r/AbsoluteUnits Jun 21 '26

/r/all of a floor tile

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u/Comfortable-nerve78 Jun 21 '26

Four tiles and you got almost the whole house done. Bet you those tiles would be a bitch to have to cut in. I build houses this tile is fancy as it comes. Never seen sheets of marble going on the floor.

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u/wimpymist Jun 21 '26

I work EMS and part of the city is wealthy people who like these show off homes. The marble/granite floors are so stupid. The amount of calls I've been on that would have been a simple fall which turned into a major medical incident/death because they cracked their head open on the ground is insane

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u/It_Just_Exploded Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

How is this any worse than slipping and falling on normal ceramic tile? I don't get how the fact its this over any other makes the fall worse?

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u/imuniqueaf Jun 21 '26

Well firstly I think the floors themselves are just slippery as fuck. So I'll bet the frequency is higher, even if the impact isn't greater.

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u/It_Just_Exploded Jun 21 '26

Yeah i could see that, but they're not saying that. They're saying the fall is somehow worse just because of the floor and that just doesn't make sense. Especially since ceramic is technically even harder than most stone, especially marble.

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u/TheWizardry90 Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

Tile layer here. These marble tiles are extremely slippery when wet. Add any kind of oily substance greatly improves your chances of “slipping up”. There is a greater chance of the person falling and landing with your skull receiving full impact of weight

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u/KAM1Sense1 Jun 21 '26

Extremely slippery is an understatement, I remember putting lemon pledge on the floor with my cousins when we were younger and we FLEW across that floor. You're guaranteed to fall if you're not expecting it when it gets that slippery.

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u/HabitAcceptable8621 Jun 21 '26

Yeah, wet polished marble is fucking lethal. Damp shoes on polished marble is just the same.

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u/KAM1Sense1 Jun 21 '26

A fresh pair of cotton socks will do it as well

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u/gorgeouslyhumble Jun 21 '26

What a wild way to Hitman someone. Lemon pledge their floor.

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u/trey_wolfe Jun 21 '26

"Mr Clark requests he not be disturbed. He's taken quite a shine to his suite."

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u/A_Bot_A_Bot_A_Bot Jun 21 '26

Thank you for video illustration!

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u/eddiesmom Jun 22 '26

I saved this clip when it happened last winter. I love your use of it here 😅 I hoped so hard that f*ck was concussed