kontextmaschine:

New mattress arrived, I’m realizing it’s not so much “mattresses are Like That now not for quality reasons but to accommodate a shipping-based business model” as “mattresses stayed Like That so long because manufacturers of a bulky and rarely-purchased good could get more margin manipulating, segmenting, and intermediating the market than through improving the product quality”

It was good, it’s just I’ve been using pure innerspring mattresses my whole life and even if it gives me a great sleep it doesn’t trigger the superficial sensory feelings I expect and that’s weird? The gel-rubber-stuff layers feel like a thick mattress pad but they distribute weight such that I’m getting used to what position to keep in with some muscle tone where. I woke up and was kinda like “hm, uh-oh” when I didn’t feel what I usually associate with a sleep that leaves me loose, but then sitting in a chair noticed I was less tense and more fluid than I’d been in a while