All right, let's settle this once and for all.

[pseudonym@mastodon.online]

All right, let's settle this once and for all. Yes, I know about the patent, I don't care. Want to survey the masses for how it's done, done, done.

Since I get 4 options, checking for USA vs rest of the world to see if there is a difference.

Toilet paper (bog roll) should be mounted:

[jackyan@mastodon.social]

@pseudonym The dude who invented toilet paper made it pretty clear which way this should be …

[kinsale42@mstdn.games]

@jackyan @pseudonym as did the dude who made the little cover for the roll that they use(d) everywhere in Germany (in the 80s at least)

[jackyan@mastodon.social]

@kinsale42 @pseudonym Oh yeah, we got those, too! They were all the rage!

[kinsale42@mstdn.games]

@jackyan @pseudonym I wish I had one lol

[starhawk@dice.camp]

@pseudonym

No option for "happy either direction as long as its not empty"?

[sunumbral@beige.party]

@pseudonym US bog roll direction indifferent

[woe2you@beige.party]

@jackyan @pseudonym As did the dude who invented GIFs but that didn't seem to make much difference.

[wenhamtoo@mstdn.social]

@pseudonym I voted over-the-top, but if you own a cat there is a very practical reason to switch to the other way.

You won’t walk into the loo to find the TP all over the floor and the cat looking proud of itself.

[lucybeahere@mstdn.social]

@pseudonym

My husband points it towards the back, so it’s a battle for whoever changes the roll first.

[jackyan@mastodon.social]

@woe2you @pseudonym I follow his pronunciation to this day.

[colo_lee@mstdn.social]

@pseudonym It's easy to reverse, in our home at least. So, if it gets put on in the incorrect orientation, I just change it.
(Yes, there is a correct orientation even if some people don't understand.)

[mark@mastodon.fixermark.com]

@pseudonym I feel like this question deserves a caveat for "... unless you own cats" (catveat? 😉 )

[astronomerritt@hachyderm.io]

@pseudonym I think a lot of the end-away people have cats. Cats see an end-towards bog roll and it activates something truly feral in their mad little brains.

[pseudonym@mastodon.online]

@astronomerritt

Being owned by a cat as well, I'm aware of this factor.

[pseudonym@mastodon.online]

@mark

Being owned by a cat as well, I'm aware of this factor.

[pseudonym@mastodon.online]

@lucybeahere

Incentive structure. Battle for control!

[tuban_muzuru@beige.party]

@astronomerritt @pseudonym

... kittens. Everyone else thinks it's so cute.

[lucybeahere@mstdn.social]

@pseudonym

“Think I’d better finish this roll off and change it. Close enough!”

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lol

[muenchnerin@sueden.social]

@WenhamToo @pseudonym

We had two cats, who weren't impressed by a switched over roll at all (at that certain age).

For a short time we had to have an elastic strap around the roll. Once the cat removed the roll (and the paper got holes for some layers) but that wasn't so much fun for the cat, so she stopped.