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[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That fucker that invented the twin XL has earned the wrath of many college freshmen.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because finding sheets that fit them used to be terrible. Even in a college town, you'd have very limited options. I expect this is much easier now that online shopping is a thing, though.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah.

But that's not an excuse to force 10-20 some percent of the population to hang their feet of the end of the bed (and yes 5 inches makes that much of a difference)

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Oh, I agree with you. I was just answering why many college kids disliked the twin xl mattresses. That doesn't mean they should quit using them in dorms.

[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 3 points 5 months ago

Maybe it's too narrow?

[–] dharmacurious 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I would also like to know to why

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because the college would tell you the dorm rooms have twin mattresses in them. So everybody shows up with twin sized sheets.

You can actually get fitted twin sized sheets to fit a twin-xl mattress if you fold the mattress a little when you put on the sheet.. When the mattress straightens out it compresses a little, and the sheets stretch a little. But you'll also find the weak spots in your sheets very fast.

[–] dharmacurious 2 points 5 months ago

Ahh, okay. Yeah, I've slept on twins and twin xls most of my life and I'm familiar with the sheet stretch, I just didn't realize colleges didn't differentiate when they told kids what they had.