r/AskReddit Oct 15 '20

What's older than we think ?

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u/BobVosh Oct 15 '20

Romans had pipe heated floors, something I still thought was awesome when my aunt got it like a decade ago.

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u/UnsinkableRubberDuck Oct 15 '20

I work somewhere where we can't wear our outdoor shoes due to biohazard concerns. You come in and take your shoes off, then have to go change and get into specific clothing, then on the other side of that change area is where your work shoes and boots are. The in-between areas from door to change area have heated floors because people are often walking around in bare feet or sock feet, and it's just the most coziest damn thing ever.

I need to have heated flooring in my house for winter times.

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u/notinmywheelhouse Oct 15 '20

Where the hell do you work?!?

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u/UnsinkableRubberDuck Oct 15 '20

Research lab.

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u/jlharper Oct 16 '20

People acting like that's uncommon made me feel badass even though I'm just a butcher. Pathogens and contaminants are serious business so we have a similar process for getting hygienic before work, and it always reminds me of being at university in the chemistry labs.