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Thought this up yesterday.

The only thing flipped more often is USB-A.

(Translation: A nappy is a diaper)

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[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

(Translation: A nappy is a diaper)

Thanks, I was wondering why the side mattered for and why, at 3 AM, you need to swap a napkin.

[-] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 6 points 1 month ago

This has always baffled me too.

[-] Tot@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I forget what brand it was, but one of those fancy bamboo ones I think? The diapers are just white. The only way to tell front and back is by the tabs. I had a free sample. Did not purchase more.

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

Contrasting color means they need to cut an extra piece of fabric and put another line of stitching.

[-] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

add to that: with just contrasting colours, people would forever be confused about which colour represents the front and which the back.

such a design would just present the same problem again at twice the cost.

[-] toofpic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yellow - front
Greenish brown - back

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

My son’s diapers have a bright yellow tab on the back to tape it closed. I can feel which side is which.

I still screw it up sometimes.

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I literally have to go by feel (and smell, we ain't risking a pitch black poop change). None the less, weird they haven't bothered making contrasting sides.

Some Japanese diapers we had at least had consistently different characters front vs back but in low light that's still iffy.

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

There’s like a piece of tape on the back for wrapping it up, just feel for that

this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2025
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