Chair failure modes -

[3119967d0c]

Just had a plastic chair (single piece, fixed) disintegrate on me after making bad noises when I rocked back and forward for the last several weeks. Many plastic shards exploded out, very messy.

Made me think. What is your least favourite chair type to fail on you? Personally, I find the office chair where a leg on the base breaks the most annoying. A lot of money wasted over a very cheap plastic part that could simply have been built more sturdily.

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

I had a toilet seat crack on me while I was sitting on it because I was also rocking back and fourth on it.
It was at work and I didn't care, so I just fixed it with tape.
This was several years ago and the ghetto tape fix is still on there, lol.

 

[Some Manajerk]

Have you ever seen those old style wooden chairs where the east is made of woven hemp/twine/straw. things are hella comfy but you never notice the straw is going until you pull one out for a dinner guest and they sit down and go right through. makes for a good laugh at the table at least.

 

[Spedestrian]

My least favorite chair type to fail on me is whatever one I'm currently sitting in, and the worst type of failure is an uncomfortable design. An uncomfortable chair is broken from the moment it's created to the moment it disintegrates. Special shoutout to miserable pieces of shit of like these:

Half back chairs: great when you want to hurt your full back, half as fast.

I don't know what they call these, but to me they're "trap back chairs." They look like you can rest your back against them, but the moment you put any weight on them they start to deform like a slingshot. The back never feels solid no matter how hard or how soft you lean on it, so you end up tensing your back muscles the entire time trying to find a spot where you can rest without breaking the chair or tipping over. No such spot exists — trying to use the back at all will leave you trapped in a purgatory of shifting discomfort until you finally stand up.

 

[JULAY]

One of these:

Spoiler

That jagged aluminum can be downright hazardous.

 

[HeyYou]

I had an outdoor swing break on me once, while several feet in the air. Not recommended.

 

[soft kitty]

I had a wooden chair quite some time ago when one of the legs snapped in half from the pressure of me constantly tipping back in it.

 

[mr.moon1488]

I don't think I've ever had a chair break on me, but I have a fucked up back so it's really hard for me to sit in a chair that doesn't have arms.

 

[Basic Block]

Spoiler: Gas lift office chair

Office Chair Explosion.flv

65 years old man was injured by the office chair explosion in China. Parts of the chair were being shot into his stomach through his anus.

www.youtube.com

 

[mr.moon1488]

Spoiler: Gas lift office chair

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Office Chair Explosion.flv

65 years old man was injured by the office chair explosion in China. Parts of the chair were being shot into his stomach through his anus.

www.youtube.com

Wonder if his butt blood was sold in a Chinese herbal market after this.

 

[spurger king]

I was also rocking back and fourth on it.

constantly tipping back in it.

I rocked back and forward for the last several weeks.

I think the medical term is "stimming"

Anyway, when it comes to chairs, something like pic related is probably the most fail-proof.

 

[garakfan69]

I find the office chair where a leg on the base breaks the most annoying. A lot of money wasted over a very cheap plastic part that could simply have been built more sturdily.

Those are kind of standard. You can often buy a new base and re-use the upper part of your chair.

 

[melty]

How fucking fat are you guys? "I was tipping back in it", sure Jan.
My least favorite chair incident was when I was at a ceremony with those metal folding chairs in rows. The fatass in front of me broke his, fell backwards, and the chair hit my leg and immediately bruised the shit out of it. The fat fuck didn't even apologize.