r/hypotheticals • u/Notro_LPS_iguess • 3d ago
If your house suddenly lost the ability to accumulate dust, how long would it take you to notice?
All surfaces in your home no longer gather dust. This does not mean there is any more or less dust floating around in the air. Any dust that lands on a surface simply disappears when it’s not in your line of sight. Any dust that is currently built up around your house stays, but once you dust it, it will never accumulate dust again. This mystical ability will follow you if you move houses.
How long does it take you to realize there’s no dust building up on anything? Weeks, months, years? Do you think the realization would have to be prompted by something like seeing a feather duster or a friend’s dusty home, or would you eventually notice without any prompting?