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Having a friend over for dinner and a chat

being able to cook for the people in my life I cherish to the utmost. i love talking to a friend while I’m chopping peppers or stirring a pot or adjusting seasoning and salt. when you ask them to try it to see if it needs anything, moments of collaboration when they are in the mood to help chop something or clean something, never expected always appreciated. let Us both have a glass of wine why don’t we

@marbleblastgold

Dec 22, 2023

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Sharing a meal with FRIENDS

makes me all warm and fuzzy inside when you get to share something delicious with friends

@nohammo

Dec 17, 2023

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FOOD

Why is making a side dish or some dinner for people so enjoyable??? I put on some good tunes and cooking is so FUN. Highly advise making a dish for your friends next gathering, it’s easier than you think!

@philishere

Feb 10, 2025

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Miffy Wrapping Paper

honestly miffy anything. just so damn cute.

@ummmvia

Mar 26, 2025

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CD’s are the enduring future

like many of the other responses to this post, I think that having physical copies of media ensures that there is some enduring access. It’s archival. I would also add that having the physical copies enhances engagement with the media. This is of course a privilege bc physical media is usually more expensive than digital, but I do think that consuming Digital media is often more passive. Idk. I love my phone too (and Spotify and the internet archive and Gutenberg project). But after I started collecting CDs and physical books I became very interested in getting as much as possible out of them. listening to the same album in its entirety for weeks at a time. rereading a book (Seriously, I would rarely reread a book before). Also lending the copies to friends is the best thing in the world. Like being able to share and then discus- or even just the sharing. Whether or not you get it back it just becomes a gift. Which is nice. Anyways to blabber on this last point: I don’t think that you always have to personally own and keep forever all of the physical media you accrue. just going to a library does a lot of the same good (supporting local archiving + engaging with stuff my tangibly + media becoming communal). learning that many libraries still have VHS, CDs, and DVDs available to check out changed my life. ya.

@ummmvia

Mar 9, 2025

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If cats DISAPPEARed from the world

Bought this for cheap in Berlin and read this on the plane + train back to London. had to fight tears. Such a quick and beautiful read.

@ummmvia

Mar 9, 2025