wedrifid comments on Boring Advice Repository - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 07 March 2013 07:36:20PM *  1 point [-]

Wipe back to front, rather than front to back. Yes, it's more awkward. It's also more effective and requires less toilet paper, and fewer strokes.

I'm boggling. There are people who wipe front to back? That never even occurred to me. (And so) imagining that way now seems more awkward, not less.

Comment author: handoflixue 07 March 2013 08:47:15PM 3 points [-]

Like maia said, females get told this is unhygienic. Not the first time I've seen advice-specific-to-one-gender generalized to another, especially since OrphanWilde is generalizing the other way in recommending back-to-front :)

Comment author: FiftyTwo 08 March 2013 07:35:13PM 1 point [-]

I don't think I wipe in any consistent direction or pattern. But now I will be very self conscious next time I do so,

Comment author: OrphanWilde 07 March 2013 07:44:15PM 1 point [-]

I'm honestly not sure what percentage of the population does what. It's one of those pieces of information that gets completely uncommunicated in our culture.

...so tempted to start a poll... but no.

Comment author: satt 07 March 2013 10:59:33PM 0 points [-]

...so tempted to start a poll... but no.

Maybe we could ask Andrex to run one!

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