September 28, 2017 4:07 PM EDT
The Internet’s having a ball with the news that IKEA is buying TaskRabbit.
The deal will make TaskRabbit, the online marketplace people use to hire “rabbits” to help with anything from moving to odd jobs, an independent subsidiary of IKEA, according to the tech news site Recode.
One of the ways TaskRabbit helps its customers with general task avoidance is by connecting them with people who can take care of the dreaded task of putting your desk together.
So naturally, the news was ripe fodder for Twitter users who quickly leapt online to joke about IKEA’s latest move.
The furniture assembly connection is the only talking point that matters. See below for the best reactions to the news.
The nugget in this story about TaskRabbit being for small jobs like "making a trip to IKEA" is incredible given IKEA just bought TaskRabbit. https://t.co/Jrhx22o2uC
— Zeninjor Enwemeka (@Zeninjor) September 28, 2017ikea just purchased taskrabbit i bet that deal was hard to put together bye
— lauren ashley bishop (@sbellelauren) September 28, 2017Does this suggest or imply that assembling Ikea furniture was a significant % of what rabbits were hired for?
— Sharky Laguana (@Sharkyl) September 28, 2017Does this mean some poor souls at Task Rabbit have to make a career out of deciphering Ikea hieroglyphics/instructions every day, all day? https://t.co/TE5a5yZoxa
— Shirin Ghaffary (@shiringhaffary) September 28, 2017ncG1vNJzZmismaKyb6%2FOpmZtcWZmg3l%2BjqKinpldqa60t9GamZuhpGK6prnErGStr5mpwaa%2Bjg%3D%3D