What is 
The Chair Problem?

The Chair Problem is an entertainment brand built around the comedy of thinking too much.
Thinkging is useful. Thinking too much is hilarious.
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You probably
know the feeling.

Someone asks a simple question.
You give a simple answer.
Then someone asks, "Well, what do you mean by 'simple'?"
Twenty minutes later, nobody remembers the original question.
That is the Chair Problem.
Overthinking the Simple Sandwich

The thinking isn't
the problem.

Curiosity is good. Asking better questions can lead to better answers.

But there is a point somewhere between "Do I want a sandwich?" and "Do I have a complete philosophical framework for choosing a sandwich?" where the whole thing becomes very funny.
Sometimes, thinking just... keeps going. Whether you want it to or not.

You may know this person. 
You may BE this person.

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Unnecessary follow-up questions.
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Context nobody
requested.
Overthinking the Simple Sandwich
Invented systems that did not need improving.
The simple answer is just not good enough.
Sound familiar?

So why is it called
The Chair Problem?

Someone asks:
What is a chair?

Easy, something you sit on.
I can sit on a horse, is a horse a chair?
Uh...no...
Why not, we sit on it.

And suddenly, a completely ordinary object has become a philosophical problem nobody needed solved.
That's the Chair Problem.
A Horse Is Not a Chair

For the overthinkers
in your life.

The Chair Problem is ultimately an affectionate joke about people who think a little too much.

Sometimes that's you. Sometimes it's someone you love. Usually, they already know who they are. 

The products are a way to celbrate our fellow overthinkers, share the joke, or give someone a gift.
"I know exactly how your brain works. I love you anyway."
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It started as a joke
about chairs.

But if you're going to spend this much time thinking about chairs, eventually you run into a chair problem that isn't funny.

The Four Causes explain how The Chair Problem gets from one to the other.
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Stay in the rabbit hole.

New products, new ideas, and occasional evidence that the thinking has continued.
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