For me, it may be that the toilet paper roll needs to have the open end away from the wall. I don’t want to reach under the roll to take a piece! That’s ludicrous!

That or my recent addiction to correcting people when they use “less” when they should use “fewer”

  • @grue@lemmy.world
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    202 months ago

    It’s “cement concrete,” or in other words, concrete with a cementitious binder (e.g. lime, Portland cement, pozzolan, fly ash, etc.).

    That’s in contrast to “asphalt concrete” (the black stuff roads are often paved with), which is concrete with a heavy petroleum (asphalt, a.k.a. bitumen) binder.

    “Concrete” just means aggregate plus a fluid binder that cures and hardens. Arguably, things like epoxy quartz countertops and terrazzo flooring are “concrete,” too.

    • @nick@midwest.social
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      12 months ago

      Fair point. I usually just correct people when they are talking about cement concrete. I’ve never actually heard of “asphalt concrete”

      I just inherited this quirk from my dad is all

      • @grue@lemmy.world
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        72 months ago

        I’ve never actually heard of “asphalt concrete”

        That’s normal; it’s the kind of minutae you learn while getting a civil engineering degree.