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  • asqapro@reddthat.comtoYou Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK Tempur Mattresses fail quickly and the warranty is fake
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    4 days ago

    This is a list of notes I put together when shopping for couches. Some of it requires getting hands-on with the couch so it won’t work well for online purchases, but you should be at least sitting on a couch before buying it. My notes were cobbled together from information I found online, so big grain of salt.

    Old couches are almost always going to be better than new ones because so many companies have dropped in quality over the years.

    Take a black light to look for pee spots or stains. Look for bugs (fleas, bedbugs).

    Things to look for:

    • Touch back of sofa & area under arm rest and see if it’s just fabric. Something solid usually means attention to detail / quality
    • Seat cushions that are solid foam wrapped in breathable layer (cotton, down, etc) are the worst quality cushions (degrade quickly over time)
    • Seat cushions that have layered foam or glued foam is a good sign and may mean springs in the foam (springs are generally a good thing)
    • Take off the seat cushions and see how far apart the springs underneath the cushions are / how many there are. More & tighter packed the better
    • Take off seat cushions and look for horizontal connection wires. There should be 2 minimum. Should be able to feel and see through fabric
    • Lift up the sofa. If it’s light weight, that’s bad. If it flexes, that’s bad. Good sofas are heavy and don’t flex when lifted
    • Don’t buy leather, buy polyester. This is personal preference, but leather is a lot more work to take care of & keep it looking nice
    • “Eight way hand tied” isn’t necessarily a sign of quality, but it’s better than s-springs. There can be fake “eight way hand tied”, which is why it isn’t always better

    Good brands:

    • Room & Board
    • What A Room
    • Arhaus
    • Maiden Home
    • Stickley
    • Thos. Moser
    • Ethan Allen
    • Stuart David (Amish)
    • Hancock and Moore
    • Bradington and Young
    • Classic Leather
    • American Leather

    Ok brands:

    • Bernhardt
    • Palliser
    • Lovesac
    • La-Z-Boy
    • Flexsteel

    Bad brands:

    • Crate & Barrel
    • Ashley
    • Article & Joybird
    • Wayfair
    • Natuzzi
    • Restoration Hardware

    When I bought my couches a few years ago, I got them used off Facebook Marketplace. It took a couple weeks for some decent Ethan Allen couches to pop up, but I got them for ~$400 each.

  • asqapro@reddthat.comtofurry_irl@pawb.social•Icecream_irl (Art by Beetle Moses)English
    10·
    6 days ago

    I think it’s just a couple of silly subversions. A crustacean shouldn’t be in an ice cream shop to begin with, and when it orders “pond muck”, you’d think it’d just be a whacky ice cream flavor like a variation on mint ice cream, but it seems to be actual pond muck (something a crustacean would enjoy). Alternatively, it just found a new ice cream flavor that it likes, which is also silly.

  • asqapro@reddthat.comtotumblr@lemmy.world•I like trains
    7·
    16 days ago

    I have a series of those that I like to pull on people. They usually catch on after the 2nd one and won’t let me tell any more, so I beg for one last chance and tell my one funny shaggy dog joke. Then, once they’re hooked again, I start telling stupid ones again.

    My list (heavily condensed, you just gotta riff):

    • A man’s camel is stolen and he’s told by someone in the town that it was probably stolen by the Camel Thief. The man goes on a very long journey to find the Camel Thief, and when he finally confronts the Camel Thief, the Camel Thief denies stealing the camel.
    • A man visits some monks and hears a mysterious and mesmerizing noise deep within the monastery. He asks about it, but the monk tell him they’re not allowed to tell him because he’s not a monk. He goes through a series of trials to become a monk, and finally reaches a series of doors where the noise gets louder through each door. When he opens the last door, he sees the source of the noise, but you’re not allowed to know what it was because you’re not a monk.
    • (The one funny one) 3 men get trapped on an island but find a lamp. The genie is feeling generous and offers each man 3 wishes and they don’t have to waste a wish on getting rescued. The first 2 men use their wishes well (like lots of money or healthy lives) but the 3rd man asks to have his right arm rotate clockwise, then his left arm to rotate counterclockwise, then for his head to nod up and down for the rest of time (act this out as this happens). The genie poofs them all away, and they meet up years later. The first 2 men report on their success and the third guy goes “I think I fucked up”.
    • In a land of Cheerios, an unfrosted and frosted Cheerio fall in love but the frosted Cheerio’s father won’t allow the marriage. The unfrosted Cheerio works hard and saves up a bunch of money and slowly becomes frosted. They hold a lavish wedding with all the money earned and invite a ton of guests. The frosted Cheerio bride asks for a series of drinks (milk, water, tea, etc), but each line is too long. Eventually they ask for a fruit drink, and the frosted Cheerio groom returns immediately and says “There was no punch line”.
    • A rich father offers his child anything for their birthday, but the child just keeps asking for increasing amounts of pink ping pong balls which mysteriously disappear by the next morning. After a few years of this, the father decides to force his child to explain the mystery, but the child has some kind of accident on the way over to visit the father. The father goes to the hospital and asks for an explanation and the child dies before they’re able to explain.
    • (Stole this from Norm McDonald) A moth walks into a dentist’s office and starts complaining about life. After the moth rants for a while, the dentist tells the moth he needs to see a therapist and asks why the moth came to his office. The moth explains the dentist’s light was on.

    If anyone has any more, please let me know, I love these. I know The Longest Joke In the World, but I usually just have people read that rather than trying to tell it.