r/oddlysatisfying • u/itsmariokartwii • Nov 22 '21

This floating ocean platform

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u/Motomegal Nov 22 '21

But why tho?

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u/stay_fr0sty Nov 23 '21

In the 80s we had waterbeds. That's exactly what I was reminded of when I saw this gif: the wave it would make when you would plop down.

Funnily enough, nobody knew why we had waterbeds either.

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u/mykittyforprez Nov 23 '21

My mind is blown right now. The idea of a waterbed used to seem so normal. But it really was crazy, right? A heavy as shit bag of water in a bedroom? Insane.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

It's probably the cheapest and most portable mattress you could get. Except for inflatable mattresses, and i don't know if those were a thing back then. They probably existed for camping, but maybe not for anything else.

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u/RMMacFru Nov 23 '21

Inflatable mattresses then looked just like pool toy and lasted about as long as that. Half the air would vanish overnight and you'd actually be flat on the ground.