"I Had One. I Had A Cat. Then I Didn’t Have One.": This Oddly Specific Thing People Used To Sleep On In The '80s And '90s Is Going Viral On TikTok, And All The Young People Are Sad They Never Got To Experience It

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"Quite the thrust they were."

The olden days were a unsafe time.

Seatbelts weren't a requirement.

Smoking cigarettes was encouraged.

...And sleeping connected a container of h2o was "in."

Yes, I'm talking astir a waterbed.

Any millennial who has seen A Goofy Movie knows what I'm talking about.

The archetypal waterbed was invented successful 1968 and gained popularity successful the '70s. However, they truly became a deed successful the '80s and aboriginal '90s, but rapidly became a happening of the past by the clip the '00s rolled astir (for respective reasons, which we volition get to successful a bit).

Anyway, Gen Z has rediscovered them connected TikTok aft @ohhelloitsnikki went viral for sharing immoderate chaotic facts astir them. So, beryllium down and stitchery 'round for immoderate absorbing info astir these infamous beds that Nikki shared successful her TikTok...

She begins, "Have you looked astatine facts astir h2o beds yet today? If you haven't, I person immoderate for you, truthful that mightiness prevention you the occupation from Googling it. Waterbeds were truthful fashionable successful the '70s and '80s that out of each 5 beds sold, 1 was a waterbed. Each h2o furniture weighed betwixt 1,500 to 2,000 pounds."

"So, if you're going to person it upstairs, deliberation astir it and past deliberation astir it again, and past bash that similar 400 times. Because if you person it upstairs and you enactment each the h2o successful it, you can't conscionable determination it. You person to drain each the h2o retired earlier moving it. Also, are your floors dense capable for that? I'm going to really look that up aft this to spot disasters with h2o beds, due to the fact that that sounded riveting."

Nikki past realized she had a batch of different things to Google, but hoped the accusation was helpful.

Clearly, the TikTok piqued people's interest.

And it made tons of them spell down representation lane.

The reviews were mixed, with a batch of radical disliking the beds.

And claiming they are conscionable atrocious to slumber on.

On the different hand, determination were a batch of radical who praised them.

And these radical assertion waterbeds provided optimal shut-eye.

In fact, immoderate accidental they haven't had a bully night's slumber since they stopped sleeping connected one!

The reviews look to beryllium a coagulated 50/50 divided — and yes, immoderate radical inactive ain them.

But, whether radical similar them oregon not, everyone admits they were a hazard successful much ways than one.

It seems similar engineers were needed earlier placing them successful homes.

Because waterbeds = anxiety.

And they were rather maintenance-heavy.

So, having security connected them was astir apt a bully idea.

They were precise annoying astatine times.

And if the heater broke you were doomed.

Silk sheets were besides a risk.

And slapping them was ne'er a bully idea.

People who slumber with their pets apt decided against them...

However, caller parents were encouraged to get 1 for their babies!!

As good arsenic their kids. (Again, the olden days were dangerous.)

All this being said, waterbeds definite were indestructible.

But radical got bully usage retired of them!

So, if you had (or inactive have) a waterbed, you gotta fto america cognize successful the comments. AND SHARE YOUR AGE IF YOU DARE!!!!

Waterbeds. What. a. ride.

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