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Does anyone ever reach a high level of productivity with correct posture? I can't.

Sure, but getting the right environment is a prerequisite. In my case it’s a Herman Miller Embody chair [1] that stops me getting into a bad position (it’s not impossible, it just encourages good posture).

[1] https://www.hermanmiller.com/en_gb/products/seating/office-c...

Totally a tangent here but it amazes me how a company as big as Herman Miller could screw a product page up so much by not even having a picture of the damn product.

Something might be wrong with your client (ad-blocker, NoScript maybe?) because there a ton of pictures on that page.

Ha, yep you're right. How bizarre, wasn't a browser ad block, it was adguard dns blocking a ton of tracking scripts needed to show the images.

It's the first thing on the page. Your browser is doing something funky.

Was adguard dns. Apparently their asset delivery method is flagged on a ton of adblocker lists.

I had the same problem.

It's there, you just have to slouch to see it.

Lol, I see the image fine but if I click the red "Buy Now" button, I get a 404.

Fortunately, I type this, sitting in my wonderful 15 year old Embody chair so I don't actually need to buy now. Everyone is different and I never raved much about Aerons but the Embody has been very good to me, whether my posture is textbook "good" or "badly" slouched and reclined ... it supports and makes me want to sit and work. :-)

if you are US based, it seems like switching to United States as the country works (or en_us in the URL from en_gb)

The embodiment of overpriced and mediocre

Word of warning: the Embody chair does not have front-to-back adjustments for the armrests. They will be pretty useless unless you like having your keyboard close to the edge of your desk.

I ditched all my HM chairs for a standard wooden chair. They just never felt right (maybe the non-forward-adjustable armrests had something to do with it), but boy are they good at selling you an expensive fantasy.

Hell, my bed is on the floor, and my sofa is now also a pillow on the floor.

I was the same for decades until I moved somewhere with black widows.

Wow! That chair costs about $2000. https://store.hermanmiller.com/office-chairs-ergonomic-chair...

Nice back you've got there. It'd be a shame if anything happened to it.

Luckily there is no such thing as "correct posture".

if im not sitting on my right foot with left knee under my chin my thinking takes a hit, but i also have to constantly switch how im sitting so i dont get annoyed. its hard not to slouch/melt into whatever im sitting on and i think the only way to offset all that is the gym.

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