This week’s Discourse™ shines the highlight on gaming chairs

I’ve a confession: I’ve by no means owned a gaming chair, nor have I ever actually felt the necessity to get a gaming chair (effectively, perhaps aside from the Hey Kitty x Razer collab, however that’s solely as a result of it’s Hey Kitty). For one factor, they’re all the time tremendous costly, and I’m attempting to ball on a price range over right here. I’ve additionally heard blended issues from my mates — for probably the most half, they are saying they’re not tremendous snug, though my roommate loves that it’s good and agency and makes them sit up straighter. As somebody who prefers delicate, squishy chairs and mattresses, I’m not bought.

Yesterday I noticed this TikTok come throughout my Twitter feed (man, what a 2022 sentence) and I assumed the consumer @Kesswylie had a fairly good idea about why these good ol’ gaming chairs could make our backs ache after some time. His idea is that when firms began making chairs that they needed to particularly model as “gaming chairs,” they simply made them look as cool as attainable. In case you’ve seen one, you’ve seen ’em all, as a result of apparently it’s solely a gaming chair if it is available in one form and design.

He then goes on to argue that common workplace chairs are your greatest guess in the case of consolation, as a result of “firms need to enhance peak efficiency of staff in order that they’re effective sitting of their workplace chair for over ten hours straight with out hurting their well being,” an concept that he calls “dystopian.” @Kesswylie doesn’t cite any sources that help this concept, and a few folks within the replies argue that if it’s all about aesthetics, firms are doing the identical factor, as a result of they’re designing for what’s going to look good in an workplace. If nothing else it makes you suppose a bit extra about what sort of chair you select to spend a majority of your day in.

Enjoyable reality. Gaming chairs are unhealthy for you. pic.twitter.com/oAtgzqv0C5

— Kess Kickstarting Cool Cube (@Kesswylie) August 11, 2022

He goes on to suggest a price range workplace chair possibility, the well-known and well-reviewed FlexFit Hyken Mesh Process Chair, which is gonna run you round $200 at shops like Staples, however that’s fairly good in comparison with a $500 Razer chair if you happen to’re going for one thing model title. After all, you’ll be able to all the time attempt to search out a gaming chair on sale, or get the extra reasonably priced $150 model, additionally out there at Staples.

Okay, I do know I’m ragging on gaming chairs loads, however they’re simply not my factor. To me, you’re paying some huge cash for one thing that doesn’t provide you with a lot profit in any respect. Perhaps I’m simply getting older, however as of late I’m rather more prepared to drop money on ergonomic gadgets that I do know will hold me feeling good.

Some folks swear by them although, and I don’t need to be out right here yucking another person’s yum. Extra energy to you if you happen to’re on the gaming chair practice.

We need to know what you guys suppose — what sort of chair do you sport in? What are your ideas on gaming chairs? Let’s focus on within the feedback under.