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The worst chair in the world is the American high school/college desk+chair combo like this one https://www.schooloutlet.com/v/vspfiles/assets/images/Screen%20

The worst chair in the world is the American high school/college desk+chair combo like this one https://www.schooloutlet.com/v/vspfiles/assets/images/Screen%20Shot%202016-07-13%20at%2010.00.49%20AM.png https://www.schooloutlet.com/v/vspfiles/assets/images/Screen... The people making and buying these place are committing crimes against humanity.

Spartan-S63 6y ago
They’re find for like 15-20 minutes, but after that, they’re unbearably uncomfortable. I remember starting to fidget quite a bit after about 20 minutes in those chairs/desks. It made sense, but it just wasn’t ergonomic. Imagine sitting there for 50 minutes, having 10 minutes to get to the next lecture, and repeating that three times in a short span. It’s awful.
- xwdv 6y ago
  Fortunately being spry and youthful offsets those disadvantages. The only real crime of those chairs is enforcing right handedness on left handed students. This discomfort could be enough to create a slightly lower academic performance for left handed students on average compared to right handed.
  - detaro 6y ago
    My German high-school for some reason had one room with those chairs (which made them an interesting change once a week, not really annoying), but we had some lefty ones too.
grugagag 6y ago
It's not comfortable but I don't think that's the worst chair especially if you pay attention how you sit in it. The worst chair is the cheap office chair that is often misaligned, wobbly and encouraging you to rest your back in a wrong way. And the free rotating swivel makes sure you are you really have a bad posture and not being able to sit properly. I relearned to sit down and now prefer a rigid surface and most often don't rest my back on anything. If your back is tired and you need to use the backrest it's time to get up and walk around a bit.
- adamnemecek 6y ago
  You shouldn't have to pay attention to how you sit in it. there is literally only one position to sit in.
  - grugagag 6y ago
    You should absolutely pay attention to how you sit if you’ve learned to it wrong. Once the proper habit is built you no longer have to pay attention, just check yourself once in a while so you don’t slowly go back to the old habits. I unlearned and relearned sitting habits in my 30s after having back pain. Now in my 40s im doing much better than in my my 20s. Once in a while I catch myself in a bad sitting posture but it seems to be getting better and better.
  - KozmoNau7 6y ago
    You can almost certainly improve how you sit down. A lot of people just sort of flop down and sit with their hips slid forward and a pronounced bend in their back. Anecdotally I have also noticed many of the same people complaining about a lack of legroom in trains, airplanes, cars and so on. If they would simply sit down by pushing their butt and lower back into the chair instead of lazily flopping down, there would be plenty of space. (Not directed at those people with long legs, who do have genuine legroom issues even when sitting up straight)
Barrin92 6y ago
I thought we had it bad with our school chairs in Germany but that picture makes me think Foucault was onto something when he compared the education system to the prison system.
arnvald 6y ago
I've had to use these for some time, the worst part was that I'm left-handed and of course there was no chair with the armrest on the left side.
axaxs 6y ago
Uncomfortable, but about perfect for popping your back. Though the back discomfort probably came from the horrid chairs in the first place, come to think of it.
dwighttk 6y ago
Huh... had some of those in school and they were fine for me. There were left handed versions available.
II2II 6y ago
On the other hand, the people in those seats rarely do so for more than an hour. Other factors kick in because of that, such as cost and space utilization (which is effectively cost in a different form). Then again, I rarely had issues with sitting in them. Working space though, that was an issue. (Work on an in-class problem while referring to the text book? Ha!)
EForEndeavour 6y ago
Mrs. Krabappel: Well, children, our new ultra-hard PostCherfect chairs have arrived. They’ve been designed by eminent posturologists to eliminate slouching by the year 3000. Martin: Mrs. Krabappel, I’m having back spasms! Mrs. Krabappel: I know they seem a little uncomfortable right now, but eventually your bones will change shape.
visarga 6y ago
> The worst chair in the world is the American high school/college desk+chair combo like this one How do left handed people write in those chairs?

Spartan-S63 6y ago

They’re find for like 15-20 minutes, but after that, they’re unbearably uncomfortable. I remember starting to fidget quite a bit after about 20 minutes in those chairs/desks. It made sense, but it just wasn’t ergonomic. Imagine sitting there for 50 minutes, having 10 minutes to get to the next lecture, and repeating that three times in a short span. It’s awful.

xwdv 6y ago
Fortunately being spry and youthful offsets those disadvantages. The only real crime of those chairs is enforcing right handedness on left handed students. This discomfort could be enough to create a slightly lower academic performance for left handed students on average compared to right handed.
- detaro 6y ago
  My German high-school for some reason had one room with those chairs (which made them an interesting change once a week, not really annoying), but we had some lefty ones too.

grugagag 6y ago

It's not comfortable but I don't think that's the worst chair especially if you pay attention how you sit in it. The worst chair is the cheap office chair that is often misaligned, wobbly and encouraging you to rest your back in a wrong way. And the free rotating swivel makes sure you are you really have a bad posture and not being able to sit properly. I relearned to sit down and now prefer a rigid surface and most often don't rest my back on anything. If your back is tired and you need to use the backrest it's time to get up and walk around a bit.

adamnemecek 6y ago
You shouldn't have to pay attention to how you sit in it. there is literally only one position to sit in.
- grugagag 6y ago
  You should absolutely pay attention to how you sit if you’ve learned to it wrong. Once the proper habit is built you no longer have to pay attention, just check yourself once in a while so you don’t slowly go back to the old habits. I unlearned and relearned sitting habits in my 30s after having back pain. Now in my 40s im doing much better than in my my 20s. Once in a while I catch myself in a bad sitting posture but it seems to be getting better and better.
- KozmoNau7 6y ago
  You can almost certainly improve how you sit down. A lot of people just sort of flop down and sit with their hips slid forward and a pronounced bend in their back. Anecdotally I have also noticed many of the same people complaining about a lack of legroom in trains, airplanes, cars and so on. If they would simply sit down by pushing their butt and lower back into the chair instead of lazily flopping down, there would be plenty of space. (Not directed at those people with long legs, who do have genuine legroom issues even when sitting up straight)

Barrin92 6y ago

I thought we had it bad with our school chairs in Germany but that picture makes me think Foucault was onto something when he compared the education system to the prison system.

arnvald 6y ago

I've had to use these for some time, the worst part was that I'm left-handed and of course there was no chair with the armrest on the left side.

axaxs 6y ago

Uncomfortable, but about perfect for popping your back. Though the back discomfort probably came from the horrid chairs in the first place, come to think of it.

dwighttk 6y ago

Huh... had some of those in school and they were fine for me. There were left handed versions available.

II2II 6y ago

On the other hand, the people in those seats rarely do so for more than an hour. Other factors kick in because of that, such as cost and space utilization (which is effectively cost in a different form). Then again, I rarely had issues with sitting in them. Working space though, that was an issue. (Work on an in-class problem while referring to the text book? Ha!)

EForEndeavour 6y ago

Mrs. Krabappel: Well, children, our new ultra-hard PostCherfect chairs have arrived. They’ve been designed by eminent posturologists to eliminate slouching by the year 3000. Martin: Mrs. Krabappel, I’m having back spasms! Mrs. Krabappel: I know they seem a little uncomfortable right now, but eventually your bones will change shape.

visarga 6y ago

> The worst chair in the world is the American high school/college desk+chair combo like this one How do left handed people write in those chairs?