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Jan. 21, 2019, 12:36 PM GMT / Source: TODAY

By Scott Stump

How do you draw an X?

It seems like a simple question with a simple answer, right? Actually, it's more like asking if you hear "Laurel" or "Yanny" or whether the dress is black and blue or white and gold when it comes to the internet.

A Twitter user asked the question on Saturday while noting with a graphic that there are actually eight different ways to go about drawing a simple X, which promptly had everyone trying to process the answer.

The eight combinations were represented with a different color and arrows for the way and direction of the first and second strokes to make the X, which left everyone comparing to figure out which number they are.

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People from all over the world then weighed in about how it's done according to them.

Depending on if you’re right or left handed it should be 7 or 8. What kind of sick person draws an X any other way https://t.co/tBqkafRUD5
— Aokiji クザン (@DukeOfZamunda) January 20, 2019

8.
People who draw bottom to top are also the ones that put their toilet paper on the holder the wrong way.
— Eddie (@NinjaJenssen) January 20, 2019

I'm a 2 should I got to the hospital
— Emily Andras (@emtothea) January 21, 2019

Then there were those just trying to wrap their head around the whole thing.

It turns out where you grew up may have an impact on your X preference.

General consensus is that Americans do 7 & 8 while UK does 5 & 6. Probably how we were taught. Not sure about other countries
— sixers smasey (@SMASEY) January 20, 2019

Which number are you? (Hint: The only correct answer is 7).