Life is full of randomness. One second you're confidently walking down the street, and the next, your feet are tripping over absolutely nothing. So why not embrace that and laugh at the absurd? The Instagram account 'Satisfy Daily' is packed with funny memes that are so relatable, they make you feel seen. No, really—who's watching me to create these? It's like someone has a front-row seat to my most ridiculous moments, and honestly, I'm not even mad for it.
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Psychologist Dave Smallen studied emotional patterns of the ways we relate to one another, and he found that:
Happy Connections (62%): Most people felt happy and appreciated during these moments, with few negative emotions like sadness or anxiety. Think of the joy you feel catching up with a friend over coffee.
Vulnerable Connections (17%): Some people felt vulnerable emotions like sadness, anxiety, or anger, balanced with relief, happiness, and compassion. This might be like those times when sharing something personal makes you feel a bit lighter afterward.
Supportive Connections (21%): This group mostly felt compassion and sadness, especially when supporting someone else. Picture comforting a friend through a rough day—not exactly joyful, but deeply meaningful.
"From this example, we can see that people generally have complex emotional experiences when they connect, often experiencing more than one identifiable emotion, sometimes both positive and negative emotions at once," Smallen said.
"Our gratitude, or appreciation, is a useful signal that we’ve had a meaningful interaction. Even if all we did was wave with a passerby on the street, we feel appreciation that our mind just encountered another mind in a satisfying way. Indeed, people in all three groups ... were fairly likely to have said they felt appreciative regardless of the kind of interaction they had."
The owner will be ecstatic to find his expensive leather wallet in the lost-and-found.
Smallen believes the key to connecting meaningfully in everyday life isn’t having an interaction that feels happy or even comfortable at that moment, nor is it required that we face vulnerable emotions alongside everyone we want to feel connected with. "Meaningful connections happen when we meet one another where we both are ... emotionally in that moment, within the particular context we are in," he explained.
So what matters is responding adequately to the needs of the moment—is it a time to laugh? Or is it a time to put your hand over your friend's shoulder? Is it time to have a heart-to-heart with our family members? Or is it time to join forces with them in our righteous anger? Every now and then, things can get a bit messy before we find our flow with other people, and that's OK.
I still have a shaker of mixed sugar and cinnamon in the cupboard! Mom's special ratio.
Likewise. I also use it on top of various baked goods when I take them out of the oven.
Load More Replies...had a little McDonald's meal maker and you pulled the crust off the bread put it in the "cutter" to make "fries" and dusted them with a mix of cinnamon and sugar so they looked "cooked and salted" and that was our lil mc donalds fries maker lol Thats how i first found about this num num, when i later wanted it in life and didn't have that frie maker, and made it a full brea thing and..... life was good
Best way to make it that I've found is to slice up some butter (nuke it a few seconds to make it nice and soft), then mix the sugar and cinnamon into the softened butter to make a spread, like the butter at Texas Roadhouse. It makes amazing cinnamon toast!
My mom used to make this for us. It was treat!! I still make it on occasion!
We must have very different lives. When I had cinnamon toast recently my stepdad said 'why are you being posh?'
If you're really posh, you can now buy the cinnamon sugar pre-mixed at the grocery store.
Load More Replies...My grandpa can make this so perfectly that my dad has literally tried paying him to tell him the recipe. I don't think my dad's that smart if he can't figure out. It's just sugar, bread, butter and cinnamon it's actually sad
I butter the bread, sprinkle on the sugar & cinnamon and then place it under the broiler until the sugar crystallizes. One of my husband's favorites.
I made this all the time when I was a kid. I loved it, but also sometimes it was the only thing there was to eat.
Do... none of you have kids? I literally made cinnamon toast with these ingredients this morning.
I am not young and have had this for years, still like it very much comfort food.
"Regardless of the kind of situation we are in, if we enter an interaction with openness and curiosity, and try to show one another that we understand, validate, and care about the feelings that we each express, we are on the right track to meaningful human connection," Smallen said.
Real answer: It depends. The first photo is the Brage Drilling Facility in the North Sea, a fixed rig with a frame that go 140 meters deep to the bottom of the ocean, built on pontoons and sunk until it reaches the bottom. The second one I can't identify, but is clearly a semi-submersible platform. It is just floated to the place and partially sunk to make it stable.
"Okay kids, Normally we would be showing you the nuclear reactor... but Bob sent it away to be cleaned. Bob is no longer with us which takes us to why you should never anger the boss"
Everyone instinctively knows that spider is getting ready to jump down your throat.
Five minutes before guests arrive: me shoving stuff in the cupboard under the stairs, Mr Auntriarch starting to polish the silver cake forks and I'm not planning to serve cake.
That's has to be one of the most American things I've ever seen. I'm American, btw. Haha
My stupid a*s will be talking to somebody on my phone, while freaking out a little when I can't feel the phone in my pocket.
Understanding how to navigate meaningful interactions can be challenging, but insights into emotional connections can offer valuable guidance. For those interested in practical strategies to improve their day-to-day experiences, exploring techniques for managing personal situations effectively can provide useful support.
You might find approaches that focus on taking charge of your circumstances particularly enlightening.
I spent far too long trying to figure out why certain letters were red before I even realized they were all rearranged.
Come on now. The majority of articles posted today are repeats.
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Load More Replies...Come on now. The majority of articles posted today are repeats.
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