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The Olympic 'anti-sex beds' myth was debunked in Tokyo, so let's do it again in Paris

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The year was 2021. Feels like eons ago, doesn’t it?

It was back then that the world was buzzing about the Tokyo Olympics and how beds were made of cardboard for sustainability purposes, which we love to see. But then there was this myth that the beds were made to collapse if more than one person was, uh, active on them and then the phrasing was that they were “anti-sex beds” and it all spiraled out of control.

It got to the point where athletes proved on video that the beds wouldn’t collapse and then we ended up with tweets like this:

Fastforward to 2024. We’re all getting ready for the Paris Olympics and the cardboard beds are back. Per Inside the Games:

The bed bases are made from reinforced cardboard and the mattresses are made from recycled fishing nets, the same system used at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Much of the street furniture is made from reclaimed wood, while some of the public lighting is made from recycled steel tubes.

So, get your mind out of the gutter, especially because — as the Huffington Post reported — the so-called “intimacy ban” that was in place in Tokyo has been lifted.

And the beds? They’re made for sustainability purposes, not to prevent … other stuff.