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[–] saltnotsugar@lemm.ee 73 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As a rule these pillows are never comfortable, overly expensive, and you can’t make forts out of them.

[–] Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Forts per pillow is a very important and often neglected stat

[–] HappyMeatbag@beehaw.org 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

My hatred of throw pillows is so extreme that it borders on psychotic.

“They don’t serve any purpose besides getting in your way! What if you want to sit on the couch, but there’s already someone else on it? You can’t just put the throw pillow in their lap. You can’t toss it on the floor, either. That’s rude. I HATE THEM SO MUCH.” 🔪 🪶🪶🪶

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm with you. Fuck you and your decorative pillows and towels!

[–] Bloodwoodsrisen@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Neither of you have heard of Decorative Soap it seems

[–] HappyMeatbag@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I have. Sometimes, if I’m forced to attend an event at the house of someone I don’t like, I’ll wash my hands with it out of spite.

I applaud your spite motivation, Sir

[–] H2207@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don't see the point in cushions, the sofa's got a backrest for a reason and they're always way too hard to. Same goes for butt cushions on dining chairs, 10/10 times I take them off.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When I was in group, some ladies used the pillows because the back was a bit "too" far back otherwise if they did go all the way back then their feet wouldn't touch the ground.

[–] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 3 points 2 years ago

Makes sense. I have long legs so I need to remove the pillows or they're in my way.

[–] trailing9@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

It's fight club 2.0

If they are not allowed to question the fabric of their culture, their mind finds another way to compensate.

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This is my mom. So many damn pillows on the couch that you can't sit on it.

It's not a damn pillow display!

[–] AltheaHunter@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's not a damn pillow display!

Sounds like it is.

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

She clearly thinks it is

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

At least you're allowed to try and sit on the sofa.

[–] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 3 points 2 years ago

Only on sunday, when there's special visitors over. The rest of the time we sit on plastic chairs in the room next to the kitchen.

That's how some of my relatives do it. Even when we were over we were sitting in the plastic chairs. I don't get why they would live like this.

[–] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I thought they are called "throw pillows" because you're suppose to throw them at your family and friends when they annoy you and you are too lazy to get off the couch.

Am I not doing it right?

[–] TwinTusks@outpost.zeuslink.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Beautiful

But in Chinese, these are call "hug pillows".

[–] Magnetar@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago
[–] erre@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I clicked the thumbnail fully expecting a third row where you could no longer see the couch behind cushions. 😞

[–] Ferris@infosec.pub 5 points 2 years ago

You can emulate this yourself by zooming into a portion of the second photo which renders you unable to see the couch, if you like.

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

couches are but another victim to the interior decorator’s aversion to uncluttered flat surfaces

[–] Misconduct@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You guys are crazy. I don't really do decorative pillows but I will not abide a sofa in my house that isn't covered with soft comfy things to burrow under

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

my couch is barren and made of rock, any comfort must come from within

[–] gonta@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

True stoic right here.

[–] Misconduct@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's either amazing for your back or crippling there is no inbetween lol

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Couch tumors.

[–] Llama0822@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Two are enough but a lot people buy stuff like compulsive.

[–] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 4 points 2 years ago

Underrated comment.

[–] gun@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Then there's me sitting here with one lonely white pillow on my bed cause I lost the other one.

[–] ciapatri@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 2 points 2 years ago

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[–] ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

My sofa isn't so bad but I have 14 pillows on my bed. It's out of control.

[–] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Omg! When did my wife join Lemmy?!

Me but with squishmallows

Unfortunately I only have one currently

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

wife used to carpet the vinyl kitchen floor with rugs. robovac would arrange them in a circle and get stuck in the middle. I rolled them up and put them on a shelf in the garage.

[–] Misconduct@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Or.. You just get rug anchors oooorrrrr pick them up before the vacuum goes off? Is it some kinda flex to put away decorations your wife liked or something I'm a little confused.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tbf carpet in the kitchen is pretty gross. Grease and shit.

[–] Misconduct@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just get machine washable rugs and toss them in every couple of days or so. I wouldn't want full carpet but rugs are nice in places like in front of the fridge. A little soft spot for jars to land if they slip or get dropped 🤷‍♀️

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

I have this like, puffy silicone(?) thingy, meant for the same thing but is nonporous and much less gross.

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

yeah I made that shit up to flex, okay

[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Haha, perfect.

[–] Nepenthe@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I was up at an Airbnb in Boston years ago and I still very much remember one entire third of the bed I was given being covered in different throw pillows. It was bad enough to actually be funny, and more intrusive irl than the photo I had to take would have you believe. Where the photo cuts off is the edge of the mattress.

I had to move them every night in order to go to sleep, and put them back every morning when I made the bed. I counted. There were sixteen of them. Everyone else's beds were the same way.