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Don't underestimate the threat from furniture. It happened to me: one moment I was sitting at the table in my IKEA chair, perhaps leaning forward to browse HN,
by auctiontheory 13y ago
Don't underestimate the threat from furniture.
It happened to me: one moment I was sitting at the table in my IKEA chair, perhaps leaning forward to browse HN, and the next I was on the floor with (the mirror revealed) a deep 20-inch gash across my upper back, and a lighter slash behind my knees/legs.
Obviously the chair broke, but I still haven't figured out how it cut me so severely. A few inches higher and it would have been my neck.
- fixxer 13y agoIKEA is prone to spontaneous attacks. I had a dresser collapse on my foot once. They lull you into a false sense of security with their meatballs.
- Natsu 13y agoSadly, the result of this news is likely to be a new multi-billion dollar War on Furniture.
- wozniacki 13y agoSadly, the result of this news is likely to be a new multi-billion dollar War on Furniture. Natsu probably meant that the litigious implications of this finding will be adverse and widespread, but largely monetary, none of which will really address the real problem. Unless, of course, this sort of thing could bring about the equivalent of "1966 National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act" which was largely due to the activism and efforts of Ralph Nader. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Nader#Automobile_safety_activism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Nader#Automobile_safety_a... (Don't be so quick to downvote.)
- autodidakto 13y agoUpvote or the furniture wins.
- Zoomla 13y agoYou need to follow the assembly instructions . . .