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[-] Sequentialsilence@lemmy.world 99 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

According to the patent (US465588A) it should be over.

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

This is the way.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 5 points 4 months ago

Are we really beholden to the past like that? Things change, and hopefully improve. I know most people say over but my argument for under is that it can do everything over can... But, due to the extra friction, I can also tear it one-handed by ripping fast and the roll won't continue spinning.

[-] voracitude@lemmy.world 68 points 4 months ago
[-] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 months ago

What did they do before 1891?

[-] krdo@programming.dev 12 points 4 months ago
[-] Silentiea 3 points 4 months ago
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[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

In the days of old when knights were bold and toilet paper wasn't invented, they'd wipe their ass with a piece of grass and walk away contented.

[-] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Your hands or water or a sponge that is then cleaned in water. It's actually really interesting, and I encourage you and everyone else to read up on it.

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[-] LittleBorat2@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

Wipe their ass with newspaper?

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[-] SnotFlickerman 40 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It can be highly dependent on if you own a cat.


When I am not a cat owner: Over

When I am a cat owner: Under, most definitely.


Case in point:

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago

My cat does this, while also ripping it up, so doesn't matter if it's over or under

[-] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I understand a lot of cat owners have this happen, but my cats have never done it other than once and then never again after I redirected them with a cat toy.

[-] BynaD@lemm.ee 23 points 4 months ago

Over, to prevent the spread of bacteria by touching the wall. Under is acceptable if you have a cat, who will fuck with the roll.

[-] Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 months ago

The toilet paper drags against the wall either way though?

[-] BynaD@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago

Yes, but the paper is clean, your hands are dirty. If the paper hangs over, you can grab the paper directly. If the paper hangs under you may have to touch the wall to be able to get at the paper.

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[-] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 4 months ago

hands touching the wall

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[-] fubo@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago
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[-] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago

Over unless you got a cat or little kids

[-] w3dd1e@lemm.ee 13 points 4 months ago

A few years ago I chose to stop thinking about it. I just refill the roll and don’t worry about it. When I realized it didn’t matter, it was a weight lifted off my shoulders. Same with trying to stop the gas pump on the nearest dollar or setting the tv volume to an even number.

I don’t know why I felt such a relief when I let go, but I did and now I’m free!

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago

You animal.

[-] ciphershort@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 months ago

Be chaotic like me and just put it on whichever way it's facing when you put the new roll on.

[-] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 13 points 4 months ago

Some people just want to watch the world burn

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 12 points 4 months ago

My toilet paper is sideways.

[-] Nemo@midwest.social 5 points 4 months ago

Same, on a vertical spike.

[-] GJdan@programming.dev 7 points 4 months ago

As a warning to other toilet paper rolls.

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[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 4 months ago
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[-] LittleBorat2@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

I have a ledge above my toilet or a commode next to the toilet. Who needs this weird holder in the first place?

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[-] Daxtron2@startrek.website 10 points 4 months ago

mashed into a thick paste and applied liberally to the anus

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[-] comrade19@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Over is best for high rate on a household single roll holder, but if you ever load a bathroom stall toilet roll magazine its gotta be under or the next round wont cycle into chamber

[-] fjordbasa@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Over, unless you have cats

[-] Heavybell@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Whichever you prefer. There is no correct way.

[-] Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Over is the only acceptable way!

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[-] Today@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

My husband just leaves it on the floor below the dispenser, even in the bathroom that just has a flip up instead of a springy cylinder.

[-] anonymouse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

Is your husband my girlfriend?

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[-] card797@champserver.net 2 points 4 months ago

Sounds like my wife.

[-] Salvo@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago
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[-] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Under because that way you can model it by making a cylinder and adding a plane to it, because the plane is attached to the back you don't have to do the extra work of making sure the textures line up.

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 3 points 4 months ago

I grew up with cats, so my default is under.

[-] Perturabo@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I don't even have a holder

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Look at the patent

[-] lemmeout@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

I like it inside, where you loop it through the tube.

[-] LemmyHead@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

Over has always been more effective, also to take it with one hand

[-] greyw0lv@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

Over, unless you have a holder that covers the wall.

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