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minus-squareJayDee@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·2 months agoWhy do they hate the decorative throw rugs?
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-22 months agoI 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.
minus-squareTomMasz@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoYeah, people don’t realize you can add non-slip materials to the bottom to minimize the risk.
minus-squarebunkyprewster@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoFell on a throw rug yesterday
minus-squarebinarytobis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoSome real TIL gems in this thread.
minus-squareicelimit@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·2 months agoGet receive rugs instead, got it
minus-squarefox [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoExtremely common trip and fall hazard, frequently in the homes of old people with bad balance and fragile bones
minus-squareChapo_is_Red [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI hate them too. Some people insist they actually increase safety
Why do they hate the decorative throw rugs?
Slip and fall danger.
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.
Yeah, people don’t realize you can add non-slip materials to the bottom to minimize the risk.
Fell on a throw rug yesterday
Some real TIL gems in this thread.
Get receive rugs instead, got it
Extremely common trip and fall hazard, frequently in the homes of old people with bad balance and fragile bones
I hate them too. Some people insist they actually increase safety