What do people use in place of paper towels/kleenex/napkins?

I hear a lot of people say "I don't use toilet paper, I use [insert alternative here]" but never hear about what is used for the other things.

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Three seashells duh
- This!
washable fabric napkins.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handkerchief
- Doesn't that come with its own issues of reusage though? I think they stopped promoting ShamWow due to these.
  
  You just wash them as you wash clothes, what kind of issues are there?
I wash. With water. At least when home

Toilet paper destroys my arse
Wouldn't it be better to ask them when they say it?

With toilet paper, it could be that they use a bidet
We use a combination of microfiber towels and swedish dishcloths to replace paper towels and we use cloth napkins to replace paper napkins (and sometimes kleenex lol). Haven’t had the desire yet to give up soft toilet paper…
- A good bidet is life changing
  
  That’s what they say. And, I’ve spent a lot of time in countries that have them. But, i have still chickened out each time lol. But, I do plan to get an add-on kind one of these days to give it a try. Thanks for the reminder
Ironically: toilet paper.

It looks suspicious a.f., I grant you, but even when I had a desk job in an office, I'd have a toilet roll in easy reach on my desk for use on spillages - drink spillages - and for wiping my fingers and face if I was eating and needed to use the computer or to answer the phone. Also for blowing my nose, but I'd try to leave the room with enough in hand to do that so I wasn't subjecting people to that unmistakeable noise.

I buy the cheapest TP the supermarket sells. It's generally cheaper than most other paper products and works just as well.

Not terrible for it's original purpose either, but I prefer something slightly better quality for that.
- Now we know where all the TP went during covid.
I use a handkerchief for my face, I use cotton barmops in the kitchen, I use cloth napkins at the table. I blow my nose over a running sink and wash my hands after.
- What if there's no sink nearby?
  
  Then I'm outdoors, and I just snotrocket into the grass.
  
  There's the handkerchief
Leaves.
I know a guy who... goes to shows
When he's at home and... he blows his nose
He don't use tissues... or his sleeve
He don't use napkins... or any of these,

He uses:
- MaaaAaaaAaaaAaaagazines
  
  🪩☄️🎸

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