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What's the most petty/pointless/pedantic hill you're willing to die on? (programming.dev)

submitted 3 months ago by notnotmike@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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For me, it may be that the toilet paper roll needs to have the open end away from the wall. I don't want to reach under the roll to take a piece! That's ludicrous!

That or my recent addiction to correcting people when they use "less" when they should use "fewer"

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[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 41 points 3 months ago

TP roll end goes over, not under.

It's even shown like this in the patent

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That just tells me that the patent holder never owned a cat, overly curious dog, or ferret.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I keep my roll of tp in the sink. I pick the whole thing up each time I use it.

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

in the sink

Well, seems consistent with the kind of person that doesn't wash their hands. So, I guess no worry about the roll getting wet.

[-] mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Probably meant under the sink cabinet or on the cabinet itself.

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

mmm, homemade moist towelettes

[-] ramble81@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

My holders at home were all installed vertically….

[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

You obviously don’t have cats.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago

Until you have a cat and learn the hard way to do the opposite.

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago

I had cats in my childhood, and they didn't care how it was hung. If they were interested in it, it got played with

[-] Speiser0@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago

Are people really using an acronym for toilet paper? Why?

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