Ikea seems a weird signifier to pick out - everyone I know has Ikea stuff - but maybe it's different in the US?
― robocop ELF (seandalai), Thursday, 20 March 2014 01:35 (ten years ago) link
everyone in the US has ikea furniture too
― Mordy , Thursday, 20 March 2014 01:37 (ten years ago) link
you have to have a car to get to IKEA tho
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Thursday, 20 March 2014 01:38 (ten years ago) link
and a special plate for the metaballs
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 March 2014 01:39 (ten years ago) link
meatballs too
horseballs
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Thursday, 20 March 2014 01:39 (ten years ago) link
they have the best horseballs though
― robocop ELF (seandalai), Thursday, 20 March 2014 01:42 (ten years ago) link
uh…j. and s. clover: I thought my questions were relevant to an extensive discussion taking place and posted them as such… jesus christ, rock critics are so fucking defensive and thin-skinned…
― veronica moser, Thursday, 20 March 2014 01:48 (ten years ago) link
no offense but you came onto a message board basically saying "I'm posing this question to one person and one person only"
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Thursday, 20 March 2014 01:54 (ten years ago) link
he's posted here before this iirc
― sarahell, Thursday, 20 March 2014 01:55 (ten years ago) link
has anyone else googled "veronica moser" yet?
― Treeship, Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:01 (ten years ago) link
Woah
― 1 pONO 3v3Ry+h1n G!!!1 (dog latin), Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:04 (ten years ago) link
haha moser's posted for awhile and is generally a good poster albeit unlettered but this is kinda hilariously wtf
― balls, Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:08 (ten years ago) link
― Mordy , Wednesday, March 19, 2014 8:37 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is completely wrong. ikea furniture exists inside major urban centers, but the majority of the country has no ikea stores. the nearest ikea to me is a ~4 hour drive, and the second-closest is 5.5 hours, and I live in an area of about a half-million people. so people have ikea things, but they have either made a trek to get it (which could be a signifier) or they have moved from somewhere with it (signifier)
― have a nice blood (mh), Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:09 (ten years ago) link
love treeship all 'moser? where do i know that name from?'
― balls, Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:10 (ten years ago) link
dang treeship just made a salient point, I think
or possibly a prurient point
― have a nice blood (mh), Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:11 (ten years ago) link
naw! not part of the inner circle here (which has its own biases and byways, which y'all should acknowledge if you have any balls) but I've been here for 8 years!
tell me what is wrong with saying that whatshername's shit is dumb! if I was wading into the weeds about a subject that I had no prior knowledge in the computer world, I would strive very very hard to try to say something that was illuminating re: my own impressions and how it would impact upon the wider world.
― veronica moser, Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:23 (ten years ago) link
tell us more about your balls
― j., Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:25 (ten years ago) link
― veronica moser, Wednesday, March 19, 2014 9:48 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
if i meet one i'll keep it in mind.
(there are two ikeas around me. i got to one without a car once and walked around a while. we ended up buying some meatballs, some fuzzy slippers, and some spatulas. also the fish roe in a metal tube. that stuff is great. the other ikea you really do need a car to get to. you can also order some but not all ikea stuff on the internet. it comes flat! the sofas maybe not so flat, i dunno.)
― eric banana (s.clover), Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:25 (ten years ago) link
we have an Ikea sofa it is excellent
― robocop ELF (seandalai), Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:27 (ten years ago) link
Pretty sure that Ikea deliver so why would you need to drive there? (unless of course you really need their meatballs)
― tsrobodo, Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:29 (ten years ago) link
is that a good startup? ikea meatball delivery?
― eric banana (s.clover), Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:30 (ten years ago) link
if it is, you can't have it i thought of it first
― eric banana (s.clover), Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:31 (ten years ago) link
"tell us more"… that's some memespeak, straight out of willy wonka with his hand on his chin… use your own verbiage…jesus be original!
― veronica moser, Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:31 (ten years ago) link
xp
What as in actually driving to Ikea to buy their meatballs and then delivering them to people?
Would that be legal?
― tsrobodo, Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:32 (ten years ago) link
i love ikea
― Treeship, Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:32 (ten years ago) link
Sorry, the website www.meatbal.ls cannot be found.
― robocop ELF (seandalai), Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:32 (ten years ago) link
aww :(
It is not possible to register a new second-level domain in .ls. New registrations are only taken at the third level, below one of the existing second level domains.
― robocop ELF (seandalai), Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:34 (ten years ago) link
ikea only delivers near their stores, they ship by the most costly method possible outside their range :/
― have a nice blood (mh), Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:36 (ten years ago) link
and yeah CW, that's big talk from an Internet tough guy! have you ever talked that way in someone's face? you appear to be of the generation who has found it convenient to talk shit without saying shit in person without conventional consequences.
― veronica moser, Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:38 (ten years ago) link
Aah, well that would be a shame.
On a brighter note I found these stupidly overpriced but nonetheless irresistible covers for my bed.bemz.com/en-gb/product-page/product/bed-frame-covers/id/gri21/grimen/d2201/graphite-grey/
― tsrobodo, Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:39 (ten years ago) link
do you think it's a good idea to use the phrase "talk shit" with a display name of veronica moser
― have a nice blood (mh), Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:42 (ten years ago) link
drove my friend to ikea during a snowstorm back in december because she was fed up with her apartment not being furnished and couldn't wait any longer. i think we were the only customers there. one of the most relaxing evenings i've ever had.
― Treeship, Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:44 (ten years ago) link
how were the meatballs
― j., Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:46 (ten years ago) link
we didn't eat there. the food at ikea is awful but that's part of its charm.
― Treeship, Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:47 (ten years ago) link
veronica moser is all about shit at all times
― veronica moser, Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:51 (ten years ago) link
^ gets it...
?
― Treeship, Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:51 (ten years ago) link
I accidentally went to ikea on the free breakfast morning once, meaning to eat something while there, and the food was fine but all kinds of old people showed up just for the food!
Just goes to show that old people will go all the way to Ikea in suburban Minneapolis for a free food
― have a nice blood (mh), Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:53 (ten years ago) link
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-07-07/business/ct-biz-0707-ikea-shadow-business-20110707_1_ikea-side-businesses-joseph-roth
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 20 March 2014 03:08 (ten years ago) link
At a glance thought the url was suggesting that ikea was doing shadow business with Sephiroth.
― tsrobodo, Thursday, 20 March 2014 03:13 (ten years ago) link
What is funny is that St. Louis is in an even worse spot for ikea customers than Des Moines
― have a nice blood (mh), Thursday, 20 March 2014 03:18 (ten years ago) link
The Burbank ikea is my least favorite place in the world
― POO: the blossom or full flower of the evening (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 20 March 2014 05:09 (ten years ago) link
Don't even have IKEA in NZ :((((
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Thursday, 20 March 2014 05:14 (ten years ago) link
Would subscribe to a katherine + maura + branwell round-table blog, great posts yesterday
― continually topping myself (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 20 March 2014 06:07 (ten years ago) link
I believe that Maura and Katherine have actual publications where you can subscribe and do exactly that?
(Albeit without me coming in and rambling about fingerbanging.)
― "Endemic. What does that mean, man?" (Branwell Bell), Thursday, 20 March 2014 08:13 (ten years ago) link
Theres a bus runs to the ikea in finglas, even got fittings like an airport bus for flatpack stuff
― treeship's assailing (darraghmac), Thursday, 20 March 2014 08:22 (ten years ago) link
Glad i don't drive as it stops me being a horrible person. can anyone point me towards an outlet that sells roll-up furniture made entirely out of balsa wood and plastic screws so I can just carry it home under my arm?
― 1 pONO 3v3Ry+h1n G!!!1 (dog latin), Thursday, 20 March 2014 08:33 (ten years ago) link
christ i hate flatpacks but it's not mainly an aesthetic thing
― fhingerbhangra (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 20 March 2014 08:34 (ten years ago) link
My flatpacks come from Argos because it's across the road.
― Fingerbang On A Can (Branwell Bell), Thursday, 20 March 2014 09:06 (ten years ago) link
Life is like a large branch of IKEA with a meat grinder at the exit. Which is why I buy my record shelves from IKEA.
― Doran, Thursday, 20 March 2014 10:06 (ten years ago) link