Let's Have a Very Controversial Conversation About: Toilet Paper!

[Adstar]

Hey Everyone,

In the continuation of the "Very Controversial Topics" thread series...

A while back, toilet paper was mentioned in another thread, and one member said it could become an entire thread topic by itself. After seeing not just toilet paper mentioned in the "Embarrassing Amount Of" thread -- but "high quality" toilet paper -- it's time to put this theory to the test.

Is an entire thread about toilet paper going to hold water? Let's find out!

Just for fun, I'm going to write a poll which will be multiple choice -- and we'll be able to see what everyone says. The poll only allows for about 10 answers, so please add any additional thoughts/comments/um, experiences? here in the thread!

And maybe this thread will finally be able to answer the age-old question:


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Over -- or Under?!?

Let the Great Toilet Paper Debate begin!

P.S. We don't want anything too "graphic" in this thread... No gruesome bathroom descriptions, please.

Let's just have some (hopefully) funny banter about something almost everyone (hopefully) uses every day!

You have failed to include one of the most important question..

Are you are TP folder or a TP cruncher..

Of course advanced civilized people of high culture will chose the folding option..

Only deviant types crunch there TP

 

[daisyseesthesun]

In America, it was common to use newspaper as toilet paper even into the 1930s

Before that, it was common to use

Leaves, grass, moss, and hay: Found in nature, these were the most common materials
Mullein: Also known as "cowboy toilet paper", the large velvety leaves of this plant
Corn cobs: Soft and easy to handle/ corn husks
Seashells: A common material
Animal fur: Used by wealthier people
Fabrics: Used by wealthier people
Sponge on a stick: Used in Ancient Rome, this was often shared between multiple people
Tersorium: A sea sponge attached to a stick
Pessoi (pebbles): Or Ostraca, which were broken pieces of ceramic pottery
Tow rag: A long piece of frayed rope that hung in the water
Chügi: A flat stick used in Japan, similar to a tongue depressor used by nurses

 

[seoulsearch]

You have failed to include one of the most important question.. Are you are TP folder or a TP cruncher.. Of course advanced civilized people of high culture will chose the folding option.. Only deviant types crunch there TP

Lol!

No, I didn't "fail to include one of the most important questions" -- because in all honesty, I didn't realize this was an issue.

I certainly can't speak for other people, but I'm just there to take care of business and go -- I've never even thought about how the TP is administered.

So this is a thing? How did you learn about it? As in, how did you know people apparently crunch the paper instead of folding, which you consider to be the proper way? How does one learn about other people's toilet paper application -- by watching them go to the bathroom?! All I've ever done is change some family and friend's kids' diapers, so I don't know (nor do I want to know!) what other people choose to do "in the heat of the moment."

Are there any brave souls who want to state whether they are "folder" or "crunchers"?

And is it important enough to be a dealbreaker?

 

[seoulsearch]

Yeah, about that...

I raise the toilet seat to pee. Why is it so difficult for a woman to put the toilet seat down to pee?

Would you rather have me leave it down and dribble on the seat?

Why is it not the woman's duty to put the seat down, pee, then put the seat back up? If they expect us to do all the work, I have to ask why they are not doing all the work instead. Why must it be left down by default instead of left up by default?

Have you ever heard of any man yelling at a woman because she left the toilet seat down? No. That's because we are adults and we can raise the toilet seat to pee. I heard a rumor that feminists claim they are equal to men in every way, so they should be quite capable of the same feats of strength.

Altogether it is probably best to meet us halfway here. We put it up to pee, girls put it down to pee. That seems simple enough.

Hubby left the seat up one night and I came behind him. I didn't look and " went down like a folding lawn chair" came to mind and it hit me so funny I was laughing hysterically when I got back into bed. Woke hubby and he apologized for leaving the seat up. I bought a little blue light that goes in the loo, it helps him not miss and me not to fall in, problem solved.

I love your solution to this, RoseLamb!

I've honestly never been in a household where either the guys were trained to sit down and also wipe, no matter what they were doing (my Mom is very adamant about cleanliness and didn't want to spend her life scrubbing up "misses" or "dribbles" -- especially since she cleans the bathrooms just about every day.)

When I was married, my then-husband actually loved her example (he was very clean too and didn't want to have to be wiping away misses either,) so when his male relatives came to stay with us for a bit, he would yell at them to sit down. Yeah, they thought he was crazy, but it kept things a lot cleaner.

I've also stayed with friends who obviously had male members in their households and I can't think of any where I had to worry about whether not the seat was put down -- it just always was.

Maybe there's some kind of secret society out there -- Men Who Sit or Automatically Just Put the Seat Down.

Whatever the case, I'm very appreciative of the ones who are part of it.

 

[Lynx]

Hubby left the seat up one night and I came behind him. I didn't look and " went down like a folding lawn chair" came to mind and it hit me so funny I was laughing hysterically when I got back into bed. Woke hubby and he apologized for leaving the seat up. I bought a little blue light that goes in the loo, it helps him not miss and me not to fall in, problem solved.

Uh... Why did you not look?

 

[Lynx]

You have failed to include one of the most important question..

Are you are TP folder or a TP cruncher..

Of course advanced civilized people of high culture will chose the folding option..

Only deviant types crunch there TP

I think I'm a wadder? What I do seems deliberate, so it's not really mindlessly wadding, but I don't fold or crunch.

It's not something I studied out and planned on doing though. It's just what I happen to do. I never figured it out, I just do it automatically.

I fold the paper in half, but with a half twist so it forms a nice cloud instead of just folding flat.

Don't really know how or why I started doing that. But it works pretty well.

 

[seoulsearch]

Uh... Why did you not look?

Just from my own experience...

I wouldn't look either, just because I've pretty much only been in households where the seat is always down. So if it's something you're not used to, you're going to look all the time.

It would kind of be like if you lived in a household where, if you picked up a glass/bowl/eating utensils from a certain area (cupboard, certain section of the counter, etc.), you wouldn't think twice when grabbing them to get something to eat.

Now let's say you married someone who had a habit of putting dirty dishes/utensils in areas where you were used to having them clean. Most likely, it would take you a long time to learn to check if they were clean before you started using them, unless it was obvious.

And as far as a toilet goes, the last thing you're thinking about (or want to have to think about when you're stumbling through the dark in middle of the night is having to check for the seat.

 

[seoulsearch]

I’m on a budget and switched from Charmin to Costco brand. My butt is not happy.

Lol!

Downgrading is never easy.

 

[seantspence]

I guess we are almost all in agreement over the roll. Sweet, I'm apart of the majority. Who likes under the roll???

 

[Lynx]

Just from my own experience...

I wouldn't look either, just because I've pretty much only been in households where the seat is always down. So if it's something you're not used to, you're going to look all the time.

It would kind of be like if you lived in a household where, if you picked up a glass/bowl/eating utensils from a certain area (cupboard, certain section of the counter, etc.), you wouldn't think twice when grabbing them to get something to eat.

Now let's say you married someone who had a habit of putting dirty dishes/utensils in areas where you were used to having them clean. Most likely, it would take you a long time to learn to check if they were clean before you started using them, unless it was obvious.

And as far as a toilet goes, the last thing you're thinking about (or want to have to think about when you're stumbling through the dark in middle of the night is having to check for the seat.

So you're saying... You're spoiled rotten?

The dirty dishes analogy was a low blow. You know I got used to checking dishes when Grandma's eyesight went bad.

But the dirty dishes analogy would be applicable if we were talking about checking for dribble on the seat before we sat down. It doesn't apply so well to the current conversation. Apples and oranges.

 

[Lynx]

I guess we are almost all in agreement over the roll. Sweet, I'm apart of the majority. Who likes under the roll???

Over is a lot easier to rip off a strip without putting your hand on the rest of the roll. This is nice for me because I don't like to think about people putting their poopy hands all over the toilet paper roll.

 

[seantspence]

Over is a lot easier to rip off a strip without putting your hand on the rest of the roll. This is nice for me because I don't like to think about people putting their poopy hands all over the toilet paper roll.

Makes sense, especially in a public stall

 

[seoulsearch]

So you're saying... You're spoiled rotten?

The dirty dishes analogy was a low blow. You know I got used to checking dishes when Grandma's eyesight went bad.

But the dirty dishes analogy would be applicable if we were talking about checking for dribble on the seat before we sat down. It doesn't apply so well to the current conversation. Apples and oranges.

I honestly wasn't even thinking of your Grandma when I wrote that post...

Hmm. Rather, I was trying to think about something most everyone can relate to, and would contrast clean vs. yuck, so I think it worked as a pretty good example. 🥸

 

[seoulsearch]

You have failed to include one of the most important question.. Are you are TP folder or a TP cruncher..

Of course advanced civilized people of high culture will chose the folding option..

Only deviant types crunch there TP

Lol!

No, I didn't "fail to include one of the most important questions" -- because in all honesty, I didn't realize this was an issue.

I certainly can't speak for other people, but I'm just there to take care of business and go -- I've never even thought about how the TP is administered.

So this is a thing? How did you learn about it? As in, how did you know people apparently crunch the paper instead of folding, which you consider to be the proper way? How does one learn about other people's toilet paper application -- by watching them go to the bathroom?! All I've ever done is change some family and friend's kids' diapers, so I don't know (nor do I want to know!) what other people choose to do "in the heat of the moment."

Are there any brave souls who want to state whether they are "folder" or "crunchers"?

And is it important enough to be a dealbreaker?

Adstar's post really has me thinking...

I'm trying to think of when I could have witnessed what other people did with their toilet paper to even consider it.

I helped my Mom and Grandma to the restroom when they got sick, and they could fend for themselves -- but truthfully, I never paid attention to what they did with the paper -- at the time, I was concentrating more on holding on to them to make sure they wouldn't fall.

 

[ThereRoseaLamb]

Uh... Why did you not look?

Well I have a problem with dizziness when I first get up from bed. Been to doctors and no real solution for it. So if I'm not careful I fall over. lol I've had the problem since I was a teen. So with the open hole and my dizziness I missed my landing. The water was clean, just a little cold. Now I know why the German Shepard loves to drink from it. But hubby usually uses the downstairs loo because the upstairs one is quite low and small and he's tall. Not sure why they are different but it's the one he uses most.

 

[seantspence]

I feel like I’m going be able to have more fun conversations observing and learning from these back and forths.

 

[Lynx]

I feel like I’m going be able to have more fun conversations observing and learning from these back and forths.

That's the main reason I'm still showing up here a decade after I began.

 

[Lynx]

Well I have a problem with dizziness when I first get up from bed. Been to doctors and no real solution for it. So if I'm not careful I fall over. lol I've had the problem since I was a teen. So with the open hole and my dizziness I missed my landing. The water was clean, just a little cold. Now I know why the German Shepard loves to drink from it. But hubby usually uses the downstairs loo because the upstairs one is quite low and small and he's tall. Not sure why they are different but it's the one he uses most.

If that was the case with my (hypothetical) wife, I would put the seat down too.

 

[ThereRoseaLamb]

Just from my own experience...

I wouldn't look either, just because I've pretty much only been in households where the seat is always down. So if it's something you're not used to, you're going to look all the time.

It would kind of be like if you lived in a household where, if you picked up a glass/bowl/eating utensils from a certain area (cupboard, certain section of the counter, etc.), you wouldn't think twice when grabbing them to get something to eat.

Now let's say you married someone who had a habit of putting dirty dishes/utensils in areas where you were used to having them clean. Most likely, it would take you a long time to learn to check if they were clean before you started using them, unless it was obvious.

And as far as a toilet goes, the last thing you're thinking about (or want to have to think about when you're stumbling through the dark in middle of the night is having to check for the seat.

Yes, that too. I married in my early 40s. I didn't have any brothers. We always had two bathrooms. So my sister and I had the extra bathroom and our parents had the en suite. So it takes getting used to. That being said, hubby is one who likes things clean too. So as I said, he usually uses the downstairs loo because it has more room.

 

[ThereRoseaLamb]

If that was the case with my (hypothetical) wife, I would put the seat down too.

It took some time, but we both got used to each other's needs. He was single for so long and I was with my family, traveling. But nothing is worse than a motor home loo. We actually had it freeze up one year when we were traveling in Maine. We had to suck it out from the inside. You can't even imagine the smell and the mess that made!!!