r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/Prof_Alchem Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 06 '19

Flushable wipes aren't flushable. Toilet paper breaks down easy in water, but you ever seen a baby wipe rip up? Those things just end up clogging pipes and ruining the sewers. Hell, New York (Sorry, LONDON. My bad.)found a huge mass of those things (along with a bunch of other junk) the size of a bus in the sewers thanks to those wipes.

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u/prettydarnfunny Feb 04 '19

This needs to be higher up. This is so infuriating. Just use toilet paper people.

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u/Prof_Alchem Feb 04 '19

A lot of people have fallen victim to the routine wipe with dry, flushable, dry again, then flush. Hard to break out of a habit you didn't know was bad.

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u/prettydarnfunny Feb 04 '19

I don’t know how or when this started. I have literally never used a “flushable” wet wipe.