I WILL invent carpeted bathtubs and showers for those who enjoy the feel of wet carpets
Posted by Anubis-Hound@reddit | CrazyIdeas | View on Reddit | 49 comments
czj420@reddit
https://youtu.be/iYzGOIyLcaA
zoppaTheDim@reddit
Could you also agitate them?
I like the idea of a car wash style people washer.
Icelock@reddit
ಥ_ಥ
TinfoilTiaraTime@reddit
Plant kelp and let it be a bio hybrid
OtterHostler@reddit
This is a fine idea in principle, but don't be taken in by it. I had exactly this set-up in my old apartment, and it was great. Then I went on vacation for a month, came back and found that a colony of sea otters had taken up residence in the kelp forest that had grown in my absence.
Don't get me wrong, they're super-cute and all, but they use up all the soap, leave wet towels on the floor, and throw wild parties when you're trying to sleep. Animal Control was also very very unhelpful when I asked for them to be evicted, talking about squatters rights and endangered species acts, not to mention citing Article 161.01 (b) of the NYC Health Code which prohibits the keeping of "all fur bearing mammals of the family Mustelidae, including, but not limited to, weasel, marten, mink, badger, ermine, skunk, otter, pole cat, zorille, wolverine, stoat and ferret" as pets in the city.
TinfoilTiaraTime@reddit
See, this is why we can't have nice things. I bet they eat all the snacks, too. Have you considered introducing coyotes?
xrelaht@reddit
An adult sea otter is like twice the size of a coyote. Their main predators are orcas, and having them as roommates is its own can of worms.
TinfoilTiaraTime@reddit
Looked it up, I had no idea that coyotes are that small, or that sea otters are so large. Yeah, I can see how sharing a house with a pack of orcas could get a bit rowdy. You definitely don't want to have them on the second floor
secretprocess@reddit
An amphibious rodent within a domestic, uh... that's not legal either, Dude.
stinkbot47@reddit
and you WILL create an entire new genre of mold-related class action lawsuit commercials, and I am here for the jingles so wet on!
Smooth-Impact2435@reddit
if your tub is stinkin'/that money will be clinkin'
(it's late and I'm tired - best rhyme I've got for now)
rasputin1@reddit
if it smells like mold, it's not because you're old!
Mahoka572@reddit
If you or a loved one has suffered....
Wurm42@reddit
Have you considered carpeted batmats? So they can be removed for cleaning and drying, and replaced if they get too nasty?
OK_Tomorrow3@reddit
Have you considered? Nasty
OK_Tomorrow3@reddit
The squish between the toes do feel nice 🌈
OtterHostler@reddit
1970s England would like a word. We had carpeting for the top of the toilet seat, around the toilet and sink pedestal, you could buy matching sets (pedestals, seat, bathmat), most frequently in pastel blues and pinks. Sadly they fell out of favour when Science demonstrated that they quickly became at least 40% pee by weight, but we knew that some bright spark like yourself would bring them back into favour with the Axminster Tub range.
CookingZombie@reddit
I stayed at a place in Colorado like this. I’m sure the dry climate helped but I thought I was in a set up by aliens cause who the fuck puts carpet in a bathroom?
sillybilly8102@reddit
Also US. My grandparents’ house had them in the 2000s.
ihatejerries@reddit
I remember as a kid living in an apartment, my downstair neighbor's unit had a carpeted bathroom whereas ours did not. I was soooo jealous like you wouldn't believe. I couldn't stand the injustice that she had been smiled upon with a carpeted bathroom, while I was left to suffer through the tragedy of tile. Looking back... ew.
serenwipiti@reddit
fuck you.
have a nice day.
MelonElbows@reddit
Imagine being able to sleep, but also be in the shower. That would be paradise.
Warm wet blanket over your body, shower lined with soft carpet, all while warm water pours over you.
If you invent this I will be your first buyer!
Religion_Of_Speed@reddit
I've fallen asleep in the shower once or twice. It's not as nice as you would imagine. Like once you're asleep you don't notice the shower and when you wake up it's confusing as fuck.
Though I do think showers should be made to be sat in like a bath. My dream is to be able to build my own shower with this in mind, plus a tablet in a waterproof enclosure so I don't have to put my phone in a baggie to watch YouTube while I dissociate. To be fair one of the main reasons it doesn't work for me is because my mother apparently fucked a sasquatch so the sizing is personal but the shower head placement and general shape of the tub is unideal.
MelonElbows@reddit
I've always wanted a rain shower! If I ever got rich, I'd make a really cool bathroom, with huge shower capable of hurricane levels of water.
Religion_Of_Speed@reddit
Yes exactly and a separate knob for pressure, hot, and cold. With a bench, angled leaning area, and water that could melt steel beams.
sillybilly8102@reddit
This guy showers
Religion_Of_Speed@reddit
It’s my preferred hangout spot
sillybilly8102@reddit
Tbh sounds really nice. And the noise of the water falling! It would be like a summer’s rain!
Some risk of drowning. Not sure how to address that
Strange-Comb6384@reddit
Just live outside- rent free. 🤷♀️
Alibotify@reddit
Maybe not the same thing but ikeas door mats with a lot of plastic straws works pretty good under water. Guess you want the squishy and not the rough, scratchy under the water.
sillybilly8102@reddit
What do you mean by “with a lot of plastic straws”?
Alibotify@reddit
Don’t know what to call it in English so compared it to grass straws😅Doormats that have like fake grass in plastic.
PreferenceWorking166@reddit
It doesn’t sound like something that needs to be invented. Surely people can just get some carpet and put it in their bath. Perhaps you can invent a moulded carpet (like a dash mat) that makes it fit snugly and doesn’t slide around.
Or people that like wet carpet could just buy a bucket and wet another area of their house. Maybe in the hallway and they can use it like a slip and slide.
I love a good rug as much as the next person. But carpet is disgusting. Wet carpet sounds like a bad idea and opens the door to getting sued by the type of imbecile that sues when they spill coffee on themselves.
WoolooOfWallStreet@reddit
Do whatever they do to Magic Sand to make it hydrophobic, but with carpet
sillybilly8102@reddit
Ooh, now we’re talking
The-Real-Mario@reddit
Its prety easy, you just need to include an automatic washing system that pressure washer it, with soap, and blown dry it by inflating it from underneath with hot air, let me know if you need help!
sillybilly8102@reddit
Honestly probably doable
External_Art_1835@reddit
If you invent Carpeted Bathtubs...I will be your top salesman and first customer....
pennyraingoose@reddit
Hear me out - moss
You will have to bio-engineer it to be happy with soap, but a moss carpet sounds kinda nice.
Difficult-Ad2084@reddit
You have obviously never mopped a carpet before.
IntrepidDreams@reddit
My grandmother had a carpeted bathroom. It was a baffling choice.
OtterHostler@reddit
Your grandmother had style, grace, elegance, and CLASS. A carpeted bathroom, and one of those knitted/crocheted "crinoline" style toilet-roll covers - this is how you know you're in the home of someone who knows that class isn't about gold taps, avocado fittings, and other such ostentatious displays of wealth.
XROOR@reddit
When you use Tilex to clean the tub, make a cool tie-dye pattern in the plush carpet!
Toothless-In-Wapping@reddit
There are dozens of us
MyKidsArentOnReddit@reddit
Anyone who buys one should just go right to jail.
Anubis-Hound@reddit (OP)
I will pay their bail with all the money I make from this genius idea
NiceTryAmanda@reddit
we will not be denied
Giant_War_Sausage@reddit
Make fist with your toes!
ElPlatanaso2@reddit
Run from it. Hide from it. Destiny arrives, all the same.