“I need a place to work, not a staged photograph from an IKEA catalog.”

Not sure how that isn’t judgement… but parent comment is more than welcome to share their space with the community so we can get a more diverse catalog of how people work. :)

That quote is a personal opinion of the commenter and holds no judgement against those people who prefer to have workspaces that look like “staged photograph from an IKEA catalog”.

“Absolutely dreadful” is 100% a judgement.

That's a personal opinion that holds no judgment against people who prefer to have those “absolutely dreadful” workspaces.

Sorry, but if you ask anyone on the street if you are judging them after calling them or their possessions or their lifestyle "absolutely dreadful," they will absolutely say you are judging them and moreover are deliberately insulting them. Perhaps you don't see it yourself but it is absolutely how it comes across to others.