It's wild to me that they posed. Not that they stopped that, or that there's a news story about it. But that they posed.
this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2026
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They're posing with the shit paper as if it were a pile of cocaine 🤣 I hope America the beautiful was blaring while this photoshoot went on.
Did anyone make sure they didn't touch the children?
Assuming the serious drug bust pose around toilet paper is meant to be a joke - that’s pretty funny.
Now those kids will have to rebel in a safer way, like drugs.
I just noticed what has to be a trained butt-sniffing dog.
You know more than a few of those rolls are going to mysteriously go missing from the evidence locker. smh
The photo with the pallet of toilet paper is, admittedly, hilarious.
Good job, boys. You foiled the nefarious plans of those high schoolers. Really earning that salary.
Oh my gosh there was a notorious period in HS with TPing and revenge TPing. The rich kid car dealer Dad got hit and MAN did they overreact and get pissed.
Their nanny was there at the time and felt threatened. A stuffed a tailpipe caused damage. All sorts of exaggerating lies. Oh man, it was the best.
According to police, the estimated street value was $1,708.66.
Once again, they're inflating their numbers by extrapolating the street price for a single use against what's clearly a distributor quantity. They're probably also adding the weight of the pallets into the net total.
You don't even have to hit distributor quantity for that price to be obviously a complete load. I can get 16 mega rolls of angel soft brand for 10 bucks at my local Safeway right now. 62.5 cents per roll. And if you're buying it to TP someone's house, you're probably getting an even cheaper brand.
They're claiming each roll has a street value of ~$2.63. Basically 5 times that amount.
But aside from the money, the cops are presenting this as preventing all sorts of property damage which...fuck right off with that. TPing isn't damaging shit. You pull it down from the trees, you put in a garbage bag, you go on with your day. Nah, they just wanted to deny these kids the fun of an amazing TP war. Teens are always gonna push boundaries and find fun in rebellious activities, and I feel like TPing is one of the least destructive things they could be doing, frankly.
I didn’t know toilet paper had street value but now that I do, how do I best become the kingpin in 3fold?
That's what street value means
Wow, good work. Very cool and useful.