# What else should people who live in glass houses not do?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 15, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938 "2015-01-15T22:21:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/21 "2015-01-16T01:34:03Z")

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Anything involving farm animals.

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**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/22 "2015-01-16T01:34:35Z")

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Run a meth lab?

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/23 "2015-01-16T01:46:13Z")

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Watch the Kardashians on TV.

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**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/24 "2015-01-16T01:48:23Z")

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> [@notfrommensa](#):
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> Watch the Kardashians on TV.

Watch porn on TV.

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**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/25 "2015-01-16T01:48:51Z")

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Hold Klan meetings.

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/26 "2015-01-16T01:51:49Z")

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Close the windows if the sun is up.

Play bass drums.

Live in California or Japan. Earthquakes and glass houses don’t mix.

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/27 "2015-01-16T01:53:19Z")

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slam the door?

sunburn easily?

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**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/28 "2015-01-16T02:44:13Z")

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Play darts

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**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/29 "2015-01-16T03:02:21Z")

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Play naked leap frog

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**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/30 "2015-01-16T03:38:03Z")

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Keep minorities and women below the ceiling.

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**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/31 "2015-01-16T03:40:04Z")

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Leave nuts and seeds lying around inside the house.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/32 "2015-01-16T04:18:56Z")

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Put their valuables in a wall safe.

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**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/33 "2015-01-16T04:19:23Z")

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> [@Asimovian](#):
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> Turn the heater up beyond about 1600 Celsius.

To be fair no one should do this in any house.

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**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/34 "2015-01-16T04:43:39Z")

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forget they are in a glass house.

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**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/35 "2015-01-16T05:09:54Z")

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Play hide and seek.

Hide those dirty magazines under your bed or under a throw rug if your bedroom is on an upper level.

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**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/36 "2015-01-16T05:48:23Z")

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They shouldn’t return the house for the 5 cent deposit.

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**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/37 "2015-01-16T05:52:30Z")

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Develop photographs.

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**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/38 "2015-01-16T06:36:55Z")

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Gossip about the neighbors using sign language.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/39 "2015-01-16T07:58:46Z")

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> [@kopek](#):
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> Anything involving farm animals.

Nor involving squid and octopus.

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**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/40 "2015-01-16T18:14:35Z")

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I find it interesting that many of these assume the glass is clear. Not that having a glass house in the first place is logical at all, but if anyone was to build one, I’d assume it would be opaque from the outside.

Of course, that wouldn’t guard against thrown stones…

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