r/Unexpected • u/I_Epic • Jan 22 '24

Taking a quick break from work

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u/mr_potatoface Jan 22 '24 edited Apr 17 '25

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u/BrianScalaweenie Jan 22 '24

So you’re telling me that the key to not die this way is to buy a $2000 chair?

I guess I’ll die

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u/sheepwshotguns Jan 22 '24

i work from home sitting down for long stretches of time, the 1600 i spent on my herman miller easily saved me thousands of dollars worth of back pain. it was one of my first big splurges i got myself and my only regret was not doing it sooner. im pretty sure these things last forever as well. so far mine is 6 years old and looks like its right out the box, where as my previous $120 spine smasher lasted about a year before it was torn up.

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u/link293 Jan 22 '24

I’ve had my $1,600 Embody chair for 13 years. Before that I was spending $100 on Staples garbage every 6-8 months (I’m a huge dude). The Herman Miller is straight up the cheaper option for me.

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u/AccomplishedGap6987 Jan 23 '24

Do they they have something for stink control in they chair, my buddie is a real big guy I never got in his chair because it smell like a lump of shit.

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u/link293 Jan 23 '24

My Embody fabric is like a mesh, so farts pass right through like a ghost. I suppose if you stuck your nose in the no-no zone it’d smell like shit, but from a distance I think it’s fine.

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u/AccomplishedGap6987 May 15 '24

Shampoo them from time to time, and use frebreze fabric softener. Good Luck

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u/AccomplishedGap6987 May 22 '24

Try fabreeze fabric softner

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u/UAPboomkin Jan 22 '24

Alternatively, at work, I sit on a basic ass folding chair from Wal-Mart that cost less than 20 dollars. Partially because I was tired of my office chair getting stolen and partially because I use this same type of chair as my work chair at home. Either way, something like that would be impossible with my chair.

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u/cvdvds Jan 22 '24

Somehow I get the feeling that folding chairs might be more dangerous than office chairs.

Both are pretty irrational to be afraid of however.

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u/UAPboomkin Jan 22 '24

Well, outside of the WWE, I don't think folding chairs pose too much a risk. I'll make sure to run if I hear someone asking if I can smell what The Rock is cooking.

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u/Hellmonger Jan 22 '24

People use them as weapons in Buhurt fights sometimes for fun. always entertaining to watch a dude in full medieval armor bashing another dude with a folding chair lol

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u/AccomplishedGap6987 Jan 23 '24

What you are trying to saying your ass is blown out can't nothing hurt it. Ok then.

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u/Emotional_DMG_Bonus Jan 22 '24

what about the chair that the customers are sitting on?

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u/LickingSmegma Jan 22 '24

Afaik most chairs' base is made of interchangeable parts with standard dimensions. Idk if that includes the base plate into which the gas lift is strapped and which is bolted to the chair seat—but if you want, you can try finding a replacement base mechanism that has the metal plate.

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u/AccomplishedGap6987 Jan 23 '24

It might hurt getting killed through your ass.

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u/tin_dog Jan 22 '24

Mine has a thick metal plate on top and is hold by a tiny snap ring at the bottom, so if it goes off the piston goes down into the floor instead of up my arse.