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[–] 16 points 2 years ago

In Alaska, the whole family sleeps in the same bed to stay warm.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Of course all the needlessly, wastefully large sizes are named after American states.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Are any of these even used outside the US except Queen?

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I guess not everything is bigger in Texas. Alaska said hold my pillow.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Is there a metric version?

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago*

    In metric land we simply state the size of the mattress. I've got a 160cm wide and 220cm long bed, for example.

    Length is typically 200cm, but sometimes I encounter 190cm beds in hotels (which are too short for me, as I'm 1,92m tall). 220cm beds are extra long (and mine was 200x220 before I cut the aluminum profiles to reduce it to 160x220 after I divorced)

    Note how we also measure humans in meters and beds in centimeters, but it's just a matter of a decimal point/comma.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I wish I had a room in my home that could fit an Alaska king

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Wrong. Alaska King is 9' x 9'.

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