Replacing a broken set of blinds in my house and apparently no one sells the old standard kind where you pull the cord to raise them, I guess because kids and/or pets could tangle in the cord? Bit of an education in miniblinds today.

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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    2 months ago

    Don’t make the two strings into a loop. Problem solved. Or secure the loop to the wall. Problem solved. But really what I meant is that it’s depressing that people have managed to strangle themselves in a contraption that’s pretty benign by design.

    • @pyre
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      2 months ago

      in this magical world you live in, do corded ear buds stay untangled as well?

    • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ
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      2 months ago

      They tend to tie themselves into a loop, even when left open.

      The risk is not to people in general, but specifically young children and pets that wouldn’t be expected to know how to get themselves out.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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        02 months ago

        I guess that’s understandable. The ones we have use a metal chain that’s in a loop, but secured to the wall. You just pull one side or the other to raise or lower the blinds. It works okay. We do have one of those old-school ones in the kitchen though, and I like how rapidly I can raise the blinds.

    • @Dearth
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      22 months ago

      I agree. It’s really sad when children and pets die accidentally or for any reason really.

      What’s truly depressing is all the jaded assholes who think that their adult intelligence is the standard for every baby and animal in the world so it’s somehow the kids fault for strangling themselves because they should have known better

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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        12 months ago

        Point taken. I can be a jaded asshole sometimes. I’m usually fairly emphatic, but being jaded seeps through every now and then.

      • socsa
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        12 months ago

        Ok but I don’t have any children in my house