You’ve probably seen these videos on TikTok: Someone finds an old, beaten-up piece of furniture and cleans it up to make it sparkle, turning trash into treasure.
But one of those videos has gone very viral, for a variety of reasons: User @yafavv.mandaa saw what she said was a $8,000 couch on a New York City street. She called her dad to pick it up, which he did, and then they got to cleaning.
Pause here for a second: I, as a native and current New York resident, would NEVER pick up a couch off the street. I know people who do, but the fear of bed bugs or God knows what has me nervous.
OK, back to the video: It’s now in this woman’s apartment, but it’s sparked debate and lots of memes. Let’s dive in to both:
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The videos
WHY TF AM I NEVER THIS LUCKY 🤦🏾♂️ pic.twitter.com/j8Ik3zkge7
— garçon (@boymolish) May 20, 2023
@yafavv.mandaa Replying to @Habibi the long awaited couch update 😙 #nyc #couch
The memes
heard the craziest story last night at a party. buddy of mine found this $8k couch in an abandoned building, took it home, & found it's haunted. the ghost of a Victorian child would rise off it every night at 3am and stare at him, blankly. he threw the couch on a sidewalk last wk pic.twitter.com/2nYoLCZowx
— derek guy (@dieworkwear) May 21, 2023
Has anyone seen this couch? Someone accidentally spilled invasive bighead carp blood samples all over it, so we left it out to dry and now it’s gone. We need it for the break room. Give it back. pic.twitter.com/fiAmXmXE1h
— Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (@OKWildlifeDept) May 22, 2023
This image is a good litmus test for politics. Do you regard this couch with respect or disgust? pic.twitter.com/tGm9XJf83m
— zach silberberg supports the WGA (@zachsilberberg) May 22, 2023
yesterday I had to say goodbye to my $8000 couch because I found 2 million individual bed bugs and 3 different colonies of bacteria inside of it, and it stinks really bad. I left it on the sidewalk for garbage collection 💔 pic.twitter.com/Gq3T72u7nR
— Hurt CoPain (@SaeedDiCaprio) May 22, 2023
Just found this $8,000 couch on the curb pic.twitter.com/XIoGLKzWwq
— brett (@tinyhotopicbish) May 21, 2023
i really hate to add but i’m pretty sure this is the aliexpress couch for $600 https://t.co/8Lyktp2eC1 pic.twitter.com/yh8SfZs6Q9
— 5hahem aka Dr. Durag (@shaTIRED) May 21, 2023
The debate
if a 7k couch is thrown out and THAT dirty, i trust it's where it belongs https://t.co/9XRxup3jG5
— eeeyeeahyeahhh (@likethehills) May 21, 2023
is it real?
— BellaRose🏹 (@ouiitsbellarose) May 20, 2023
I thought she was gonna clean it up to sell it.. idk if I would put that in my house….especially after such a light cleaning 🫣
— Ashlee (@tweetwithashlee) May 21, 2023
They should’ve power washed it
— Lola Marie 🖤 (@NoFuucksGivenn) May 21, 2023
Ummm no
Flea treatment?
Bed bug ?
No way I’m putting that in my house.— Albert (@albertr_us) May 21, 2023
its a knock-off. the fabric isn't correct. It should be that honeycomb/meshy synthetic that they use. https://t.co/gmksZAknXc pic.twitter.com/1xp5gTEjjS
— ds00za (@ds00za) May 21, 2023
