What does four bunk beds mean to you?

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Egotistical-TV@reddit

The word 'bunk' doesn't feel like a real word now, I've read it so many times

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DoctorWhofan789eywim@reddit

What's the counter argument? It's 8. Anything else is objectively wrong.

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I was gonna say something similar. Saying 4 bunk beds is 4 mattresses is absolutely unhinged behaviour. Straight to jail (where they might find some bunk beds to count) But yea, the type of bed is called a bunk bed. That is a type of bed that has 2 levels. I’m sorry I’m so upset by this!!!

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

But...🧐 A bunk bed = 1 bed/1 level. "We sleep in bunk beds" (two beds, plural) "This is my bunk bed" (one bed, singular) You can only sleep 1 person per bed, typically. So if you have four bunk BEDS is is four mattresses.

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babushka1705@reddit

This is just incorrect and also isn't what people say. They'd say we sleep in a bunk bed. We shared a bunk bed etc... And i say this as someone who grew up sharing a bunk bed with their sibling and has therefore said this a thousand times 😂

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

If you told me "We shared a bunk bed" I would assume you are sleeping two to a mattress. You don't have to specify "sharing" in the context where one person is sleeping on each bunk. That is assumed.

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babushka1705@reddit

Of course you do - I knew people growing up who had their own bunk beds (and their own bedrooms) and the fact that my sister and I shared one would therefore be relevant. You're definitely incorrect x

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

What mad parent is proving their single child with two vertical beds? I suppose I'm not speaking to a child now (?) as an adult "sharing" any kind of bed implies being on the same mattress. If we were renting a room (in this fucking weird scenario 😂) and there were two bunks, I wouldn't say "we're sharing bunk beds" I'd just say "were sleeping in bunks" or "there are bunk beds".

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Dietcokeisgod@reddit

I had a bunk bed that I didn't share. I kept all my teddies on the bottom bunk and slept on the top. I used the bottom more like a sofa (but it wasn't)

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maersyl@reddit

My brother had a bunk bed. I didn’t. My mum was pretty bonkers tbh so yeah she falls into the mad parent category.

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

Haha. I love the idea that a 6 year old would have a whole separate bed for like... visualising their outfits for the week 💁🏼‍♀️

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cyberllama@reddit

Did you grow up without friends or something? If you had a bunk bed that wasn't shared with a sibling, like half my mates did when I was a kid, you could use the lower one for the inevitable fuckton of cuddly toys or as seating when your friends were round yours. Sometimes, you could even have a friend sleep over and there's a spare bed for them right there. Insanity!

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lovemycat02@reddit

Tbf I had a bunk bed as a kid but the bottom level was a sofa (could turn into a double bed). I just used it for reading and stuff. Was pretty cool.

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babushka1705@reddit

I feel like everyone had bunk beds in the 90s but the point isn't about sharing anyway the point is about one bunk bed referring to the whole structure and therefore two mattresses 😂 it's insane to suggest otherwise. If you google bunk bed you'll notice that everywhere is selling you a bunk bed (singular) and that contains two mattresses.

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chocklityclair@reddit

But you have just described a single level of a bunk bed as a 'bunk.' So you're differentiating between 'bunk' (one mattress) and 'bunk bed' which is the entire piece of furniture?

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Pedantichrist@reddit

‘This is my bunk bed’ Two mattresses.

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

One person cannot sleep on two mattresses simultaneously. Bed = singular.

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Spank86@reddit

Bed is singular, bunk bed is two or more stacked beds. You cannot have a singular bed bunk bed. Nobody calls a single bunk a bunk bed, thats just a bed.

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

It is a bed that is in itself a bunk. Thus....

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Pedantichrist@reddit

Yes, a bunk bed is one bed. It has one mattress per bunk.

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

This becomes even more ridiculous 🫠 You consider a bunk bed ONE BED? It is clearly two beds. Two mattresses. https://preview.redd.it/t6qlv4taer3h1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd0556382aef8e5468a4c197150e6e3305872783

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cyberllama@reddit

Do you also consider a tandem bike to be two bikes?

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Frequent-Rain3687@reddit

One bike that has two seats , if I were invited on a bike ride with four tandem bikes I’d know I could expect up to eight people invited on the ride .

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TopBookChat1105@reddit

That’s a bunk bed. With 2 mattresses, you can count them. I absolutely can not understand how you can send a picture of a bunk bed, with 2 mattresses and argue it is one.

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Pedantichrist@reddit

That is a bunk bed. It is not two bunk beds.

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Known-Highway-8465@reddit

I’ve read the word ‘bunk’ too many times and now it has lost all meaning.

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LambonaHam@reddit

We'll have to debunk your theory then.

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Spank86@reddit

Does it sound like a load of bunk?

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swoticus@reddit

Do you bonk in your bunk?

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Dippity_Dont@reddit

Bunk!

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

Semantic satiation 🙃

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audigex@reddit

>"We sleep in bunk beds" The problem here is that they're not saying what they mean. They should be saying "We sleep in bunks"

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Disrobingbean@reddit

*this is my bunk. A bunk bed has multiple bunks, but is one bed.

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VerbingNoun413@reddit

Four beds times two people on each, that's eight mattresses.

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742963@reddit

Whoever argues that four bunk beds is four mattresses, then a bunk bed has one mattress, but sleeps two? Four bunk beds, is definitely eight mattresses

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maersyl@reddit

Exactly. If it’s four *bunks* then it’s four mattresses. If it’s four *bunk beds* then it’s eight.

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Vivid_Sun_5636@reddit

But bunk beds are not always 2 high, you can get single bunks as well as triple bunks.

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Tonythepillow@reddit

I think we’d all accept triple beds as a bunk bed but you’d always specify this, you’re not getting away with calling a bed a bunk bed though sorry. That’s just a bed.

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Vivid_Sun_5636@reddit

Ahh, downvotes due to ignorance. Good old reddit. Triple bunk beds are common and still called bunk beds. A single bunk bed is not just a bed. Usually part of a modular system where the top bunk remains the same, but the bottom bunk is convertible into a sofa, or removable for a desk or open space. Or where you can buy the lower bunk later, or swap for a double bunk at the bottom, or add a third bunk as a rollaway under the lower bunk. Again still sold as bunk beds.

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Tonythepillow@reddit

We agree about the triple bunk bed then. You can call it a badly printed copy of the Daily Telegraph if you want but I’d hope you can understand why it would be pretty foolish to use the term bunk beds in day to day life if each one has less than 2 mattresses, regardless of how fancy the pull out desk is.

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Vivid_Sun_5636@reddit

My kids slept in a bunk bed. Later, one moved to his own room and we removed the bottom bunk. Does that change the name of the thing my older boy has slept in for years? I don:t think there is a problem with it still be referred to as a bunk bed. Now - enough of this pointless discussion. Back to the main question, if someone said there were 4 bunk beds in a room, I would assume either 4 or 8 sleeping places depending on context - in a hostel or military camp, I would assume 8, but for a hotel or house or train, I think would picture 4 sleeping places (2 sets of 2 bunks) without more info; having 8 beds in a room in a house would be fairly unusual.

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Dietcokeisgod@reddit

I'd refer to it as a high bed with storage underneath.

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Vivid_Sun_5636@reddit

Ahh, downvotes due to ignorance. Good old reddit. Triple bunk beds are common and still called bunk beds. A single bunk bed is not just a bed. Usually part of a modular system where the top bunk remains the same, but the bottom bunk is convertible into a sofa, or removable for a desk or open space. Or where you can buy the lower bunk later, or swap for a double bunk at the bottom, or add a third bunk as a rollaway under the lower bunk. Again still sold as bunk beds.

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Dietcokeisgod@reddit

Single bunks are not a thing - they are just beds.

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JustAnotherFEDev@reddit

Oi, we don't do common sense round these parts, but yeah, exactly that.

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WideGassySea@reddit

\^\^ this is the correct answer \^\^

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Queen_of_London@reddit

That's the American answer, and correct in America. A bunk bed is a bed that has two mattresses, one on top and one below, in the UK. That is also a very normal definition of the term. They both make sense. It's just awkward! Though it could lead to romcom-style mistakes, so there's an upside...

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Philluminati@reddit

I see "4 bunk beds" as short for "4 beds arranged in stack". You're obsessing over the metal frame when it doesn't make sense to do so. "I slept in a bunk bed last night" ... "oh you mean you slept in a half-a-bunk-bed didn't you Michael u lying shit".

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742963@reddit

Obsessing? I made one comment ffs?

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Philluminati@reddit

I just mean you're fixating on the presence of the word bunk. I wasn't commenting on your general Redditing, it would make me a hypocrite.

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Euphoric_Rough_5245@reddit

I would read it as Four bunk beds to mean two sets of bunk beds and each one is a bunk. If it said four sets of bunk beds I would read it as eight beds, but that’s just me

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

THANK you. Finally, someone else with sense. That said, I can't imagine it is very helpful for OP who I assume has arrived at a rural holiday cottage with four few beds and eight screaming kids.

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G0reCatz@reddit

Yeah, no, a bunk bed is one bed and then another bed on top. Four bunk beds would mean four lots of two beds. lol

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Euphoric_Rough_5245@reddit

Either way it’s on the op for not asking for clarification.

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Active_Definition_57@reddit

A bunk bed has 2 mattresses - top bunk and bottom bunk. 4 bunk beds sleep eight people.

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ParkerR666@reddit

When you said 4 bunk beds I assumed 8 beds. But then I realised I would say ‘My two kids had bunk beds growing up’ so you’re right, it’s a mental minefield.

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noodledoodledoo@reddit

"4 bunks" = 4 places to sleep "4 bunk beds" = 8 places to sleep

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CrimsonKaiserRyu@reddit

This is the most correct thing I've ever seen posted to Reddit.

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Burnicle@reddit

I think this is the root of the issue

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Buddy-Matt@reddit

Indeed. The fact OP seems to be using the two interchangeably means we have no idea how many actual sleeping spots are in the room. Also, who tf casually books an entire hostel, even for a wedding?

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delish_donut@reddit

I did. Not only the hostel but the whole hotel and every available b&b.

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cardamom_t@reddit

Very common to book out an entire hostel for big groups! I’ve done so for birthdays, field trips etc

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pablohacker2@reddit

I don't know if casual....but I once booked up all the hotel space on an island for an academic workshop and have booked up a whole hostel (2 years in advance) for a university field trip.

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Jamsie82@reddit

That’s 100% correct

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cari-strat@reddit

That's how I'd understand it. If you own a bunk bed, that has two beds. If you have a room with six bunks in, that's six beds.

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Old-Law-7395@reddit

This is the only logical way to interpret how this situation has occurred

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PressureBeautiful515@reddit

Problem: there's such a thing as a 3-level bunk bed system.

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noodledoodledoo@reddit

A fringe situation that I'm going to happily ignore

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batteryforlife@reddit

Thne it would be 4 triple bunk beds, equals 12 mattressessees.

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JustAnotherFEDev@reddit

But wouldn't a triple bunk bed sleep 6? I mean, we'd be tripling the original 2, right, RIGHT? 😂

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ian9outof10@reddit

Not only that, but I have seen a double lower, and single upper sort of design. And another where there are two individual singles and a third above across the top of the two singles. Which is why a rental would say “sleeps xx people”

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inbruges99@reddit

Yeah OP seems to be using the term bunk and bunk bed interchangeably, but a bunk bed has 2 mattresses and a bunk has 1. I think this one is on OP.

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Srddrs@reddit

Yep. My niece and nephew have a bunk bed in their room. I don’t say 2 bunk beds. It’s 1 bunk bed with 2 bunks.

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kingpudsey@reddit

Yes. Just commented this before seeing this response. The issue is that bunks and bunk beds mean different things.

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Leolandmass@reddit

This is the one

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ReallyIntriguing@reddit

4 bunk beds is 8 mattresses

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budapest_budapest@reddit

If you say 4 bunk*beds* then it’s 8 mattresses. If you say 4 bunks, it’s 4 mattresses. The bunk bed is the whole structure: a bunk bed is made up of two bunks.

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Active_SeriZZLEAF@reddit (OP)

This might be the issue....

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Fit-Atmosphere-1595@reddit

There is a top "bunk" and a bottom "bunk" in one "bunk bed"

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XxhumanguineapigxX@reddit

A "bunk bed" is two beds stacked. So one bunk bed is 2 mattresses. 4 bunk beds would be 8 mattresses. If you'd said "one bunk" then it'd be clear it was one place to sleep, so 4 bunks is 4 mattresses.

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TSC-99@reddit

8

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nfurnoh@reddit

I’d think 4 mattresses. I’m an American here for 24 years so I don’t know if that makes a difference.

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nosniboD@reddit

If someone told you they had 1 bunk bed, how many mattresses do you think would be on that bunk bed?

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Separate-Passion-949@reddit

On a tourbus if there are 12bunks This means 12 places to sleep. Bunk =Bed Otherwise how do you know if it’s 2 or 3 stacked high?

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dreadwitch@reddit

Depends on how your thinking about the bunk beds. Is it 4 sets of bunk beds? In which case that's 8 beds so obviously 8 mattresses. But if it's 2 sets of bunk beds then that's 4 bed so 4 mattresses.

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Recent-Climate6942@reddit

I dont think they could have been any clearer. Single bed - one person Double bed - two person Bunk bed - two person usually but one on top of eachother therefore, 4 bunk beds = 8 beds ( 4 of which are on top of the other 4)

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Nannyhirer@reddit

You don’t call a singular bunk bed unit with 2 mattresses ‘two bunk beds’ So by that logic 2 units wouldn’t be referred to as ‘four bunk beds. It’s: a bunk bed = 2 mattresses 2 bunk beds = 4 mattresses 3 bunk beds = 6 mattresses 4 bunk beds = 8 mattresses 5 bunk beds = 10 mattresses

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B0bbaDobba@reddit

6?

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spartacle@reddit

12 million

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CaptainParkingspace@reddit

And that’s Numberwang!

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JBEqualizer@reddit

3 level bunk bed.

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Alice_Da_Cat@reddit

a typical bunk bed has 2x beds - 4x bunk beds is 4x2=8 8 beds (to me anyway 😂)

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PortPiscarilius@reddit

Four bunks != four bunk beds. Each bunk bed has two bunks.

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lobozangetsu92@reddit

A proper bunk is 2 beds on one frame, anything else is not a true bunk. 8 mattresses, no further questions.

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stevee05282@reddit

A bunk is a place for 1 person to sleep. A *bunk bed* typically has 2 bunks

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the_uk_hotman@reddit

You can also get a double bunk on the bottom and a single bunk on top so sleeps 3 just to put a little spanner in the works

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chocklityclair@reddit

Nah, that's a bunk bed. Which contains two bunks.

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sabretoooth@reddit

Technically you can get triple bunks. But in that case you’d get a maximum of 12 mattresses. So the real answer is at least 8 mattresses. Definitely not 4.

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Wonderful-Cow-9664@reddit

It’s 8. 1 bunk bed is a bed with a bed on top. The name “bunk bed” literally refers to 2 beds stacked. So 4 bunk beds are 4 lots of 2 beds stacked together. Whoever said 4 is an utter imbecile

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Active_SeriZZLEAF@reddit (OP)

Hi, let's not use slurs please boo

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Wonderful-Cow-9664@reddit

It’s used pretty broadly here mate, synonymously with stupid. I take exception at being called “boo” by an internet stranger

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Jo3Pizza22@reddit

Maybe take your own advice, in your edit you called everyone who disagreed with you insane

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jajajunkie@reddit

1 bunk bed = 2 mattresses. So 4 bunk beds would = 8 mattresses

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hyperspace_hussy@reddit

Wait! You mives the goal posts with your edit! If you tell me there are 4 bunks available I'm assuming 4 mattresses. If you tell me there are 4 bunk beds available I'm assuming 8 mattresses. There are 2 bunks in a bunk bed, it is a bed of bunks.

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ComeHereUk@reddit

Glad you debunked that

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hyperspace_hussy@reddit

Ffs 😅

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fidelcabro@reddit

4 sets of beds. So 8 in total.

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

But the OP doesn't say sets. It says: >four bunk beds so that's four beds?

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ThatNegro98@reddit

[this](https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-opera-mobile&hs=ged&sca_esv=8a2e65840b27c7ea&channel=new&espv=1&sxsrf=ANbL-n5vrn6pQv2Uu0-9LTS_dHrSJbKqQA:1779961554408&udm=2&fbs=ADc_l-a4FUIYeoV27EGGBCUHJum7McoAoZPZJDVus3-01TGtm5PGlS_BglbaIq1wFWzclNjjTVXgQR-ueat-vLmRoErcC7bqqvUnt9re-lQaR48IlR-N5Kk13eOW4HNat-CqYAYyEZB4rG96BSfFEDDB1FdWXJhVi_tkbYm_UH7PStXMfbEjTyyw4ZblDwcbfTucxnr3HAoqR2wC-sbaNUL0u6sYNegloW0U--2JAnpep8Pev-jVM3Ke63bIEcZjnggUvdJN18mk&q=bunk+bed&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjA8qfB2duUAxXRUUEAHfO_Oo8QtKgLegQIEhAB&biw=384&bih=640&dpr=2.81) is a bunk bed. Now, if there are 4 of these... how many places are there for people to sleep on? You said in another comment you understand how to do maths, please demonstrate that for us loool

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spartacle@reddit

no, the singular is "bunk bed", which usually means a top bunk and bottom bunk, so 2 mattresses per "bunk bed" therefor 4 of them is 4 x 2 which equals 8

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

I understand how to do maths 🫠 But I disagree. I went to boarding school for many years, in which we slept in bunks. There were four bunk beds in our room. 4 X humans, 4 x mattresses.

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WavryWimos@reddit

So if I go to the shops and buy a bunk bed…what have I just bought?

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Evening-Tomatillo-47@reddit

By this definition my twin bed can also be a bunk. 1 human, 1 mattress

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

Sure! If there is another above it. I don't think bunks have a definitive width. Omg business plan: super king bunk beds. For the polycule.

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babushka1705@reddit

No you had 4 beds or 4 bunks but 2 bunk beds 😅 Maybe there's a class divide here because my at home shared bunk bed was definitely singular. One bunk bed = two people

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PrizeCrew994@reddit

Means 8. A bunk bed doesn’t mean one mattress, it means 2.

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NrthnLd75@reddit

Separated by a common language.

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lewisfairchild@reddit

8

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racht70@reddit

1 bunk bed = 2beds 4 bunk beds = 8 beds

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ThatNegro98@reddit

Do you understand what a [bunkbed actually is?](https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-opera-mobile&hs=ged&sca_esv=8a2e65840b27c7ea&channel=new&espv=1&sxsrf=ANbL-n5vrn6pQv2Uu0-9LTS_dHrSJbKqQA:1779961554408&udm=2&fbs=ADc_l-a4FUIYeoV27EGGBCUHJum7McoAoZPZJDVus3-01TGtm5PGlS_BglbaIq1wFWzclNjjTVXgQR-ueat-vLmRoErcC7bqqvUnt9re-lQaR48IlR-N5Kk13eOW4HNat-CqYAYyEZB4rG96BSfFEDDB1FdWXJhVi_tkbYm_UH7PStXMfbEjTyyw4ZblDwcbfTucxnr3HAoqR2wC-sbaNUL0u6sYNegloW0U--2JAnpep8Pev-jVM3Ke63bIEcZjnggUvdJN18mk&q=bunk+bed&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjA8qfB2duUAxXRUUEAHfO_Oo8QtKgLegQIEhAB&biw=384&bih=640&dpr=2.81) 2 things: 1. Look at that, and tell me, why were you and your partner going sleep on seperate bunk beds? 2. Tell me how a bunk bed can have 1 mattress when it is 2 beds stacked upon one another? They are are not the same mattress, they are seperate. They *can only be* seperate.

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Philluminati@reddit

I agree with you. "4 bunk beds" doesn't mean 4 metal bed frames and therefore 8 beds/places... it's a shortening of the phrase "4 bunk bed places" - that is there are 4 beds that happen to be arranged in "bunk mode" as opposed to on the ground.

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MiddleAgedDread123@reddit

oh i'm increasingly finding AirBnB type listing to be more than a little confusing / inaccurate. We often travel as a group of friends who all want their own bed but don't mind sharing a room. "2 bedrooms, 4 beds"......photo shows a double or king sized bed in each room. Message the owner to check if there are actually 2 or 4 beds because they could be zip-link beds that each split into 2 singles. No, they are both double beds. So surely that's "2 bedrooms, 2 beds, sleeps 4". There are not actually 4 beds ffs!!

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Jack1ngton@reddit

SO much room for activities

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JustAnotherFEDev@reddit

Brennan, no power tools

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Jack1ngton@reddit

It's my toothbrush

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branniganfringe@reddit

You can call me Nighthawk.

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JustAnotherFEDev@reddit

No way, Kimosabe, this is my house now

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sock_cooker@reddit

Could you *not* wank while I'm in the bottom bunk again?

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BiscuitBarrel179@reddit

Here’s a scenario for you. Let’s say Nancy catches me getting out of the shower. And she thinks I look good. And she sees my chest pubes all the way down to my ball fro, and she says, ‘I’ve had the old bull. Now, I want the old calf.’ Then she grabs me by the weiner.”

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squigs@reddit

"4 bunks "I'd assume it sleeps 4. "4 bunk beds". I'd want clarification on how many people it sleeps. Just seems weird to specify the physical number of beds when you want to know how many people can sleep there.

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McLeod3577@reddit

One bunk bed consists of two beds, one on top of the other. Therefore, 4 bunk beds = 8 mattresses. I

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Tinkertronic@reddit

Logically, 'a bunk bed' is two mattresses. "A bunk bed and another bunk bed' four mattresses, and also 2 bunk beds...

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

4 bunk beds to me = 4 single mattresses. 4 sets of bunk beds = 8 single mattress.

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chocklityclair@reddit

So you call that piece of furniture 'a set of bunk beds'?

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smeech1@reddit

Or a "pair".

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MuddyBoots472@reddit

A pair of bunk beds would be two sets- 4 sleeping places 😖

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MuddyBoots472@reddit

Me too

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

Hahah I hadn't read the thread before writing my reply. There are a lot of upset people 😵‍💫🫠🙃

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MuddyBoots472@reddit

I wish I knew the scenarios - did they go on holiday expecting 8 beds and found 4?

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

OP updated OP!

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MuddyBoots472@reddit

And used different words - 4 bunks is deffo 4 sleeping places!

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/3zox4lr1wq3h1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d37cd562df24911d494e4658689e801786e564d

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

How this helps you loonatics. FOUR BEDS FOUR MATTRESSES https://preview.redd.it/ukzlq8yyvq3h1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2153730c0f766a12e8377c876a57cbe57c16aa3d

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Active_SeriZZLEAF@reddit (OP)

THANK YOU

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No-Mark4427@reddit

A bunk bed by definition is a singular bed structure with more than one separate mattress/sleeping spot on it. The individual spots are bunks. Would you say 'two bunk beds' in your top picture or 'a bunk bed'? By that definition, does 'a bunk bed' even exist as that would just be a bed???

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Thaddeus_Valentine@reddit

You said bunk beds in the original post then edited to call everyone crazy because "bunks clearly means one bed each". Yes, it does. But bunk beds does not mean that.

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Asher-D@reddit

1 bunk bed is 2 beds, it's a like 1 pair of socks, it's two socks. Bunk is basically saying double it. So it would be 8 beds. 4 bunk beds means 4 individual sunbeds and each bunk bed structure holds 2 mattresses. So there should be 8 mattresses, unless half of the places for mattresses to go don't actually have a mattress?

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Rubostars@reddit

4 bunk beds I would expect 8 spaces / 8 mattresses.

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JimmyBallocks@reddit

By your logic, one bunk bed would be one mattress- which a single bed, not a bunk bed.

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Middle-agedCynic@reddit

Did anyone call and ask the property owner?

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francisdavey@reddit

Clearly "4 bunk beds" means four mattress worth of beds. If it meant the unit, you wouldn't know how many could sleep (they might be two or three tier bunks).

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carrie-ser@reddit

4 mattresses. 4 bunks.

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txteva@reddit

4 bunk is 4 sleeping places, 4 bunk beds is 8 sleeping spaces.

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Flat-Ad8256@reddit

Londoner here: if the property says 4 bunk beds, it means 4 mattresses.

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SoggyWotsits@reddit

Four bunk beds would mean eight mattresses to me. A bunk bed in the singular sense includes both the upstairs and downstairs. If someone says they have a bunk bed and only use one part, they still have a spare mattress. Tesco even do a triple decker one that’s advertised as \*a\* bunk bed. I’m not sure I’d risk putting a child on the bottom level though.

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LilacScentedStoat@reddit

A bunk bed has two sleep positions, or one sleep position and a desk etc. So if someone said,. "I'm buying 4 bunk beds for my kids" I'd assume they were buying 4 units of either Bed & desk or bed & bed So possibly 8 matresses

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SparklyZigZag@reddit

No no no. A bed with a desk below it is a cabin bed. A bunk bed has a bed on top and a bed below. Anything else is a cabin bed or a mid sleeper or high sleeper.

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VerbingNoun413@reddit

What if the bottom bunk is a sofa? My friend had one like that.

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SparklyZigZag@reddit

Just remember the saying; "if it ain't a bed above and below, it's not a bunk bed - no no no" Your friend had a cabin bed or loft bed.

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PomegranateEither768@reddit

4 Bunks = 4 beds. However. 4 bunk beds implies 4 of the entire 2 bedded things, so that would be 8 beds in total.

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Indigo-Waterfall@reddit

Four BUNKS I would think four mattresses. However four bunk BEDS I would think 8.

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jamiedix0n@reddit

4 bunks and 4 bunk beds are different things

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PixelTeapot@reddit

I have some sympathy with the OP that ideally language would eliminate ambiguity. "4 berths" or "4 beds in a bunk bed configuration" or "4 beds (bunk beds)" are all explicitly sleeping accomodation for 4 people. However 4 double beds, 4 king beds etc would unambiguously sleep 8. 4 bunk beds is always going to have a varying % of people who read it one way vs the other.

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mbridge2610@reddit

A bunk bed has a pair of mattresses 4 bunk beds = 8 mattresses

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hallerz87@reddit

If someone said, “I have a bunk bed”, you would assume they have space for one person? Really?

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Appropriate_Trader@reddit

I’ll play devil’s advocate for a second. If someone means “this room has 4 bunk style beds in it” then I’d guess 4 mattresses. But a ‘bunk bed’ needs at least 2 mattresses other wise it’s just a bed.

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ElonH@reddit

That means sleeps 8. On 4 bunk beds. If someone says they have one bunk bed they don't mean they've got a single bed.

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Tiny_Assumption15@reddit

"I have a double single bunk bed" would be the craziest way to describe a standard double bed

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DeadBallDescendant@reddit

Nailed it.

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kingpudsey@reddit

Four bunk beds is 4 x 2 = space for 8. However, four BUNKS is space for 4 people. Bunk beds and bunks are different.

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Veinmire@reddit

Exactly. What's a more likely conversation... "Hi mum, I got the top bunk and Callum got the bottom one" or "Hi mum, I got the top bunk bed, and Callum got the bottom bunk bed"

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feedmytv@reddit

counter question: bi monthly

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snaphunter@reddit

Only a problem in the uncivilised world without the word "fortnight".

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Veinmire@reddit

I read the latest edit. OP, for the love of God mate, you're wrong. It's not that dramatic.

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Frequent-Rain3687@reddit

Depends if they said four Bunk Beds or four Bunks . One bunk bed has two bunks - a top bunk and bottom bunk . Four bunk beds is eight bunks so up to eight people . Four bunks is one bunk each (a top or bottom one within a bunk bed or a lone bunk attached to a wall )

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ITSlmonsterz@reddit

4 Bunk beds implies the full thing so 8, 4 bunks is 4 beds.

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Dippity_Dont@reddit

One "bunk bed" is two mattresses. So you'd have room for 8 people.

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nikokazini@reddit

8 mattresses

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j0nnnnn@reddit

You wouldn't say you had 2 bunk beds if you had 2 mattresses, would you? You'd say you have a bunk bed. Therefore 1 bunk bed = 2 people so 4 =8

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BigfatDan1@reddit

Haha that's a good question! 4 bunk beds should be 8 mattresses assuming 4x2. But also 4 beds in bunk formation would be 4 mattresses. I'd be inclined to say 8, but it could be 4. This is the same as biannual, does it mean twice a year or every 2 years?

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cyberllama@reddit

Biannual means twice a year. Biennial means every 2 years.

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audigex@reddit

>EDIT: Clearly you're all insane. If someone told a group of people they have 4 bunks available, that means 4 beds, not 8. Woah woah woah, that wasn't your question. You asked about four bunk BEDS. A bunk bed has two bunks Four bunk beds = 4 of the physical pieces of furniture with 2 bunks each = 8 places to sleep

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United-Cucumber9942@reddit

4 bank beds is 4 single beds in bunks, likely 2 and 2. But all single, so sleeping 4 individually

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piplupet@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/gtx3riubyr3h1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=53169d4a43b7c5a06cd5cde08237c0be5da3f079

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piplupet@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/drgrnx7uxr3h1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ef7ef9b1ff1163eb5e54e681db8a5df40c69d1a *One* bunk bed has *two* mattresses. It sleeps *two* people. *Four* bunk beds therefore have *eight* mattresses. Hope this helps.

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Snoo_67993@reddit

How can a bed have two levels, I think this might be the problem.

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TopBookChat1105@reddit

4 bunk beds is 8 mattresses.

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kiradax@reddit

4 bunks = 4 beds 4 bunkBEDS = 8 beds

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Stinkinhippy@reddit

4 bunks would be 4 mattresses.. 4 bunk BEDS is 8 mattresses.. dunno what to tell you... language is weird. lol

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Original_Bad_3416@reddit

So not two single beds on top of each other?

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KybeRio@reddit

There's a HUGE difference between "4 bunks" and "4 bunk beds". The first is clearly 4 mattresses/space for 4 people. The second strongly implies 4 actual bunk beds, where a "bunk bed" is 2 mattresses one-above-the-other, so 8 mattresses total/space for 8 people. So to answer the wording in your title; it means 8 people can sleep individually.

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hoocoo@reddit

“4 bunk beds” would be 8 mattresses. For your edit “4 bunks” would be 4 mattresses. Bunks vs bunk beds are different things entirely

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ReySpacefighter@reddit

Eight. Each bunk bed unit has two beds.

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HRHHayley@reddit

Your edit is why you think we're nuts. 4 bunks is 4 mattresses, 4 bunk beds is 8 mattresses. A bunk is a single bed. A bunk bed is a bed comprised of multiple bunks. You asked about bunk beds, not bunks.

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Active_SeriZZLEAF@reddit (OP)

Gah! I'm just wrong on all fronts it seems 😬 Win some you lose some!

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Puzzleheaded_Drink76@reddit

I would make it clear by saying e.g. There are bunk beds for eight. Because yes, I might well say 'I shared a bunk bed with my sister' - so two matresses per bed, but I've also heard people say 'Why not get bunk beds?' when talking about a single pair.

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AdventurousTeach994@reddit

4 bunk beds = 8 beds

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lapsangsookie@reddit

Four

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kevio17@reddit

What do you consider to be a bunk bed?

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lapsangsookie@reddit

A bed that can be joined to another bunk bed to make a set of bunk beds.

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chocklityclair@reddit

Usually we don't call that piece of furniture 'a set of bunk beds' though.

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TH1CCARUS@reddit

How

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Key-Seaworthiness227@reddit

Four to the floor are you sure? 🎶 4 bunk beds = 8 beds.

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chocklityclair@reddit

Ah, wait. Four bunks = four individual sleeping levels. But a 'bunk bed' is the whole piece of furniture, so four bunk beds will sleep 8 people. It's like 'a pair of shoes' is 2 shoes, but 'two pairs of shoes' is 4 shoes 😃 I do feel there's a better analogy, but it's late.

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kfc4life@reddit

Go to the Argos website, find the bunk beds, add a quantity of 2 to your cart. How much you paying? How many you collecting

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MysteriousFan7983@reddit

“You have four bunk beds” is you need 8 mattresses. “You have four *bunks*” is you need 4 mattresses.

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Puzzled_Novel_5215@reddit

I feel like it's implied it's 4 lots of 1 bunk bed. If I went to a furniture shop and bought a bunk bed , which I have it was 2 beds one on top of other giving me 2 mattresses. So 4bl9ts is 8

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Alert_Mine7067@reddit

To me it means 4 x beds, each bed having another bed above it and therefore 8 beds = 8 mattress. 2 bunk beds is 4 beds

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Pandaspooppopcorn@reddit

4 bunk beds is not the same as 4 bunks. The first is enough for 8 people, the second is enough for 4 people

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spiderham42@reddit

Your edit is silly. 4 bunks would be 4 separate sleeping areas. Your original question stated 4 bunk beds. A bunk bed being one unit of atleast 2 sleeping areas. Therefore, standard domestic bunk beds having 2 bunks each would be 8 mattresses.

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Rob_bob91@reddit

4 “bunk beds” = 8 mattresses 4 “bunks” = 4 mattresses Your edit completely changes the context of your original question

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avalanchefan95@reddit

Your question and your edit aren't the same. Four bunk beds will sleep 8 humans. Four bunks, as you've edited, sleep four.

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Squiggally-umf@reddit

1 bunk bed is basically a bed equivalent of a tandem bike. 1 tandem bike has 2 seats, 4 tandem bikes will have 8 seats in total.

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TapWaterDev@reddit

Four bunk beds are 8 mattresses... Just like 4 sandwiches are 8 pieces of bread

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Active_SeriZZLEAF@reddit (OP)

You call a sandwich a sandwich and bread bread....

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TapWaterDev@reddit

Yeah, just like you call a bed a bed and a bunk bed a bunk bed

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annedroiid@reddit

> If someone told a group of people they have 4 bunks available That's a different question to what you posed initially. A bunk bed is the entire frame with two beds in it. A bunk is a colloquial term referring to a single one of those beds.

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Lenniel@reddit

4 bunk beds is four beds but in a bunk bed style/arrangement, so four mattresses. If someone told me they had 4 beds for the night I’d expect 4 singles and would be annoyed if I turned up and it was bunk beds. I’m too old for bunk beds.

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JustUseDuckTape@reddit

>Clearly you're all insane. If someone told a group of people they have 4 bunks available, that means 4 beds, not 8. 4 *bunks* is 4, but 4 *bunk beds* is 8. If a room has "a bunk bed", that's a single structure with two mattresses.

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JBEqualizer@reddit

Each bunk bed has two seperate bunks. 4 bunks = 4 mattresses 4 bunk beds = 8 mattresses

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NotAndyBurnham@reddit

Four bunks is not the same as four bunk beds. 4 bunk beds is 8.

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AvatarIII@reddit

4 bunks is 4 mattresses, 4 bunk beds is 8

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87catmama@reddit

This is something that has quite literally never entered my mind, but I'd agree with you and say four bunk beds means two *sets* of bunk beds, aka a place for four people to sleep. But I also argue that cats have four legs, two of which are arms and four paws, two of which are hands and two of which are feet, so I really would take what I say with a pinch of salt.

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ouzo84@reddit

To respond to your edit OP. If I'm told 4 bunks... that means 4 beds. But in your original question you asked what 4 **bunk beds** mean. A Bunk bed is made up of 2 bunks. So 4 bunk beds means 8 bunks. I'm going to assume the reason for the argument is **miscommunication over what word was said and what word was heard** As an example, A airbnb listing should say how many it sleeps, not how many beds/bunks there are. So a property with 3 bedrooms, one has a double bed and the other two have 2 bunk beds each, would sleep 10 people. The same property described as, 3 bedrooms, one has a double bed and the other two have 2 bunks each, would sleep 6. Miscommunication happens when it is described as 3 bedrooms, one has a double bed and the other two have 2 beds(bunked) each.

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mitchley@reddit

You're mixing up in your own argument. Four bunks is not the same as four bunk beds. Four bunk beds have eight bunks. If someone says four bunks, that means two bunk beds.

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Sea-Possession-1208@reddit

4 bunks is 4 mattresses 4 bunk beds is 8. A bunk bed sleeps two

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lace_roses@reddit

4 bunks available = 4 mattresses 4 bunk beds = 8 mattresses 1 bunk bed has 2 bunks.

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GrumpyOldFart74@reddit

Your edit changes the question 4 *bunk beds*, as you first phrased it, means 8 mattresses - as per all of the other answers “4 bunks” isn’t the same thing… THAT means 4 mattresses… a “bunk” doesn’t even necessarily even mean actually bunk beds (eg in a barracks)

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Puzzled-Job9556@reddit

4 bunk beds is 8 beds. 4 bunks are 4 beds.

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TheAireon@reddit

Your edit explains the source of your confusion. 1 bunk ≠ 1 bunk bed

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Pricklestickle@reddit

Four BUNKS is four mattresses. Four BUNK BEDS is eight mattresses (i.e 8 Bunks)

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Isgortio@reddit

Four bunk beds = four double decker beds, with 2 mattresses per bed. Four bunks = four beds, with 1 mattress per bed.

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Dedward5@reddit

I would consider that it’s open to interpretation so, if I was booking something I’d check. I wouldn’t have a debate about it because it’s pointless, it’s one of those “it doesn’t matter, just ask whoever says it” questions.

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showmethemundy@reddit

1 bunk bed is 2 mattresses. Extrapolate

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simpson___@reddit

You’ve changed the phrasing between the title and your edit. “4 bunk beds” clearly means 4 beds, 2 mattresses on each. “4 bunks” is much more open to interpretation

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Triordie@reddit

Bunk bed is two mattresses. 4 bunk beds is 8 mattresses

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Suspicious_Neck_5156@reddit

I would agree with you. Google four bunk beds though, it shows only two bunk beds/four beds. 🤔

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SkullDump@reddit

It means 8 mattresses. If you go and buy a bunk bed (singular) it by definition means two beds, one above the other. A bunk bed is the name of the furniture itself, not the number of beds.

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Hour_orchid_1231@reddit

Four bunks is four mattresses. Four bunk beds is eight mattresses.

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ayeayefitlike@reddit

This. A bunk bed has two bunks.

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Disrobingbean@reddit

A bunk bed has multiple bunks. 4 bunk beds (assuming they're standard double deckers) would have 8 bunks, they'd sleep 8 people.

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MountainMuffin1980@reddit

8. Anything else is objectively wrong.

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random_character-@reddit

I think it depends on context. I think there is a difference between "bunk beds" and "a bunk bed" If someone said to me "I have four bunk beds" i would assume space to sleep 4 people. In this context a bunk is a space to sleep. You have four of them. It could be one rack of four beds (yeah, it'd be high, but threes are fairly common), or two racks of two, or whatever. The configuration doesn't matter. If I was going to the shop to buy "a bunk bed" it would commonly have two mattresses. If the wife sent me out to buy "four bunk beds" I would come back with 4 units and probably 8 mattresses, because in this context "a bunk bed" is a specific thing.

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Bloatville@reddit

Tbh I think I've only really heard the singular component of a bunk bed referred to as 'a bunk' Adding the bed part suggests it's the whole kit & kaboodle to me. You are right that bunks can be stacked more than two high though. It confuses the question even more.

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CassetteLine@reddit

A bunk bed has two beds. So four bunk beds have 8 mattresses. Anyone saying otherwise has lost their mind.

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Jimbo_88@reddit

11 mattresses and anyone saying otherwise is trolling.

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shazhazel@reddit

If a bunk bed only had one mattress, then it would just be called a bed

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InternationalRich150@reddit

8 beds. A bunk bed is 2 beds. Therefore 4 ×2 beds equals 8. I really hope this isn't a debate between adults.

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pajamakitten@reddit

Eight mattresses. A bunk bed is made up of two bunks.

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PsychCrim@reddit

4 mattresses

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ferdinandsalzberg@reddit

Eight **bunks**, four **bunk beds**

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royals796@reddit

8 mattresses. 1 bunk bed = 2 regular beds. If you needed 1 mattress per bunk bed then I’m afraid you have been scammed: they sold you a regular bed

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EducationSuperb3392@reddit

8 mattresses Whoever is saying 4 is an idiot.

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sara61wilson@reddit

8 mattresses.

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fickle_tartan@reddit

Personally I would think 4 mattresses, a singular bunk bed means one of the sleeping surfaces to me. Like the top bunk is its own bed, as it the bottom, they're just connected. If you book a "bunk bed" in a hostel you don't get the whole set, and similarly I doubt you'd say you'd shared "a bed" with a stranger if you stayed in one. If I was ever trying to communicate there was 8 sleeping surfaces I'd say "4 sets of bunk beds", personally, feels less ambiguous.

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Mammoth-Turnip-3058@reddit

4

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Justboy__@reddit

Channel 4 budget for the reality show has gone downhill.

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Odd_Cryptographer941@reddit

Are talking 4 bunk beds Singular? Or 4sets of bunk beds? Which would be 8! Just Asking... 😁

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CheesyBeans81@reddit

Should mean 4 mattresses. Someone trying to rent the beds will probably hope you believe it's 8

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BirchyBaby@reddit

Snow White is showing up with 7 fellas.

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destria@reddit

It seems straightforward to me. One bunk bed would surely refer to two mattresses (otherwise you'd just say bed), so four bunk beds is eight.

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Reko2@reddit

Maybe they are thinking of a cabin bed i had one growing up. Just think of like the top bunk minus the bottom. With like a desk or something there instead.

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ChimpyChompies@reddit

I would say eight. And, may indicate a house of multiple occupation..

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nrsys@reddit

A bunk bed is a two storey bed - one frame, two mattresses. Four bunk beds are four of those, eight mattresses. Depending on what you are reading this in reference to, I can see some confusion creeping in however. A dorm room may list 'beds' or 'sleeps x' and give you the amount of mattresses (not specifying whether they are srandard or bunk beds), or note 'four bunk beds' which I would expect to mean eight mattresses...

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Jassida@reddit

A standard bunk bed has two single mattresses Mathematically solved as 4*2=8

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Willeth@reddit

Four bunk beds is eight mattresses, on eight bunks.

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Ikillzet@reddit

Hostel

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Frosty-Branch-2277@reddit

I’d say 4 mattresses… it’s 4 beds, but saying 4 “bunk beds” lets you know they’re on top of each other and not normal bed setup

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Efficient_Ratio3208@reddit

4!!! 4 bunks, 4 mattresses

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pgnlzbth@reddit

A bunk bed has a top bunk and a bottom bunk, each requiring a mattress. 4 bunks = 4 mattresses. 4 bunk beds = 8 mattresses.

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Ambitious_Mark9922@reddit

Whoever is arguing 4 mattresses is having a nightmare

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PoggestMilkman@reddit

8 mattresses. There is nothing to debate!

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heyitsed2@reddit

Why don't more people add polls to their posts. 8.

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Outrageous_Dig_9130@reddit

A bunk bed is one bed above another and needs 2 mattresses. Ergo, 2 bunk beds is 8 mattresses

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Odd-Loan-5704@reddit

This adds a whole new dimension to the debate...

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BillWilberforce@reddit

A bunk bed, is 1 bunkbed with 2 mattresses. Therefore 2 bunkbeds have 4 mattresses.....

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gofuhqyosen@reddit

I think this is the first time I’ve seen everyone in the comments actually agree with each other on Reddit😭

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pm_me_your_amphibian@reddit

8 mattresses

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ozyri@reddit

You got your answer!

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agentrossi176@reddit

4 bunk beds, 8 bunks Beds = number of frames Bunks = number of mattresses Then bunk beds exist with a bigger than single mattress, I've slept in one with a double below and single above So that one bunk bed would be 1 bunk bed, 2 bunks, 3 'berths'?

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evenifihateit@reddit

8 Any other answer is madness

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keblin86@reddit

8, it's not even a question and how anyone can say 4 is beyond me.

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Known-Highway-8465@reddit

8 mattresses. A bunk bed is made up of 2 beds. 4 bunk beds is 8 beds in total.

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Otherwise_Living_158@reddit

8

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ZombieGash@reddit

8 mattresses/8 beds

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kittykat7931@reddit

8 mattresses - one bunk bed is a single unit of two beds…. Therefore four bunk beds will be 4 x 2…. Isn’t it???

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LinkLegend21@reddit

8 mattresses. It’s 8 beds, but 4 bunk beds, because each bunk bead is 2 beds.

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veryblocky@reddit

It’s 4 separate things, so 8 mattresses

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Morganx27@reddit

I'm guessing either you've currently got either an abundance of mattresses or an abundance of children fighting to see who has to sleep on the floor

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mhoulden@reddit

One mattress per person.

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Navy_Rum@reddit

8

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Veinmire@reddit

8 mattresses. Top bunk and bottom bunk = one bunk each. Four bunk beds = eight beds.

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_ropjon_@reddit

8! You wouldn't see a bunk bed and say "oh, look at those 2 bunk beds.". You'd say "look at that bunk bed." So 4 bunk beds is 8 bunks

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Scottish_squirrel@reddit

4 bunk beds is 4 separate structures. So 8 beds.

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Difficult_System1264@reddit

Four bunk beds = eight mattresses Four bunks = four mattresses

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NightBusToGiro@reddit

A singular bunk bed denotes two bed units stacked atop one another. Your situation would concern eight mattresses.

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Maleficent-Win-6520@reddit

8

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only-want-to-see@reddit

One bunk bed = two mattress. Four bunk beds = eight mattress

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Badlydrawnfox08@reddit

A bunk bed (1) is a bed that requires 2 mattresses. Therefore 4 bunk beds would require 8 mattresses.

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Bitter_End_5643@reddit

8

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SparklyZigZag@reddit

8... A bunk bed is two beds, otherwise it'd be just a bed. So 4 bunk beds would sleep 8. Of course. Nothing to argue about. Whoever says 4 is wrong. Only possibility of rescuing the reputation of the person saying it'd be 4 mattresses is if it was described as 4 beds comprised of 2 bunkbeds, OR 4 bunks (not with the -bed).

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Breaking-Dad-@reddit

I don’t know and now it worries me, despite the fact that I have absolutely no need to worry or even care. Thanks a lot OP

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Economy_Fan_8520@reddit

8 obviously

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redpandadancing@reddit

There are 4 beds that happen to be laid out as bunks one on top of the other. So I would take that as 4 places to sleep on 2 bedframes.

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Odd-Loan-5704@reddit

It means no sleep for eight people and multiple rounds of rock paper scissors to determine who gets the bottom bunk.

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Ecstatic_Effective42@reddit

I would say the definition of a bunk bed is one or more beds stacked on top of another. So four bunk beds would be at least 8 actual beds (mattresses)

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Naive_Reach2007@reddit

4 bunk beds can mean either 4 lots of bunk beds or 4 beds in a bunk formation For me it would be the latter.

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Crunchie64@reddit

Four mattresses. Four **sets** of bunk beds might be eight mattresses though.

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HoneyGlazedBadger@reddit

4 mattresses you maniacs

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Ok_Chipmunk_7066@reddit

1 bunk bed is 2 mattresses. So by that logic 4 bunk beds is 8 mattresses.

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Altruistic-Nerve4180@reddit

8 mattresses, since bunk beds come in doubles. 2 bunk beds is 4 mattresses.

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fluffywhitesocks@reddit

Depends do your bunk beds have 2 beds per bunk bed? Cause then it would be 8

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seriousname32@reddit

8

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RonnieBobs@reddit

8 mattresses

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Mountain-Plastic-432@reddit

8 matresses

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Thats-right999@reddit

8 beds

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