So far we have three people that have made the same comment about not being the front view. I’m using copy comments as TP tomorrow.

  • tehWrapper
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    795 months ago

    Unless you have a cat that likes to play with them… Then the other direction.

    • @[email protected]
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      205 months ago

      Why not just shut the door so the cat doesn’t get in there? The toilet paper being hung correctly is more important than the cat for me.

      • Ms. ArmoredThirteen
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        235 months ago

        One of my cats knows how to open doors like a fucking velociraptor. We’ve baby locked several of our doors but some things like the bathroom I don’t like fucking around with extra steps when trying to get into at 3am

        • Zammy95
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          65 months ago

          Oh hey, my fear. Do you have door knobs, or uh - the flat handled kind that swing down or up? I just realized I don’t know what those lever like door handles are called.

          I can hear one of my cats pawing at the door knob at night, he’d be getting in places he shouldn’t if we had those flat kind.

          • Ms. ArmoredThirteen
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            25 months ago

            The flat/lever kind, can get them open first try from either side of a door it’s impressive. He’s way too smart for his own good and I suspect he could work a round style one if it had enough texture on it. The menace certainly gets into everything else in the house

            • @[email protected]
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              15 months ago

              Our Kimchi is working so hard on this and I don’t usually think of her as clever. She knows the knob opens the door so she bats at it, hangs on it.

              Neither cat has been messing with the toilet paper lately though.

    • Rhaedas
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      145 months ago

      Depends on the cat. If they’re simply going with tapping the roll to spin it, that may work for a bit. I’ve found that rolls accessible to a cat tend to morph into big balls of clawed unusable pulp.

      • ALQ
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        5 months ago

        When I was a young kid, I had a cat that was front-declawed (this was before it was well known that it’s an abusive practice - my folks didn’t know better at the time). Because he couldn’t shred the paper with his claws, he showed his spite by chewing up the roll so it looked like he’d clawed it. Didn’t matter which direction the roll was.

        I loved that cat. He was so smart.

  • Decoy321M
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    725 months ago

    I see we’ve got some really strong opinions going on here. Just wanna remind everyone to keep it friendly and civil.

    And on that note, all you weirdos who place it behind are wrong and I will die on this hill.

    Fight me.

  • @[email protected]
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    5 months ago

    Sure, that’s great and all, but the creator of the Gif says the wrong way to say it so… the creator is not always right.

    • Decoy321M
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      115 months ago

      hahahahah … I can see how that can be confusing…

    • @Darkenfolk
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      25 months ago

      Sounds painful tbh, but you do you.

    • Ghostalmedia
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      225 months ago

      What in the terrible photoshop I looking at.

      Why is there two gigantic rolls on the ground?

    • @[email protected]
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      105 months ago

      Bad design. Toilet paper not currently in use must be stored outside the bathroom so that it doesn’t become damp and musty from the humidity. As opposed to on the wet floor next to the dewy toilet. This is how you get a nasty fungal infection fyi

        • @[email protected]
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          175 months ago

          LOL my god, I was gonna say. OP apparently lacks a rudimentary immune system as well. Or, is shoving that tp way, way too deep. And leaving it there.

          My wife got me to install a bidet. Can’t remember to try it. Been 8-months, still forget.

            • @[email protected]
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              45 months ago

              I’ve had a bidet for years and never used it. The rest of my family does, but I have no interest.

              • @[email protected]
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                145 months ago

                It is far superior and unmeasurably more efficient.

                Actually you can measure it, by the amount you save on shit tickets.

                • @[email protected]
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                  25 months ago

                  Eh, different strokes for different butts. I don’t see how having a wet/moist ass is more efficient. I have one, and don’t use it unless I’m particularly interested…in extra cleanliness. It’s not for everyone.

        • @[email protected]
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          25 months ago

          In hot, humid climates the toilet bowl itself will have condensation that sweats down the outside in my experience. YMMV

          • @[email protected]
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            25 months ago

            Oooh. That makes more sense.

            In less humid/hot locations, this isn’t really an issue. The outside of the bowl is cold, but rarely collects condensation.

            The only way for it to get wet and create a problem is when guys have bad aim and don’t have the decency to sit down because of their bad aim.

            If you use the TP after that, you get what’s coming to you.

      • ✺roguetrick✺
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        25 months ago

        Being in the general vicinity of mold won’t give you a fungal infection unless you don’t wash. I recommend against placing toilet paper directly inside your rectum or vagina, however.

    • @[email protected]
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      95 months ago

      I use a bidet, I still need TP to clean up after the water does the job.

      I know fancy bidets exist that will blow dry your arae, but what do I look like? A rich person? We got ours from Amazon for like $20.

      TP use is way down, but it’s still needed in many cases.

        • @[email protected]
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          95 months ago

          A bidet ain’t 100% clean. Sometimes there is small residue which you notice when you dry with toilet paper. I got a handheld bidet btw and since installing it 10y ago I really hate pooping without.

  • meseek #2982
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    5 months ago

    Not the best patent to use if you want to settle the debate. This one from Wheeler is the nail in the coffin: patent

    It also shows why it was over and not under as at the time, the TP holder was a hanging wire, which kept the paper against the wall. Not protruding out like todays hangers.

  • ASeriesOfPoorChoices
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    265 months ago

    I love how everyone arguing against this mentions cats - and never toddlers.

    It really speaks volumes to the types of users on Lemmy :)

        • @[email protected]OP
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          5 months ago

          Honestly I sometimes wonder how I did it, because my cats listen to me and rarely do something I don’t want them to.

          Im firm with them, never loud, never hit them or push them. Consistency might be the key. Always tell them no the same way, as many times as it takes. I’ll give them something else to play with if they’re ripping something up too.

          They’re smart, if you spend the time with them.

          • @[email protected]
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            25 months ago

            Exactly this. Had a friend struggling to teach a kitten. He had the habit of sounding stern, but not following through, simply pointing like a threat. It even confused me, let alone the cat

            Within 1 hour of me consistenly spraying the kitten with water and using the same tone, the kitten started to hesitate when wanting to jump on the counter. It learned not to do so quickly after that.

  • @[email protected]
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    185 months ago

    Objection: appeal to authority + appeal to tradition + I did the fuck with yo mama last night

    /s if that’s really necessary