I read today that the world-wide rate of production of toilet paper is about 83 million rolls per day. My first thought was “Wow, that’s a lot of toilet paper!”<\/p>\n
But then I took a moment to think about it some more. And I remembered that the current world population is about 83 billion.<\/p>\n
Which means that the average person gets access to only one roll of toilet paper every 100 days. Take a moment to let that sink in.<\/p>\n
If you are reading this, you are probably not that “average person”. And you might take a moment to reflect on what that really means.<\/p>\n
Here in the United States we are mostly shielded from true poverty. Some people here even celebrate billionaires — and now trillionaires.<\/p>\n
We fortunate ones can mostly get away with living in an oblivious bubble. But every once in a while, something punctures that bubble, and the terrible truth manages to seep in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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