• JohnBrownsBussy2 [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    4 months ago

    It’s a hoax/transphobic rumor, allegedly from various unsubstantiated reports of schools keeping cat litter or litter boxes. The only case of this actually happening is keeping cat litter on hand to clean up large spills as an absorbant (specifically, it’d be used for cleaning up hazardous spills, like a chemical or blood.)

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      What the actual fuck? How twisted one’s mind must have be if after seeing cat litter in school the first thought was not “there must be a cat in this school”?

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      To clarify further, cat litter is used to clean up vomit, urine, and blood. It can also be used as a form of traction for cars in cold weather.

      Almost all janitors everywhere in the world will have cat litter on hand.

      It’s inexpensive, comes in bulk, can be found at every store, and is extremely useful.

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        Also good if you run out of toilet paper.

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              I really hope this is a /s moment.

              Cats urinate on it and it is quickly absorbed for easy cleanup, and then poop on top of it so that they can then bury it and the litter can absorb the smell.

              Using that for toilet paper would be like using sand or fine gravel.

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                Yes lol, I was suggesting that if you ran out of tp, you could go on the litter. I do not put cat litter up my bottom. 🤣

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                    Sometimes the complex topics just need to be analysed in depth.

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                    The vital discussions that will build socialism come in many forms.

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                  But that implies that you are pooping on the tp? How would going on litter solve the problem that tp is meant to solve? Did you mean to say that you should use the litter if you don’t have a toilet?

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                    Cat litter is just that absorbent, even from a distance.

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      There was a school in Colorado who was keeping cat litter in supply, but it turns out it was for students to use during extended school shooter lockdowns.

      https://nowthisnews.com/news/cat-litter-school-bathroom-conspiracy-theory

      Per NBC News, “[t]he district — where Columbine High School is located — has been stocking classrooms with small amounts of cat litter since 2017, but as part of ‘go buckets’ that contain emergency supplies in case students are locked in a classroom during a shooting.”