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Mattress commercials employ deliberate psychological tricks

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Dropping a heavy bowling ball onto a memory foam bed proves absolutely nothing about actual sleep quality. The bizarre visual tests are designed purely to distract buyers from the outrageous price markup. It is an impressive marketing tactic that completely ignores human anatomy.

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