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They keep things interesting amidst the monotony.
For instance, instead of simply eating and enjoying your pizza, pause unnecessarily long to ponder what it would be like to chug all of the red pepper flakes.
Feb 16, 2024
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as a fun little challenge... its an exercise in pretending you are a garbage truck... squeezing and compacting the first few forkfuls into your cheeks... finally when i see that my plate or bowl has been cleared i will chew and swallow and digest...
why i do this is a very good question but it definitely started when i'd have those puny, absolutely tiny portions of michelina's frozen pasta meals in the green boxes!!! my favourites were the lasagna with meat sauce and the lasagna alfredo with broccoli . for the record B)
please don't judge me
Feb 19, 2024
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There is total satisfaction and happiness in enjoying each bite of all the snacks you can eat while it lasts. Going from ice cream to cookies to chips to leftovers from dinner back to ice cream for dessert. Every minute counts.
Aug 4, 2024
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When Iām bored sometimes i try to convince people that all food tastes the same
Apr 25, 2024
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I don't know how well this actually answers your initial question, I think it's more of a counterpoint to some of the stuff people have already said, but here it goes.
In the past (prior to social media or search engines) specific styles, specialized knowledge, and niche awareness actually took effort. You had to go out into the world and find a scene, be accepted, participate in it, contribute to it, and learn from others with specific knowledge within the specific sub- or counter-cultural scene. It took time, effort, and experience to craft an identity. Nowadays people cycle through various identities and trends like commodities because it takes no effort (they're sold to them by social media algorithms, influencers, brand accounts, etc.). It comes to you in your phone without you ever even having to leave the house or put in the time to discover it or participate in it (you just follow specific people or subscribe). You can be a passive observer or consumer, not an active contributor. As a result, you're not invested or tied down and committed to that core identity. You can cosplay depending on your mood or who you want to momentarily convey yourself as, because it's easy. Essentially, being a poser has become normalized. An identity is now something to be momentarily consumed and affected, rather than grown, built, and developed over time.
Granted, it's always been different in regards to "mass" culture and popular trends (both in the past and now). Those are impossible to miss and were always monopolized by specific trend setting institutions, but always by the time it gets to that point, the actual initial counter- or sub-culture that inspired it has already been coopted and has started to disintegrate under the weight and attention of mass consumption.
Feb 18, 2024
It's an action deserving of its own nickname. My cat's name is Gomez, but when he crosses his paws like this, he turns into Hodgkins Plumpersocks.
Feb 2, 2024
I feel like everything about this photo captures that unique period of time - the covid masks, the protest signs, the boarded windows, the national guard.
I look at it now and I still feel glimmers of the hope I felt in that moment, when the rigid and all encompassing oppressive and systemic ruts of society felt like they were becoming more plastic and might even come undone. However, in retrospect, I am of course also hit with the ultimate disappointment, betrayal, and futility of it all.
So in that sense, it really captures that hovering sense of disillusionment and hope that I'm perpetually caught between within my day to day life.
Mar 30, 2024