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> I absolutely cannot understand people who have 153 unread notifications. They're probably the same people who sleep with a blanket turned the other way around — zipper facing the head.

a) What kind of blanket has a zipper? I don’t think I have encountered any.

b) As the kind of person with several thousand unread emails, I don’t know why people bother? I can easily search for the important stuff, and visually scan the new pile a few times a day. I have better things to do with my life than manage my inbox, I don’t need that stress. Family, video games, basically anything else. It’s way more work than reward. I know a number of people this drives absolutely nuts, but I don’t get it.

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> a) What kind of blanket has a zipper? I don’t think I have encountered any.

This most probably refers to the "hole" which is used to insert the insert of the blanket, which, for most people at least, means that it should be at the "feet" end of the bed. It's just some blankets have zippers to cover the hole, others have buttons etc.

Oh, I think we’re taking about a duvet cover? I believe that’s distinct from a blanket, which is usually sealed fully or a single ply.

I have certainly never been duvet levels of fancy.

One doesn't need to be fancy for duvet covers - merely live in a country where the duvet is standard and the blanket is secondary.

United States: Duvets are fancy. Norway: Common, everyday stuff.

This is what I meant yes. I'm not a native English speaker, so I might've screwed that one up.

My favorite blankets ends are the one which ends up as a 30cm funnel you can tuck under the mattress.

Today I learned: the word "blanket" also refers to duvets. I always thought the word means the single-layered sheet you of material you e.g. wrap yourself in when it's cold, or put on top of a duvet for extra warmth.

I read that and immediately thought of sleeping bags.

We used sleeping bags as blankets growing up because we were weird I guess.

We used sleeping bags sometimes during winters growing up because we were poor, and that was a cheaper solution to apartment heating. I actually liked it sometimes because it felt like we were camping...another thing that i hadn't done when i was younger due to lack of funds.

....By the way, you're not weird for using sleeping bags; you're fun! :-)

>It's just some blankets have zippers to cover the hole, others have buttons etc.

... I've never seen a blanket with a zipper or buttons...

Both mines have buttons. What stops your duvet falling out?

A blanket is a blanket, sounds like you are talking about a duvet cover. I've never even seen a duvet or duvet cover in real life, they're not common in America (at least not in my part). In fact, I didn't even know duvet/duvet covers existed until I started this job because I occasionally see them being imported and had to look them up in a dictionary.

Usually a bed here is a blanket or comforter, then a top sheet, then a fitted sheet on the mattress. In hotels/motels you'll sometimes see a comforter AND a blanket with the two sheets.

(Based on photos of duvets) I think a comforter is somewhat like a thinner duvet with a non-removable cover.

As someone else said in this thread, when I heard 'blanket' and 'zipper' together the only thing that came to mind was a sleeping bag.

I worked with a guy once that was perfectly happy to let his OSX Mail.app icon "bounce" with new message notifications all day long. He was 10 feet away from me and that bouncing icon caught my eye all the time. I just don't understand how he could work with that thing bouncing at the bottom of his screen all day long.

Some folks just aren't bothered by such things.

Or have better focus than I do.

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