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http://www.attn.com/stories/7396/what-toilet-paper-preference-says-about-you(before I get scolded, I'm not endorsing this, only presenting it for a chuckle)
If you assumed that hanging a toilet paper roll one way over another was an arbitrary decision, you'd be wrong. Your toilet paper preferences might actually be correlated to your demographic and political identity, research shows.
The latest study a 2004 survey from Bathroom Confidential shows that 72 percent of Americans favor toilet paper that hangs in the "over" orientation. That's consistent with earlier studies from Georgia-Pacific and the Poretz and Sinrod Survey, both of which found majority support for the "over" paper model.
Research conducted in 1989 found that younger, wealthier and more liberal individuals were most likely to report a over-orientation preference when it comes to TP. Conversely, older, more conservative, and poorer individuals tend to hang their toilet paper in the "under" style.
That research, which can be found in "The First Really Important Survey of American Habits" by Barry Sinrod and Mel Poretz, found that money was a really important factor in determining how one hangs their toilet paper, as 60 percent of those who made over $50,000 ($96,000 in 2016 dollars) preferred the over style, while 73 percent of those who made under $20,000 ($38,000 in 2016 dollars) go for the under hang.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)as the counterweight.
Orrex
(63,216 posts)"Under the roll?" MADNESS!
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,395 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,552 posts)Under is the way to go if you have a cat!
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)They're usually stacked on the shelf above the toilet and are purchased in bulk from the warehouse store.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)though I assume it's less preference than laziness for them.
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)...don't really care.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)I couldn't care less about under or over.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Backwards forwards square and round.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)LEMME AT HIM!!!
GreydeeThos
(958 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)one is ROUGH
The other side is SMOOTH
It depends on what I had eat.
I keep my roll on the counter, easy to access.
Over the top is the only way to go.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)I generally place it on the floor or the bathroom counter when I get a new one out of the pack. It works well, and magically and mysteriously it winds up on the holder within a few days anyway. Bloody magic!
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)particularly care whether I put it over or under. Then I decided that over made more sense. And over it has been ever since.
noamnety
(20,234 posts)A spider can be on the roll, between the roll and the wall. When the paper goes over, you see the spider and can shake it off. When the paper is under, the spider is invisible and can be smushed on your privates. So over the roll it is, unless you are trying to get rid of house guests who have overstayed their welcome.