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samueldays:

kaumnyakte:

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samueldays:

kaumnyakte:

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it\u2019s disgusting that ikea exists. international finance capital making styleless, placeless cardboard\u00a0\u2018furniture\u2019 that isn\u2019t even worth the cost of moving it. the assembly instructions are all diagrams so they can abstract away from human language. don\u2019t fall for it! buy furniture from the artisans of yr nation and pass it down to yr kids so they can pass it down to theirs. if you want cheap shit, hit an antique store & know someone who has a truck

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I\u2019ll have you know I have IKEA furniture that was passed down to me from my parents, maybe you should live somewhere that doesn\u2019t rot your furniture so fast

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i have a chair that my great-great-grandparents owned. maybe you should have furniture that doesn\u2019t rot your spirit

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For the spirit, I also have furniture that my great-grandparents owned. (They were the ones who bought from artisans and threw out the poverty crates of my great-great-grandparents.) But you should know that IKEA produces things other than \u201ccheap shit\u201d and \u201ccardboard\u201d.

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I had an IKEA bedframe that when I replaced went to saw apart and reuse as wood only to find it was just vaneer and chipboard and yes, cardboard.

But I’ve had a side table of solid wood for a decade and a half now that I never stained but has picked up enough atmospheric oils from existing in enclosed spaces with living (, cooking) beings long enough it’s developed a charming finish, I like that

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