Do you shower with your face or back to the water? A woman's bathroom renovations have spawned the most contentious debate of our time.

• A TikToker was "shocked" to discover she and her mom have oppositional shower stances.
• The comments lit up, stoking a contentious but seemingly seminal debate about it.
• Some jokingly likened forward-facing showerers to waterboarding.

A TikToker renovating her bathroom has unintentionally spawned a fiery debate about what a "normal" way to take a shower is.

In a video shared over the weekend that's already received 4.7 million views, the lifestyle creator Lovey Lee said she discovered she and her mother had diametrically opposite showering stances while discussing her bathroom renovations and trying to figure out where she should position her shower bench.

"When I shower, the shower head is behind me, so the water is on my hair and down my back," Lee recounted. But she was "shocked" to learn her mom "showers primarily facing the shower head."

Of course, Lee noted that she turns around in the shower to face both directions, though her base stance is facing backwards. A glimpse at her comments under the viral video showed a massive divide.

"WATER FACERS, UNITE," one wrote — to which Lee retorted she was "shocked there are so many."

Others felt the prospect of facing the water seemed unnatural or even uncomfortable. "No because voluntarily getting waterboarded doesn't sound fun at all," another user quipped.

Many commenters opted not to choose sides, saying they "constantly move around like a rotisserie chicken" or "rotate continuously like a kebab." One even said her husband showers "sideways," which she still seemed to be processing.

"My husband just informed me he stands sideways with the water hitting his shoulder," the viewer wrote. "Also. Just discovered I married a psychopath."

These kinds of low-stakes — though seemingly revealing — debates about quotidian routines run rampant on TikTok, where viewers have laboriously discussed issues like what side of the bed people tend to sleep on (and whether or not to use a top sheet), to whether it's appropriate to snack on unpaid groceries, to how often people —specifically straight men — think about the Roman Empire.

Lee did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.