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• im_fine_sandy@nord.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeah carpet is nuts.

  Why would you not want to cover your floor in something to trap all the dust and soak up any liquid which is impossible to clean.

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  • HerbGrower@slrpnk.net ⁨30⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Warmer and absorbs sound. Obviously not in the kitchen or bathroom but we have carpet everywhere else.

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  • paranoia@feddit.dk ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    sound/echo dampening.

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    • Dreamcatcher@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      One might wonder why this is not a problem pretty much everywhere that’s not North America.

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      • im_fine_sandy@nord.pub ⁨6⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        WDYM sticks and paper are not appropriate building materials ?

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      • paranoia@feddit.dk ⁨7⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        I mean it is a problem, people just aren’t aware of it, or just live with it. It used to be much more common in Scandinavia but for some reason fell out of vogue. Everyone’s living room is now horribly echoey and I have no idea how they put up with it.

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    • Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      There are better ways of doing that

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      • brognak@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Like textured ceilings, but people seem to hate those too 🤷

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  • rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    City apartment dweller here. My lease requires having carpet or rugs over a certain percentage of the floor area. It’s a basic necessity to avoid aggravating one’s neighbors on the floor below.

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    • JcbAzPx@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You could also just take off your wooden clogs and go barefoot.

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      • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Oh come on now, I don’t wear wooden clogs! They are entirely inappropriate footwear for the finish on my home bowling alley!

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      • rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Bare feet would make the rest of my suit of armor look silly.

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  • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Helps retain heat. The solution is a throw rug in the winter that you hose off in the spring though.

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  • Cheebus@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    at one point we had carpet in our bathroom

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    • spicehoarder@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Are you guys really such a stranger to vacuuming? I want lavishly plush carpeting in my house. Especially the bedroom.

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      • Gerudo@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        You must not have allergies/pets. Vacuuming does not get your carpets clean enough, and steam cleaning your carpets often enough is a big hassle and time consuming.

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      • im_fine_sandy@nord.pub ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Vacuuming doesn’t achieve much.

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      • Cheebus@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        no like bathroom

        where the toilet is, as in it used to be carpet when you get out of the bath tub, and also carpet when you take a piss/shit

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      • general_kitten@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        carpets in themselves are not the problem. even vacuumming wont get rid of all the dirt and possibly stains. thats why you have separate carpets on the floor you can take out and actually wash without having to rip out the entire floor

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