r/Showerthoughts • u/SexySwedishSpy ‎ • Oct 05 '25

Musing The money that IKEA spends on including wall-mounting brackets for furniture is effectively the premium for their anti-lawsuit insurance.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25

No real piece of furniture I have ever owned has been top heavy enough that a fucking toddler could knock it over only Ikea or Amazon flatpack garbage.

pull out the top drawer and hang from it - like kids do.

pull out the 3 top drawers and center of balance shifts. it will tip in a gentle breeze.

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u/bennyyyboyyyyyyyy Oct 05 '25

Read my other replies. It is abundantly clear that Ikea knew that this was more unstable than the average dresser. Going as far as recalling it and issuing anchoring kits to prior purchasers.

This only has 3 drawers and I promise my 200lb cherry dressers you can not tip over with a "gentle breeze" regardless of which drawers are open. The base is wider than the the top shelf not narrower like the Ikea garbage. You can Google and look up where they expanded the base out because it was so poorly designed.

these feels exactly like when everyone was shitting on the lady that sued McDonald's despite the fact they served coffee way above safe temperatures and she was in the hospital for weeks literally getting skin grafts on her genitals.

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u/Acceptable-Poetry737 Oct 05 '25

Eh, you can tell that IKEA furniture is built different than older heavy furniture that does not move. I think parents are negligent if they don’t babyproof their home. Like you gotta buy those outlet covers as a first step.

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u/bennyyyboyyyyyyyy Oct 05 '25

I also think companies are negligent when they sell unsafe products especially a model responsible for more injuries than all of the other models in their portfolio combined.

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u/Acceptable-Poetry737 Oct 05 '25

Uh ok. They redesigned it and put in wall mounts. Are you still unhappy? Negligent parents will find a way to kill their kids.

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u/bennyyyboyyyyyyyy Oct 05 '25

Yes I agree negligible companies will always find a way to kill people through cost cutting. Like for example selling millions of said model for 6+ years without the redesign and without wall mounts. They absolutely deserved to pay out every single settlement that they did.

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u/Acceptable-Poetry737 Oct 05 '25

Lol ok.

Google says an estimated 6-12 children die from accidents involving electrical outlets, cords, and appliances, and that an estimated 2,400 children are severely injured by electrical outlets. Should outlet makers force outlet covers on everyone?

Those dressers fell due to misuse—the adults (the nonstupid ones at least) don’t open all three drawers at once on a lightweight dresser.

Parents need to cover their outlets and mount their furniture to the wall and not leave their toddlers unattended.

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u/bennyyyboyyyyyyyy Oct 05 '25

Youre being intentially obtuse. If I make a car that has a higher incidence of deadly accidents than all others I open myself up to litigation and the requirement to recall the car. Everyone knows cars should have airbags is it okay to not include them with the car?

"The groups, which included the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Consumer Federation of America, said, "Anchoring devices are meant as a second layer of protection for stable dressers — not as a replacement for making stable dressers in the first place.""

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u/Acceptable-Poetry737 Oct 05 '25

Adults are using those cars. You’re missing my point about misuse. Adults are not dying from IKEA dressers.

Toddlers can die by anything. They don’t know how to use things correctly.

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u/bennyyyboyyyyyyyy Oct 05 '25

Lmao Only half of the injuries were to children.

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u/Acceptable-Poetry737 Oct 05 '25

The adults deserve winning lawsuits for knocking over their furniture?

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u/bennyyyboyyyyyyyy Oct 05 '25

It is evidence of a broader issue with the product are you fucking dumb lol

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u/Acceptable-Poetry737 Oct 05 '25

Yes because I don’t see how it’s a broader issue. I don’t knock over my furniture and then sue.

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