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.
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.
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