@spottyfox @Leucrotta it's... it's a mechanical ass...

are buttprints in chairs a thing that people actually want?

@topaz @spottyfox it's supposed to demonstrate that their chairs are rugged enough to survive a simulation of being sat in hundreds of times per hour.

@Leucrotta @spottyfox OH! I can see it as a testing tool.

Oh is that a show floor item and not a "for sale" item?

@topaz @spottyfox yeah, they don't sell mechanical butts. Which is too bad, I'd totally want one if I were ever rich just because it's hilarious to me.

I've bought mostly bookshelves from them, their stuff is okay but not great. Like I've had it work out okay for years but then it'll disintegrate if you move it the wrong way.

Their deli section used to sell relatively affordably a kinda dumbed down version of punschrollar which I LOVED LOVED LOVED, getting them used to be the highlight of going to Ikea for me, and then they discontinued 'em, I don't know why.

@Leucrotta @spottyfox aw, poop!

We'd try the Ikea food more if they took food stamps. Unfortunately they don't (which really sucks, as they have a little tiny "grocery" section by the checkout).

@Leucrotta @spottyfox Hah, our bookshelf from them is actually sold as a nightstand. Little tiny two-shelf thing that's shorter than our desk is.

We have games/DVDs on the top shelf and a very few books + now our flour and stuff on the bottom shelf.

Still don't have a good place for our CDs.

@topaz @Leucrotta It's apparently a device that shows how their chairs are stree tested so they won't fall apart on you once you get them home

I admit that I've never bought any furniture at Ikea, just their housewares stuff

@spottyfox @Leucrotta We have all our furniture from them, it's decent. The stuff we have is cheap MDF, not solid wood (aside from the TV stand which is metal).

@spottyfox @Leucrotta We'd probably do more thrift store furniture if we had more space and more means to move said furniture. But thrift store furniture tends to be big, and well, we're packed into this tiny box...

@spottyfox @Leucrotta And our small shit tends to be split between Ikea and Target (which is also where we get our groceries).

@spottyfox @Leucrotta We /had/ Ikea dishes, but it turns out Target has /really good, solid dishware/ – real ceramic, not the glass of Ikea's cheap stuff – for like $2 apiece, compared to Ikea's $1? Wow we'll take it!

Ikea's ceramic dishes were /much/ more expensive last we looked.

We still need to get a plate from Target, but their bowls are solid.

@spottyfox @Leucrotta (sorry I'm just rambling now) and back to furniture, our desk was like the cheapest shit we could find – but it turned out to actually be really nice. It has a shelf just underneath the desk surface, which is the /perfect/ height for miscellaneous small shit like game controllers!