Serious answer? Pests and drafts. We raise beds off floors for good reasons. I only recently learned that even headboards have a reason to exist: drafts flow

Serious answer? Pests and drafts. We raise beds off floors for good reasons. I only recently learned that even headboards have a reason to exist: drafts flow down to the floor rather than over the sleeper. Sort of like my friend who feels no need for drapes. One of my stranger conversations. He thinks they're pointless entirely. But besides privacy and the fact that most people can't sleep in full sunlight, they also reduce noise and improve thermal control. Us nerdy types are often iconoclastic about convention and tradition but sometimes things are done a certain way for reasons that make good sense. And you'll be thought anywhere from odd to clueless if you decide to go against the grain. Or worse, kinda lazy. No judgement or anything. My mattress was on the floor for most of my 20s.