August 26, 526, is the official anniversary of the invention of toilet paper by the Chinese. We celebrate this, though not because of its convenience. In fact, it has many shortcomings, some which are described within the articles and letters of SurvivalBlog. Our celebration of it is primarily because we now have an official metric of just how hard core of a prepper you are as well as a metric for just how economically unstable your country is.
August 26, 1946 is also the official release date of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.”
It is reassuring to know that the economic health of my country is gauged by how many pallets of toilet paper I buy at Sam’s.
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