> Mind blown with static discharge.

You might want to look into some extra shielding for your mind. I hear having it blown by static discharge too many times can cause brain damage. ;)

In all seriousness, yeah, this is crazy! IMO, IKEA should either recall and fix, modify the design of, or stop selling these chairs. ESD can seriously damage equipment, and I could easily see there being cumulative effects from something like this.