I was already struggling to keep the chuckling to myself quiet in the library, but the end credits “What does the future hold?” joke got me and I burst out laughing 🤣

  • @phildvo7880
    @phildvo7880 Год назад +27

    I related to this on an emotional level. Well done, sir. You have my vote for public office.

  • @Kirky64
    @Kirky64 Год назад +32

    Don't know if that bit at the end with the wife was scripted, but if it was, damn it seems so natural. You are lucky to have her and she is lucky to have you.

    • @bluesbest1
      @bluesbest1 Год назад +4

      Scripted? Most likely. Funny as shit? Absolutely.

  • @brianr101010
    @brianr101010 8 месяцев назад

    Dude, I keep saying that I wish I could have been younger and been friends with you, but I realize now if I had been your buddy you would have killed me with laughter. Dear god, please never finish growing up, this sh!tty world needs people like you.

  • @rmartinson19
    @rmartinson19 Год назад +49

    Single ply is also standard in prisons. Plus they ration it pretty hard in there. You only get a set amount (four rolls per month), and if you go over that amount, you have three options: buy more (at inflated prices) from the commissary, borrow some from another inmate, or get real comfortable with your bare hand. The kicker was that even if you managed to scrimp and save your TP so you had a nice surplus so you didn't have to worry, the guards would come and take it all away form you.
    Happened to me like three times. I rationed my TP so hard that after months and months I'd built up a small pyramid of extra rolls stacked against the wall by the toilet. It was a thing of beauty, looking at it and knowing that I could go hog wild and use as much TP as I wanted for the next two or three months. Then some asshole CO would come in and say "that's too much toilet paper" and steal the entire stack. Just about made me cry from pure frustration.

    • @ripvanwinkle2002
      @ripvanwinkle2002 10 месяцев назад +9

      reason #382 in my list of reasons not to get sent to prison..
      thanks for the addition!

    • @markuhler2664
      @markuhler2664 8 месяцев назад +3

      Cruel and unusual punishment. And as a nurse, I say it's a health hazard.

    • @ripvanwinkle2002
      @ripvanwinkle2002 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@markuhler2664 prison is supposed to suck and be miserable and nasty...
      its a punishment
      its so you never want to go back
      ask the OP if he wants to go back to prison..

    • @markuhler2664
      @markuhler2664 8 месяцев назад

      @@ripvanwinkle2002 The first part was said tongue in cheek. The second part is actually true though. We don't have biological warfare as a punishment in our judicial system.

    • @bradenr867
      @bradenr867 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@ripvanwinkle2002it’s not really though, it’s meant to be rehabilitation. The places with the least reoffending criminals are places with the nicest most comfortable prisons.

  • @garyhumphrey8936
    @garyhumphrey8936 Год назад +19

    The struggle is real. When I was at Ft. McCoy we had six toilets with no stalls to divide them. So you had to stare across at your buddy and there never seemed to be more than one roll of paper between the six toilets. It was a experience to say the least.

  • @Texasraildog
    @Texasraildog Год назад +12

    Jesus man I'm sitting here watching your video and just laughing so hard I have tears in my eyes. You've got to be the greatest Storyteller ever.

  • @hack-1_psn195
    @hack-1_psn195 6 месяцев назад

    6:51 "i dont need to get in touch with my inner self" is the best dad joke that went unnoticed ever

  • @MarkiusFox
    @MarkiusFox Год назад +14

    Little trivia: A lot of TP (including glorious thick 4-ply) is made with recycled snot tissues. So the "BUH! What about the trees, BUH!", the trees are safe, for now.

  • @ajgunn3277
    @ajgunn3277 Год назад +23

    'this toilet paper is so thin I can see the ... future through it.'
    xD OMG I nearly died. Love your quick wit and heart-stopping analogies.
    Never quit

  • @thomasmcmullen02
    @thomasmcmullen02 Год назад +62

    As a utility worker that uses almost exclusively public restrooms other than like the 1 time per day when I’m at home and I get to poop in my own toilet, you’ve got my vote. As a dad who loves to save money and yell at people for touching the thermostat, I will absolutely not save money on toilet paper. I need a the good stuff. I’ll be buying one of those shirts, good sir.

  • @rex8255
    @rex8255 10 месяцев назад +1

    I saw another show discussing the "Groom of the Stool" position. It was, apparently, a very sought after position. Because you had the ear of The King at least once or twice a day.
    Another "fun fact"... my Father used to take his toilet paper and, out of habit, would sort of quickly rub it together before use. I asked why, and apparently it was a habit from roughing up the Sears Catalog pages for better absorption. No, I don't recall why I was talking my father while he was dropping a deuce. No, it wasn't a common conversation spot and no, he wasn't weird. But God bless him, if I asked a question, he'd answer it.

  • @bernarrcoletta7419
    @bernarrcoletta7419 Год назад +21

    Back in 1971, my Dad got a gig teaching at the University of Genova. In the 70’s, wiping with Italian toilet paper was like wiping with a layer of plywood. My baby sister and i were afraid to poop. Fortunately Dad was in the Navy reserve, and there was a fleet tug homeported in the harbor. Dad arranged for us to visit the tug, have an American meal, and scored us some TP.

    • @teanosuger
      @teanosuger 10 месяцев назад

      Sounds like Izal toilet tissue, could you also use it as tracing paper?

    • @bernarrcoletta7419
      @bernarrcoletta7419 10 месяцев назад

      @@teanosuger it was too course.

  • @travissmith5525
    @travissmith5525 Год назад +51

    I wouldn't have believed someone if they told me at some point in my life I would almost be in tears from laughing at a guy going off about toilet paper. I now know you could talk about anything and hold my attention! Everything you said was so spot on, just never heard anyone speak publicly about what we are all thinking. You decide to run for office, you have my vote Sir!

  • @insectfeather9342
    @insectfeather9342 Год назад +43

    Of everything that you could’ve done, this caught me off guard and I absolutely love it.

  • @stevenwallman2346
    @stevenwallman2346 5 месяцев назад +1

    You need to read about the WWII submarine USS Skipjack and the infamous “toilet paper letter.” A copy of which made it all the way to the president of the United States. This letter still gives Navy Supply Officers nightmares to this day. It was so influential that it made it into the 1959 movie “Operation Petticoat” and was read by no less than Cary Grant.

    • @Jimtheneals
      @Jimtheneals 2 месяца назад +1

      I just rewatched this video, and after seeing your comment, I was unaware of this letter despite being a Navy vet, I googled this and before I even finished the word skipjack, the letter was there. My god I'm still laughing my ass off at this.

  • @98765432123456781000
    @98765432123456781000 4 месяца назад +6

    A running joke in my friend circle, for years, has been: "How successful would a politician be if their ENTIRE campaign was 'I'll outlaw single-ply toilet paper.'"

  • @Cowboy_pilot
    @Cowboy_pilot Год назад +32

    It’s always a good day when mr.electrician posts!!

  • @jamesbromstead4949
    @jamesbromstead4949 Год назад +9

    Northern Issue, in 1935, began to advertise toilet paper that was ‘splinter free’. Up until this point, it was common to have splinters in toilet roll, due to the production techniques used. St. Andrew’s Paper Mill, in the UK, launched 2-ply paper in 1942.

  • @shakesaw
    @shakesaw Год назад +10

    My guy, do both. Your gas stations will become more legendary than Buc-ee's and you have a massive fan base that will absolutely vote you into office. All you need for campaigns is to show your own videos!

  • @johncools5424
    @johncools5424 Месяц назад

    "I don't need to get in touch with my inner self" bro, that shit was slick. Laughed so hard in the car by myself lol

  • @JessiBear
    @JessiBear Год назад +16

    Can I just say you're genuinely funny as hell. You make history cool

  • @gabrielbrown3382
    @gabrielbrown3382 Год назад +14

    "I've seen some shit," is the best quote I've heard hear. Make this into a T-shirt, where TheFatElectrician is holding a toilet plunger with a roll of toilet paper hanging around it, looking as proud as he can be.

  • @NixonsAppendix
    @NixonsAppendix Год назад +174

    My boat had good supply guys and acquired a years worth of namebrand toilet paper just before deployment. Massive morale boost.

    • @johngross8300
      @johngross8300 Год назад +10

      God Bless the ‘On mission/On point/In Front Of The Eightball “Supply - Ratings/O’s”’. USN 8300, 30 and out.

    • @ninjabearpress2574
      @ninjabearpress2574 Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/wcYUWrkrGrI/видео.html

  • @belgianskunk
    @belgianskunk Год назад +7

    You missed a dad joke at 5:19 :) that's how toilet paper got on a roll. lol. Great stuff man, just found your channel a week ago and almost seen em all now! Keep up the good work. Thx

  • @18outof20
    @18outof20 4 месяца назад

    "I don't need to get in touch with my inner self."?!?! YOOOOOOOOOOO you wild for that one!!!!

  • @Hans_the_Norse
    @Hans_the_Norse Год назад +39

    I know you probably won’t take suggestions from the comments but…… if you do I think Lafayette Green Pool the best US Tank ace in WW2 deserves a video, With 12 confirmed Tank on tank kills, 258 armored vehicles, and what I find amazing he lost 3 tanks in the spend of 3 months, one to a panzerfaust, one to a Blue on blue with a P-38, and one to a panther and only lost one man and his own leg.

    • @Mint_Murder
      @Mint_Murder Год назад +1

      I would like to double this request :) it sounds super cool

  • @Ifnotfriendwhyfriendshaped
    @Ifnotfriendwhyfriendshaped Год назад +9

    Being an electrician I imagine you see many different places of employment, you can tell how much an employer cares by how many plys are on the roll.

  • @Jedi450
    @Jedi450 Год назад +28

    In Army Basic Training we were told that our single-ply toilet paper was to be used one square at a time. We were shown a specific way to fold it so that when you tore off the correct corner and unfolded it, there was a perfect, finger-sized hole in the middle. I'll let you use your imagination for what comes next. When you tore off that corner, save it, because after wiping, you pulled the square up off your finger. If done correctly, this will completely clean your finger except for under the nail. For that, use the torn off corner.

    • @SupersuMC
      @SupersuMC Год назад +5

      Sounds like a shittily useful skill. XD

    • @jacoblansman8147
      @jacoblansman8147 Год назад +8

      I would legitimately say "fuck that" and go to boot camp with enough toilet paper to last my entire barracks for the several weeks.
      Cos that way even if I'm a complete shitter who barely avoids washing out of boot camp and makes everyone do extra PT because of my failures, I'm also the reason why nobody in the barracks has to wash poop off their fingers every time they take a dump.

    • @doomermeme9975
      @doomermeme9975 9 месяцев назад

      I was shown this. It was a joke though

    • @Jedi450
      @Jedi450 9 месяцев назад

      Yeah we knew it was a joke...Ok we ASSUMED it was a joke. lol@@doomermeme9975

    • @basiliohernandez5111
      @basiliohernandez5111 9 месяцев назад

      Yep, when I was a Drill Sergeant, I showed my platoons the same thing. When I came off the trail, I showed my pops!😂

  • @ramonmilam4373
    @ramonmilam4373 5 месяцев назад +1

    As a former 19E Vet, Armor for the uneducated, in our latrines, we had toilet paper dispensers the issued one 4x5 sheet of single ply toilet paper at a time. By the time you were done, you had smeared shit clear up you back. In the field in your C Ration box, you got a packet with a few sheets, which was OK because you were so constipated you didn't shit for days anyway. Somewhere on the internet should be instructions on how to use it.

  • @GhettoMedic
    @GhettoMedic Год назад +29

    Did Nic just announce his candidacy, while simultaneously talking about toilet humor… I would expect nothing less… My only question is, how do I get involved in the campaign?

  • @sir_strangelove
    @sir_strangelove Год назад +10

    The man will talk about anything and make it the most entertaining lecture you’ve heard. (Also can we get a Force Recon/MARSOC video please?)

  • @ThatMNTrucker93
    @ThatMNTrucker93 Год назад +6

    Ah yes, the 3 sea shells. I automatically thought of Demolition Man. You didn't disappoint with scene immediately following my thoughts

  • @Czahn15
    @Czahn15 8 месяцев назад

    So for the past 2 nights at work I have been binge watching all of this dudes videos and I am completely honest when I say this one is by far my favorite. I was laughing so hard all my coworkers heard me over the noise of the machines

  • @dannygore899
    @dannygore899 Год назад +25

    Run for office brother. I've seen most if not all of your videos. Everything you say is historically based and keeping it real. You would get my vote. --Texas Veteran

    • @quinnhasse9170
      @quinnhasse9170 Год назад +1

      Not from texas but i agree^

    • @coyoboyo
      @coyoboyo 11 месяцев назад

      There is no way that me in California would ever allow Iowa or any random Mid-Western areas to become that cool. We have sweaters to buy and fires we can't control man!

  • @jaedenwaltner2633
    @jaedenwaltner2633 Год назад +11

    2:45 I’ve seen some s*** has me laughing so hard😂😂😂😂 😂😂😂

  • @Sassy_Mama_73
    @Sassy_Mama_73 Год назад +6

    You had me rolling buddy😂😂! I loved the whole “get in touch with my inner self”! That was hilarious 😂😂😂

  • @kevinkirk4285
    @kevinkirk4285 3 месяца назад

    I love your rants! Keep 'em coming....and going...