You have the option to absolve all of Chair or all of Table for the rest of eternity from the fabric of reality. Which would be easier to live without?
Yeah, agree. Tables can be used standing or while sitting in the floor. Chairs are nice, but without tables a lot of stuff would happen at floor level anyway.
No no, the chairs or tables will be absolved of duty, so like they'll still be around, taking up space, we just won't be allowed to ask anything useful of them anymore because they're retired.
I'll get rid of chairs. Ottomans, which are not chairs, would be arranged around the tables for some reason. My ottomans have a vertical panel for a foot rest. It's definitely a foot rest and not a chair, though. Chairs were banned.
I think chairs and tables are insufficiently different - people would end up using one as a substitute for the other. I think a more interesting question would be what if you were required to magically eliminate all perfectly level planes (tables, chairs, beds), or eliminate all slanted planes (ramps, screws, lazy boys)
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justdaveisfine@piefed.social · 16 pts · 294d
Chairs. You can sit on the ground or on a mat by a low table, as many people have done for centuries.
andrewrgross@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 294d
Yeah, agree. Tables can be used standing or while sitting in the floor. Chairs are nice, but without tables a lot of stuff would happen at floor level anyway.
Definitely easier to get by without chairs.
Pappabosley@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 293d
Maybe with your back, you young whipper-snapper. Every time I sit on the floor, I'm concerned it'll be a one way trip
B0rax@feddit.org · 2 pts · 293d
He did not talk about benches or couches.
Nemo@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 294d
OP I don't think "absolve" was the word you wanted there. "Abolish", maybe?
Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 294d
No no, the chairs or tables will be absolved of duty, so like they'll still be around, taking up space, we just won't be allowed to ask anything useful of them anymore because they're retired.
Nemo@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 294d
makes sense, objection withdrawn
Admetus@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 294d
Fantastic, I thereby absolve chairs of their duty like most of the people here.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 294d
I'll get rid of chairs. Ottomans, which are not chairs, would be arranged around the tables for some reason. My ottomans have a vertical panel for a foot rest. It's definitely a foot rest and not a chair, though. Chairs were banned.
chunes@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 294d
I need a wheelchair, so.. yeah
fuck them tables
LesserAbe@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 294d
I think chairs and tables are insufficiently different - people would end up using one as a substitute for the other. I think a more interesting question would be what if you were required to magically eliminate all perfectly level planes (tables, chairs, beds), or eliminate all slanted planes (ramps, screws, lazy boys)
RiverRock@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 293d
Love the way this is phrased, gonna borrow it for threats
"I will absolve your ass from the fabric of reality for the rest of time."
NKBTN@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 294d
Can I still have Stool, Sofa and Beanbag?
Vanth@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 294d
Apeman42@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 294d
You can use a chair as a table, but can't comfortably sit on most tables. QED, fuck off tables.
Nemo@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 294d
You got that backwards. Tables are often more comfortable to sit on than chairs, but chairs make lousy tables.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 294d
A picnic bench is just a low, skinny table.
Nemo@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 294d
Chairs are just tables for butts.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 294d
Or is that a stool?
blackbrook@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 293d
No that's what comes out of the butt.
Jinarched@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 294d