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Re: Toilet paper orientation

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Post by utops »

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.

Re: Toilet paper orientation

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Post by jarin »

I love the caption on the second image: "The improper under orientation".

I remember a crazy discussion a few years ago on the Something Awful Forums about wiping direction preference, which turned into a flamewar on the merits of wiping sitting up vs. wiping standing up or half-standing.

I had no idea people wiped standing up.

Re: Toilet paper orientation

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Post by ErrantX »

Emore wrote: post #6

This article is probably a good example for when '[Citation needed]' is taken a bit too seriously. 119 references!

It's probably a magnet for people wanting to delete it :) It's a shoddy article really and needs serious work.. I guess the cites are intended to make up for that.

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Post by coderdude »

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 they are (hint: you're not any better because your parents raised you in something more socially acceptable). It's clear that you don't know what it's like for them, but if you did you wouldn't make comments like that. If every day you heard people driving by yelling things like "trailer trash" at you then you might understand what I'm saying. Spread your subtle hate elsewhere.

Sorry to others for this long rant about a small, unconscionable remark. Condescension is a personal pet peeve.

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