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Old stools broke as well, but the ones that broke don't exist any more. Only the really good ones remain.
by jstanley 5y ago
Old stools broke as well, but the ones that broke don't exist any more. Only the really good ones remain.
- Broken_Hippo 5y agoMost of the really good ones have broken too: The ones that remain have been lucky.
- shoo 5y agosome of that luckiness is probably due the tree. what we need to do is breed a second generation of especially lucky stools from the same stock. 1. germinate new oak trees from genetic material recovered from lucky stool (1-20 years, say) 2. tend to trees as they mature (40 years) 3. fell trees, craft new generation of stools. (~1 year) 4. use stools until only a handful of lucky stools survive (500+ years) 5. iterate if all goes to plan, by year 2600 or so the third crop can be underway
- Cthulhu_ 5y agoA good example of survivorship bias. I'm sure there's 70 year old IKEA furniture out there too. I think anyone CAN make a good stool like that if they can find the materials and some hand tools, it's just that nobody can be bothered and nobody wants to pay someone to put in the effort. Or that nobody has access to tools and/or a space to do the work. There does seem to be a bit of a renaissance in woodworking though.
- schwartzworld 5y agoIkea was founded in 1943, so there is not 70 year old Ikea furniture anywhere.
- ido 5y ago1943 was 79 years ago, so theoretically there might be? Jokes aside some IKEA stuff really is pretty good quality and lasts decades. Other stuff is cheap crap but you don't have to buy the cheap crap.
- detaro 5y agobad news: 1943 is more than 70 years ago. (probably still almost true though)
- schwartzworld 5y agoDamnit. That's what I get for responding at 5am.
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- piva00 5y agoI commonly find second hand IKEA sideboards in teak here in Sweden, mid-century design is still sought after and nicer IKEA furniture from the 60s/70s sells for quite a mark-up.
- ggm 5y agoMy office desk is an IKEA butcherblock beech top on IKEA legs, our former dining table. A wedding gift from my mother 33 years ago. I think 70 is entirely plausible. One good sandbank and re-oil and it's good for 40 more.