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”
But why do people put the year last when speaking? It’s no less arbitrary. We were just socialized to say it that way, so now it “sounds more natural,” but it’s not.
Also, speech doesn’t dictate writing. Do British people say “11th April” out loud?