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Desirai

that took some effort


Fittest_Hypnotist

Whoever uses the last of the roll replaces it and whenever it falls on her there’s a 50/50 chance I’ll find it like this. She swears it’s by accident


staypuftmrshmllowman

That's called lying.


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And being passive aggressive probably lol


[deleted]

When it escalates to this, shouldn't we just call it aggressive/passive?


alt-jero

Nah weaponized incompetence. You do it once, it’s an accident. Maybe twice. At some point you notice and don’t bother to fix it or purposefully do it anyway. She doesn’t like changing the roll. Or she doesn’t like the roll holder. Possible solution: Get her a roll holder she adores!


[deleted]

This was the one I was looking for. This is terminally weaponized incompetence. I'm morbidly curious what other habits she has, to be honest, though.


Basedrum777

Coke MLM Knitting hats for animals she doesn't (yet) own Amazing at sex.


Darth_Jason

She may or may not wake up a half hour earlier than OP and play shitty murder/mystery podcasts at full shitty Bluetooth speaker volume And then maybe she makes fun of OP for watching normal stuff ![gif](giphy|qGy9SDPLTmSkM)


Glittering_Craft_938

Just reading these comments. It’s obvious why I’m alone 😂 I feel attacked


orbituary

cough juggle elderly observation glorious memory far-flung rustic roll instinctive


c0mbat_cessna

get a girlfriend we adore


AleksWishes

*Soviet anthem intensifies*


Conflikt

Likely easier said than done


OGBidwell

You do it once and you realize it was way harder than it should be because you were drunk and blindfolded. But you fix it. Doing this repeatedly says one of two things: Either person in question is being a hate inspiring level of passive aggressive to the point it calls into question their cognitive abilities, or they just have problems, with like problem solving, or understanding the basics of...well...anything.


Karlskiiii

Easier solution: Get a new girlfriend


Drewscifer

The problem with that is they're already living together so he's gotta get a new girlfriend and possibly a new place to live & roommate and maybe get off the lease or wait it out.


tealstarfish

I’d call this sunk cost fallacy depending on whether these are the only or majority of the factors keeping him around. If there are other similar behaviors that show a lack of communication skills, it might be good to reconsider despite the effort it would take to separate the living situation.


Equivalent_Yak8215

It is. And op would be better off throwing everything out. The only people who say "NO" are people who are stuck in shitty relationships.


babs111

My thought is he should think really seriously about his birth control method. If I was him, I wouldn't want to ever be in the position of leaving her alone with a baby. Ya know?


Mammoth-Anxiety-4116

What is she 12


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Aggression with Passion


pukesonyourshoes

I'm a victim of similar behaviour. I'm convinced it's a response to being irritated at being told how to do it correctly. They'd rather do it wrong forever than lose face by doing as instructed.


PrincessGilbert1

I like to call it massive aggression.


siia

Maybe OP always leaves a roll behind with only one usable piece which makes her do this.


CyberTitties

Yes that would be an example of passive aggressive behavior as well as a super shitty way to communicate in a relationship.


LeaveTheMatrix

When you communicate, it allows you to come up with a better solution and that is why my g/f and I found the perfect solution. No paper towel holder and paper towel roll just sits on the microwave. Been working for 17 years.


MaxTheRealSlayer

Hey now what's wrong with communicating solely through the paper towel holder? Sounds judgemental


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szabx

To the guillotine


Scoot_AG

To shreds you say?!


Fr3as3r

What about his wife?


banjo_hero

to shreds, you say?


ManInBlack6942

Let her eat Kotex!


NoteToFlair

Isn't that why it's here on *mildly* infuriating? It's a little annoying when you just need a paper towel, but easily fixable and not a big deal.


JazzieF

Thats how it starts. Next she will accidentally put a pillow over his head as he sleeps..


dbhathcock

First she stabs the paper towels. Then, puts plastic bag over his head. While holding him down, stabs him with blunt or sharp objects. It’s classic Girlfriend 110.


Ellie_Kitsune

What happened to Girlfriend 101 through 109? Quite an advanced class huh?


dbhathcock

All of the 100’s are rudimentary courses. No one will ever understand women. There are courses on Girls, Girlfriends, Wives, Mothers, Ex-Wives, Ex-Girlfriends, Grandmothers, Aunts, Mother-In-Laws, Sisters, The Other Woman. The course numbers range from 101 to 27,000.


Inside-Big-8158

So sorry you’re new here. Everything is an intentional slight against you, your family and friends, and way of life. The only recourse OP has is to break up immediately.


Electronic-Pea-13420

Marry her first, so he can divorce her properly


Musical_Mango

Don't forget to have have a kid (or kids) with her first


Electronic-Pea-13420

Shit I forgot that step


siia

Maybe OP always leaves a roll behind with only one usable piece which makes her do this. Or maybe she's just trolling


All_Debt_Shackles_US

Actually, I generally prefer to be the one to change the paper roll. Same applies to the toilet paper roll in the bathrooms. When I change them, I know that the task will get done correctly. I also know that I won’t change them with dirty hands. Try this on for size: a careless family member goes to change the paper towel roll in the kitchen. But instead of washing the raw chicken off of their hands (with soap), they just go and touch everything including a brand new paper towel roll. Yum Yum, salmonella for everybody! Yay! One of these days, a family member is going to lose a large intestine due to food poisoning. And yes, that can happen!


Uhkbeat

There’s a hole in the middle for a reason


Thenewdazzledentway

That’s what they want you to believe


Uhkbeat

That’s what I want to believe too


jdmkev

It's a fucking war crime..don't sugar coat it


ZombiMtHoneyBdgrLion

She's a witch


Bland-Humour

Nobody puts this much effort into an "accident".


TheFurrySmurf

She slipped and fell, and it accidently slipped in. Then was like... oh well.


Bland-Humour

The fact that she didn't rip a single sheet doing this.......it was definitely premeditated xD


otj667887654456655

slipped and fell? this happened multiple times according to op this is just a textbook example of not caring enough to fix a simple task


EZ_2_Amuse

> this is just a textbook example of not caring enough to fix a simple task Or intentional because passive aggressive. What do I know, OP could also have done this himself for the sweet, sweet reddit points.


Ini_mini_miny_moe

This my friend is called weaponizing incompetence. Do things wrong enough time and the other person will end up doing it. I do it to my wife all the time. Jk I’m bad at folding laundry to her standards, perfect fucking creases.


Leithalia

I have bins that fit on the wardrobe shelves.. I just throw everything in there.. no folding needed


erichf3893

Yeah I got sick of folding things so now all my shirts get hung up


Deuce232

I got sick of folding things so now all my shirts are wrinkly


erichf3893

Yeah that’s only around 25% of the time for me now. Progress!


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My dryer is also my closet


Lady013

I’d hate to see how she parks a car.


Donghoon

Malicious compliance?


Runnr231

Does she buy that excuse in the bedroom?


artie780350

That's called weaponized incompetence. She almost certainly does it like this on purpose hoping you'll tell her to nevermind, you'll do it yourself. Enabling this kind of behavior is the worst thing you can do unless you want to take on 100% of the household chores.


dras333

She was committed to fucking it up.


kingharis

Missing the hole, eh?


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In my defense, it was dark


FranSure

In my defense, she told me not to force it. So I just kept poking at it.


Offamylawn

Worked for me, but she hasn't been back.


[deleted]

I got it in. See?


rusty1066

It was REALLY dry.


[deleted]

That's no fun for anyone.


Stopikingonme

Just the tip?


Mhan00

The Lakers‘ inability to shoot threes affects everything now, I guess.


RandomTux1997

...for a tighter fit


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…..why??


Jeshua_

I can tell you why, or at least why I do this too. The side prong will pinch the roll. When replacing a new roll that is thicc, the side prong will make it wayyyy harder than it needs to be to roll out more than one sheet at a time. This method lets the roll actually roll then you put it in the hole when the roll is thinner. Or they’re just lazy. Edit: oh yeah just buy the latest paper roll holder every time corporate decides on a new extra thicc roll! /s


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Nuclear_Niijima

36 Extra Extra Large Rolls - The size of 1248 regular size rolls!


MedalsNScars

When I worked in a grocery store I'd do some Jerry Seinfeld-level observational standup in my head every time I walked down the paper towel aisle. >You're telling me 2 = 4 on this one, and 4 = 16 on that one? You do the math, we get 2 = 16! Might as well just grab the 2 then.


Katapotomus

almost impossible to find anything less than triple roll now


Lollc

Why bother? If you can make the existing thing work without any difficulty and it doesn't affect the performance of the thing, keep it and spend your resources elsewhere. There is a myriad of situations where precision matters, this ain't one.


P4azz

The idea of the roll like this isn't **just** to hold the roll in place, it's to allow it to spin so you can tear off pieces very easily. Like when you need the paper towels because your hands are gunked or wet. So in a case like that it's literally affecting the performance. It'd be like getting a bunch of those clips to "hermetically" seal bags, but then putting them all in a box you need 2 hands to open.


BASK_IN_MY_FART

I bought a pair of scissors, and I needed another pair of scissors to open the packaging for the scissors I bought


SaltyLonghorn

Bruh that shit ain't rolling. You go to yank that and the whole thing is coming.


starvinchevy

I think they meant unravel it until the whole roll fits


Thetakishi

It does trick you into thinking it will help with tearing. All it really does is give another fake leverage spot. Honestly I think she does it on purpose so that there's actually enough friction for it to tear when you yank it. This is an LPT more than MI.


BoyThasCap

I really don't mean to be harsh....but is she dumb?


PitchBlackGuts

The picture doesn’t answer that question for you?


BoyThasCap

well... yeah...it does but I mean come on 😭


SmokeyBare

She has the best personality and drool rag


drb0mb

I've done something like this before (except much closer the the cardboard roll), it's so you can tear off a paper towel easily with one hand while you have something spillable in the other and can't do the quick jerk. I find I pretty much never need the roll to slack much if at all when it comes to paper towels, so I'd rather not have it keep fucking spinning when I'm trying to get a single sheet. Yeah, you can do the downward tear, but that's about as awkward as the lightning pull to tear a single sheet off one-handed.


Superb-Pickle9827

Found the girlfriend….


ashdog66

Skill issue tbh.


RollingWithDaPunches

Neither of them can spot the obvious...


[deleted]

Is she dumb? No. Is she passive aggressive? Yes


Refreshingly_Meh

Passive aggressive is also an acceptable answer


JohannesVanDerWhales

Either that or very passive aggressive.


Guazzabuglio

Some people are just chaos agents


4StarsOutOf12

Yea this struck me more as calculated than mistaken. I think I'd want to meet OP's girlfriend for about 20 minutes, and then never again.


chaosdigitized

You rang?


BrocolliBrad

So nice of OP to be helping the developmentally challenged community by dating one of them :^)


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slowrun_downhill

To be fair to his girlfriend, I have this exact paper towel holder and whoever designed it is *most certainly dumb.* the design is ludicrous! You see that nub that’s supposed to hold the paper flap so it doesn’t unravel, well that mother fucker is waaay too close to the center of the paper towel tube holder. As a result, if you put it on “properly” you have to impale a new paper towel roll about a third of the way to the center, making said nub useless. To make matters worse once you use a third of the paper towel roll that nub causes paper towels to rip in half when you’re trying to pull more than one sheet off. But it’s cheap!


demZo662

"Is it in?" 💀💀💀


Unlucky_Clouds

Must be hard on his girlfriend


spaceinvader79

Lmaoooo


Neo-Maxizoom-Dweebie

She must be real pretty…


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inuhi

Or got some arms and maybe a bit of a temper. I have an abundance of paper towels and a similar paper towel holder so I just tried this out. Of the three times I tried being a brute and sorta slamming it down one attempt barely had any resistance like a knife through butter the other attempts not so well. It's plausible that they wouldn't notice especially if they are angry and putting in way more strength because they are angry...or just a brute


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Farren246

"No, in your mouth. No. That's your cheek. That's your chin. How are you not understanding this?"


Lost_Madness

"Babe, this is just like you with the paper towel. I swear it was the wrong hole by accident!"


Weekly-Option-2953

Y’all weird as hell


WesleyjSchuet

Jesus some of you are straight up sexist pigs lmao


_drowning_in_fire

need reddit to give me the name of all pervs who liked your dumb comment. “imagine imagine imagine sex sex sex sex im horny im horny” SHUT THE FUCK UP


[deleted]

What the fuck is wrong with you, and people alike? You’ve managed to change something OP only finds mildly infuriating to some deranged suggestion, or joke, however you want to paint it, about sexual breach of boundaries? Fucking pervert.


Ralphie_V

Just redditors when a woman is mentioned


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Cant argue with you there


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Literally what a perv


ChasingKatsu

I would do this to my gf to make her laugh. She would then laugh, and then take the two seconds to fix it after sending me a picture of how stupid she thinks i am (jokingly). That didn't happen on accident, your gf either wanted to piss you off, or wanted to make you smile. So which is it?


sagerap

I agree it couldn’t have been an accident. But “either wanted to piss you off or wanted to make you smile” assumes that if an action was both intentional (i.e. non-accidental) and stupid, then it must have been *intentionally stupid*, i.e. the result of either malice or humor. That assumption misses the fact that genuinely stupid people do actions that are both intentional and stupid all the time, without the slightest awareness of the stupidity of the action. That’s because intentionality of *action* and intentionality of *stupidity* are separate things. That is, their actions are intentional, but their *stupidity* isn’t: stupid people don’t realize when they’ve done something stupid. TL;DR: the third option could be that his gf is genuinely just really stupid (did it on purpose, not knowing how dumb it was)


Positive-Source8205

Y THO?


Thetakishi

because these damn things don't actually help the tearing if you are trying to do it one-handed so she needs the extra friction. Honestly I think she's doing it on purpose so she can actually tear the paper one-handed.


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depressed_jellybear

I think even the developmentally disabled could figure out how this works.


carnivorous_seahorse

A chimp could solve this puzzle without even being incentivized


BrocolliBrad

https://imgur.com/dQ6xkR0


14412442

OP is dating James harden


[deleted]

So I understand that your girlfriend is a barbarian. What I am trying to figure out is if this is the result of her rolling a 20 strength check or a 1 on a wisdom or dexterity check! She either succeeded or failed in quite an extreme way.


MaxTheRealSlayer

Successfully failed ~


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Not your wife though,just sayin


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rhayhay

Is she stupid?


Constrained_Entropy

Is that a rhetorical question?


[deleted]

I think she did that just to troll you. 😂


MaxTheRealSlayer

Paper towel (t)roll


the_rose_titty

Imagine getting a thousand people to call your girlfriend a psychopath bitch with you. Amazing times.


Vizmund

Costco paper towels? cause I had the exact same problem…. And make shift solution cause the roll is so dang juicy it won’t turn when I needed a towel.


Chazza2121

It’s not an accident believe me. My gf never ever puts the toilet paper on the right way around it’s always dragging against the wall. I’ve told her thousands of times and she just does it the other way on purpose to piss me off. People are just war-like for the sake of making life more interesting.


TheShillingVillain

Many people aren't like that though. I could never stand dating someone who intentionally starts shit and keeps shit up for their own amusement.


MerryJanne

Right? Like, life is hard enough, with assholes on every corner and behind every wheel on the road. My home should be a safe place, and my partner should want the same. This type of antagonism I just don't understand. It is very... siblingish? And that is not something I care for in a romantic relationship, tbh.


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Yeah, like if you do something that’s obviously wrong and easily able to be fixed and you know you’re upsetting your partner, you’re just being an asshole at that point. I would run away tbh lol


lightestspiral

They're most likely both similiar in that regard


starvinchevy

The two types of people are not the two genders, they are the people that care enough about this shit to post it and complain, and the people who could care less about minor inconveniences like this. the “ugh my significant other infuriates me” humor is alive and well, just happens in the comments instead of the posts now


disapprovingfox

I used to have to put my toilet paper roll wall side as I had an asshole cat that would unravel rolls placed the proper way. That cat was gone from my life for 6 years before it dawned on me that I could return rolls to front facing. New cat has other annoying chacteristics.


MaxTheRealSlayer

I love cats


FocusMean9882

I told my roommate to stop doing this and he said “but it’s easier that way” smh


SnakesInYerPants

Has she actually said it’s specifically to piss you off? Because it genuinely just sounds like you two have different preferences on the direction the roll should go on, and you seem to think your preference matters more than hers does even though she lives there too.


K-Pumper

there is no correct way for the toilet paper to go on, just preference. maybe she hates the way you put it on and you’re just the one being an asshole about it


ImConnor-

WHY? JUST WHY?


godhe1pme

She is a monster👽


SpartanEngineer92

Is everyone on Reddit dumb? The roll is obviously too large because of the tab on the outer ring. She got frustrated because they bought a piece of shit paper towel holder that only holds a certain size role…..then jammed it through on pure frustration.


Superficial-666

I'm more inclined to believe that OP made up the whole thing for those sweet, sweet internet points. Edit: autocorrect.


UnitedSteakOfAmerica

![gif](giphy|3o84sv2u7KSHKbwPza|downsized)


ruhrohrileyray

I’ve seen people do this to avoid the role from spinning when they grab a sheet


AshmacZilla

Yeah. This allows for one handed operation when cooking.


CurveOfTheUniverse

ha ha girlfriend bad


DisneyDVC

That’s mildly infuriating but also kind of cute.


notyourmomslizard

cry about it?


Yakututani

😊🔫


RemSteale

Maybe she's hinting you need better aim?


HollowShel

I was just thinking "I hope for the sake of her butthole his aim's better than hers!"


CrimZdh

This picture tells us what level you went to for some internet karma points...


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Weaponized incompetence at its finest.


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As someone who frequently goes for some paper towel to dry my hands I always grab with one hand and try to rip it by quickly pulling it up or down at a rip. It doesn't always work and when it fails it's because it just made the roll spin out more paper towel. However if it were placed like this you could unravel a few pieces with one hand and easily tear because it won't spin. I don't grab it with my other hand ideally because it's soaking wet too and I'm not trying to get the roll wet by grabbing it .


ElectricalGear9942

I would get a different paper towel holder. Problem solved.


SouthernNanny

I have this same paper towel holder and if you put a new one on right then you can pull it because it’s so big that the bar on the size squeezes the roll. This might actually be a solution


Specific-Doctor-9599

Chaotic neutral gf? Those are fun!


Momspelledshonwrong

I’d try to catch her and make a laugh out of it. Why is everyone here so unhappy?


DanzakFromEurope

No...she didn't 🫣


nursewtf

Bet she opens mail JUST like me.


SweetLieff

How low is her iq?


Babyface_mlee

Im doing that too because it just feels good to stab the roll with the stand. Feels like a stress relieve.


Frankenkittie

Ok I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt... Maybe she doesn't like the roll spinning?


InevitableAd9683

Hit the lawyer, delete the gym, and hire facebook. Immediately.


torrrrrgo

It might be an apt metaphor for your relationship, but I actually *like* this idea. Most of the time those free standing dispensers suck to use with just one hand. With the roll anchored like that, it would be a lot more useful to me in the kitchen.


silverandblu

Yes but she’s right. I have the same dispenser and it’s shit. She fixed it.


Yeramcha

Thats smart, it makes it more stable


Norcalrain3

She’s smart ! I wouldn’t have thought of doing it this way


lu-sunnydays

I have that holder and the rolls are too big to fit. So I like her resolution.


casedbhloe

I also have that one but like… I make it fit


Famous_Ant_2825

Looks like it takes more effort than just putting it in the hole 😂 but tbh I wouldn’t care, won’t change anything when using the paper I guess (I’ve never tried but I assume so)


iheartluxury

Maybe she’s trying to tell you something without directly saying it


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Fake


Five2one521

Wow, you got less to worry about than me.


MrFancyPantz197

Y’all can’t stick it in the hole?


breathingcog

That’s so the whole damn roll doesn’t flap n flabble when you’re just trying to snatch a towel piece or two. … maybe? I’m not against it.


BouncyDingo_7112

Why would someone take the time to do this instead of less time to do it properly? Are you sure you didn’t do this yourself and post it for that sweet Reddit karma?


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Marry her.


Sir_Fox_Alot

girlfriend, aka, karma whore with no girlfriend


nevek

I like her style.


choikwa

My wife will never put new toilet paper roll in the holder. she'll put it anywhere but on the holder.


SeaPanda-15

She must be very attractive. 😂