The Olympic Committee Is Making All 18,000 Athletes Sleep On Cardboard Beds For Tokyo 2020
Source - The athletes competing in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo will be sleeping on cardboard.
The Olympic Village, which accommodates all of the athletes competing in the games and is off-limits to non-athletes, will have 18,000 beds with frames made completely of cardboard, according to NBC News.
Following the games, the cardboard will be recycled into paper products, The Associated Press said, and the mattresses, which are not made of cardboard, will be recycled into plastic products. These beds align with the Tokyo 2020 Games’ sustainability concept of, “Be better, together – For the planet and the people.”
The Tokyo 2020 Games set five main sustainability themes to follow while preparing, organizing and operating the games that include climate change and resource management, according to its website. Tokyo 2020, along with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the Government of Japan and other delivery partners are aiming for zero waste.
You know what? I don’t mind this. At first glance I thought it was ridiculous, but after thinking about it it makes complete sense. What do you need a metal bed frame for? Fucking? Probably, but these bed frames can hold 440 pounds! The only people who won’t be able to bang on them are the body builders. Everyone else will be fine. As far as I’m concerned this is a win. Everyone’s going to be so drunk they’re not going to care where they sleep anyway. Donnie did a video series on the Olympics a few years back and it’s essentially a big party. Lest we forget how horny Olympians are.
Plus this year’s theme is sustainability, hunty. Because nothing says “save the earth” like building an entire fake city solely for the purpose of consumption. Consumption of food. Consumption of alcohol. Consumption and electricity and resources. But it’s fine, because the beds will offset all that. Here’s a video of what they look like.
A little “prinsony” but they’ll get the job done. The games start Friday, July 24th and end Sunday, August 9th (my birthday nbd). I’ll follow up then.