People say “carpets are great, you just need to have them professionally cleaned every couple of years” and I imagine only mopping my floors once every couple of years and throw up in my mouth a little
Yet Americans will walk inside with their shoes on all the time, if you go by what’s down on TV and in movies. Even if you take off your shoes, the feet are dirty af, it’s still nasty af to have carpet indoors. So gross.
I mean to be honest I couldn’t really imagine what you see in culture media to be very close to reality, because these sick fucks on my TV are putting their shoes up in their couch and bed and shit. That’s just insane.
It seems to be a generational thing from what I read in Wikipedia, older people from UK and Netherlands for example didn’t remove shoes but younger generations do. The US is a big mix of cultures so I’m guessing people that came here from all over some didn’t remove shoes but people from other places do, and as we go more people are removing shoes because it makes sense.
Also most people I know have switched to hard floors over carpet as well. For example when we got our home we removed all the carpet but the bedroom
Professionally cleaned? Fuck that. My carpets are fine without that and its much more pleasant to walk on than floor boards.
I’d probably be OK with very large rugs instead but they seem to generally cost more. Tempted to add rugs on top of carpets though. Cosy and nice on my feet. Probably helps insulation a bit and they dampen sound quite a lot too.
So if you ever get your place recarpeted, it’s worth the money for the thicker layer of insulation. It is just so much softer to walk on, and maybe provides a tiny amount of padding in a fall.
Sometimes if my bed feels wrong for reasons, I can sleep on that extra plush carpet no problems.
I set up a spare bedroom as an office, so my rolly chair goes on one of those plastic carpet protection mats. I hate those mats so I put another carpet on top of it. Chair rolls great, it’s not ugly visible plastic, and it’s really easy to clean up spills right there.
We have a carpet shampooer. It cost less than the cleaners would have charged. Gets used every other year unless we lend it to someone (then like once a year).
The hard part of deep cleaning carpets is moving the furniture off it so it can dry, not the actual cleaning.
If you completely cleaned your carpet after 10 vacuums and 5 passes with the carpet shampooer… Then removed a small square… You could take that square out outside and shake half a kilogram of filth out of it.
People say “carpets are great, you just need to have them professionally cleaned every couple of years” and I imagine only mopping my floors once every couple of years and throw up in my mouth a little
They’re like a couch, you’re supposed to clean them regularly and try not to dirty them because its so hard to clean
Yet Americans will walk inside with their shoes on all the time, if you go by what’s down on TV and in movies. Even if you take off your shoes, the feet are dirty af, it’s still nasty af to have carpet indoors. So gross.
Americans largely based refer shoes off in their home. Though they often don’t require it if guests.
I mean to be honest I couldn’t really imagine what you see in culture media to be very close to reality, because these sick fucks on my TV are putting their shoes up in their couch and bed and shit. That’s just insane.
Still though, only 70%?! It’s still way too low.
There are also people who have “house shoes” which may be slippers or actual shoes that they only wear around the house.
I don’t know how common it is.
I could never wear closed shoes indoors. Gotta let the feet breathe, man, yuck!
It seems to be a generational thing from what I read in Wikipedia, older people from UK and Netherlands for example didn’t remove shoes but younger generations do. The US is a big mix of cultures so I’m guessing people that came here from all over some didn’t remove shoes but people from other places do, and as we go more people are removing shoes because it makes sense.
Also most people I know have switched to hard floors over carpet as well. For example when we got our home we removed all the carpet but the bedroom
And what does that mean for you? Does it mean you want to have shoes after switching to hard floors, or you don’t want to have shoes on?
That’s the beauty of free will. Everyone has different preferences and tastes and can apply those in their own home.
Remember, judging others doesn’t define who they are, it defines who you are.
Oh yeah, for sure, I’m talking about my feet!
I mean, my work boots and some shoes live by the front door, so I hope people get the point.
I have cats. My carpet is fucked anyways, I might as well enjoy it
Professionally cleaned? Fuck that. My carpets are fine without that and its much more pleasant to walk on than floor boards.
I’d probably be OK with very large rugs instead but they seem to generally cost more. Tempted to add rugs on top of carpets though. Cosy and nice on my feet. Probably helps insulation a bit and they dampen sound quite a lot too.
So if you ever get your place recarpeted, it’s worth the money for the thicker layer of insulation. It is just so much softer to walk on, and maybe provides a tiny amount of padding in a fall.
Sometimes if my bed feels wrong for reasons, I can sleep on that extra plush carpet no problems.
I set up a spare bedroom as an office, so my rolly chair goes on one of those plastic carpet protection mats. I hate those mats so I put another carpet on top of it. Chair rolls great, it’s not ugly visible plastic, and it’s really easy to clean up spills right there.
Ah… sure they are.
You guys act like vaccuums don’t exist. Carpets are fine, you’re just neuroticly germophobic.
Anyone who’s ever removed a carpet knows that vacuums dont do much.
There’s probably more “you” in the form of shed skin in your carpet than there is actual you.
You perfectly described why I hate carpet. Until they invent one that can is machine washable, I won’t live in a house with it.
Carpets are, like…stapled into the ground. Do you mean rugs?
Yes, that’s the point I’m making. You can’t machine wash a carpet, therefore I’ll never own a house with it.
(god, you people can be so dense sometimes)
Yeah, that’s on me. I was expecting you were an idiot that didn’t know the difference carpets and rugs.
Edit: what do you mean, you people? What demographic have I been assigned?
From the sidelines, the category is Pedantic autist.
Pedant, sure. “Autist” feels like a strange addendum.
This is one of those moments where I wish I were already wealthy, because I’d love to drop a few grand to test that hypothesis.
Honestly, I wish you were wealthy too. So you could afford to see a therapist about what’s clearly wrong with you mentally.
Instead, we’ll both have to console ourselves this: an offer for you to go fuck yourself, free of charge.
It’s so fucking gross but people are militant about it. I’ve come across more than one bathroom in the USA with carpet in it 🤢
We have a carpet shampooer. It cost less than the cleaners would have charged. Gets used every other year unless we lend it to someone (then like once a year).
The hard part of deep cleaning carpets is moving the furniture off it so it can dry, not the actual cleaning.
If you completely cleaned your carpet after 10 vacuums and 5 passes with the carpet shampooer… Then removed a small square… You could take that square out outside and shake half a kilogram of filth out of it.