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Why is everyone on Twitter talking about towels?

Finally, an issue that's even more divisive than pineapple on pizza.

Morgan Sung

on February 18, 2019

Why is everyone on Twitter talking about towels?

How many towels is too many towels? Credit: Getty Images

Good morning, everyone. Apparently we're mad about towels.

Scrolling through Twitter on Monday, you might have seen a feed full of people arguing over the amount of towels you're supposed to own. The Great Towel Debate started when Twitter user @Advil asked followers to settle an argument between him and his girlfriend.

"We have zero frame of reference on the appropriate amount of towels in a household of two," he tweeted.

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People understandably had hot takes, but the hottest of them all was from Huffington Post writer Yashar Ali, who claimed that couples should "own a minimum" of 50 total towels. 50! Where do you even store that many towels?

Ali added that couples should own "preferably more."

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