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Toilet paper orientation

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19 pointsmdturnerphys20 comments

I really think this issue is just as important as women failing to leave the toilet seat up for men.

I didn't even realize I had a preference until my wife pointed out that I put the toilet paper roll on "backwards" once.

I happened to find this Wiki page and was thoroughly entertained.

As it turns out, I was an over, she was an under.

Since I got a rather rowdy cat, I am now also an under.

Yes, a cat converted me from an over to an under as well.

Let's just be clear, that being a "cat convert" is just accepting practicality over preference. As an over, you all know the orientation you'd prefer.

Since when did HN become the random button on Wikipedia?

This is what I came to post here.

Random tech news -> Random news -> Random

This article seems to grow by another page or so every time I visit it. Ahh, graduate students.

Startup pitch: Motorized TP holder that uses a scale built into the toilet seat do identify the "user" by weight and flips the TP roll in accordance with the user's preferences.

Should I contact TechCrunch now or after VC money?

FWIW never knew there was an angument for under so this was worth the post. It's valid with small children, aggressive pets, and in-vehicle holsters.

Cats seem more than capable of shredding the entire roll in-situ even if it's "under".

All 3 references to the purported advantage of "under" with pets are not peer-reviewed publications. Anecdotes are not data!

I used to have an orientation preference. Now I have a wife.

LMAO. I'm cracking up at the mutual exclusivity of that statement.

I'm a fan of the over-orientation. No need to reach.

I thought this was going to be some kind of startup new employee orientation process that all the cool kids are doing.

I guess it could instead be a meaningless question asked at an interview, "to see how you think."

At the bottom of the section "Arguments for over or under":

"In the academic field of evaluation, Michael Scriven writes that the question of the correct way to insert toilet paper is a 'one-item aptitude test' for measuring one's evaluation skills. These skills include the evaluative attitude, practical logical analysis, empathy, teaching, and being a quick study. To prove one's competence, one may either derive the 'one right answer' or prove that the test is or is not culturally biased."

Martha says over. http://www.marthastewart.com/248076/toilet-paper-debate edit: it starts at the 8:45 mark in the video

There's a very easy solution to this http://i.imgur.com/ZMHEx.jpg (for any sort of public toilets)

The number of cites on that article are mind blowing.

uck, anyone who folds under clearly doesnt use linear thinking / logical languages.

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