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Do, you sleep with your bedroom door open or closed and why?

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[–] tiramichu@lemm.ee 125 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Closed, to keep the monsters out.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 43 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Closed and LOCKED. What if the monsters can open doors?

[–] MisterMcBolt@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Closed, locked, and BLOCKED. What if monsters can pick locks?

[–] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

Implying the monster doesnt have a portal under your bed already

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[–] InfiniteFlow@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Closed, to keep the monsters in…

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[–] NotSpez@lemm.ee 100 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Closed. This can be lifesaving in case of a fire.

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[–] Matt_Shatt@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (5 children)

This right here. As a firefighter I’ve seen it. Also nowadays if the door is open I can’t sleep…I just keep opening my eyes and seeing that open door…

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[–] e1219@lemm.ee 52 points 2 years ago

Closed because many years ago a firefighter gave a fire safety talk at our elementary school. He told us to keep the door closed at night since it can give you an extra 30 minutes to escape in a fire. For some reason this advice stuck with me...

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 42 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Closed, got to keep separation from the pets so I can sleep peacefully. Don't need a cat purrkoring off my face at 3 am.

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[–] BURN@lemmy.ml 39 points 2 years ago (5 children)
[–] IanSomnia@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

I feel exposed if it's swung all the way open though. I just leave it ajar for the kitty.

[–] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] aetrix@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

ShrΓΆdinger was really on to something

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[–] cvieira@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] _finger_@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Open, to let my stupid cat out otherwise he cries.

(I love him)

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[–] moobythegoldensock@geddit.social 24 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Closed. Open is a fire hazard.

[–] LemmyBemmy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Sunstream@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It sure is; here's a video demonstrating the effectiveness. Shutting your door can mean the difference between life and death. I encourage anyone to watch or re-watch this, just to hammer it home.

Unfortunately, my cats can't deal with shut doors, so if there's ever a fire in my apartment, at least we'll all go together πŸ™ƒ

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Using thermal imaging cameras, researchers found that closed-door rooms on both floors during the fire’s spread had average temperatures of less than 100 degrees Fahrenheit versus 1000+ degrees in the open-door rooms. β€œYou could see a markable difference that a person could be alive in a room with a closed door much longer,” says Kerber.

Gas concentrations were markedly different as well. The open-door bedroom measured an extremely toxic 10,000 PPM CO (parts per million of Carbon Monoxide), while the closed had approximately 100 PPM CO.

https://fsri.org/programs/close-before-you-doze

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[–] tarjeezy@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 years ago

Closed. If there's a fire in the other parts of your house, you'll have more time to be alerted and escape.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Closed. Even a simple hollow core door can offer 30 minutes or more of protection from smoke and indirect fire. More time for alarms to go off and get to safety.

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fire protection 101. Closed bedroom doors, interconnected smoke alarms so when one goes off they all go off, and at least two exits per room.

We have fire ladders in the upstairs rooms and, most importantly, we've done drills so we know how to use them.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

we've done drills so we know how to use them.

Had a house fire in '88. You're a fucking hero on that with actually practicing. We were dumb but super lucky as we just lost everything and noone.

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[–] Trisave@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

open so cats can walk freely

[–] beirut_bootleg@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Indeed. It is not us that sleep with the door open. It's the cats' choice.

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[–] packardgoose@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Closed. Damn cat. She's not looking to snuggle into bed. She wants to wake you up. Why? Who knows.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 15 points 2 years ago

Meow. Meow. Meow. Meow. Meow.

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[–] ewe@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Open, so that the air that gets pumped into my room can tell the Mr. Thermostat in the hall that it's actually fine in there and they don't need to call Mr. Furnace or Mrs. A/C.

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[–] kite@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

CLOSE YOUR DOORS. Closed doors give you a much better chance of survival if your house catches on fire.

CLOSE BEFORE YOU DOZE

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[–] mojo@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago

Closed unless it's too hot in my room. Feels uncomfortable leaving my door open. It'll let me hear killers coming

[–] StarServal@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago

Closed for AC, but open a crack to let the clingy cat in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out.

[–] vis4valentine@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

My country is extremely dangerous, so we have locks in every door and their reinforcements. So no, im never sleeping with a door open.

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[–] isthingoneventhis@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

closed. Don't want to see no ghosts up for a midnight stroll through my halls.

[–] SomeBoyo@feddit.de 13 points 2 years ago

Open, because my cat sleeps on my bed/floor

[–] berkeleyblue@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Open so my cats don’t kill me.

[–] ConditionOverload@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Always closed. Gives me a fighting chance against the nocturnal intruders ya know?

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[–] Bearigator@ttrpg.network 10 points 2 years ago

Closed. I have an 18 year old who has been working the closing shift a lot this summer. I don't want to be woken.

[–] sparky678348@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

If my door is closed my kitty cat will constantly remind me of that

[–] kratoz29@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Not fully closed, so the cat it's less annoying through all the night.

[–] ryannathans@lemmy.fmhy.net 9 points 2 years ago

Closed, safer when fire

[–] Mangoholic@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

closed door because roomates, but open balcony door for maximum fresh air and feels of nature.

[–] bandario@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago

Closed because I am a mammal and I indulge in the nesting instinct.

Closed. The missus and I can be... active at times, and we have nocturnal teenagers.

[–] sneakycow@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Closed almost all the way, but not shut. Need that air circulation otherwise the room gets too hot

Closed as I don't really want my roommates to check in on me sleeping

[–] fourohfour@lemmy.fmhy.net 8 points 2 years ago

Open a crack so the cat doesn't wake me up at 4am.

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