Someone will be repairing the plumbing behind the sink and think, “Sweet!! Free razor. blades!!!”
TheStoicSlab on
Why people thought this was a good idea is beyond me.
LadyFoxfire on
It works great until you need to replace the drywall.
HesletQuillan on
Yep – the medicine cabinet that came with our house had this too. It was fun cleaning up the cavity when we remodeled.
C_Flurries on
Yes, renovated a bathroom and the amount of old rusty razor blades in the wall was phenomenal, lol.
AvonMustang on
This used to be about every medicine cabinet.
jackmcgann11 on
Pretty standard when I grew up.
apiso on
People in the past were so stupid. Not like us. In the future they’ll just look at us and think nothing but how figured out we all had it.
fyxxer32 on
Mine has this also.
EatYourCheckers on
Yeah, we have this, too. Our house was built in the 70s.
MonteCristo85 on
Yup, and when you go to remodel youll find a pile of old rusted blades in the wall.
Dherbz111 on
As someone who used to work for a contractor in my teens, they were fairly common. Real sketchy opening up the walls behind them though.
AdZealousideal8613 on
Not interesting. This has been around for decades.
pukeface555 on
Welcome to 1950.
mxalele on
I’ve never seen something like this before. Out of curiosity (and at the risk of sounding like an idiot), how do you know that’s what the space is for? is it common knowledge?
Past_Ebb_7799 on
Can confirm it’s a crappy idea. My husband almost cut his hand to shit while renovating our 1950s house. He didn’t remove ALL the gypsum board and decided to reach in to the space between joists and grab the debris. D’oh!
Melinama on
When I was a kid I fretted all the time about what happens when the slot fills up
Tasty-Fig-459 on
My maintenance guy poked some holes in my closet wall that backs up against my show to put a camera in while checking for a leak. Found four unopened sodas in between the walls. Been there for 20 years.
Flexbottom on
You can also cram your cock in there if you’re into that kind of thing
Spiritual-Piglet-619 on
I remodel homes for a living, I’m always surprised there’s so many in the wall
stupidber on
They’ll be safe there
BlatantDisregard42 on
Did anyone else have a big steep drop off in the woods behind their childhood home that just has a bunch of junk tossed off it? Like old appliances or furniture or bicycles? maybe a decaying car? This feels like the indoor version of that. I also have one of these in my cabinet, and I use it. Another one in the garage for utility knife blades too.
braytag on
to be fair, there is room for 65quadrillions blades, enough for the sun to en-globe the earth.
TopSpace1771 on
Its for used shaving razors, they just fall behind that wall there so because if you ever have to go there
dyingcanwait on
I’ve noticed that inside the medicine cabinet in my homes growing up but never knew that’s what it was intended for
opulousss on
Who came up with this brilliant idea? How do you know it’s for razor blades? What do you do when it fills up?
UntestedMethod on
That is hilarious
LocalLumberJ0hn on
That’s pretty common in homes from around the 50s in the states. So if you’re remodeling a bathroom, be careful of the pile of tetanus. I think it’s really funny though that instead of having a box in the medicine cabinet or something, nah just put a slot in the wall.
UwU-Lemon on
yeah a lot of older houses have these. there’s stories of people doing renovations that involve redoing the bathroom and they open the walls to find tons of used razor blades back there (along with the occasional extra find, like money)
reddituser_05 on
That’s the next guy’s problem.
Nozzeh06 on
I had one of these in an old apartment building I lived in. One day out of curiosity, I removed the cabinet and recovered hundreds of rusty vintage razorblades. I thought it was funny that there was no collection box for them, they literally just fuck off into the wall forever because why not.
Permanent_Confusion on
Thus solving the problem once and for all. ONCE AND FOR ALL!
Legitimate-Rip-959 on
This seems cool and fun until u have to take all the dirty razors out of the wall shit is not fun
nekoshey on
I keep seeing this brought up, but you know—I’ve yet to see anyone offer up a better use for the empty space between a wall.
Based W for efficiency, honestly
ipleadthe1st on
This used to be r/mildlystandard everywhere
30daysinthehole on
It’s a microcosm for boomer mentality. Like in mad men when the Draper family just leaves all their garbage in the park.
EyeSuspicious777 on
Fun fact: many of those old blades were coated with platinum.
BenjaminCarmineVII on
What a terrible, terrible idea
Lazy-Living1825 on
Yes. They were all like that b
BasedGod-1 on
Wow I’ve only seen this like 600 times!
futureformerteacher on
I just remodeled a house with one of these. It was a fucking pain in the ass to get all those blades out of the trim.
IamChwisss on
This is funny. I have a friend who’s a plumber in NYC. One time I asked him what’s the craziest shit he ever saw working. He said one time he was an apartment. They had to pull a wall out and behind it were thousands of razor blades. He had no explanation. I suppose this is it.
clarkcox3 on
That’s generally how they all worked.
gurxman on
I bought a house built in the 1950s, the bathroom was remodeled at some point… I had a pinhole pipe leak in the wall and had to rip out the dry wall and found around 500 razor blades and some condom wrappers. Took a magnet and covered it with a wash cloth to pick up and discard the razors
hawleyharms on
Only in America…
fkk2019 on
My house has this too. I slid the medicine cabinet out once and I saw around 20 rusty razors at the bottom of the wall, just chilling.
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Someone will be repairing the plumbing behind the sink and think, “Sweet!! Free razor. blades!!!”
Why people thought this was a good idea is beyond me.
It works great until you need to replace the drywall.
Yep – the medicine cabinet that came with our house had this too. It was fun cleaning up the cavity when we remodeled.
Yes, renovated a bathroom and the amount of old rusty razor blades in the wall was phenomenal, lol.
This used to be about every medicine cabinet.
Pretty standard when I grew up.
People in the past were so stupid. Not like us. In the future they’ll just look at us and think nothing but how figured out we all had it.
Mine has this also.
Yeah, we have this, too. Our house was built in the 70s.
Yup, and when you go to remodel youll find a pile of old rusted blades in the wall.
As someone who used to work for a contractor in my teens, they were fairly common. Real sketchy opening up the walls behind them though.
Not interesting. This has been around for decades.
Welcome to 1950.
I’ve never seen something like this before. Out of curiosity (and at the risk of sounding like an idiot), how do you know that’s what the space is for? is it common knowledge?
Can confirm it’s a crappy idea. My husband almost cut his hand to shit while renovating our 1950s house. He didn’t remove ALL the gypsum board and decided to reach in to the space between joists and grab the debris. D’oh!
When I was a kid I fretted all the time about what happens when the slot fills up
My maintenance guy poked some holes in my closet wall that backs up against my show to put a camera in while checking for a leak. Found four unopened sodas in between the walls. Been there for 20 years.
You can also cram your cock in there if you’re into that kind of thing
I remodel homes for a living, I’m always surprised there’s so many in the wall
They’ll be safe there
Did anyone else have a big steep drop off in the woods behind their childhood home that just has a bunch of junk tossed off it? Like old appliances or furniture or bicycles? maybe a decaying car? This feels like the indoor version of that. I also have one of these in my cabinet, and I use it. Another one in the garage for utility knife blades too.
to be fair, there is room for 65quadrillions blades, enough for the sun to en-globe the earth.
Its for used shaving razors, they just fall behind that wall there so because if you ever have to go there
I’ve noticed that inside the medicine cabinet in my homes growing up but never knew that’s what it was intended for
Who came up with this brilliant idea? How do you know it’s for razor blades? What do you do when it fills up?
That is hilarious
That’s pretty common in homes from around the 50s in the states. So if you’re remodeling a bathroom, be careful of the pile of tetanus. I think it’s really funny though that instead of having a box in the medicine cabinet or something, nah just put a slot in the wall.
yeah a lot of older houses have these. there’s stories of people doing renovations that involve redoing the bathroom and they open the walls to find tons of used razor blades back there (along with the occasional extra find, like money)
That’s the next guy’s problem.
I had one of these in an old apartment building I lived in. One day out of curiosity, I removed the cabinet and recovered hundreds of rusty vintage razorblades. I thought it was funny that there was no collection box for them, they literally just fuck off into the wall forever because why not.
Thus solving the problem once and for all. ONCE AND FOR ALL!
This seems cool and fun until u have to take all the dirty razors out of the wall shit is not fun
I keep seeing this brought up, but you know—I’ve yet to see anyone offer up a better use for the empty space between a wall.
Based W for efficiency, honestly
This used to be r/mildlystandard everywhere
It’s a microcosm for boomer mentality. Like in mad men when the Draper family just leaves all their garbage in the park.
Fun fact: many of those old blades were coated with platinum.
What a terrible, terrible idea
Yes. They were all like that b
Wow I’ve only seen this like 600 times!
I just remodeled a house with one of these. It was a fucking pain in the ass to get all those blades out of the trim.
This is funny. I have a friend who’s a plumber in NYC. One time I asked him what’s the craziest shit he ever saw working. He said one time he was an apartment. They had to pull a wall out and behind it were thousands of razor blades. He had no explanation. I suppose this is it.
That’s generally how they all worked.
I bought a house built in the 1950s, the bathroom was remodeled at some point… I had a pinhole pipe leak in the wall and had to rip out the dry wall and found around 500 razor blades and some condom wrappers. Took a magnet and covered it with a wash cloth to pick up and discard the razors
Only in America…
My house has this too. I slid the medicine cabinet out once and I saw around 20 rusty razors at the bottom of the wall, just chilling.