Toilet paper orientation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientation

by soyelmango • 15 years ago

21 11 15 years ago

en.wikipedia.org

soyelmango3• 15 years ago

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.

coderdude2• 15 years ago

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.

soyelmango3• 15 years ago

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.

aquarin• 15 years ago

Hum, I thought I was the only one that have this problem with orientation.

utops• 15 years ago

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.

soyelmango3• 15 years ago

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.

jarin• 15 years ago

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.

Emore• 15 years ago

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

ErrantX• 15 years ago

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.

SaltwaterC• 15 years ago

http://i41.tinypic.com/20uwsg3.jpg

However, this one has some points: http://www.blameitonthevoices.com/2009/03/great-debate.html

Toilet paper orientation

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