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.

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      29 days ago

      Actually I don’t think it is, because they’re fixing it. “Hey here’s a problem, let’s use engineering to eliminate the problem.” Best thing we do as a species.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        29 days 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.

        • Dearth@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          29 days 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