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What's the stupidest thing anyone has ever told you as fact? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
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[–] 3 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

I think IKEA furniture does read as a little small to Americans because it is European designed and European furniture on average seems a little smaller than American furniture, to my eye at least.

Source: have owned a few IKEA pieces and have also am an American who has travelled to Europe a few times where I often stayed in airbnbs

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    That sounds plausible and might be true.

    Also I have to say that I am a rather tall guy and the only height-adjustable desk that had a usable maximum height for me e.g. was the one from Ikea.
    I think it is definitely not a specific Ikea or Swedish thing or has anything to do with the people being smaller (If anything, I think to remember that typical US citizens are actually smaller on average than most of the people in the northern parts of Europe...)

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah danes seemed taller than most Americans to me too, so I can believe it. And yeah the furniture size comments I made are definitely not true across the board

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    And yeah the furniture size comments I made are definitely not true across the board

    No no, I think now they might well mostly be true.
    Even the extra high desk I mentioned doesn't cover much groundspace and is about as high as it is wide when fully extended...

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