Toilet paper orientation • Hacker News Board

coderdude wrote: post #9

soyelmango wrote: post #2

Personally I'm an 'over' for functional and aesthetic reasons. I could never understand why some would be 'under's - but then again, I don't have pets/children, nor a mobile home.

As interesting as toilet paper orientation is to a community of programmers and entrepreneurs I don't appreciate your looking down on others. I know people who live in mobile homes and I don't like to see those people being looked down on for where they live (of all the things you could pick on a person for). In fact, I can't stand it. It's bad enough what they go through from people who think they're better than the…

Hey, no need to apologize for your rant - you have the right to free speech.

I must ask though what gives you the impression that I'm looking down on others. When I wrote "...I don't have pets/children, nor a mobile home", that was merely a statement of fact. Read the article ( this bit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientation#Argume... ) and you'll see why I said what I said, with no malice nor condescension intended.

Re: Toilet paper orientation

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Post by soyelmango » Mon, Jan 31, 2011, 1:15 PM UTC

utops wrote: post #4

I'm glad this vital issue has finally been raised in this community. I've been writing a checklist of issues to double-check before I launch my startup and almost overlooked this.

It's certainly not a vital issue, but I'd say it's at least an interesting issue. I say that because it's one of those things that people take for granted. It's useful and interesting (at least it is for me!) to analyze the things that we do out of thoughtless habit.

Re: Toilet paper orientation

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Post by coderdude » Mon, Jan 31, 2011, 1:22 PM UTC

soyelmango wrote: post #13

coderdude wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As interesting as toilet paper orientation is to a community of programmers and entrepreneurs I don't appreciate your looking down on others. I know people who live in mobile homes and I don't like to see those people being looked down on for where they live (of all the things you could pick on a person for). In fact, I can't stand it. It's bad enough what they go through from people who think they're better than the…

Hey, no need to apologize for your rant - you have the right to free speech. I must ask though what gives you the impression that I'm looking down on others. When I wrote "...I don't have pets/children, nor a mobile home" , that was merely a statement of fact. Read the article ( this bit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientation#Argume... ) and you'll see why I said what I said, with no malice nor condes…

I took your remark as a statement that follows this frame: "I never understood why some people do [something I think is in poor taste], but then again I'm not [some class of people]."

From the Wikipedia article: Under in a recreational vehicle may reduce unrolling during driving.

Unless you confuse mobile homes with recreational vehicles, I doubt that this is what you intended.