Science and Technology
Memory Foam Mattresses Remember Too Much: Users Disturbed by Overly Personalized Sleep!
Well, folks, hold on to your pillowcases because this is one tale that’s sure to ruffle a few feathers! We all know the saying, “If walls could talk”, but what if your mattress could too? What if – now here’s a midnight thought for you – your cozy memory foam mattress remembers just a little too much?
Documents have recently emerged from the world-renowned Futurist Lab of Dream Dynamics, a secret research facility tucked away somewhere between the land of deep REM cycles and Insomnia City. This isn’t a fluffy tale of sugar plum dreams, folks. No, what we’ve uncovered is a story that might make you throw your beloved memory foam mattress right out of the window!
We’ve all heard of smart homes, smart speakers, and fridges that can order cow juice (that’s milk for the sleep-lulled out there) before your bottle runs dry; but have you ever heard of a smart mattress? A mattress that ‘remembers’ not just the curve of your back, but also your dreams, your late-night thoughts, and God forbid, your pet’s midnight mischief.
Memory Foam Matteries, the forerunner of contemporary sleeping tools, has unofficially unveiled its latest innovation bound to make your blood run cold: The WhisperFoam 3000. Sounds like a harmless little snuggle-fest, right? Wrong!
The catastrophic kicker of the WhisperFoam 3000 lies in its sub-layered molecular structure. Each cell of the foam is specially designed to pick up on the vibrations of your mind’s activity. Think of a billion gnats, each clinging onto different parts of your brain waves! Now that’s enough to give anyone nightmares!
All was well and good until customers started reporting curious incidents. Bed-time stories have taken on a whole new meaning, folks, as people all over have started experiencing the phenomena of ‘Thoughtogeddon’.
Imagine waking up to find your secret fantasy about being a martian chicken rancher on Jupiter suddenly projected in neon lights across your walls! Or the last dream you had about your boss in a tutu sailing through a sea of bubbling cheddar echoed to you by your alarm clock. Your deepest thoughts, your most whimsical dreams, all displayed right there for you – and anyone else in earshot or eyesight – to relive!
One such character, Mrs. Tabitha Fuffle, is threatening to sue the mattress geniuses after she found herself shouting out pancake recipes in sleep, a family secret protected for decades. Then there’s Jimmy Crinkle, a 25-year-old bachelor who awoke to discover he had solved the mystery of his lost socks via a nocturnal brainstorm that was remembered by none other than his trusty mattress.
The stories go on and on, folks. From the humorous to the downright bizarre, mattresses all across the nation have picked up on their owners’ peculiar brain waves, and it seems the kooky whisperers of WhisperFoam 3000 have no intention of hitting the snooze button.
Memory Foam refuses to accept any problem and has instead hinted at launching WhisperFoam 3000.5, which apparently has settings adaptable to your comfort level. Snooping through your daydreams about winning the lottery or reliving nightmares of your last high school reunion, it seems, can be dialed up or down!
Our advice? Take everything with a pinch of sleep salt, folks. Sure, waking up to your mother-in-law’s favorite casserole recipe or your secret superhero identity plastered all over your ceiling might feel like a bad dream, but it’s the reality you’ve got to live with.
For now, while the cogs in your simple spring-coil mattresses harmoniously drift you to sleep, think twice before trading them for the promise of ‘hits-you-in-the-feelings’ comfort.
A public service announcement from us to you – be careful what you think about before you fall asleep; your mattress might be listening! And if you find yourself suddenly craving those moon-cheese pancakes of Mrs. Tabitha Fuffle, blame your mattress, not your writer.