are standing desks a meme?

me mum worked in big grocery and practically every grocery cashier ends up with horrific knee problems from standing 9+ hours a day, usually requiring surgery

>just lock your knees like that for 8 hours bro, trust me bro its more natural bro

>m-muh soggy knees!
get in the tube, wagie

>>105783602 (OP)
Standing only? If you do manual labor. Otherwise you want a motorized one.

>not just deving in a 0 gravity pocket dimension

>>105783602 (OP)
Funny image. Jesus christ I hope this is a joke.

>>105783602 (OP)
yeah they are honestly retarded. Fact is everything is stupid, you need to be working out and developing your body. I had all kinds of issues which stopped about 8 months into a regular routine. I can sit on a shitty wooden chair now with 0 issues. Sitting for so long and in the modern world just causes all kinds of m,uscle imbalances and atrophy, you have to overcompensate, simple as.

Sitting when you're tired is natural, but sitting for extended periods is also bad. The chair in your pic is a meme, the desk however is not. Unless you only wheel the chair in when you want to sit, but that's just tedious.

>>105783646
Her knees aren't locked doe

>we're a very modern company
>let me show you to your chair

>>105783602 (OP)
Doing anything for an extended period of time is bad for the body. You're meant to move. Standing desks are good if you're not a dumbass and stand for 8+ hrs straight.

>>105783875
shiiiiiiet, I had a chair like that when I was a kid for when I played the nintendo

>>105783602 (OP)
Yes, just set a repeating timer and get up and pace the hall for literally one minute, it's free (because you can just use an app).

>>105783898
I remember them having one at like the children's museum or something like that. Baffling at first.

>>105783602 (OP)
Desks that raise are kino
Those chairs are bullshit excuses though.

why not just lie down in a bed and mount your monitor to the ceiling?

>>105783934
Bedsores. The point is staying in the same position for extended periods of time is bad regardless of what it is.

>>105783644
ironic how most 3rd world countries allow cashiers sit down but in the west its seen as lazy

>>105783602 (OP)
she's sittin

>>105784127
>sleeping in a bed? YOU'RE GOING TO GET BEDSORES!
wtf bro thats not how it works

yes lol
in about 10-20 years you'll see a ton of people with horrifically bad knees

>>105784148
that's literally how it works

>>105783602 (OP)
Just put suspend me in a tube of water and hook me up to the matrix.

>>105784136
>In the west
In America you mean

>>105784455
Do you know about the watch, and biphasic sleep?

>>105784628
seems irrelevant as you won't get bedsores with a typical 8 or even 10 hour sleep

>>105783602 (OP)
>1. buy standing desk
>2. set to standing height for 3-7 days
>3. set it to actual sitting height and never touch it after that
>4. once in a while (typically after 1-2 years) remember it's a standing desk
>5. go to #2

Can’t wait until floating in water while working is the new working health fad

>>105784648
Yeah, with modern sheets.

>>105783602 (OP)
if you can't stop shoving food down your mouth you aren't gonna lose any weight mcfatty
you need to starve yourself
standing desks won't melt your fat away
stop gulping down food you fat hog
you want this donut?
too bad piggy
i ate it all in front of you already
hahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahaha

>>105783602 (OP)
only if they wobble (mine does)

As other anons have said, the important thing is to move around. Another important thing is to set up a good neutral position for your body. Adjustable desks help with both a lot, but "just stand" isn't good advice.

>>105783898
>>105783919
>>105783875
They've been around for as long as I can remember if not beyond. Friend's family got one for their computer when we were kids. We knew the "correct" way to use it, but we just put our feet on that knee rest and slouched forward.

>>105783602 (OP)
Adjustable ones aren't. Even if you don't plan on standing all day, adjustable ones give you a lot of extra room and space to work with if you get a big wide one.
>infinite leg space
>can adjust monitors to eye height, never needing a shitty laptop stand
>works well with any kind of chair, from a fucking 1 seat sofa to a single mattress, can fit under some adjustable standing desks
Some of them even sell the stand+surface separately and you can use your own surface if you drill the right holes.

Pretty much this>>105784698 They give you a ton of sitting options that I don't see the point in standing anymore. I can't even go back to traditional desks anymore.

>>105783602 (OP)
The standing part of it is a meme, but being able to dial in the height for seated work or being able to raise the desk to access the space underneath it is pretty neat.

>>105783602 (OP)
>are standing desks a meme?
On their own yeah, if you use a treadmill or you're a watchmaker then they're useful.

>>105783602 (OP)
No. It's good to change your position so you're not just sitting in the same position for 8 hours a day 5 days a week for decades.

>>105783602 (OP)
Yes. The idea that we aren't supposed to sit for 8 hours in a row is a good idea, but standing isn't the solution. We aren't supposed to stand still for 8 hours either, and standing is arguably worse than sitting, because standing caused more blood to flow down into your legs. Prolonged periods of standing are are a major contributing factor to things like varicose veins etc in your legs. Not sure, you could argue that you could constantly move around, hop, and twister your legs etc while you are standing on the standing desk, but most people don't actually do that, and it's probably kinda impractical if you have to actually focus on deep work or have a meeting or something.

If you really care about not sitting for too long, you are probably better of taking tiny breaks to stretch and do a few jumps then you are getting a standing desk. Actually standing still for hours in a row fucking destroys your legs and will give you a full set of old person varicose vein legs before you hit 50. Or maybe even before 40.

>>105783875
I sat in one of these one time and it actually felt really good somehow

>>105783602 (OP)
lol fuck your back and legs?

>>105787989
You don't suppose maybe because it actually works as advertised?

>>105783602 (OP)
you can use one with a drafting chair, that is like a regular chair but taller.
one often not tough advantage of standing desks, the non adjustable ones, is that you get way more drawer/storage space in the same horizontal space, without clustering the space above the desk

>>105783644
>>105783646
They keep saying how standing desks are more natural as if our ancient ancestors spent multiple hours every day just standing in place instead of walking and running. Sitting down on your ass cross legged like a turk is more natural than this.

>>105783602 (OP)
Stand only desks are a meme but it's good to switch between positions during the day. Also walk around once in a while.

>>105783875
Had one of those back in the 1980s.

Take the scorpion pill.

>>105789211
It just looks so out of place. They should have made it white.

>>105783644
>>105783646
A decent standing desk can be raised or lowered to switch between standing and sitting mode. Off-and-on standing isn't going to kill your knees in the same way as repeated forced 9-hour shifts will. Off-and-on standing is also much healthier than sitting all day long.

Okay, so why use a standing desk if you're going to sit on a weird stool anyway?

>>105789163
Low quality. Hard to read.

>>105783602 (OP)
Just sit like /our/ nigga L
No, actually

>>105783602 (OP)
I WFH.

All my colleagues that fell for the standing meme had to take health leave to take care their knees or back. EVERY SINGLE ONE.

You have to either:
Sit, using a nice ergonomic chair (just because it's comfy doesn't mean it's great for your health) and stretch at least once every 4 hours for at least 10 minutes.

Or, put a treadmill in front of the PC so you can slowly walk while using the PC. You can lose some weight while doing so, and it won't destroy your body (since you know, the human body was made with movement in mind, not sitting or standing.

>>105783602 (OP)
I've got one I like it. Sometimes I keep it high for standing for months on end, sometimes I always sit. If nothing else it's nice being able to quickly adjust to whatever height I need. Do I want to sit in a chair, or on the floor? Do I need ti lower because I've put my digital piano or synths on it? etc.

>>105783602 (OP)
Yes

>Get up and walk for a few minutes every hour at least
>Go on a 30-40 minute walk daily or most days in the week
Boom you have now walked/stood up enough to be healthy

Standing for hours is retarded, walking is fantastic but prolonged standing for hours is torture.

>>105783602 (OP)
just don't shrimp pose and go to the gym bro

>>105783602 (OP)
Yes. Women are also a meme

>>105783602 (OP)
yes, i get pins and needles in my thigh if i stand in one spot for more than 5 minutes. wonder what could be the issue.

>>105789211
GET IN THE FUCKING SCORPION CHAIR SHINJI

>>105796006
thanks doc

>>105796006
where can i get that chair

>>105784136
I'm in Europe and never seen a standing cashier in my life

i have work parasites in my ass, i need to sit to keep pressure on it to help keep away the worms

>>105796368
worm