I'm glad I don't have a young child, for similar reasons
Showerthoughts
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
Rules
- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- No politics
- If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
- Posts must be original/unique
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If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.
I always have the irrational or maybe rational fear of glass breaking. Any furniture I buy doesn't have any glass elements.
It can definitely break when mishandled. With kids you probably don't want glass furniture.
I believe our table (and most tables) are tempered glass, so if it breaks it shouldn't be dangerous.
We did get rid of a glass coffee table though, for that reason
I both want a picture and REALLY don’t.
I clean it every day, because I see how much there is, so it never gets that bad.
But when I think about what'd be under there if I didn't know it was happening for years, I shudder
It's also easier to clean glass without ruining it.
The duality of man
My aunt did not like eating peas. And she hid them behind the refrigerator for more than a year.
Moral of the story: be glad it's the underside of the table and not behind the refrigerator.
Placing anything metal or ceramic on glass makes the most awful noises though, how do you cope with how loud it is?
Placemats.
My aunt and uncle have a big wooden dining table, and like 50 different kinds of placemats
Not OP but: Placemats.