Should all furniture items be restricted to 10lbs/4.5kg?

[Vassenor]

Who gives a flying fuck?

THINK OF THE CHILDREN

[Grand Britannia]

Who gives a flying fuck?

THINK OF THE CHILDREN

Children are overrated.

[USS Monitor]

There are some cases where using heavier materials is safer because it allows you to build sturdier furniture and reduce the risk of collapsing. If a kid tries to climb on a set of shelves, lighter shelves are more likely to collapse or fall forward. If the shelves have a lot of weight in the back, that makes it harder for them to fall forward. Furniture-safety is a legitimate thing to regulate, but you need to be smart about it.

[Gauthier]

THINK OF THE CHILDREN

Children are overrated.

BAN CHILDREN

[States of Glory]

How about no furniture?
You know, go all out Spartan.

How about no houses? After all, our ancestors survived for millions of years without them.

[Hurdegaryp]

Children are overrated.

BAN CHILDREN

Clearly not the subject of this thread. The subject of this thread is why it is absolutely necessary to make most of our furniture out of styrofoam in the nearby future.

[Galloism]

BAN CHILDREN

Clearly not the subject of this thread. The subject of this thread is why it is absolutely necessary to make most of our furniture out of styrofoam in the nearby future.

Styrofoam is a sturdy lightweight material. It would be useful for a lot of furniture.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Clearly not the subject of this thread. The subject of this thread is why it is absolutely necessary to make most of our furniture out of styrofoam in the nearby future.

Styrofoam is a sturdy lightweight material. It would be useful for a lot of furniture.

I want to stress that I refuse to get an itchy bum or backside from sitting in a Styrofoam sofa. Make me a sac and straw beanbag. I'd rather go organic!

[Gauthier]

Styrofoam is a sturdy lightweight material. It would be useful for a lot of furniture.

I want to stress that I refuse to get an itchy bum or backside from sitting in a Styrofoam sofa. Make me a sac and straw beanbag. I'd rather go organic!

And styrofoam is flammable!

[Hurdegaryp]

Styrofoam is a sturdy lightweight material. It would be useful for a lot of furniture.

I want to stress that I refuse to get an itchy bum or backside from sitting in a Styrofoam sofa. Make me a sac and straw beanbag. I'd rather go organic!

Too heavy. Don't worry, it's just a matter of applying a coating to the styrofoam in order to maximize comfort and user friendliness.

[GreatestBanks]

Children are overrated.

BAN CHILDREN

They are indeed a social burden, they don't produce anything and only consume valuable resources.
We should also seriously consider banning space, as it brings dangerous things into the atmosphere.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

I want to stress that I refuse to get an itchy bum or backside from sitting in a Styrofoam sofa. Make me a sac and straw beanbag. I'd rather go organic!

Too heavy. Don't worry, it's just a matter of applying a coating to the styrofoam in order to maximize comfort and user friendliness.

Can we make mine pink with purplish stars? Go garish or go home, I always say.

[Hurdegaryp]

I want to stress that I refuse to get an itchy bum or backside from sitting in a Styrofoam sofa. Make me a sac and straw beanbag. I'd rather go organic!

And styrofoam is flammable!

So are wood and the materials suggested by Nana. Your argument is not invalid in the technical sense of the word, but it is still invalid.

[GreatestBanks]

We also should ban plastics, since sometimes children eat them and they're dangerous. Also, banning steel, since it can catch on fire, banning salt, since it can cause diseases, banning water, since you can choke on it.

[GreatestBanks]

Banning atoms too, since they collide and make dangerous things happen when they do

[Hurdegaryp]

Banning atoms too, since they collide and make dangerous things happen when they do

It is going to be extremely difficult to undo the existence of the universe, but it is the only way to make absolutely sure no accidents will happen ever again.

[USS Monitor]

Clearly not the subject of this thread. The subject of this thread is why it is absolutely necessary to make most of our furniture out of styrofoam in the nearby future.

Styrofoam is a sturdy lightweight material. It would be useful for a lot of furniture.

But it is not safe. What if some kid pulls it apart, eats pieces, and chokes?

[Gauthier]

Styrofoam is a sturdy lightweight material. It would be useful for a lot of furniture.

But it is not safe. What if some kid pulls it apart, eats pieces, and chokes?

We need to make furniture out of edible, nonperishable materials.

[Wallenburg]

Styrofoam is a sturdy lightweight material. It would be useful for a lot of furniture.

But it is not safe. What if some kid pulls it apart, eats pieces, and chokes?

IMPOSSIBLE! WE ALREADY BANNED CHILDREN!!!

[Marxist Nations]

It's come to my attention that roughly 29 people in the United States per year are killed by falling furniture, even more than terrorists! Many of the victims are children and the elderly. These furniture builders have blood on their hands for all the people they've killed. We need to take immediate steps to correct all these deaths from furniture.

Here's a source for your perusal.

Over 40,000 hospital visits per year are due to falling furniture, causing a drain on our economy due to all these falling-furniture related injuries and deaths.

So, I propose the following changes:

Restrict all furniture pieces to 10 pounds at a maximum, once fully assembled in all parts under which is customarily held. For instance, on a bed, it would include the weight of the mattress, box spring, frame, and headboard (if all are used consistently).

Furniture, plus the things it is holding (other than beds), should be restricted to 15 pounds. There will be periodic mandatory in-home inspections to ensure furniture owners are not overloading their furniture where it can cause a danger to themselves and others. We can establish a federal agency with broad authority to enter homes and weigh furniture and its contents at any time of day or night.

This agency can also weigh individual furniture pieces as they come off the production line to ensure they consistently weigh less than 10 pounds.

We foster the development of carbon-nanotube furniture, and gradually move towards making that mandatory. Government subsidies can be used to help the poor buy furniture.

Given the special danger of televisions (they make up the vast majority of deaths), I suggest televisions over 13 inches be banned unless it can be made in such a way that it weighs less than 5 pounds.

What say ye, NSG?

Please tell me you are bored and are mearly lulzing on NSG.

[Immoren]

It's come to my attention that roughly 29 people in the United States per year are killed by falling furniture, even more than terrorists! Many of the victims are children and the elderly. These furniture builders have blood on their hands for all the people they've killed. We need to take immediate steps to correct all these deaths from furniture.

Here's a source for your perusal.

Over 40,000 hospital visits per year are due to falling furniture, causing a drain on our economy due to all these falling-furniture related injuries and deaths.

So, I propose the following changes:

Restrict all furniture pieces to 10 pounds at a maximum, once fully assembled in all parts under which is customarily held. For instance, on a bed, it would include the weight of the mattress, box spring, frame, and headboard (if all are used consistently).

Furniture, plus the things it is holding (other than beds), should be restricted to 15 pounds. There will be periodic mandatory in-home inspections to ensure furniture owners are not overloading their furniture where it can cause a danger to themselves and others. We can establish a federal agency with broad authority to enter homes and weigh furniture and its contents at any time of day or night.

This agency can also weigh individual furniture pieces as they come off the production line to ensure they consistently weigh less than 10 pounds.

We foster the development of carbon-nanotube furniture, and gradually move towards making that mandatory. Government subsidies can be used to help the poor buy furniture.

Given the special danger of televisions (they make up the vast majority of deaths), I suggest televisions over 13 inches be banned unless it can be made in such a way that it weighs less than 5 pounds.

What say ye, NSG?

Please tell me you are bored and are mearly lulzing on NSG.

Lord Vader is always 100% super cereal.

[Hardened Pyrokinetics]

Goddammit, Gallo...

[Fractalnavel]

... We should also seriously consider banning space, as it brings dangerous things into the atmosphere.

Disagree; it's *time* that's the problem, not space. Force = m * a * t^2. Without time, no bad can happen. Ban time. This also eliminates concerns over the heat death of the universe.

What are you, some kind of space-ist ?

;-)

[The Two Jerseys]

Styrofoam is a sturdy lightweight material. It would be useful for a lot of furniture.

But it is not safe. What if some kid pulls it apart, eats pieces, and chokes?

They won't, because that would be illegal. *nods*

[Wallenburg]

... We should also seriously consider banning space, as it brings dangerous things into the atmosphere.

Disagree; it's *time* that's the problem, not space. Force = m * a * t^2. Without time, no bad can happen. Ban time. This also eliminates concerns over the heat death of the universe.

What are you, some kind of space-ist ?

;-)

Force is just m*a by Newton's Second Law of Motion.