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xenspidey ,

Yes this was 1.0, 2.0 improved the tech by going under instead of over. Much more convenient single hand operation as well as pet protection.

MystikIncarnate ,

I go over hand and my one handed TP game is on point.

Get good.

VubDapple ,

Beard not Mullet!

HarbingerOfTomb , (edited )

Sure, that’s great and all, but the creator of the Gif says the wrong way to say it so… the creator is not always right.

Piemanding ,

Well saying it the wrong way sounds too much like gift. How often are you talking about Jiff peanut butter?

Jank ,

As a choosey mom, you would be surprised how often it comes up.

fuck you, Skippy

SturgiesYrFase ,
@SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml avatar

As a Canadian in the UK…like at least once a month

dQw4w9WgXcQ ,

Just to make sure to not take sides, I pronounce the ‘g’ as in ‘design’

mossy_ ,

I guess it’s fine gif you want to say it like that

dumbass ,
@dumbass@leminal.space avatar

Thats the ‘cat free house’ way.

WarmSoda OP ,

Eh. I taught my 2 cats to not touch it. It’s not difficult.

nogooduser ,

I have had many cats and have never had a problem with them grabbing the toilet paper.

FordBeeblebrox ,

HOW‽ If I could I would

WarmSoda OP ,

Honestly I sometimes wonder how I did it, because my cats listen to me and rarely do something I don’t want them to.

Im firm with them, never loud, never hit them or push them. Consistency might be the key. Always tell them no the same way, as many times as it takes. I’ll give them something else to play with if they’re ripping something up too.

They’re smart, if you spend the time with them.

Shou ,

Exactly this. Had a friend struggling to teach a kitten. He had the habit of sounding stern, but not following through, simply pointing like a threat. It even confused me, let alone the cat

Within 1 hour of me consistenly spraying the kitten with water and using the same tone, the kitten started to hesitate when wanting to jump on the counter. It learned not to do so quickly after that.

Shou ,

I had cats my whole life and never had this happen.

MystikIncarnate ,

We have many cats, also, no problems.

JimVanDeventer ,

The most dangerous phrase is “we’ve always done it this way”.

RizzRustbolt ,

Looks like some folks don’t know how to use the three seashells.

Decoy321 ,

hahahahah … I can see how that can be confusing…

Darkenfolk ,

Sounds painful tbh, but you do you.

Decoy321 ,

I see we’ve got some really strong opinions going on here. Just wanna remind everyone to keep it friendly and civil.

And on that note, all you weirdos who place it behind are wrong and I will die on this hill.

Fight me.

FordBeeblebrox ,

I’m not gonna fight you. My two shitty scheming cats on the other hand…

Look I know how it’s supposed to go but I’m fighting for every square

Halosheep ,

You could just keep the door closed

FordBeeblebrox ,

Yes. Famous respecter of closed doors, our feline friends.

myusernameis ,

Ah, I see the problem. I’m afraid you’ve accidentally adopted a Velociraptor.

Decoy321 ,

lol you can try

Socsa ,

People who place it hanging against the wall stand to wipe, like children.

TwigletSparkle ,

or this youtu.be/xV3zy-mCsOc

WarmSoda OP , (edited )

I stand with you this day, brother!

I stand two stalls over, but still with you!

MystikIncarnate ,

Separate, but together, we stand… Or sit.

IDK what’s going on in this metaphor.

WarmSoda OP ,

That’s an impressive watch, brother!

ByteJunk ,
@ByteJunk@lemmy.world avatar

People here be discussing the wrong thing, or am I the only one thinking that patenting a roll of paper is incredibly stupid?

It’s a damn roll of paper. How much of a genius do you have to be to come up with that? People have been doing it for millennia, the only difference is that it used to be so expensive that no one would think of whipping their butts with it.

BCsven ,

The patent was the tp roll but more so the angular serations that terminate short of the center, so a tearable roll of paper rather than a strip role that had to be torn manually or cut

ByteJunk ,
@ByteJunk@lemmy.world avatar

So the innovation that was patented is literally “cut it partway through”.

Patents are inherently stupid and only serve to stifle progress. Change my mind or otherwise just downvote away, works as well.

BCsven ,

They are stupid, but helped inventors recoup development costs. It gets abused now, especially with patent trolls. The invention here moved TP from a roll you had to cut or tear, to self tearing segments with enough attached at center that it pulled roll forward…smart at the time…we take this idea of perforated sheets for granted now

ByteJunk ,
@ByteJunk@lemmy.world avatar

Maybe this invention revolutionised how we clean our butts, or maybe it was utterly trivial and 20 different ways of cutting paper rolls were patented that same year (note that present day rolls don’t even use this method).

But that’s irrelevant to the point that seems to be implied here that patents somehow contributed to it’s success. They don’t, an invention will be useful or not based on its own merits, not on the fact they’re patented.

They exist to ensure whoever registered it makes a profit, which is why they’re being exploited way past the point of making up for any good they were supposed to bring…

BCsven ,

Yep, i agree. patents are stupid, but not everyone is convinced of open sourcing everything

ulterno ,
@ulterno@lemmy.kde.social avatar

Warning! Normies who can't digest radical ideas, don't click further.I keep the roll on its side (vertical, with circular face down).
Also, I don’t use it to wipe my butt. I have a handheld water shower directing device (a.k.a. health faucet) for that.

zipzoopaboop ,

YUP

rainerloeten ,
@rainerloeten@lemmy.world avatar

Why is this in c/Lemmy Shitposting?

RecluseRamble ,

The patent explains the intended use for that kind of paper.

WarmSoda OP ,

I need TP for my bunghole!

MystikIncarnate ,

TP, shitposting… You don’t see the connection?

Prandom_returns ,

The inventor also said it’s “jif”, and I ain’t saying that either. Also, the patent doesn’t indicate whther that’s the front view or the back view. It’s displaying a roll in a vacuum.

JackiesFridge ,
@JackiesFridge@lemmy.world avatar

You’re right, of course. Patent illustrations traditionally show the item only from behind.

Prandom_returns ,

Patent illustrators show the item in the way that is most useful to describe the patent.

Mounting is not illustrated.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices ,

it’s amazing how much patent illustrations and my pornography have in common.

Bobmighty ,

I’ve never paid a single bit of attention to which way it goes on. I spit into the face of this entire debate and it’s never done me any harm to do so. I’m a cat owner too. The roll goes on either way, it’s fine, and I’ll never change my mind.

WarmSoda OP ,

Someday if you ever live with another person you’ll figure it out.

Bobmighty ,

I’m happily married. Has never once been an issue.

MystikIncarnate ,

Not for you…

WarmSoda OP ,

Is your SO also a “super cool edge lord that bucks the trends of society”? Because you’re just so cool?

Bobmighty ,

Nothing about being an edgelord or cool. Its just not a thing that’s ever been an issue in any relationship, even ones I fucked up. It’s not even a thing I ever once heard talked about anywhere aside from the internet. It’s just a shit post argument that doesn’t matter, regardless of how you do it. Just an empty little thing people like fighting about online for whatever reason. That’s what I spit into the face of.

WarmSoda OP ,

Wtf says things like “spit in the face of”, and the other cring phrases you use.
Be better.

Bobmighty ,

Nah. I’ll be as cringe as I please. Don’t need your permission.

WarmSoda OP ,

I wouldn’t give you permission for anything, and I couldn’t care less, based on our interactions so far. People like you aren’t worth any energy at all.

JohnOliver ,

Wait. So if this i patented but has no specification about hanging it the other way, would that mean that one could patent toilet paper again, but hanging the other way?

Natanael ,

You shouldn’t, but the patent office don’t care about inventive height and obviousness anymore

Papergeist ,

I don’t believe so. They will only award a new patent if yours is meaningfully different from previous technologies. I would suspect they would deem the other direction “not a meaningful difference.”

MystikIncarnate ,

The internet disagrees.

Atin ,

Obviously designed in a place without deadly spiders.

TwigletSparkle ,

Can you explain why this matters, for people who don’t live with deadly spiders?

Atin ,

In Australia spiders like to hang out in places like where the outer layer of TP sits as it is a good hiding place for them. Especially Red Backs. Huntsmen like it too but will only kill by a jump scare caused heart attack.

CaptainEffort ,

I’ve never been more glad that I don’t live in Australia than right now

Atin ,

To be fair we don’t have bears, wolves or rabies.

CaptainEffort ,

I mean I live in CT, and technically I have wolves and bears, but neither are going to appear under my toilet paper

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