They really don’t make things like they used to. Back in the day, if you bought a house, you could expect it not to fall down for at least a few decades. Now, however, everything is made from plastic and particle board, putting 90% of our personal belongings in a perpetual state of near-collapse.

Call it laziness, profit seeking, planned obsolescence, or some horrible combination of the three, but unless you want to spend tens of thousands of dollars while decorating a house or apartment, you’re more than likely going to be stuck with something that’ll become a pile of sawdust and wood glue if you lean on it too hard. These roommates learned this the hard way after they woke up to discover that their entire kitchen had dismantled itself overnight. An excuse to order takeout!