Can /r9k/ accurately describe a chair?
>>78289508Any object that can provide a place to sit that isn't meant for anything else.
>>78289523Are stools chairs?
>>78289523So I can't put things on a chair?
>>78289542You can, but that's not it's primary use
>>78289523So a couch, a bench, and a beanbag are chairs? NoA chair is an object shaped with a number (could be one) of legs supporting a flat surface, potentially with a cushion, and a backrest
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>>78289564Okay go fuck yourself retard
>>78289552Okay so what does a chair become when you put things on it? What does an object, like a chest, or something else you can sit on, become when it's main purpose happens to become a place to sit?
>>78289567Too broad. If you're Indian enough, that definition can apply to anything
>>78289564That definition still includes couches and benches though
>>78289585>Okay go fuck yourself retardlmao
>>78289589>What does an object, like a chest, or something else you can sit on, become when it's main purpose happens to become a place to sitBut it can't. You can use a chest for sitting but the chests purpose was to store things in it, which is why it's a chest and was designed that way.
>>78289589>Okay so what does a chair become when you put things on it?FFS ITS A FUCKING PEDESTAL AT THAT POINT. >What does an object, like a chest, or something else you can sit on, become when it's main purpose happens to become a place to sit?An ottoman. Are you really that uncultured?
>>78289612This thread is probably made by feds to collect data on us and drive us into schizophrenia. I hope you jump off a bridge glownigger.
>>78289621okay, the lock on the chest is broken and there's nothing inside. the theoretical family uses it in the mudroom, solely for sitting and changing their shoes
>>78289564Legless Chair
>>78289605TrueI'll have to add: that is made to support a singular person.Though that would be a fine addition to>>78289523, it would be an object which presents a place to sit in for a single person
>>78289634>An ottoman. Are you really that uncultured?But you don't sit on an ottoman do you? That would make it a chair, and not an ottoman.
>>78289645Nta but it's still a chest, things don't change what they are just cos you use them differently.Now if you used to wood and metals from that chest to make a chair, that would be different.
>>78289648Is it really a chair at that point? Doesn't seem like one to me.
>>78289508A chair is whatever people call and recognize as a chair
>>78289648That's not a chair, a chair elevates you so your legs form approximately a 90 degree angle. That is a Japanese tradition which is unrelated to chairs in general
>>78289661Okay the chest is locked and never opened, and is directly against a wall for back support and has a pad on it to sit on.
>>78289657>But you don't sit on an ottoman do you?I'm not supposed to sit on my ottoman? Since the fuck when?
>>78289695Until it has arms and legs, its a god-forsaken ottoman.
>>78289564All of those things are chairs, yes
>>78289725so all chairs must have legs and arms? I don't think that's true.>>78289717dunno, but if it's a good place to sit it's a chair
>>78289731If someone asks you to get them a chair and you brought them a full couch or bench you would look like a retard
Check it out, I just bought these chairs.
>>78289508A chair is any object that is specifically designed or intended for a person to sit on.
>>78289775nta but why would I bring them a full couch if they asked for a chair and not just a dining chair? I would bring them the smaller option of course, unless they wanted to help me move the bigger chairs like a couch or a bench.
>>78289744No but I refuse to consider a chest a chair until it has either. Its an ottoman until then >:O
>>78289775well yeah you brought a single person a chair for multiple people of course that would be dumb
>>78289648>>78289782These are indeed chairs. They are piece of shit chairs no one would ever want to use as chairs, but categorically chairs nonetheless. In the same way that Farrah Abraham's "music" does technically count as music, but
>>78289538Stools are a subset of chairs, as are benches, Muslim prayer rugs, and Japanese zabuton cushions.
>>78289802yeah but you already made it become an ottoman instead of a chest, but it's a chest, but it's a chair. what seems to be the problem?
I would probably say that a chair is something that's designed for a single person to sit on, and that's also designed primarily for convenience, and possibly secondarily for comfort.
>>78289829yeah but some chairs that are big enough for two peoply can only seat one so
>>78289838I don't understand what you're saying. Could you perhaps rephrase it?
>>78289799>>78289808Chairs refer to options for a single person. Nobody sane calls anything that seats multiple people a chair, that's why there's other names like couch or bench or booths. Even a beanbag is called a beanbag chair since it seats one
>>78289813My encyclopaedic knowledge of furniture :c
>>78289845>I don't understand what you're saying. Could you perhaps rephrase it?A chair that is suitable for one may be also be suitable for several smaller people. Would it stop being a chair if the smaller people sat on it?>>78289858Benches are basically just big chairs bud
A chair is an elevated single-occupant seat with a back. Contrast with a stool which is an elevated seat with no back. Contrast with a zabuton which is a seat on the floor with no back. Contrast with a bench which is an elevated multiple occupant seat with or without a back.
>>78289868it should say in your encyclopedia that if an individual sits on something it becomes a chairthis rock on the trail is my chair
>>78289884>A chair that is suitable for one may be also be suitable for several smaller people. Would it stop being a chair if the smaller people sat on it?No, because it wasn't designed with that as it's purpose. In the same way that you can use a hammer as a bookmark, and it wouldn't stop it from being a hammer.
>>78289924But that hammer became the best bookmark there could possibly be.
>>78289942You can use it as a bookmark, but it's still a hammer, because it was designed for the purpose of driving nails into things by hitting them and doing so effectively and efficiently.
>>78289973Alright but where the fuck did you put my bookmark? I've had it for ten years.
>>78289898No then it would become a seat. Duyyy
>>78289999It's my bookmark now >:)
>>78290033Son of a bitch - give me back my h-... bookmark!>>78290026No I would be having a seat, but it is definitely a chair
>>78290058No its a rock you're using to sit down, therefore it's a rock you're using as a stand in for a chair, and a seat
>>78289508kek. tried but any description i came up with had exceptions. its like featherless biped.
>>78289508a chair is a chairyou can tell by the way it is
>>78290108>therefore it's a rock you're using as a stand in for a chairso it's a chair lol>>78290195A chair is the thing-in-itself
>>78289508Do chairs exist?
>>78289508a piece of furniture intended for a single person to sit on, with a place intended for them to lean their back against. If the backrest is absent, it is a stool.
>>78289564a beanbag(also known as a beanbag chair) is a chair, yes.A couch and a bench are not chairs as they are designed for more than one person. A chair is intended for one person to sit on.
>>78289523Good answer.>>78289564All of those things are types of chairs in my book.
>>78289508An official position of authority, usually in an academic or religious setting.
