▲ 727 ▼ Who is the enemy? (mander.xyz) submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 509 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 39 points 1 year ago (6 children) Slip and fall danger. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 1 year ago (2 children) I know 2 people that both had an accident this way. One tore off a tendon around the knee, the other fractured their hand from trying to cushion their fall. And I don't know that many people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TomMasz@piefed.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah, people don't realize you can add non-slip materials to the bottom to minimize the risk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] riskable@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago Ugh, if only that worked for longer than like a month. Eventually all these materials you can throw under throw rugs to make them stickier end up failing. Catastrophically. Make sure to get a throw rug that has the non-slip feature sewn in. Make sure it's nice and heavy too and never put it in the dryer (it'll ruin the non-slip part). You should probably air dry throw rugs anyway, actually 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent [–] bunkyprewster@startrek.website 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) Fell on a throw rug yesterday permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] riskable@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago The rug threw you. That's why they're called that! permalink fedilink source parent [–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Some real TIL gems in this thread. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 1 year ago (2 children) I know 2 people that both had an accident this way. One tore off a tendon around the knee, the other fractured their hand from trying to cushion their fall. And I don't know that many people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TomMasz@piefed.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah, people don't realize you can add non-slip materials to the bottom to minimize the risk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] riskable@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago Ugh, if only that worked for longer than like a month. Eventually all these materials you can throw under throw rugs to make them stickier end up failing. Catastrophically. Make sure to get a throw rug that has the non-slip feature sewn in. Make sure it's nice and heavy too and never put it in the dryer (it'll ruin the non-slip part). You should probably air dry throw rugs anyway, actually 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah, people don't realize you can add non-slip materials to the bottom to minimize the risk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] riskable@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago Ugh, if only that worked for longer than like a month. Eventually all these materials you can throw under throw rugs to make them stickier end up failing. Catastrophically. Make sure to get a throw rug that has the non-slip feature sewn in. Make sure it's nice and heavy too and never put it in the dryer (it'll ruin the non-slip part). You should probably air dry throw rugs anyway, actually 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] riskable@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago Ugh, if only that worked for longer than like a month. Eventually all these materials you can throw under throw rugs to make them stickier end up failing. Catastrophically. Make sure to get a throw rug that has the non-slip feature sewn in. Make sure it's nice and heavy too and never put it in the dryer (it'll ruin the non-slip part). You should probably air dry throw rugs anyway, actually 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bunkyprewster@startrek.website 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) Fell on a throw rug yesterday permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] riskable@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago The rug threw you. That's why they're called that! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] riskable@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago The rug threw you. That's why they're called that! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Some real TIL gems in this thread. permalink fedilink source parent