Not only did we have this table, my parents donated it to our first college apartment, and then I dragged that stupid thing around for ten years until my father was like "oh you still have this thing."

Yeah I thought it was like some heirloom, but apparently it was actually something they bought from a yard sale when they first got married and kind of hated for 18 years.

Not even close to most uncomfortable.

The "absolutely nobody" meme was originally supposed to highlight somebody making an argument for something that obviously nobody had ever felt the need to argue against.

It was usually a very obscure argument about something that nobody else had ever thought about, or the visual version where someone created something that didn't need to be created, or it could be an argument about something that is so obviously true that it is obvious that nobody would ever try arguing against it... And that's it. It doesn't really have any use outside of those two narrow areas.

It barely made sense as a meme in the first place and of course, it was immediately misused by the vast majority of people who used it and just mindlessly tacked it onto anything because it was the popular meme at the time. I was so happy when people stopped using it.

not cool until you sit at this table eating your cornflakes with added nicotine.

the chairs were really comfy, but held onto any grease from the kitchen.

I have this table now.

Omfg we had the same chairs with it too? What is life

Nonono, it's fine, see we've bought these half-inch thick cushions with quilt effect that have these little string on them that tie onto the backrest, so stop complaining and eat the Grey Meat and with Beige Vegetables your Grandma spent all day making somehow.

Isn't this incorrect use of the "nobody-meme"? Also can't remember seeing any such table in any home during my childhood and I'm a 90's kid

absolutely nobody had this table?

Edit: ITT: reading comprehension

Nobody absolutely nobody that one kitchen table everyone had growing up

That table is the best table you'll ever get. Will last for a very long time so long as it wasn't made after maybe the 80s or 90s. So long as you ain't doing anything rough on it, it will last a lifetime.

Though, growing up, we had nicer wood back chairs. I never had problems with them. Worst problem I had was always being the one who had to take a seat that was up against a wall, so I had to slide in and didn't have a lot of room to adjust where my chair was, besides maybe moving a little to the right.

My family had this exact set, but I do remember the seats having fabric cushions you tied to the back so you weren't sitting directly on wood.

You guys didn't have pillows on your chairs?

My family got this set off craigslist to replace an objectively better dining table set that just needed to be refinished. Tried using cushions with them, but they were still a bit uncomfortable.

Saying that, the OP set would unfortunately be quite the upgrade compared to all the MDF and engineered wood that's so common nowadays :(

I have this table now.

The soviet equivalent, AKA the Fingercrusher. Fuck that thing

Those chairs are very comfortable.

I present you the German equivalent, the coffee table named Fliesentisch

In India, we ate on the bed.

Humm, I grew up with chairs like these:

https://www.stolab.se/p/lilla-aland-stol-bjork-naturell-olja

I have those chairs now, table is different.

We have a bigger version of this downstairs right now

Quality table and chairs are timeless

laughs in Dr. Glob by Philippe Starck chair

My ex and I had this table set in our first place. Except it had 2 chairs and a bench, which had 2 of those chair backs on it. I hated that fucking thing.

Uncomfortable? You're supposed to put cushions on those chairs, you silly person. :P

Still sitting in Dad's kitchen.

my table is just solid round no leaf and those chairs are black steel backed

table is ok. agree about the chairs and how often they need to be repaired. these chairs make my butt hurt. literally and figuratively

We have 2 of these chairs in our dining room. I'm rather offended.

Oh, actually they don't have that design on their legs and they are dark wood.

I'm fairly certain this is a stock photo of my actual dining set.

Lol, you can still buy this dining set brand new. Multiple companies made pedestal dining sets (like broyhill and thomasville) that were decent quality:price, which is probably why they were so common.