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Dating can be rough. You gotta go through a lot of frogs to find your prince, and a lot of the frogs can be crappy at messaging on Tinder. They'll send a bad message responding to your bio, your pictures, your musical taste. Any info they can get about you could inspire a stupid comment or rude question. But this is the price we pay for l'amour.
Writer Hana Michels shared her own issues with this system on Twitter, sharing an image of herself she's had on Tinder. In it, she's standing in the bathroom, brushing her teeth. In the background, a toilet paper roll is visible. According to Michels, in the past year she's received 23 messages from men telling her she's hanging her TP wrong.
Men, I ask you: why?
This is my tinder profile. I’ve had it for a year. 23 men have contacted me to say I’m incorrect about toilet paper pic.twitter.com/uBAcQlZ34r
Can a roommate relationship recover after toilet paper has split it asunder? Michels seems open to understanding another point of view, as long as it doesn't come at her via Tinder.
And her view is not uncommon. Many agree that under is the way, the word, the truth:
I don't have Tinder... but if I did, I'd be trying to find your profile right now just to tell you that you are correct about toilet paper.
There are actually lots of practical reasons for it:
This is how I have my toilet paper. Not because I want to. But because my cat Ted rolls it all into the toilet if it’s the other way. What an ass. https://t.co/bgPvXsQ2Tu
Why is this not the acceptable way to have toilet paper? It's so much easier to tear this way
— Underscore "Will be @TFCon Toronto" Zeus (@UnderscoreZeus) July 2, 2018
But then came the naysayers, many of whom took umbrage with Michel's assertion that only men sent her this message.
I think its because the paper can touch the bottom of the wall where bacteria can reside. It's probably mostly a rule for public restrooms. I always remember it from the Simpson's when CPS tries to take the kids awayhttps://t.co/qL5jLMI69c
— Saturated Jagged Vertices the 5th (@SalvadorViescaV) July 3, 2018
Regardless of gender identification, there is a right way, and a wrong way to position toilet paper. Over the top the the official and correct way. https://t.co/eFLJkPfzzB
At least one person has been literally taking on the issue with their own two hands:
I don't complain when I see that. I just "fix" it every time I'm over that person's house in silent judgement until they stop inviting me over. Then it's not a problem for anyone anymore.
But there is actually an answer to this eternal debate.
The original toilet paper roll was patented in 1891 by New York businessman Seth Wheeler, according to the Huffington Post. According to Wheeler, the paper should go over:
The definitively correct answer on the toilet paper question is this: the correct way to put the roll is the way the person who was considerate enough to replace the empty roll with a new one did it.
