• Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    … How does that make it doubly stupid? He wouldn’t know what ikea stores sell in Europe. His only exposure was a week known European brand stores offerings.

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      2 months ago

      You before said it was based on the stuff that is used for college dorms, so I gathered he was looking at similar offerings as in other stores but just assumed it to be smaller because of some Ikea-specific reasons instead, so he then had to make up a suitable reason.

      But on the other hand, perhaps he knew that College dorms are not a thing in Europe and had to find a reason the Ikea sold small furniture regardless of this.
      In that case his remark wouldn’t have been stupid at all but a valid speculative thought process based on deeper cultural knowledge.

      Who knows…