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Re:The Untouchable Economy: Why Americans Are Turning Agains... by will_work4tears on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @02:56PM (#4445270)
A sleeping bag and a foam roll. Seriously. I did this for years and was fine. Probably just an IME, but I've found that back problems are an issue of being out of shape (low muscle mass) or over usage (bad job, poor ergonomics, etc) and never caused from not sleeping on a bed. If I lift weights or otherwise in shape I can sleep on anything. When I'm out of shape I tend to get back pains from just about anything that isn't perfect.
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Re:The Untouchable Economy: Why Americans Are Turning Agains... by neverm0re on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @05:19PM (#4445928)
That's exactly my situation yes. I also never had an issue when I had to share a bed with someone, in fact several people I used to see found it novel. Sometimes I do discard things between moves, selling them off or gifting them and repurchasing them after moves. I could easily do the same with beds if I wanted to.
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Re:The Untouchable Economy: Why Americans Are Turning Agains... by jaggederest on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @06:09PM (#4446135)
How old are you? I'm pretty sure that it'll take a toll long term, but maybe that's me.
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Re:The Untouchable Economy: Why Americans Are Turning Agains... by neverm0re on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @07:57PM (#4446448)
I'm thirty and I actually began sleeping on a proper Japanese futon mattress specifically because of back issues that were then cleared up. Millions of people sleep on essentially a pad on the floor just fine.
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Re:The Untouchable Economy: Why Americans Are Turning Agains... by jaggederest on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @08:24PM (#4446515)
Millions of people also have back problems, anecdote is not evidence :P
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Re:The Untouchable Economy: Why Americans Are Turning Agains... by will_work4tears on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @06:32PM (#4446205)
I'm only 35, but it could I guess, further down the road. Not sure from a historical standpoint how many older guys that slept on the ground (think cavemen) had back problems, but it could be something (like temperature) that one acclimates to.
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Re:The Untouchable Economy: Why Americans Are Turning Agains... by jsnk on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @03:21PM (#4445405)
What do you do when you have a lady friend over?
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Re:The Untouchable Economy: Why Americans Are Turning Agains... by will_work4tears on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @03:47PM (#4445545)
I actually had two camping bags and a large roll of foam just for those situations. Usually never had any problems, though I do recall spending more nights at their place than them at mine.

I went to college late (~26 y/o) and by that time I had gotten a bed from somewhere (gift from parents I think). I'm married with a house now and don't live as minimally now, unfortunately.

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