“What Goes In First: Milk Or Cereal?”: 32 Easy Questions That The Internet Is Fighting Over
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Which Is The Right Way To Put Toilet Paper On The Holder?
Why do you even need to remember? Just look at it, it's obvious. . Anyway, I hate beards so your mnemonic would not work for me.
Load More Replies...I don't care how it's put on the holder. What's important is there is paper to begin with
That would be a locked cabinet 50yds from the toilet.
Load More Replies...Depends on if you have a cat. No cat, front. Cat, back or be prepared for a torrent of tp.
Yeah, no. Don’t matter what way around the paper hangs or even if it’s not dangling at all. One of mine will open the closet door where I keep TP and remove rolls from the plastic wrap just to shred the rolls. She also rips paper (letters etc) apart and destroys cardboard boxes. Her nickname is Shredder.
Load More Replies...Genuine question for pandas: at work the roll holders are sideways. So, pull towards (where there's a risk of whacking your elbow on the wall) or push away (where there's a risk of falling forwards). I currently fit the rolls push away on the basis that the employees aren't quite dumb enough to faceplant the floor, and banged elbows can really hurt. What say you?
Let the users decide. Put a little poll on the wall and see what the outcome is...
Load More Replies...Anyone who hangs it over does not have a cat or small child who will unravel the entire roll
Which Is The More Convenient Way To Make Tea?
Microwaving might be more convenient but to ruin tea that way is a travesty
I've always wondered - how exactly does it ruin the tea? I mean, if you're not being a heathen and only microwaving the water, obviously you wouldn't microwave the tea leaves..
Load More Replies...Getting 240V is "complicated" due to a bizarre wiring system. Getting a useful kettle on 110V is practically impossible. If the standard plug and socket copes with around 13A, well 13×110 is 1430W. My kettle, also 13A, but on 230V, is just under 3kW. So that's why kettles are not that common. That plus if you're not a tea drinker you probably wouldn't have *that* much need for a kettle...
Load More Replies...Like others already said, you can pour hot water over tea after heating it in the microwave too and then there's no difference in results. For me, I usually drink more than one cup of tea, so I use tea kettle, but sometimes when I quickly want only one cup I can just microwave the water. I love that at work (where coffee/tea is free) we have a conveniet hot water tap that makes this depate useless.
The thing you make tes in is called a teapot, the kettle, electric or stovetop, is only the thing you boil the water in.
Load More Replies...I one is too lazy to steep tea, why even bother? It really doesn't matter how the water is heated. It's the brewing method that matters.
Only Americans think it's OK to make tea in a microwave. It's grounds for getting your citizenship revoked in the UK and Ireland. Either use an electric kettle or boil the water in a saucepan on the hob.
You're completely out of your mind. It can't possibly make a difference. I get it, people in the UK used to be able to feel superior to the whole world, and now all you've got is preparing tea.
Load More Replies...Always milk in last. If using a teabag in a mug, then for the reason Rick has given. If the tea is brewed in a pot one pours the tea and then adds milk until the desired colour is achieved.
Load More Replies...This is 2 different questions! Microwave is more convenient but pour over is better
Where Do Condiments Belong?
There's only a very few, like mayonnaise, that really need to be refrigerated. A few others like ketchup may get discoloured if left exposed to the light but won't actually f go off. Even knowing this, my salad cream and ketchup live in the fridge, my HP, BBQ and chilli sauces do not. Nobody knows why this is, myself included, it just is.
Load More Replies...The pantry until opened, then the fridge. Pretty sure all American condiment bottles say “refrigerate after opening”
UK ones do too. I ignore that. Mayo and salad cream in the fridge, everything else in a drawer in the kitchen.
Load More Replies...Define condiments !! Salt and pepper is a condiment lo lu don’t put that in the fridge 🤷♀️ok im being pedantic now , in the fridge obviously
You don't put the salt in the fridge, but you don't put the opened ketchup in the larder, either.
When Is The Right Time To Brush Your Teeth In The Morning?
Why would you brush them before breakfast if you’re just going to dirty them again with breakfast?
This is what my dentist said: If you brush immediately after eating (or drinking) something acidic, you might damage your softened enamel by brushing. So if you brush after eating you should wait at least 10-15 min before brushing, so your enamel has had time to harden up again.
I used to brush after breakfast, but now I eat a couple to a few hours after I wake up. It makes my stomach upset if I eat too soon after waking. I don't notice the toothpaste interfering with the food and I don't get the fuzzies and staleness in my mouth in the way of enjoying my food.
I'm a hygienist (20+ years)- it's after breakfast, but not immediately after.
Which Is The Better Option To Read?
I'm a bookworm - I honestly think I comprehend better with physical books - plus, I love the smell of book pages and enjoy turning pages. Digital books can't provide any of that
I now need so much light to see that a backlit screen is the only way I can read before bed, as I've done since kindergarten. I can't imagine using the spotlight I'd need for a printed book and ever falling asleep!
Load More Replies...The only advantages to digital books are 1) backlight for reading and 2) the ability to tap a word for definition, translation, or Google references. I've been known to tap many a page in a paper book like a goof.
Ability to increase font size. Being able to continue reading on another device when out and about. Ability to have 1000s of books on a small tablet.
Load More Replies...My arthritic hands get too achy to hang onto a book. The tablet is a godsend.
Digital only when the environment isn't suitable for a physical book. Like on an airplane.
Why isn’t it suitable to read a physical book on an airplane ?
Load More Replies...I love paper books. But my wife told me: Books or me. Because the space, the dust,... I chose her and took half of my books to a local library, where they were very well received. Since then I have been using e-books and I see a lot of advantages.
I love having a gazillion titles on my paperwhite, but if I read something on it that I want to reread I get the paper copy.
I travelled a lot, sometimes for years at a time. I hated leaving behind good books and despite trying to part with them, I always had at least 4 or 5 in my backpack and the extra weight and space was just silly. I get why people prefer physical books but I'm so used to readers that I won't go back.
Which Chocolate Is Superior?
Not all chocolate in the US is Hershey. There is some quality chocolate to be found.
Load More Replies...Dark I’m my eyes 80-90 % cocoa can’t beat it but milk is ok now n then
Dang girl! I'm impressed! I've tried the 80-90% stuff and it's a... very acquired taste, I think. I think I could get used to it with time, but when a colleague offered me some out of the blue it took all I had to not spit it back in his face (especially as he was a lovely guy; he didn't deserve that, lol).
Load More Replies...Me neither. I say I like it... the rare times I crave it, I really do enjoy it, but I buy far more than I should given how much I crave it. I have chocolate from years ago still lurking around my house. Edit: Wow, someone is super-invested into my opinions about chocolate 🤣
Load More Replies...Dark chocolate is made from plant oils, plant sugars, and a bean. It's a vegetable. Milk chocolate has dairy in it. It's a meal.
No, your friend is an idiot. Black is a color and a descriptor of things, not an insult when applied to THINGS.
Load More Replies...Which Is More Interesting?
What Goes In First?
For me, the only time milk goes in first is when there's only a small amount left and you're not sure if it will be enough for your usual bowl.
Honestly, I prefer the cereal in a bowl and the milk in a glass. Spoonful of cereal, sip of milk. The cereal stays crisp.
How can you determine how much milk is needed unless you see the amount of cereal first. Common sense.
I'd rather drink leftover milk than eat mushy cereals. Milk first, then a handfull of cereals, eat up, add next handfull of cereals, rinse & repeat. Stop when stomach full or bowl empty.
Load More Replies...The Right Way To Peel A Banana Is To Start At The…
Wild monkeys don't eat bananas. Also they throw p**p and eat their Youngs so maybe they're not the most reliable source to begin with.
Load More Replies...I know I should follow the example of monkeys and apes but conditioning leads me to open bananas from the top...
Apple Slices Should Be…
I actually LIKE the peels/skins of most fruits and vegetables. XD When my now-ex used to make Chinese pork and cucumber soup, he'd peel the cucumbers, and I'd grab the peels like a goblin before he could throw them away and I'd retreat to devour them XD I love cucumber skin! It's so delightfully crispy and crunchy when you eat it by itself, too.
Load More Replies...I can't stand the texture of apple skin. I used to eat a fair amount of apple pie in the UK, but very *very* rarely here in France. The difference? They don't peel the apples before cooking with them here. ☹️
How Should Sandals Be Worn?
I thought I'd arrived all cool and collected to buy my first old boat. Until I followed the seller's eyes down to see that I had a sandal on one foot, a shoe on the other.
What Should The Dress Code In Schools Be?
At least with school uniforms, it doesn’t become a fashion show. I know they could be expensive, but it’s better than having to buy new trendy outfits to prevent your kid from being bullied.
Although the designs of many school uniforms here in the UK are less than flattering, I do think they are a good idea to create cohesion and a sense of belonging. Ideally the uniforms should be unisex with shorts, trousers and kilt-like skirts all kids could wear by choice.
School uniform is normal in many countries such as the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, China and Japan. They are often cheaper than letting students wear their own clothes five times a week, there's no confusion about dress codes, they can reduce peer pressure and promote equality. For younger children it can also be safer when they're on school trips by making them easily identifiable.
Load More Replies...From a mother uniforms !, they aren’t expensive in uk , and if there is no uniform ,kids get bullied mercilessly, so uniforms solves that issue , glad our schools have them !
Unfortunately school uniforms are often expensive and often from a single supplier dictated by the school. That's why there are uniform banks and government encouraging schools to widen the uniform supplier base.
Load More Replies...The problem I have with uniforms is the cost, when I was in school the uniform could only be bought in one particular shop at three to four times the cost of equivalent items from other stores in non-uniform colours, the idea that uniforms reduce bullying is a joke, the high cost meant the poorer families couldn't afford new uniforms every year so kids would come to school in tatty, patched ill-fitting uniforms often handed down from older siblings which resulted in more bullying, not less.
Surprised it's this close. I grew up poor, so you know which way I voted.
Uniforms are all good and well until the school decides to change it at the last minute. When my youngest daughter was due to start secondary school, my plan was to give her her sister's uniform as it was still in very good condition, and to buy new for my eldest to save money. Two days before the end of term, the school announced that it was changing the ENTIRE uniform. So I ended up having to buy two complete uniform rig outs which cost me hundreds. So much for trying to save money and I was left with my daughter's old uniform which even the charity shops wouldn't take - so wasteful.
When You Get Back Home, What Do You Do?
Trick question: I'm a mechanic. No way I'm hanging out in my diesel/oil/engine scrunge/ soaked uniform
Chef/caretaker/animal rescue. You wanna know what's on my work clothes at the end of any given day? Because I don't. Straight into the very hottest of washing machines, now give me something cozy
Load More Replies...This is the correct answer. Clothes don't matter. Whipping your bra out of your sleeve is what matters.
Load More Replies...Absolutely! I have greeted many an Uber Eats/Door Dasher in my PJs 😆
Load More Replies...When You Get Back Home, What Do You Do? PUT THE KETTLE ON. Nothing happens, and I mean *NOTHING*, until tea has been made.
I tend to take my pants off when I get home, not because they're dirty, but just because I would prefer to not have pants on. The other day, my sister (who lives next door with my mom) asked me to come over so she could give me something. I walked over to their house through the connected backyards (my mom knocked down the wall between the houses years ago.) I went into the house, pantsless, expecting just my mom and sister to be there. But no, one of our longtime employees was standing there talking to them XD I said (in Spanish), "Oh, don't mind me, I don't have any pants on" - as if it wasn't obvious XD Ah well!
Load More Replies...The Superior Way To Have Milk & Cookies Is To…
Not? I can’t drink milk by itself... it does unpleasant things to my stomach 😅
Same lol ins tells me no way hose , how do we answer this one 🤷♀️😂
Load More Replies...Erm I ain’t 5 😂😂 milk n cookies nope I can’t drink milk either cookies goes with coffee strong black coffee !
Not with milk. Dip it in hot tea and then all goes all nice and gooey.
Cookies with milk? I take mine with hot chocolate (then it has to be bite and sip or the thing will disintegrate).
Kinda off-topic, but I was re-watching episodes of Taskmaster Australia and they had a 'bikkie-dunking' task, but into tea, not hot chocolate. Last intact bikkie won. Made me think of this post. I seem to recall you're a fellow tea drinker? (Link below)
Load More Replies...I may look like a beardless santa minus the jolliness, but milk and cookies isn't a thing.
Which Is The Better Place For A Swim?
As a Floridian, I absolutely love the beach, buuuuuuuut....pools are much nicer. No red tide, rip tide, critter infestations, tourist overcrowding, and other problems the beach brings. 😅 The tradeoff is the cost of getting and maintaining one, though, and the loss of beautiful sandy dunes and saltwater sparkling in the sun
My mom converted the pool in my childhood home to salt-water (instead of chlorine) decades ago. It's quite nice. My hair doesn't turn greenish and feel nasty and brittle whenever I swim now XD and there's none of that chlorine stink.
Load More Replies...Can I get a lake, please? No salt, currents, jellyfish or sharks, no need to turn around every other stroke, no crowds to slalom through, no chlorine (not to mention the reasons for the chlorine 🤢)
Both have their pros and cons. The pool is teeming with everything from possible legionella (I can't remember the name of that other common bacteria) and chlorinated water is pretty harsh on my skin, at least, but I still go swimming several times a week. I don't know if the serial pooper who plagued one swimming pool was ever caught? There are at least coliform bacteria and blue-green algae in the lake and sea water. Possibly a few carcasses floating around somewhere. It's a gamble, but I still like to swim in natural waters. Both the pool water and the water at the swimming beaches are tested regularly, so I would feel fairly safe.
Obviously, The Better Place To Live Is…
Erm there is such a thing as online deliveries 🤦♀️I live out in the sticks lol ,totally housebound to , online shopping is bliss no people order it’s delivered to suit you ,
Load More Replies...I love delivery and being able to be anonymous in a crowd. Countryside implies few people and everyone will be all up in each others business. I came from small towns, nooooo thank you.
What you need is more countryside. My village is like the small town mentality that you mention, but I'm about 2km away, so I'm just "that weirdo over there" and mostly get forgotten because I don't pick sides or get involved in the tedious village politics (of two or three families that have hated each other since before Charlemagne). [edit typo]
Load More Replies...As someone born in a very large city who now lives in a tiny rural town, it's clearly a matter of personal preference. if I could afford to move back to a city, I would. I don't like the quiet, the isolation or the inconvenience.
I love isolation but I need cosmopolitan food so it's a toughy for me.
Load More Replies...Country side I ain’t no townie eugh lawful places , in the sticks no shops ,not many people bliss , oh n online shopping SORTED ,
Which Franchise Is Better?
I literally refuse to choose on this one! I love both XD
Load More Replies..."Sod off, I am bitrektual! (love both)" ~ Kira Okah. So I'll remember to use it!
Load More Replies...This. And i am adding battlestar Galactica, Farscape and Firefly.
Load More Replies...Which Work Week Is Better For Work-Life Balance?
Once you work 10 hour shifts - you never want to go back to an 8 hour/5 day work week. (Currently I work three 12 hour shifts a week and LOVE it)
I had a job where I worked two 18 hour shifts a week and then was on call for two days. Small town EMT, I was allowed to sleep on the job. Basically my partner and I would take turns napping in the ambulance while on duty. And I only ever got called in once in the two years I worked that job.
Load More Replies...Why the picture? Drinking tea in the office or tarmpoline jumping wearing a rucksack.
How am I supposed to answer this when the correct answer (3 days of 6 hours) isnt one of the options...?
Which Should Be More Encouraged?
Exactly. Good work environment, a salary according to your effort and knowledge, respect, opportunities to learn and be promoted, and in the USA, decent health insurance? I'll donate you a kidney if you need one. But if you are not happy or they treat you like rubbish, you don't owe them anything.
Load More Replies...Depends if you like your job! I was military for a long time, because I loved it.
What Leads To Better Results?
It really depends on the situation. There are moments when you need to plan ahead and moments when you can be spontaneous.
So, if you're talking about travel, which the first pic seems to represent, then you definitely need to do a bunch of planning. Meandering about in a new place with no idea of what might be interesting or where to go is silly. But once you get there, you also need to be willing to ditch the plan and be ready to just go with the flow, do something on a whim, or -- yes -- have those moments of meandering about for a bit. You'll always have your plan to fall back on, but rigid adherence to a schedule and itinerary can be limiting and frustrating.
Which Would Be The More Useful Power?
Flight allows you to travel wheras invisibility is only to fork with people.
I can't condone invisibility, from a moral standpoint. It's way too open to a***e of power and lack of consent
When Visiting Someone’s Home, What’s The Right Thing To Do?
Stepped in cat puke barefoot at a friends house. Last time I took off shoes at someone elses house
If you’re not willing to lay down in the gutter or on a NYC subway and platform, you shouldn’t be ok with people wearing shoes in your home. So may gross, disgusting pathogens on people’s outdoor shoes.
So many gross disgusting pathogens on people's feet... If you visit me, keep your shoes on. It's a tile and lino floor and I know how to use a mop.
Load More Replies...In Germany you bring your Haus shoes with you or will have someone else's "Slappen" foisted on you.
Totally depends on where you go. The major "fault line" seems to be between rural house owners and renting townsfolk. We (and our neighbours, many friends and family) live rural, in an old house with cold floors and a big garden (aka "summer living room"). Guests are not expected to remove their shoes unless REALLY dirty, especially if they just cross the house to enter the garden (no guest house shoes in stock). City people in houses with many rented flats tend towards the "shoes off, socks on, communal slippers if you want" philosophy.
Load More Replies...Don’t go in the first place ! but shoes off , I don’t mind shoes on , cos I have wood floors , but if they have carpets take em off
Which Medium Is Better?
A lot of them are, but this one takes the cake.
Load More Replies...Neither. I use a real camera. More pixels, better resolution, just better.
No, a real camera. These days they're digital, but I have an old bridge camera that also has an optical zoom. Nothing beats adjusting the settings and crouching in the bushes to get just the right shot of that endangered bird nesting. Or you're waist-deep in a muddy pond to get just the right shot of a lily pad. Fingers frozen in the freezing wind on a bridge waiting for the sun to shine at just the right angle. I'm a bit of a camera áddict because it gives me that sweet dopamine rush.
Apparently Gen Z is turning back to the polaroid/digital cameras as opposed to smartphone cameras, according to some pointless news articles I read (I know, totally trustworthy, right? /s) recently. I'm not a big enough photo person for a smartphone to *not* do the job, as my phone is full of pictures of my pets. 😆 I'd imagine that for someone that cared more, a dedicated ("real", not polaroid) camera would be preferred.
What Type Of Day Is Cozier?
Which Is More Fun?
For me, board games are a mix of incredibly boring or stressful. People take twenty years to take their turn, and people are always way too loud, talking over each other, etc. Video games I usually play by myself, at my own pace, and play games that match my own interest.
Video games for me. I'd love to play more board games but nobody with whom I have close enough contact ever wants to play board games over video games 😢 Don't get me wrong; I'm a video game nerd through and through, but a change is as good as a holiday or whatever the saying is.
A REAL board-gamer doesn't use those words. You just say "Roll the 7-sider" XD
Load More Replies...None of them! Both bore me to death. And cards! All card games. I struggle to understand how people can spend hours and hours playing cards/board/video games. (It's not a "moral" thing about being productive, I can't see the fun in them, even if I understand that fun is in the eye of the beholder)
When Going To Bed, Socks Should…
Winter in this economy? Socks, shoes, cardigan, coat, scarf, mittens, and two blankets on top of the duvet.
Socks on apply only in winter, obviously. Yuck, you people who wear the same socks all day! Take off the old socks you wore all day, moisturize your feet, and put on your soft and fluffy bed socks. Otherwise you people are animals.
Yeah, gotta say I couldn't wear the same socks I'd been wearing all day to bed as well. Bed socks all day. I prefer not wearing socks, but I can't sleep with cold feet, so bed socks are the lesser of the two evils.
Load More Replies...What’s The Correct Way To Shower?
As health care worker, please wash your b**t. No, toilet paper is not enough.
Remember, it's not gay to clean your booty cheeks!
Load More Replies...Really? The legs are the gateway to the feet. We actively wash our feet, right?
Apparently not? But reading the article a while back about how some guys refuse to wash their booty-hole (see Heather's comment above), I can't say I'm surprised by this.
Load More Replies...Which Is The More Romantic Option?
Depends on the couple. My bf and I cook together almost daily, we rarely eat out. So going to a restaurant allows us to just enjoy the conversation while someone else cooks for a change, it feels romantic to us. But then again, we have a lot of fun cooking together too so.
My boyfriend and I are both introverted and enjoy quiet. We order in and enjoy peaceful conversation. Sometimes we light candles. I find it way more romantic and intimate then being in a busy restaurant.
Nothing enjoyable about shovelling food in my mouth with strangers watching and vice versa, I don't want to see it.
I'm a chef, so I spoil my wife. We get much better food than if we visit a restaurant, at least round these parts.
Order in? I don't need the stress or mess of cooking... Going out for a meal is a lovely special treat.
Which Is More Exploitative?
You Have Some Slices Of Pineapple. Where Would You Rather Put It?
If putting it on pizza is the only option, yes, bye, bye pineapple. Pineapple is a standalone food. It goes in nothing. You just eat it.
It can go in cake, which is then flipped over, and drowned in custard.
Load More Replies..."In Soviet Russia, pineapple eats YOU!" *Edges out*
Load More Replies...Not a huge fan of pineapple on my pizza, but of the two options it's the best... NO WAY I'm throwing out good fruit.
People think it's cute to dis pineapple on pizza. Obv they have never tried it
I have tried it. I hate it, it's disgusting. But I don't like pineapple in the first place.
Load More Replies...Days Off Are For…
You don’t know? Send photo, we’ll tell you.
Load More Replies...As a retiree, every day is a day off. I try to go out of the house every day, even in bad weather
Which Is The Better Sitcom?
Urgh, my mother's husband watched Seinfeld. I would rather listen to nails on a chalkboard for 24 hours than watch another episode.
Load More Replies...I never watched either, so I guessed based on which one had Meghan Markle in it.
I think they trekked further than that; with potential for wars among the stars
Load More Replies...Super bonus question: Time travel back to the 1980s or to the future to the 2070s? No return.
So many divisive opinions: forks up or down in dishwasher? Front to the shower or turn your back? Wash hair first or body first? Leave your printer on all the time or not? Hats or not hats? Ketchup on eggs? Critical questions, people!
Up, depends, hair, yes but it turns itself off, yes, absolutely not.
Load More Replies...Nothing wrong with pointless questions sometimes. Better than an excess of celebrity stuff or showcasing the rotten people that exist, right?
Load More Replies...I think they trekked further than that; with potential for wars among the stars
Load More Replies...Super bonus question: Time travel back to the 1980s or to the future to the 2070s? No return.
So many divisive opinions: forks up or down in dishwasher? Front to the shower or turn your back? Wash hair first or body first? Leave your printer on all the time or not? Hats or not hats? Ketchup on eggs? Critical questions, people!
Up, depends, hair, yes but it turns itself off, yes, absolutely not.
Load More Replies...Nothing wrong with pointless questions sometimes. Better than an excess of celebrity stuff or showcasing the rotten people that exist, right?
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