I was reading an entry about vintage clothing on a site, Stuff White People Like, and I realized there’s a trend I was wholly unaware of: Ikea Hate.
It’s like noticing the little arrow between the E and the X in the FedEx logo; once I saw the jab at Ikea on that site, I was noticing it everywhere on the sites I frequent. Whether it’s Facebook or Digg (heck, I’ve even see a bit of it on National Review Online), it seems there’s a very vocal contingent of the interweb that just hate Ikea.And this is where I’m confused. I went to Ikea store once and I found that the majority of their stock was tasteful, inexpensive, and fairly well-made for the price. After that visit, I helped my sister put together a table from Ikea that now graces her kitchen and holds all the bottles of wine that she gets as gifts but will never open. It’s a good table.
So, in my limited, anecdotal experience, I find Ikea to be nice. I imagine that when I finally am un-poor enough to move out, or I actually get The Call to DC, a fair few items in my swingin’ bachelor pad will be from there. So, I ask you, my handful of readers, what’s up with with the Ikea hate?
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