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Wigan woman retains Flatpack World Championship title (www.bbc.co.uk)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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Who knew there was a championship in flat packing.

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[–] 53 points 6 months ago* (6 children)

Flatpack World Championship

WTF is this? Is she some world leading package manager?

and broken her personal best assembly time in the process.

I guess it must be, they probably mean compiler and not assembler, did she overclock her computer? Or use specially compiled compilers?

building a bedside table in eight minutes 20 seconds.

Goddammit! What does that have to do with "flatpack"?

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  • [–] 27 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I came here to make the joke you already made and you made it better so I'll just show myself out.

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    • [–] 19 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Oh snap.

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    • [–] 17 points 6 months ago

    FWIW this is about speed-assembling flatpack furniture.

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    [–] 13 points 6 months ago

    A woman has retained her title as Flatpack World Champion and broken her personal best assembly time in the process.

    eight minutes 20 seconds

    Coding anything in assembly in under 9 minutes is incredible, much less publishing a full app!

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    [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    I love assembling furniture, I am so glad to hear there's a competition. Sign me up!

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    [–] 3 points 6 months ago (14 children)

    I wonder how they standardize. The difference between IKEA and not-IKEA from a familiarity as well as design standpoint can be significant. IKEA is easy, but I’ve had some alternative companies that don’t put any care into how things go together.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (9 children)

    I'm amused when TV or comedians make jokes about IKEA furniture being difficult to build. Like, are they confusing IKEA with some dorm furniture they bought at Wal-Mart? Because that junk is sometimes borderline: "make it look like the picture on the box"

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (8 children)

    I bought a bed a few years back. It was a continental with a headboard. It had a three step instruction with stick figures on it. Essentially, place headboard against wall, push bed against headboard, you’re done, be happy.

    Awful bed, but the instructions were the best I’ve ever had. They felt like malicious compliance.

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    Awful bed

    IKEA in a nutshell. Simple to assemble, awful to keep. Terrible results.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    It was not IKEA actually. Fancy furniture store.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (5 children)

    I still maintain that IKEA is like that though. 😔

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Poor quality? Yeah. It’s cardboard, mostly.

    Their hallmark isn’t quality though, it’s affordability.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Agreed, and I'm effing done with it. I'd rather pay more for something I do want than less for something I don't want.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I can get behind this, sustainability.

    Growing up we had a sofa from the 1800s. Nothing from IKEA will last that long.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    Dude IKEA doesn't care how things go together.

    Every fucking time I buy IKEA shit it always comes out wiggly wobbly or something didn't quite align right or this or that or the other. It's cheap garbage.

    Relatively recently decided to splurge on a bunk bed for the kids from a real furniture store that costs a little more.

    Everything was tight, bro. Fit so good, and everything was just so sturdy and steady. Loved building it together with the wife as well. It was quite enjoyable.

    I hate IKEA. Greetings from its motherland. 🙍‍♂️

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    That’s the complete opposite of my experience

    Yeah, ikea is cheap and doesn’t last. But double the price and it feels the same (wobbly), except the holes are 1mm from where they should be.

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    • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    https://www.alamy.com/video/defending-champion-wins-flatpack-world-championships-for-second-year-at-grand-designs-live-2026-730644304.html

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    • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    smack barm pae wet and furniture assembly

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    [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    I hope she celebrated with a Wigan Slappy.

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