# You're sitting on the floor. Why? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 5, 2014, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sitting-on-the-floor-why/703734 "2014-11-05T11:40:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sitting-on-the-floor-why/703734/61 "2014-11-06T13:06:36Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Labor is cheap in Thailand. I just hire people to pick me up off the floor. Go all-out with a sedan chair (or Woh/พระวอ). Well worth the extra baht. [Oh, my.](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Woh.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sitting-on-the-floor-why/703734/62 "2014-11-06T13:49:02Z")
No furniture. I blame myself. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sitting-on-the-floor-why/703734/63 "2014-11-06T22:45:20Z")
Because I’m poor and can’t afford any furniture. You need to check you middle-class privilege. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sitting-on-the-floor-why/703734/64 "2014-11-06T22:52:53Z")
Because I live, sit, and sleep on the floor in my own place. You got a problem with that, dumbass? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sitting-on-the-floor-why/703734/65 "2014-11-06T23:21:44Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Because I’m poor and can’t afford any furniture. You need to check you middle-class privilege. Ah, but at least you _have_ a floor. First world problem, dude. In Zybekastan most people have never _seen_ a floor. Poverty is rampant.:mad: ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sitting-on-the-floor-why/703734/66 "2014-11-06T23:30:52Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Ah, but at least you _have_ a floor. First world problem, dude. In Zybekastan most people have never _seen_ a floor. Poverty is rampant.:mad: In Ratsnestistan, they live in holes in the ground. The rich people have holes above the water table. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sitting-on-the-floor-why/703734/67 "2014-11-06T23:37:03Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > In Ratsnestistan, they live in holes in the ground. The rich people have holes above the water table. > :mad: I’ve supported their cause for years. Bless you. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sitting-on-the-floor-why/703734/68 "2014-11-06T23:40:29Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’ve supported their cause for years. Bless you. Then you have given donations to buy the poor battery powered sump pumps and solar cells! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sitting-on-the-floor-why/703734/69 "2014-11-07T00:01:57Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Then you have given donations to buy the poor battery powered sump pumps and solar cells! > 🙂 No. Wicks solid air freshener. I was led to believe that was the way to go. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sitting-on-the-floor-why/703734/70 "2014-11-07T01:16:12Z")
I felt like testing how secure the screws in my spine are? Getting out of a low chair is hard enough. Getting off the floor takes some planning. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sitting-on-the-floor-why/703734/71 "2014-11-07T01:28:08Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > No. Wicks solid air freshener. I was led to believe that was the way to go. Do please make a donation for the sump pumps! We are temporarily using my Paypal account for this purpose. ---
**Author:** ![DingoelGringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@DingoelGringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DingoelGringo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sitting-on-the-floor-why/703734/72 "2014-11-07T01:30:40Z")
My old lady was sitting on the floor and I sat down beside her hoping to get a little for the first time since about Xmas. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sitting-on-the-floor-why/703734/73 "2014-11-07T01:36:18Z")
I’m either playing with the dogs or grooming them. ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sitting-on-the-floor-why/703734/74 "2014-11-07T02:03:32Z")
I’m doing rows on my extremely cheap home gym. ---
**Author:** ![Tzigone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sitting-on-the-floor-why/703734/75 "2014-11-07T02:17:16Z")
I frequently sit on the floor when at a family gathering where there are more people than chairs. Why? Partially because I did as a child, and partially because at those family gatherings, there are more older people than younger (my parents, aunts & uncles, and grandparents - 40s to 91 in age, but most in 50s). But sometimes at my parents I sit on the floor anyway, even if there aren’t many people there. Again, I guess because I did as a child. At home I’m virtually always in a chair in front of the computer. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sitting-on-the-floor-why/703734/76 "2014-11-07T03:55:04Z")
Your chairs hurt my back and knees. ---
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sitting-on-the-floor-why/703734/77 "2014-11-07T20:36:30Z")
I am either: [ul] [li]Brushing the dog [/li][li]playing with my nephew[/li][li]sorting thru a pile of papers/photos that requires more space than the table provides[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sitting-on-the-floor-why/703734/78 "2014-11-09T15:29:20Z")
Dog wrasslin’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sitting-on-the-floor-why/703734.md?page=3)