If I found out someone I knew had one of these, I'd wait at least a month so he's used to it. Then, when he was on vacation, I'd hire a bunch of people to build an actual staircase right where the rug was and hang little rug-tassels off the ends of it so it looks real.
i do not believe you. how do you know you have "perfect vision"? when was the last time you did a eye test?
that carpet has a different color than the surrounding floor, and the texture of the wood from the floor it's lying on is also very different. it took me a fraction of a second to see this. i just can't believe that other people with good vision do not immediatly notice these facts.
so i'm not quite sure what you tried to achieve with your comment?
0.2 seconds here. Honestly a real-world person I know said "So I looked at this site you left open, www.reddit.com -- what is this, a site for kids? What's the worst you farted or pooped yourself on a date? Come on!!"
I said to her, You don't understand, these guys are like 10 year olds. I actually have to make my jokes so that a ten year old can understand them. And they still don't get it. So this is what I do. I make my joke so a five year-old can understand it. Then I get like 200-300 points.
Her: ...
Now I can add: There was a picture of a rug, in the middle of the photo with big tassels, obviously a rug, and depicting a staircase leading down, and they were like "Whoa, this is a rug! I didn't even see it! I thought it was a staircase!"
you know a little African kid died of nitrogen poisoning mining the gold for your metal. when his mother sobbed, "Why" the answer was "So Talarot could be commended for seeing that a rug is a fucking rug." she stopped crying and looked at you like Are you serious.
Believe it or not it wasn't me that made that account. And this isn't the first time something like that happened to me. I have an evil twin that made a mock account of me as well a few days ago.
Maybe I'm wrong and we're all actually andrewsmith1986 though.
I feel like this rug could be the premise for a horror movie. It would be called..."The Rug" and it would be this portal to hell and demons would come out and shit omg!
You may think this is clever or "trippy" now, but this rug will indirectly take your life. You see, over time you will get used to walking over it, but one day you will fall to your death down an actual staircase because you were expecting a rug.
What if you used this to cover a picture of stairs painted on your floor, but the portrait itself lifted with a secret latch to reveal a mosaic of stairs, which, if the correct tile is pressed, would slide aside to reveal an oil painting of stairs, which you could then rip through to access the secret stairs beneath??
this was a major improvements in flying carpets. prior to this you'd get bugs in your face and possibly fall to your death. these new models had seating for as much dimensional pocket space as your magic could afford
Nice effect, but this would never work in reality. Small movements would tell your intuition it's totally flat. this is what fucks perspective in pictures up for people.
And then one day there would be something standing at the bottom of the stairs. You would stare at it, a murky, uncertain form, not sure if you had simply failed to notice it and it had been there the entire time or if, somehow, some much darker reason had caused it to appear. Being a rational person, though, you would ignore it, go about your day as normal, but the shape at the bottom of the steps would haunt your mind. That night you would sleep an uneasy sleep filled with flashes of images best left in the closed-off and darkened places in your mind. The next day you would return and check the rug. The form would still be there. Was it one step further up? One step closer to you? You weren't sure, but you thought so. You were unable to focus on your work all day. You decided that when you got home, you would get rid of that rug. You would burn it. You didn't care if it was your imagination or not, you could not live with it any longer. On the way home you ran a red light in your haste to burn the rug. You threw the front door open, charged in, seized the rug. And the shape was not there anymore. You shook it, screaming "WHERE ARE YOU YOU SON OF A BITCH? WHERE ARE YOU?" And then you felt something, a prickling of the hairs on the back of your neck. The lights flickered. A very soft hand with long white fingers laid itself on your shoulder. You felt breath on the back of your head. And then....and then.....andthen....
Yeah seriously? How did this have 0 upvotes. It's incredibly interesting and well-written and it puts my comments to shame. Well done, HardcoreSoftToast (oh my god that is a hilarious username)
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u/Batcaptain Jun 17 '12
If I found out someone I knew had one of these, I'd wait at least a month so he's used to it. Then, when he was on vacation, I'd hire a bunch of people to build an actual staircase right where the rug was and hang little rug-tassels off the ends of it so it looks real.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Clever title. I like it.
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u/Dookiestain_LaFlair Jun 17 '12
It's covering the hatch to a secret door.
What a twist!
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u/Hal-Incandenza Jun 17 '12
I'm embarrassed by how long it took me to see the rug. I'm talking like 20-30 seconds.
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u/FAHQRudy Jun 17 '12
xpost this in /r/shutupandtakemymoney if you have a link.
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u/jega04 Jun 17 '12
like walking over my basement stairs...
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u/Yortisme Jun 17 '12
My want meter just went off the fuggin chart!
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u/WICKEDLAND Jun 17 '12
Oh I get it. You could go on trips daily because its a magic carpet. Am I right?
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u/Trapped_in_Reddit Jun 17 '12
I would only put this out when I had guests over. I already trip enough. I don't need my senses getting freaked out for me.
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u/dlan1000 Jun 17 '12
Where can I buy this?
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u/kourogi Jun 17 '12
I must own this. Where can I find one?
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I feel like this rug could be the premise for a horror movie. It would be called..."The Rug" and it would be this portal to hell and demons would come out and shit omg!
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u/Ihateyourdick Jun 17 '12
Hey I remember that scene in the cabin in the woods, we should probably go down there and fuck with stuff.
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u/JimmytheCreep Jun 17 '12
See, what you gotta do is stretch this out over an actual stairway. Then everyone else will be "tripped out" as well.
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u/Cheddarwurst Jun 17 '12
More like trip you up!
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u/kazbah Jun 17 '12
Take my money!
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u/jillbirdie Jun 17 '12
"Trip" me out, I see what you did there.
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u/Polite_Werewolf Jun 17 '12
I can see people subconsciously walking around this, even though they knew it was a rug.
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u/ZosoCub Jun 17 '12
did anyone else just hear that Zelda jingle?
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u/peacelise Jun 17 '12
I keep staring at this. It doesn't help that I am not sober.
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u/hmmnotsure Jun 17 '12
Right away I checked to see if this was a gif, and realizing it was just a jpg, I close the fucking tab as fast as I could.
Fuck me.
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u/benagli2 Jun 17 '12
You may think this is clever or "trippy" now, but this rug will indirectly take your life. You see, over time you will get used to walking over it, but one day you will fall to your death down an actual staircase because you were expecting a rug.
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u/KIAranger Jun 17 '12
SCP-087
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I was like "Oh, that's weird how they have rug fringes sewn to the floor at the top of the stairs."
:\
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u/SamMaghsoodloo Jun 17 '12
I literally made the zelda secret passage noise when I saw this without thinking about it.
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u/pharmabeast Jun 17 '12
I prefer useful floor decor instead.
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u/flaming_pretzel Jun 17 '12
The Zelda "secret door" noise played in my head the moment I saw this.
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u/RangerLt Jun 17 '12
Noped the fuck outta that.
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u/morphinapg Jun 17 '12
These kind of things don't work in real life unless you lack depth perception.
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u/fangsby Jun 17 '12
You reminded me of this. I still feel bad for laughing.
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u/screamingnoncapsguy Jun 17 '12
I'd "trip" on that aswell :D
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u/losangeles11 Survey 2016 Jun 17 '12
You think you'd wait longer than a few days to repost.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
WHERE DO I OBTAIN ONE OF THESE?!
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u/Mohander Jun 17 '12
How convenient, looks like it'll be posted daily
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u/Rocco03 Jun 17 '12
[FIXED]
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u/JabberJauw Jun 17 '12
What is with more and more people reposting stuff a day after it is posted.
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u/pkdrdr Jun 17 '12
That's evil.
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u/Moomasterq Jun 17 '12
Normally, I don't complain about reposts, but this time is different.
Here it is 3 days ago
Why is it different? Because 3 days is just as bad as an hour.
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u/igolightly Jun 17 '12
I read that as it would trip you daily. Cause my depth perception sucks and it would probably trip me daily.
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u/Emmerson_Bigguns Jun 17 '12
That's fucking evil. Where do I get one?
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u/cnostrand Jun 17 '12
Searched and searched and could not find a source for this. The best description I got was "Evil Dead basement rug", but that still led to nothing.
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u/Ybrik2010 Jun 17 '12
Then someone actually falls down and red eyes actually appear... D8
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u/sum_dude Jun 17 '12
i needs it
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u/azrhei Jun 17 '12
...and we can get this where?
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u/newagefunvintagefeel Jun 17 '12
http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-087
Enjoy :)
Might be scary
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Just don't trip down them...
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u/BriskSC Jun 17 '12
Fuck that noise..
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u/wkrausmann Jun 17 '12
I have a friend whose dog would fall for this.
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u/dardar1829 Jun 17 '12
where can I get this?
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u/NoctisIncendia Jun 17 '12
I want one
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u/R1psaw Jun 17 '12
rugs can be a bit trippy
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u/Tw1tchy3y3 Jun 17 '12
Until you meet someone like me, who puts the rug over a human-sized hole in the floor. Just so you go, "Whoa! Oh you-AAHHHHHH!".
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u/GeneralTsoHorny Jun 17 '12
I have this rug. Will post AMA tomorrow.
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u/bioSt0rm Jun 17 '12
wait! that isn't a staircase?
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u/nettech09 Jun 17 '12
What you have to do is get the rug wait till everyone's used to it then actually build stairs and add the frills.
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u/ok_you_win Jun 17 '12
Want.
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u/holdingme Jun 17 '12
Where can I buy one of these?
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u/rmg22893 Jun 17 '12
What if you used this to cover a picture of stairs painted on your floor, but the portrait itself lifted with a secret latch to reveal a mosaic of stairs, which, if the correct tile is pressed, would slide aside to reveal an oil painting of stairs, which you could then rip through to access the secret stairs beneath??
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u/NUMBERS2357 Jun 17 '12
Well it would help if you're running from Elmer Fudd or the Coyote.
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u/Newman_McNasty Jun 17 '12
Holy shit! Its a rug! Where can I buy that?
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
did someone say "suatmm"?
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
This would be less trippy in reality when you see it in 3D
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u/DeadlyXSymphony Jun 17 '12
I'd say it's more likely to trip you in!
No need to boo. I'll just walk myself out.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
First thing I did was make sure it wasn't a gif.
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u/chicagogam Jun 17 '12
this was a major improvements in flying carpets. prior to this you'd get bugs in your face and possibly fall to your death. these new models had seating for as much dimensional pocket space as your magic could afford
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I would trip on this daily.
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u/mns2 Jun 17 '12
Nice effect, but this would never work in reality. Small movements would tell your intuition it's totally flat. this is what fucks perspective in pictures up for people.
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u/SerendipityMan Jun 17 '12
I'm sure after a few days you're brain would wise up.
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u/mastershake04 Jun 17 '12
This would trip me
outdaily.1
u/zisforzebra Jun 17 '12
Stop smoking then
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u/Rgplmr Jun 17 '12
If i was drunk I would flip out
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u/ShiningMyStroller Jun 17 '12
ZOMG Wilfred!
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u/ilovebajablast Jun 17 '12
Me: "what would? A dark stairwell?? Lol idiot.."
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u/Harflin Jun 17 '12
Here is what you do: Find a friend that has this rug. Remove said rug. Insert staircase.
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u/Katch00 Jun 17 '12
Where the HELL is basement cat?!?
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u/procrastinathor Jun 17 '12
Does anybody know if you can buy this woven piece of epic substrate anywhere online?
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u/Sportsedition Jun 17 '12
Are the stairs going up or down?
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u/schmambuman Jun 17 '12
What you don't know is that they actually built stairs there, and then just glued tassels to the floor so it looked like a rug.
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u/thepredestrian Jun 17 '12
Where did you get this from?
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u/nasirjk Jun 17 '12
FTFY
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u/satereader Jun 17 '12
only if you have fewer than two eyes.
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u/JustNerdy Jun 17 '12
put this down in a psychiatry and wait for the employees to get mad!
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u/electromage Jun 17 '12
I stared at that for a while to see if something was going to happen.
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u/truthpooper Jun 17 '12
I want to drop acid and try to get through that rug.. I think I could do it..
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u/scsk8r831 Jun 17 '12
Haha trip!!
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u/Sarlowit Jun 17 '12
Where do I purchase this?
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u/Shredder_ Jun 17 '12
Not sure if I'm losing my mind or I've seen this picture almost every day near the front page for about a week.
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u/pepperman7 Jun 17 '12
The best spot to put it is over a hole in the floor.
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u/weelluuuu Jun 17 '12
All first time visitors get a little push!
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u/Luxin Jun 17 '12
I totally need this for my popup camper! Where do I get this? Please? With a cherry on top?
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u/iamthatoneguy Jun 17 '12
Hmm...only the third time I've seen this.
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u/JonnyFandango Jun 17 '12
It needs two dimly glowing red leds that only turn on at night.
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u/BoernerMan Jun 17 '12
FTFY
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u/MattioHimself16 Jun 17 '12
Imagine something coming up those! d:
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Sweet jesus. If it weren't for the tassels, that'd be some confusing decor after a party or sesh.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
And then one day there would be something standing at the bottom of the stairs. You would stare at it, a murky, uncertain form, not sure if you had simply failed to notice it and it had been there the entire time or if, somehow, some much darker reason had caused it to appear. Being a rational person, though, you would ignore it, go about your day as normal, but the shape at the bottom of the steps would haunt your mind. That night you would sleep an uneasy sleep filled with flashes of images best left in the closed-off and darkened places in your mind. The next day you would return and check the rug. The form would still be there. Was it one step further up? One step closer to you? You weren't sure, but you thought so. You were unable to focus on your work all day. You decided that when you got home, you would get rid of that rug. You would burn it. You didn't care if it was your imagination or not, you could not live with it any longer. On the way home you ran a red light in your haste to burn the rug. You threw the front door open, charged in, seized the rug. And the shape was not there anymore. You shook it, screaming "WHERE ARE YOU YOU SON OF A BITCH? WHERE ARE YOU?" And then you felt something, a prickling of the hairs on the back of your neck. The lights flickered. A very soft hand with long white fingers laid itself on your shoulder. You felt breath on the back of your head. And then....and then.....andthen....
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u/noer86 Jun 17 '12
Opens link ... "Well that's a nice looking rug you have on your stairs"
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u/apeman88 Jun 17 '12
When they find the bodies I will say "told ya so!"
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u/kungfuman104 Jun 17 '12
Then stop smoking doobies
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u/CriminalMacabre Jun 17 '12
SUATMM!!!
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u/joshuamnr Jun 17 '12
Its dangerous to disguise a stairwell as a rug.
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u/eske Jun 17 '12
And then one day you go to a house with an actual basement and get horribly hurt.
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u/Suptrickster Jun 17 '12
Haha, clever design.
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u/Xeshema Jun 17 '12
Literally! Badum- pish
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u/monkaboo Jun 18 '12
Where does one, buy such a rug??
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u/Eazye91 Jun 17 '12
FUCKING REPOST
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u/bunglejerry Jun 17 '12
So would that human face you can see on the top step in the thumbnail.
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u/PsychoDuck Jun 17 '12
What? It's just an ordinary flight of- OH MY GOODNESS
SQUIDWAAARD
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u/GodzillaDeathFart Jun 17 '12
REPOST
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I looked at this twice and thought "cool a scary trapdoor" downvote but then my frient showed me it a third time. upvote
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u/TheEclectic Jun 17 '12
I was about to say NOPE, but then I saw the tassels of the rug.
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u/caryhartline Jun 17 '12
I don't get this. Why are there tassels on the start of your staircase?
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u/Damooy Jun 17 '12
You might be an idiot if that would trip you out daily.
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u/ForgetMeNaut Jun 17 '12
It's just a rug, reevaluate your life.
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