They're like that in this apartment we're renting and I keep seeing them elsewhere. I don't get it.

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[–] 46 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I like them, personally. You don't have to use them but they are sometimes handy. I just spent 30 seconds feeling around a TV to turn it off only to discover it doesn't have buttons. Killed it at the wall.

It's not a deal breaker, in any case. The weird foreign convention I would like to shame is doors that require a key to open from the inside.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I usually see keyed from the inside locks when there is glass in/near the door to prevent someone from breaking the glass, reaching in and unlocking the door.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If a burger is gonna break the glass, a keyed lock isn't going to deter them. Unless it's like only a tiny glass window on the door.

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I just spent 30 seconds feeling around a TV to turn it off only to discover it doesn’t have buttons.

    Ugh. That annoys the shit out of me. Our dog chewed up the TV remote when she was a puppy, but only got to the power button. But since the TV had no physical buttons, we couldn't turn it on and off anymore until we got a new remote.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The weird foreign convention I would like to shame is doors that require a key to open from the inside.

    Huh. Where have you seen those? Seems dangerous.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The weird foreign convention I would like to shame is doors that require a key to open from the inside

    You can't lock yourself out with those

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    But you can lock yourself in. During a house fire.

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  • [+] -8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You can lock yourself in with the other type too.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No you can't. You can lock yourself out, but a typical residential house built to code in North America has a latch handle that always turns from the inside, even when locked, and usually unlocks by doing so to prevent accidental lock-outs. And likewise if the door has a deadbolt, it must have a deadbolt with a handle on the inside. Most other kinds of locks are also easily accessible and removed by hand from the inside. The point is that they can't require a key from the inside, because if you can't find the key then you are locked inside and in thick smoke and fire that the key may be impossible to reach. If any egress door requires a key to unlock from the inside it is considered a serious fire hazard and will never pass a code inspection. (Of course, foolish people can still add them later but you can't prevent stupid and it's still a fire hazard not to mention impractical)

    These types of building code and fire code rules are typically written in blood. People have died because of this.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    All house doors/egress doors in Brazil require keys to unlock. BUT (and it's a big but) most houses here are made of bricks, with ceramic roofs.

    It does make sense to have easy-to-escape houses when they are built of flammable materials with an accelerant for a roof.

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