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The fact that walls get dusty is ridiculous. You're vertical. Act like it.
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Wren lemmy.today Wren@lemmy.today
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Darkassassin07 lemmy.ca Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
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Well, if your walls weren't sticky from cigarette tar...

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litchralee sh.itjust.works litchralee@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-02
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Textured walls were always a mistake.

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Damage feddit.it Damage@feddit.it
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I've never dusted my walls. Am I supposed to?

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Wren Moderator Wren@lemmy.today
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I've never dusted my walls. Am I supposed to?

It's a good idea, yeah. I use a swiffer.

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Mouselemming sh.itjust.works Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-12
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I've never dusted my walls. Am I supposed to?

Neither have I. Sure I wipe the wall if I accidentally splatter coffee (like today, argh) or smash a bug on it. But mine are pretty smooth and the dust can only be a thin layer before it falls off. Thirty years later they're still white.

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VibeSurgeon piefed.social VibeSurgeon@piefed.social
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I've never dusted my walls. Am I supposed to?

If you find them to be dusty you can do it. If you don't have a problem, then you probably don't need to bother

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HugeNerd lemmy.ca HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
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I've never dusted my walls. Am I supposed to?

You don't get those weird dust webs?

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Damage feddit.it Damage@feddit.it
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You don't get those weird dust webs?

I get spiderwebs but I clean them out before they become too big

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Shteou lemmy.world Shteou@lemmy.world
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Why is the text not horizontal?!

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HugeNerd lemmy.ca HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
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I get spiderwebs but I clean them out before they become too big

Nah I get these weird things that look like greasy dust filaments on the walls.

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explodicle sh.itjust.works explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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Why is the text not horizontal?!

To reduce dust

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CovfefeKills lemmy.world CovfefeKills@lemmy.world
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Well, if your walls weren't sticky from cigarette tar...

It is because electric charges in the dust and surfaces attract each other. A duster works by generating static electricity and causing the dust particles to stick to the hairs.

I did a quick look for something that rejects dust with electricity and here is electrostatic dust repulsion for solar panels to reduce washing intervals https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8916732/ So maybe we could get this in our walls and make everything easier to clean.

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JennyLaFae lemmy.blahaj.zone JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Well, if your walls weren't sticky from cigarette tar...

Open floor plan kitchens are a more common cause than indoor smokers anymore

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Swedneck discuss.tchncs.de Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-10
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Nah I get these weird things that look like greasy dust filaments on the walls.

one can tell the difference by the strength and weight, spider silk is strong as fuck and doesn't really float in the air, whereas dust strings have 0 resistence and will float around on the slightest air current.

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HugeNerd lemmy.ca HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-06
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one can tell the difference by the strength and weight, spider silk is strong as fuck and doesn't really float in the air, whereas dust strings have 0 resistence and will float around on the slightest air current.

Well I mean these dust strings look nothing like something a spider would bother pulling out its ass, you know?

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Damage feddit.it Damage@feddit.it
Joined: 2023-06-12
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Nah I get these weird things that look like greasy dust filaments on the walls.

Nope, never happened to me, in any of my abodes. Are you American? Maybe it's a wood house thing?I get balls of dust and hair in areas that are hard to clean, like under low furniture, but I've never seen strings

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captain_oni lemmy.blahaj.zone captain_oni@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-08-04
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Textured walls were always a mistake.

I hate the textured walls (and ceiling) in my home. Not only do they get dusty, they're also a hazard; got so many scapes from them.

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percent infosec.pub percent@infosec.pub
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Nope, never happened to me, in any of my abodes. Are you American? Maybe it's a wood house thing?I get balls of dust and hair in areas that are hard to clean, like under low furniture, but I've never seen strings

American here. I get them in my brick house.

(Though it's a big country that spans many different climates and biomes, so the experiences of the few do not represent the experiences of the many)

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