Comment on Who is the enemy?

• TomMasz@piefed.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Slip and fall danger.

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  • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I know 2 people that both had an accident this way. One tore of a tendon around the knee, the other fractured their hand from trying to cushion their fall. And I don’t know that many people.

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    • TomMasz@piefed.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah, people don't realize you can add non-slip materials to the bottom to minimize the risk.

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      • riskable@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 🤷

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  • bunkyprewster@startrek.website ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Fell on a throw rug yesterday

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    • riskable@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The rug threw you. That’s why they’re called that!

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  • binarytobis@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Some real TIL gems in this thread.

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• icelimit@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Get receive rugs instead, got it

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• fox@hexbear.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Extremely common trip and fall hazard, frequently in the homes of old people with bad balance and fragile bones

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  • Chapo_is_Red@hexbear.net ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I hate them too. Some people insist they actually increase safety

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