• tombruzzo [none/use name]
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    2 months ago

    One of my boys pulled a chest of draws onto himself the other day. Fortunately he was fine but things could have been worse.

    So this is your reminder to anchor your furniture if you haven't yet

    • RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]M
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      2 months ago

      That is scary. We have some cheep ikea stuff and made sure to anchor it. I think we watched a video about IKEA getting sued for killing kids with their furniture, which is the only reason they include anchors at all. So it was in my head when we were buying the stuff.

      • tombruzzo [none/use name]
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        2 months ago

        My parents say it was never a problem when I was a kid, and I think the cheap furniture IKEA popularised is to blame. Furniture used to be much more expensive, but it was sturdy and was less likely to tip

        • RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]M
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          2 months ago

          Yeah turns out of you make something tall and out of plywood so I'd weighs nothing, they're a massive tipping hazard. Make the same thing but it weights like 100lbs it's going to be way less likely to tip.