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.
You're technically right, which as we all know, is the best kind of right.
I do think that most people's brains gloss right over the logical contradiction and act as if it said that nobody said "anything" rather than "nothing."
But that is not what the meme actually says. Now that you've pointed it out, it's obviously wrong.
Midwest US here too and my family also had this table when I was a kid. This comment section feels like a bunch of midwesterners realizing the midwest US isn't the entire world lol
I can think of four separate friends in the US that had or have this table - I'd never realized it before this post but yeah super common. Maybe it's a regional thing? Though I saw it growing up in the mid-east too so IDK. Global furniture distribution: how does it work? Seriously, an industry I have no ideas about...
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.
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.
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 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 :(
They're called "Windsor chairs" (with the "hoopback" variety in OP's picture and the "comb-back" variety in your link) and they've been a traditional style for hundreds of years.
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.
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.
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BillyClark@piefed.social · 50 pts · 87d
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.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 87d
It's completely useless AND nonsensical. If nobody said nothing, then everybody said something.
BillyClark@piefed.social · 2 pts · 87d
You're technically right, which as we all know, is the best kind of right.
I do think that most people's brains gloss right over the logical contradiction and act as if it said that nobody said "anything" rather than "nothing."
But that is not what the meme actually says. Now that you've pointed it out, it's obviously wrong.
2piradians@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 87d
It always makes me think of black folks telling funny stories, like:
"Everybody was minding their business, ain't nobody said shit. This fool walks in with a whole ass baked potato in his mouth like it's normal..."
So I enjoy the memes from that angle, even if they're not coming from the original intent.
That said, even that angle doesn't make this one work.
lyrial@anarchist.nexus · 2 pts · 86d
It has a use which is engagement baiting people into commenting about exactly this, or posting a "fixed" edit.
lime@feddit.nu · 21 pts · 87d
absolutely nobody had this table?
Edit: ITT: reading comprehension
tpihkal@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 87d
Midwest United States, my family absolutely had this table when I was a kid.
YoSoySnekBoi@kbin.earth · 9 pts · 87d
Midwest US here too and my family also had this table when I was a kid. This comment section feels like a bunch of midwesterners realizing the midwest US isn't the entire world lol
vrek@programming.dev · 2 pts · 87d
East coast...had this table
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 87d
West Coast had this table. On both sides of the family...
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 87d
I can think of four separate friends in the US that had or have this table - I'd never realized it before this post but yeah super common. Maybe it's a regional thing? Though I saw it growing up in the mid-east too so IDK. Global furniture distribution: how does it work? Seriously, an industry I have no ideas about...
stoy@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 87d
I grew up with these chairs:
https://www.stolab.se/p/lilla-aland-stol-bjork-naturell-olja
lime@feddit.nu · 1 pts · 87d
i only ever saw the high-chair version of that one.
tburkhol@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 87d
That exact table is in my dining room right now.
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 87d
I had this table, my friend had this table, and my cousin had this table
lime@feddit.nu · 3 pts · 87d
must be hard having to grow up all under one roof like that
socsa@piefed.social · 18 pts · 87d
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.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 15 pts · 87d
Not even close to most uncomfortable.
Tolstoy@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 87d
I present you the German equivalent, the coffee table named Fliesentisch
volqan@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 87d
I present you the Indian equivalent and idk wherever it's called
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 87d
As a non-German who has never seen one of those, that actually looks quite nice, I'd gladly put that in my house :p
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 86d
As a swamp German: that translates to 'tile(ed) table'.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 87d
I have this table now.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 87d
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.
crimson_iris@piefed.social · 4 pts · 87d
Smoogs@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 86d
oh i remember those chairs. yeah, metal and cushioned. loved them but if vinyl gets a tear, there goes your denim.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 86d
omg yes!
Smoogs@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 85d
and by the end of their life they are mostely fabricated in ductape
glandrid@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 87d
omg I had that table
Dialectical_Specialist@quokk.au · 9 pts · 87d
Omfg we had the same chairs with it too? What is life
grue@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 87d
Hoopback Windsor chairs are an entire style, not a specific design made by one manufacturer.
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 3 pts · 87d
They were sold as a set.
It was a relatively high quality and cost effective AND not terribly gaudy / ugly.
Theres a reason “ya basic kitchen table set” is everywhere
rmuk@feddit.uk · 9 pts · 86d
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.
PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space · 1 pts · 86d
Too real.
sidebro@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 87d
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
stoy@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 87d
Swede here, dad built a custom table that was hinged and could be folded up against the wall for easier vacuuming snd sweaping.
sidebro@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 87d
Automatic DQ, your dad is too dad
undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 87d
You guys didn't have pillows on your chairs?
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 87d
Nostalgia LOADED 100%
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 7 pts · 87d
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.
AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 87d
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.
NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social · 7 pts · 87d
Nobody absolutely nobody that one kitchen table everyone had growing up
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 87d
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 :(
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 86d
Real wood anything is fucking expensive now
Quexotic@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 87d
I have this table now.
snooggums@piefed.world · 5 pts · 87d
Those chairs are very comfortable.
Feathercrown@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 87d
drath@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 86d
The soviet equivalent, AKA the Fingercrusher. Fuck that thing
wizzkidd@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 87d
In India, we ate on the bed.
stoy@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 87d
Humm, I grew up with chairs like these:
https://www.stolab.se/p/lilla-aland-stol-bjork-naturell-olja
grue@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 87d
They're called "Windsor chairs" (with the "hoopback" variety in OP's picture and the "comb-back" variety in your link) and they've been a traditional style for hundreds of years.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 87d
I have those chairs now, table is different.
Tabooki2@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 86d
Quality table and chairs are timeless
CptHacke@piefed.social · 3 pts · 87d
Uncomfortable? You're supposed to put cushions on those chairs, you silly person. :P
CodingCarpenter@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 87d
We have a bigger version of this downstairs right now
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 87d
laughs in Dr. Glob by Philippe Starck chair
Yosmonkol@piefed.social · 1 pts · 86d
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.
DragonAce@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 86d
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.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 86d
my table is just solid round no leaf and those chairs are black steel backed
rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social · 1 pts · 86d
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.
Smoogs@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 86d
table is ok. agree about the chairs and how often they need to be repaired. these chairs make my butt hurt. literally and figuratively
FluorideMind@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 87d
Still sitting in Dad's kitchen.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 86d
I'm fairly certain this is a stock photo of my actual dining set.