Some Chinese restrooms are requiring payment for toilet paper

Some public restrooms in China are requiring you to watch an ad before they dispense toilet paper, but they're not the only country to ask for payment. In some places, it's definitely a privilege to pee! Outrage as new 'Black Mirror' public restrooms won't let you have toilet paper unless you watch 30-second ad first (Dan Seddon, Unilad, Sep 20, 2025) 10 International Toilets (Susan Batten, How Stuff Works, accessed Sep 22, 2025) A Brief History of the Flush Toilet (The British Association of Urological Surgeons, accessed Sep 22, 2025) Cell phone statistics 2025 (Alexus Bazen, Consumer Affairs, Mar 20, 2025) Instagram: @condensedsouppodcast [email protected] *this episode was recorded in a cruise ship cabin