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Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by AndrewKemendo on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @05:29PM (#49352971)
Malm was released in the 1980s: https://techvibeblog.com/what-is-ikea-malm-made-of/

Girl with the dragon tattoo was released in 2005

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Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by tazjin on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @07:39PM (#49354500)
Currently 6833 people in Sweden have the last name "Malm", and some large fraction of them were born before 2005 (could not be bothered to check how many, sorry!).
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Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by thorbutt on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @10:34PM (#49355910)
I believe you, but that site reeks of LLM generated SEO junk
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Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by AndrewKemendo on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @10:56PM (#49356076)
You’ve let your biases affect your analysis
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