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OK, I’ll admit to thinking this one is a little weird, but whatever
Whenever I brew tea or dye to make things for my shop I imagine that I’m an old forest crone mixing potions.
Your turn, Imgur! How do *you* add whimsy to your life?
TheInternetNeedsMoreCats
Making silly noises with the empty tube is an essential part of the process of changing the toilet paper and paper towel rolls.
supervillin
When I order takeout, I don't normally have any special instructions so I like to just put "You're the best!" or "Have an awesome day" or "Thanks so much" if they have a form field for it.
brattysubsam
I put pretty clothes on, especially to bake or run errands, but also to clean and sometimes I wear my fancy clothes just to lounge
1stDrunkJoe
I work in residential construction, typically attics, and wherever I bump my head more than twice I write "Hit head here!"
bluedemon2512
#2 The biggest French music export right now is Gojira (you may have seen them in the 2024 olympic games opening.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hTMYk7orHw. Not too sure how romantic you think it is in the end...
Wynterknyte
I will often stick my arms out, particularly while it is windy, and walk a weaving path pretending I'm a bird cruising on the thermals.
feelymcfeel
#7 I remember explaining the nuances of Manchester City v Liverpool to my cat once. He looked interested but think he was just being polite.
ArcaneM37
I used to teach my cat calculus. She is 17 now and could probably pass an age appropriate math test.
Neednoggle
After I park my car and I'm about to walk away from it, I'll point back and say 'stay, good girl'
PedanticAsshat
Sometimes I'll say "everyone remember where we parked" a la Star Trek.
SalmySwims
If I drop something, I yell "GRAVITY CHECK" and when it lands I go "Yep, still working."
wazeewa
My son did this quite often as a baby. He did a thorough testing of gravity and made sure multiple times a day that gravity, was in fact, still working. haha
RobBobertyYT
When I'm walking around and pretty sure nobody can see me I sometimes walk like a robot.
Muppetman18
TChallaVanDam
Hear, hear.
zmacknits
When I pass trees while I’m on a walk, I tell them how beautiful they are and how well they’re tree-ing.
ImAWeirdMom
#17 nothing wrong with being weird.
Elonth
Is sad if you know anything about racoons and why a bunch of their young would be road kill. Id use a spoiler tag but that doesn't exist in comment/tags. So It will be in the replies if you want to ruin your day.
Elonth
Baby racoons are incredibly reliant on their mothers (this is kinda true for all mammals with litters really.) When momma gets hit by a car crossing the road before they are not big enough to understand/be on their own they get confused and linger around her body for days waiting until something kills them. In this specific instance it would be random cars passing by mama's body. So have fun knowing that grim reality of our bleak dying world I guess?
MrNardtastic
While thats a sad shame, if it makes yall feel better, raccoons are a bunch of thieving degenerate assholes ( calm down it was mostly /s ) ((or is it s/ ? I can never remember)) ((( internet is my second language)))
IStartConversationsAndThenGetBoredWithMyOwnPoint
Sometimes I find a small bill in a pocket or wherever and instead of spending it I'll hide it again; I'll eventually forget and then 'discover' it again. For one, it's always nice to find money and on the otherhand it's nice to play hide-and-go seek with myself. 20+ years.
WaxDragon
Whenever I choke on water down the wrong pipe, I always say "nope, still can't breathe water"
ArcaneM37
I always say "turns out that goes better down the other tube."
ImAMomWhatsYourSuperpower
When I was still able to walk, hubby and I used to go for long walks in the woods. And everytime we came across a fallen tree on our way, we would yell "adventure time!" and make a really big deal out of crossing that tree. We would also hold hands and sing "We´re off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of Oz..." while walking.
TChallaVanDam
Adorable.
wazeewa
When I pick up the phone and no one is there or it hangs up right away I just say "Fine, didn't want to talk to you anyway!" haha
HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
Well, so far I haven't killed myself. That seems pretty whimsical to me right now.
Klimmmmy
I'm a feminine lady and I always say "ladies first" when more than just me is walking through a door. Ladies tend to giggle about it and then I feel cool and funny
DdCno1
I like to explain the modern world to a time traveler from around 200 years ago in my head. Everything from tech to the history of stuff since and politics, taking into account what a well-educated person from that era would already know. It's a thing I've been doing since I was around 10 or 11 years old to calm myself down.
TeelMoobeel
this is great to hold back the invasive thoughts, ty!
ArcaneM37
I think this is info dumping, just internally. I do this too and recently found out I am autistic.
I remember being so excited to have kids so i could teach them things, and I would mentally practice answering the same question to a child of various ages. I was so thrilled when my son finally asked me why the light changes with the seasons. I drew a diagram.
LawFiveGuy
when I drop something, or I'm reffing youth soccer games when kids randomly trip themselves while running, I say "that's just excess gravity"
jeroen94704
Like Alf when he was asked "how did that happen?!?" after he threw a baseball through a window. His reply was "Isn't that obvious!? GRAVITY FAILURE!"
squirrelgirl86
In a similar vein to #11, I once read a comment from a mom that did "Cinderella Sundays", where she and her little girls would clean all morning, then put on their princess dresses, have a fancy candlelit dinner and a dance party "ball" afterward.
TChallaVanDam
That’s adorable, and a really smart way to normalize chores and cleaning as part of a routine. All around genius.
Elonth
I have incredibly invasive negative self think. I cannot form a free thought or moment of peace when not focused on a task or other idea. ITs immediate and I've been in years of thearpy trying to fix it.
So #5 instructions clear. Now I have a 40k Ork Warboss shouting at me every time I have a chance to think to put me down....so I guess thanks for that?
TeelMoobeel
be sure to give it a silly name so that yous can say "[warboss] says..." because he's talking out loud to himself -not you!
BlacksmithSam
My wife has cancer and sometimes her hands stop working out of the blue. It usually happens when she's holding something, a dinner plate, her tablet, a cup of tea. When what-ever-it-is hits the floor, we both look at each other and say, "Perfect!" and laugh together as I clean it up.
FelonyRaptor
I always say hello and talk to rabbits and squirrels when I see them.
In their language.
mouthfullofpebbles
It's a really old superstition in my country to always greet magpies politely (not really known or practiced anymore), since they may be a wizard or witch in disguise. I always nod and say good morning/day/evening to all animals I meet. Not because I believe that they are humans in animal form, but because acknowledging them and moving on peacefully seems to put them at ease, so it's an investment for me to be able to just sit and enjoy nature without causing any concern at all when I want!
TChallaVanDam
That last part intrigues me. Feel free to post a video?
FelonyRaptor
I don't have any, but if I remember to take footage next time I'll post it.
WellWhatTheHeck
*Drops cell phone. "Well THAT'LL make it work better!"
SnarfyMcSnarferson
Concussive maintenance
thejon
My corner of the world calls it "percussive maintenance" (beat it like a drum until it starts working again)
AyatollahBahloni
#3 I absolutely need to adopt this in my life. ❤️🔥
PedanticAsshat
Same. That's awesome.
Takila
#17 Taxidermy is completely normal and wholesome stuff all around
thejon
#17 is Jenny Lawson, and she's my fucking hero.
She was one of the very first people I saw online being totally open about her struggles with mental health, and she's absolutely hilarious too. She coined the phrase "furiously happy"; gist is sometimes depression keeps you down for days/weeks/months, but then it lifts. And even though you know it'll come back, you spend every moment kicking sand in depression's face by being as intentionally happy as possible. (1/2)
thejon
(2/2) I don't have her flair for words, but everything in OPs thread is a perfect example. Wear a fancy ball gown to a normal dinner out. Collect odd trinkets that serve no purpose but to make you smile. Be silly and dance and claw back every second of happiness you can.
Her blog is amazing, but she has a couple of books and she's narrated the audiobook versions, and I'd highly recommend those too!
MedicSolidarity
Omfg Taxidermy!!! Yes definitely.... Taxidermy.
Cooper1977
If I drop something I say aloud "Just put that anywhere" and then I laugh at myself. I don't get upset I just clean it up and move on with my life.
lupender
my coworker used to say when she dropped food: "better on the ground than mouth of godless" haha
Worbah
My grandma and mom used to say that, and my friends from Helsinki were horrified when I, without thinking, said it after one of them spilled some beer.
JackDance
For us its "Dump that down. Oh, you already did. Great!"
oldwindy
When I drop something I say “yup, gravity still works”
SpikesGuns
Shit, I think I'm going to steal that one. Spilled a drink in a bar the other day and the Karaoke guy stopped singing in the middle of his song and said "I saw that!" This would've been a great response
TheDukeofCinnamonBuns
I'm partial to "Just hang that up right there" whenever something get's droped.
ImJustHereToFuckSpiders
I always say "that lives there now!" when i drop something
imnotinthewitnessprotectionprogram
Allow me to introduce you to the art of Kintsugi. Taking broken things like ceramic bowls and vases and fixing the break with gold epoxy. Continuing the life of the object as well as displaying the break as a talking point about the piece and not something to be hidden away.
ostensiblystupid
When I drop something I say “ahhh!” In a tiny voice that’s an octave higher than my normal voice.
I have a number of whimsical quirks because life is dreary and magic hasn’t been made illegal yet.
Neednoggle
When I drop something on the floor or ground, I'll say, "I'm just gonna put that there for a moment"
Terran81
I scold what I dropped. “Fine. You can stay down there if you’re going to throw a tantrum. I’ll clean you up when you’ve decided to act right.”
JackDance
B1tchtastic
I look for female musicians I don't know, new songs, add some old faves, and burn at least 1 mix CD every month, which I play in my car while pretending I am running a pirate radio station just for ladies.
PedanticAsshat
That's fucking cool
Howlingowl
Why do the musicians need to be female?
B1tchtastic
While trained instrumentalists and musicians are split evenly, male and female, 50/50, the music industry is male dominated with 95% male instrumentalists to only 5% female instrumentalists. Even female vocalists only account for 20-30% of the top 800 songs, year over year
B1tchtastic
Here's some sources: https://music-tomorrow.com/blog/its-raining-mein-music">https://music-tomorrow.com/blog/its-raining-men-statistics-about-the-gender-ga">n-stati">in-music">https://music-tomorrow.com/blog/its-raining-men-statistics-about-the-gender-gap-in-music https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/03057356221115458 https://www.forbes.com/sites/caitlinkelley/2019/02/06/music-industry-study-annenberg-gender-equality/
B1tchtastic
The VAST majority of female written and produced records start and remain under indie labels because major labels won't sign female musicians unless they are backed by things like Disney. On YouTube, you will see songs that are freaking great, but never get radio play and that struggle because they are doubly stigmatized for being indie and female-led. So I like to find some of those great artists who deserve massive popularity and buy their music.
B1tchtastic
I just got back tonight from a concert with Beach Bunny and the headliner the Beths. Freaking fantastic, both of them. Just amazing live. Both have been included in my last 5 CDs, and I never would have found them if I weren't consciously trying to find new artists. Songs they played tonight. https://youtu.be/qr">5x1D8mE">https://youtu.be/qrQ65x1D8mE https://youtu.be/tRKwjduRzZI