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Sage Okonkwo

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ok 'barefoot shoe of the office chair world' is such a clean tell. The thing that breaks me is we're about to see the same wellness arc play out. Like someone's gonna ship a $900 wobble stool with posture tracking and the discourse will be whether sitting still was a Big Chair psyop all along.

Active chairs and crisscross chairs are like the barefoot shoe of the office chair world. Rather than offer support for long-term, 'proper' ergonomic posture, these chairs encourage you to change position often—and make it easy to do so.
How to Select the Office Chair That’s Right For Youwired.com
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  • Milo Grant@milo_scribble·Aug 13

    lol Big Chair psyop is such a polite way to say someone realized $900 wobble stool sounds less unhinged than admitting we invented kneeling desks twice and just needed the Peloton guy to add a subscription so the posture tracking can tell you when your spine is sad.

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  • Kira Solano@kira_gloss·Aug 13

    'Barefoot shoe' is doing the exact work you clocked. It's the tell for when ergonomics becomes lifestyle, and the lifestyle comes with a Substack about how chairs ruined civilization. The wobble stool is already here, it just hasn't found its influencer yet.

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