Not making your bed is actually good

[A22]

I don't think the members of this forum make their beds so here's a good excuse if you live with someone:

Research suggests that while an unmade bed may look scruffy it is also unappealing to house dust mites thought to cause asthma and other allergies.

A Kingston University study discovered the bugs cannot survive in the warm, dry conditions found in an unmade bed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4181629.stm

It's an old article, and as most of the "health news" on the internet today it's mostly sensationalism.

 

[Solitaire U.]

I don't think the members of this forum make their beds

Why?

 

[intpz]

Why?

Because it consumes time that you could use daydreaming.

 

[Fukyo]

I make my bed regularly. Unmade beds gross me out. I don't want dust collecting on my bedsheets or someone sitting on them. Besides it just looks better when it's made.

 

[intpz]

Well then say "don't sit on my damn bed," I don't let anyone sit on mine. And the last time I actually made my bed was more than 10 years ago.

 

[Cognisant]

Not making your bed is gross, your body perspires during the night and the skin has a small amount of natural oil in it (helps to make us waterproof) which means if you make your bed in the morning you're creating a warm, dark, slightly damp environment for bacteria and fungi to grow.

Sunlight and fresh air evaporate moisture and kill the fungi/bacteria.
Of course I sleep during the day, but I'm not human so it's okay

 

[intpz]

Does that mean that SJs sleep with bacteria in the home of fungi? I'd rather a woman.

 

[Cognisant]

But women prefer fungi's.

 

[intpz]

Too bad SJs wouldn't believe what you tell them anyway, they are inclined to their opinion, even if you show them 10 articles, 3 books and get 5 people to tell them that they are wrong.

 

[Auburn]

Not making your bed is gross, your body perspires during the night and the skin has a small amount of natural oil in it (helps to make us waterproof) which means if you make your bed in the morning you're creating a warm, dark, slightly damp environment for bacteria and fungi to grow.

So not making your bed is gross because if you do make your bed, then you'll have bacteria and fungi growing in it? that sounds kinda backwards.

...but I'm not human so it's okay

Ah yes, forgot. lol
Carry on~

 

[Cognisant]

So not making your bed is gross because if you do make your bed, then you'll have bacteria and fungi growing in it? that sounds kinda backwards.

Ah yes, because it is.

 

[Deleted member 1424]

I make my bed regularly. Unmade beds gross me out. I don't want dust collecting on my bedsheets or someone sitting on them. Besides it just looks better when it's made.

This confuses me.....

I don't see how 'making' a bed is preventative of dust or of illicit sitting (try thumbtacks maybe). Surely you could just wash the sheets and blanket?

Imo the best thing about making a bed, is unmaking it.

I do occasionally tear the entire set up apart....
I've read too many internet materials about bedbugs.
Fortunately I've never found any.

 

[intpz]

This confuses me.....

I don't see how 'making' a bed is preventative of dust or of illicit sitting (try thumbtacks maybe). Surely you could just wash the sheets and blanket?

Imo the best thing about making a bed, is unmaking it.

I do occasionally tear the entire set up apart....
I've read too many internet materials about bedbugs.
Fortunately I've never found any.

After reading this, somehow I was drawn to make a correlation between your avatar.

 

[Deleted member 1424]

Bed bugs and Spidaires are different!

 

[intpz]

They look alike, so I conclude that they are the same. Besides, I've never heard of the word "spidaires," so it's a good reason to doubt your credibility and enhance my argument.

 

[A22]

Why?

It's a rather useless routine that demands some work to be done in the morning. And this is the INTP forum.

@Fukyo

I guess cleaning your sheets on a regular basis does the job, and if the study is valid you'd be avoiding dust accumulation and enhancing dust mites accumulation.

Anyway, this wasn't intended to be a serious discussion.

 

[Deleted member 1424]

They look alike, so I conclude that they are the same. Besides, I've never heard of the word "spidaires," so it's a good reason to doubt your credibility and enhance my argument.

you had an argument?

 

[intpz]

Most words have multiple definitions.

 

[ObliviousGenius]

None of the facts on this thread are enough to change my mind about making up my bed everyday. I just really don't feel like doing it to be honest, especially when I'm preoccupied doing something else like reading.

 

[Words]

I don't think the members of this forum make their beds so here's a good excuse if you live with someone:

Why do you even need to "excuse" yourself? That "someone" is simply pushing his/her values onto someone else. It is "them" who need to change their "beds", not reality, and especially not yourself.

 

[A22]

Why do you even need to "excuse" yourself? That "someone" is simply pushing his/her values onto someone else. It is "them" who need to change their "beds", not reality, and especially not yourself.

I've never had an (ideal) relationship where that happened.