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Simple and ridiculous pleasures
Scooping the pulp out of a pumpkin and handing it off to someone else for carving
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To me, there is no earthly pleasure like this. It smells good. It FEELS good. It is tactile. You are doing someone “a favor” (let’s be real, I do it selfishly). You can see your actual progress at the end. Given your labor, you have a claim to the most toasted pumpkin seeds. It’s just the best. I scrape them down to the white. If you like pimple popping and stuff like that, get thee a pumpkin.
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Real Simple
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Sophisticated? No. Cerebral? Absolutely not. Relaxing, skews neutral to happy in content, and filled with fun little ideas to organize and decorate your space and, to an extent, your life? Very much so. I will never not love this magazine.
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4w
Simple and ridiculous pleasures
Watch a movie on Zoom
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My friends and I started doing it during COVID and it was such a treat. Pick a movie, mute your mic, and turn it back on to share excellent commentary. It’s as good as watching a movie on the couch together except, because of Zoom, you don’t need to wear pants (amazing). Depending on sleep schedules, this also works with friends in different time zones. *critical note: this is extra enjoyable with deliciously terrible movies
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7w
Simple and ridiculous pleasures
Online spaces where people are civil, supportive, and fun
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Like this one. I am knocking on wood furiously, I hope I don’t jinx it! This is such a nice haven compared to Twitter, Instagram, etc… 🤞🏻 I check it many times a day without feeling sad or angry. *not an employee, just loving this app
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Simple and ridiculous pleasures
Soph
Crystals in cheese
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7w
Simple and ridiculous pleasures
Janet Wallace
Offer to Take the Photo
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8w
Simple and ridiculous pleasures
Leaving a party while you’re still having fun
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I’ve seen a lot of great recs on here regarding getting over FOMO and embracing JOMO. May I add to the discourse this notion of leaving a party or event on a high? If I know I’ve “peaked” in terms of good times, I’d rather leave with a smile on my face and a bounce in my step than wait for things to wind down.
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Simple and ridiculous pleasures
A good “stuff” purge
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Moving sucks, but it’s the best impetus for going through your stuff and identifying things that can better serve others or be recycled. My body and brain feel lighter after an intense purge of “stuff.”
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8w
Simple and ridiculous pleasures
Paige Stewart Enslow
joy of peeing outside (JOPO)
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truly the most spectacular and underrated thing
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8w
Simple and ridiculous pleasures
Samantha Klein
Dog fluff peeking through crate
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8w
Simple and ridiculous pleasures
When my dog rolls around on the rug with her mouth open to scratch an itch
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Never not funny.
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8w
Simple and ridiculous pleasures
How kids are inexplicably obsessed with my husband
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He doesn’t pay them much attention and that makes their admiration for him even more adorable. (Pic unrelated)
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8w
Simple and ridiculous pleasures
“Melting” corn-based packing peanuts
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Better for the environment, really fun to mix up in the sink with water until they dissolve.
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8w
Simple and ridiculous pleasures
When the restaurant server tells you that you ordered well
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I don’t know why I need to win at ordering, but I do. This is my greatest joy.
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