# Olympics beds **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762 "2021-07-18T18:09:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762/1 "2021-07-18T18:09:02Z")
A news story running all over the Internet claims that the Olympics are providing the athletes with carboard beds designed to collapse if more than one person is on them, to prevent sex due to covid restrictions. But the real story is that the Olympic Village is designed to be self-sustaining and green, and the beds are made of recycled cardboard for sustainability. I don’t think people pushing the no sex story realize just how big some Olympic athletes are. I think weight lifters probably weight more than two ordinary people. Besides, if you want to have sex, you can find places to do the deed besides on a collapsed bed. ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762/2 "2021-07-18T18:18:41Z")
I think I read that the bed can hold 400 pounds. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762/3 "2021-07-18T18:40:58Z")
Yeah. My wife mentored a startup that manufactures cardboard furniture. Corrugated cardboard can be made stronger than particle board or even most non-ply woods. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762/4 "2021-07-18T19:50:38Z")
Those of us who grew up with _The Whole Earth Catalogue_ can attest to the strength of various articles of furniture upcycled from corrugated cardboard. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762/5 "2021-07-18T20:16:44Z")
but 400lbs sitting (or lying) there is not the same as 300lbs making bouncy-bouncy. ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762/6 "2021-07-18T20:20:44Z")
Didn’t say it was. I should have been more specific and said I was replying about the weight of the athletes only. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762/7 "2021-07-18T20:27:24Z")
The beds story might be false, but they very much do want the athletes to not have sex: > **[Take your condoms home: social distancing and sex in the Olympic village](https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/take-your-condoms-home-social-distancing-sex-olympic-village-2021-06-14/)** > > Tokyo Olympic organisers plan to give away about 150,000 condoms at next month's Games, but are telling athletes to take them home rather than use them in the Olympic village where social distancing rules and coronavirus measures are the top... ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762/8 "2021-07-18T20:29:46Z")
As I said in another thread, they should just have cancelled the whole thing. No foreign visitors, no spectators at all, and no non-stop orgy in the Olympic Village? They’ve removed everything fun about the event. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762/9 "2021-07-19T06:47:30Z")
Yeah, especially since a year ago, the Olympics were [bragging that the cardboard beds definitely _could_ stand up to sex](https://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/tokyo-2020-olympics-athletes-assured-cardboard-beds-won-t-collapse-during-sex/story-afupVgsKtUJdegPQt82lLP.html). ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762/10 "2021-07-19T14:55:11Z")
Two female gymnasts weigh less than one male weight lifter. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762/11 "2021-07-19T15:06:46Z")
And they wouldn’t need a condom, either. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762/12 "2021-07-19T16:39:36Z")
Is this a new event? ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762/13 "2021-07-19T16:47:29Z")
I might actually expect some athletes to “go for the gold” with respect to breaking the bed. It seems like something to brag about. A very visual sign of someone’s virility and energetic nature in bed. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762/14 "2021-07-20T02:59:10Z")
If the beds are so great how come I can’t buy one at Walmart? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762/15 "2021-07-20T03:19:18Z")
It sounds like they are only for temp use. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762/16 "2021-07-20T03:49:40Z")
[https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.lushome.com/cardboard-beds-offering-simple-and-light-furniture-design-for-contemporary-nomads/166448%3Famp](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.lushome.com/cardboard-beds-offering-simple-and-light-furniture-design-for-contemporary-nomads/166448%3famp) [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DD5Fe4w3G\_Zk&ved=2ahUKEwj4nqCh3vDxAhXJZs0KHZ0bDjcQwqsBegQIBxAG&usg=AOvVaw3OlnENEGenyIgh2M\_dFGJX](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DD5Fe4w3G_Zk&ved=2ahUKEwj4nqCh3vDxAhXJZs0KHZ0bDjcQwqsBegQIBxAG&usg=AOvVaw3OlnENEGenyIgh2M_dFGJX) > **[10 cardboard bed designs for sustainable, sound sleep - Designbuzz |...](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/656821926875019218/)** > > Nov 30, 2013 - The humble cardboard is used for multitude purposes. From being used as packing material, the uses of cardboard has evolved down the years. Imagination and innovation has taken the uses of cardboard to a next level. They are now part... ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762/17 "2021-07-20T04:43:39Z")
How many eco cardboard beds to I have to buy over the lifetime of a non-eco wooden bed? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762/18 "2021-07-20T06:08:03Z")
It’s the pre-Olympics silly season. In the few days before an Olympics thousands of journalists descend on the Olympic city and need to file stories, but there is typically not much to report upon. One standard theme is that everything is terrible and nothing is ready and the Games are going to be a disaster. That makes a good headline, and pretty much always turns out to be total crap. This “cardboard beds to prevent sex” story is pretty tame by pre-Olympics silly season stories. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762/19 "2021-07-20T12:53:27Z")
The New York Times [traced](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/world/asia/tokyo-olympics-anti-sex-beds-cardboard.html) the story to a [Twitter post](https://twitter.com/Paulchelimo/status/1416240846039523331) by an American distance runner. I’m a little disappointed that so many news sites repeated the bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762/20 "2021-07-25T23:03:08Z")
Olympic athletes have been having sex with each other at the games for almost three thousand years; a pandemic isn’t going to stop that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762.md?page=2)