How to fold towels: Photo sparks online debate
It might look like an innocent photo of folded laundry, but this picture has sparked a heated divide after it was shared on Twitter.
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It’s the debate you didn’t know we needed to have.
After everything 2020 has thrown at us, it’s time to answer a very important question once and for all: What’s the correct way to fold towels?
The debate was kicked off on Twitter when @itsfrtaylorlien shared a photo of three towels and asked: “Are you a 1, 2 or 3?”
Number one showed a towel folded into halves, while the second option had been folded into thirds.
Number three scrapped folding altogether and was a rolled up towel.
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The tweet soon got dozens of comments from people who were of the firm belief that there was only one correct way to fold a towel and all other methods were the equilvalent of setting fire to your linen cupboard.
Absolutely a 3.
— KeeKeDee 🇺🇸â¤ï¸ðŸ‡®ðŸ‡± (@kr_romm) October 25, 2020
2 and it drives me crazy when my husband folds them in 1
— Myandra is a Monster 🕸 Wicked Graceless Lady (@naughtywriter2) October 26, 2020
2, concerned for those who do anything like 3🤣🤣
— •destt🌻 (@_destinyyravae) October 25, 2020
If you say anything other than 1 you don’t deserve rights
— Alison but spoopy 🎃 (@RenaissanceNerd) October 25, 2020
1. Is for teenagers, bachelors, and husbands that haven’t been trained.
— Alexander 🇨🇦 (@tobermorylife) October 26, 2020
2. Is the correct answer.
3. I’ll do this for a few white towels to leave in a basket around the jacuzzi tub to make it feel like a spa.
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But others said they didn’t use any of the three ways suggested and liked to watch the world burn instead:
— Loretta Spook Ross ⚖ (@lorettasueross) October 26, 2020
Sorry this is the only proper way. pic.twitter.com/ea1UTznS9S
— ðŸ„Crisis Actor🄠Comrade Covfefe (@ComradCovfefe45) October 25, 2020
I might do one of each in the same load. I'm all over the place.
— Bill Maxwell 😷 #NeverTrump (@Bill_Maxwell_) October 25, 2020
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As the debate over towel folding got more heated, one person summed things up perfectly:
Towel fold shaming wasn't even on my 2020 bingo card.
— Master Mischief ✊ðŸ¿ðŸ³ï¸â€âš§ï¸ ï¸â€ðŸ³ï¸â€ðŸŒˆâ™€ï¸ (@master_mischief) October 26, 2020
So, what is the best way to store towels? While there’s no consensus on the correct way, a video showing a “luxe” and “space-saving” method to folding towels went viral on TikTok earlier this year.
Australian woman Chantel Mila’s video on how to fold towels like a day spa has been viewed more than four million times since she posted it in June.
“This simple fold is space-saving for storage and also looks luxe in your bathroom,” Chantel captioned the video.
To fold her way, lay a towel out flat on a table and fold the top right corner inward making a triangle.
Then fold the towel in half lengthways and flip over, rolling it tightly until you reach the end with the triangle and tuck it into the rolled towel.
Originally published as How to fold towels: Photo sparks online debate