So far we have three people that have made the same comment about not being the front view. I’m using copy comments as TP tomorrow.

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      Why not just shut the door so the cat doesn’t get in there? The toilet paper being hung correctly is more important than the cat for me.

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        One of my cats knows how to open doors like a fucking velociraptor. We’ve baby locked several of our doors but some things like the bathroom I don’t like fucking around with extra steps when trying to get into at 3am

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          Oh hey, my fear. Do you have door knobs, or uh - the flat handled kind that swing down or up? I just realized I don’t know what those lever like door handles are called.

          I can hear one of my cats pawing at the door knob at night, he’d be getting in places he shouldn’t if we had those flat kind.

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            The flat/lever kind, can get them open first try from either side of a door it’s impressive. He’s way too smart for his own good and I suspect he could work a round style one if it had enough texture on it. The menace certainly gets into everything else in the house

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              Our Kimchi is working so hard on this and I don’t usually think of her as clever. She knows the knob opens the door so she bats at it, hangs on it.

              Neither cat has been messing with the toilet paper lately though.

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              If you spend time with them yeah it can be easy. I have two cats. They both listen to me.

              You can’t expect them to just automatically know what not to do.

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                  Well, then teach it to understand. Do you think dogs just automatically understand everything too?

                  Why are all of the people in here getting animals if they don’t want to spend time with them? They’re not magic beasts.

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      Depends on the cat. If they’re simply going with tapping the roll to spin it, that may work for a bit. I’ve found that rolls accessible to a cat tend to morph into big balls of clawed unusable pulp.

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        When I was a young kid, I had a cat that was front-declawed (this was before it was well known that it’s an abusive practice - my folks didn’t know better at the time). Because he couldn’t shred the paper with his claws, he showed his spite by chewing up the roll so it looked like he’d clawed it. Didn’t matter which direction the roll was.

        I loved that cat. He was so smart.

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    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.

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    We actually have a nice print of that hanging in the bathroom

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    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.

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      Bad design. Toilet paper not currently in use must be stored outside the bathroom so that it doesn’t become damp and musty from the humidity. As opposed to on the wet floor next to the dewy toilet. This is how you get a nasty fungal infection fyi

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          LOL my god, I was gonna say. OP apparently lacks a rudimentary immune system as well. Or, is shoving that tp way, way too deep. And leaving it there.

          My wife got me to install a bidet. Can’t remember to try it. Been 8-months, still forget.

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            You’ve had a bidet for 8 months and you have yet to experience its wonders?

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              I’ve had a bidet for years and never used it. The rest of my family does, but I have no interest.

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                  Eh, different strokes for different butts. I don’t see how having a wet/moist ass is more efficient. I have one, and don’t use it unless I’m particularly interested…in extra cleanliness. It’s not for everyone.

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        If the bathroom and toilet are “dewy” the bad design falls on the house itself.

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          In hot, humid climates the toilet bowl itself will have condensation that sweats down the outside in my experience. YMMV

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            Oooh. That makes more sense.

            In less humid/hot locations, this isn’t really an issue. The outside of the bowl is cold, but rarely collects condensation.

            The only way for it to get wet and create a problem is when guys have bad aim and don’t have the decency to sit down because of their bad aim.

            If you use the TP after that, you get what’s coming to you.

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        If you have humidity problems in your bathroom, get a small electric dehumidifier. They’re less than 30 bucks and they’ll fix it right up.

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        Being in the general vicinity of mold won’t give you a fungal infection unless you don’t wash. I recommend against placing toilet paper directly inside your rectum or vagina, however.

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    Not the best patent to use if you want to settle the debate. This one from Wheeler is the nail in the coffin: patent

    It also shows why it was over and not under as at the time, the TP holder was a hanging wire, which kept the paper against the wall. Not protruding out like todays hangers.

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          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.

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            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.

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    Objection: appeal to authority + appeal to tradition + I did the fuck with yo mama last night

    /s if that’s really necessary

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    Are we looking from the perspective of the user or the wall?

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      Yeah, the illustration shows nothing, we don’t know which side is which anyway.

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    The proper way to hang it, if you have cats, is the other way so they don’t bat it all off if the get access. This is why I do not have cats.

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      My cat has not once tried unraveling a toilet paper roll. He has stolen money before, but he steals shit, so that’s normal. But never toilet paper.

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        Haha mine will take coins off the table, and carry it off to her hiding spot. It’s the cutest thing. I got her a small box of toy pirate coins.

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        Oh, man. My mother had cats who would just attack tp or paper towels. We had them both hanging the ‘correct’ way, got tired of it and flipped em. Now, though, I stick to dogs lol