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There’s something humbling and almost tearfully beautiful about the tiles perfectly aligned on the sidewalk. About smooth cake icing that looks like an ice-skating rink. About a spotless lid on a yogurt cup. About the clouds forming a perfect…You get it.
In this perfectly imperfect world, we all crave order, symmetry, and evenness. Luckily, the r/OddlySatisfying subreddit is doing every perfectionist a public service by supplying some of the most oddly satisfying sightings that give us a fix of flawlessness. From a perfect stack of pancakes to cats lying like yin and yang, this is something I live for.
And since you can never get too much of good thing, more satisfying stuff to soothe your heart and soul is a click away here and here.
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Oddly satisfying refers to any kind of sighting, either picture or video, that’s incredibly satisfying to look at. The concept has gained quite a cult following on the internet thanks to the r/OddlySatisfying subreddit, which has a whopping 5 million members. The group was created back in 2013, and it celebrates all the “little things that are inexplicably satisfying.”
According to Know Your Meme, "oddly satisfying" and similar phrases had been used online even earlier than that. It first occurred as early as June 4th, 2011 when a post was published on Jezebel titled "An Oddly Satisfying Montage Of 'You Just Don’t Get It, Do You?' Moments."
Moreover, r/OddlySatisfying was inspired by another hugely popular subreddit community, r/mildlyinteresting, “which was born out of a discussion in r/WTF about the need of a clearer categorical distinction between images that are evocative of WTF and those that would be more aptly described as ‘mildly interesting.’”
Fast forward to today, when oddly satisfying and mildly interesting videos are ruling the internet like never before. “We don’t need to be able to explain why we like something in order for it to exist,” Kevin Allocca, head of trends and culture at YouTube, told Wired.
The phenomenon of oddly satisfying pictures and videos, according to Kevin, has to do with the fact that we've never had a descriptor for this kind of stuff. “I think we’ve always had a desire to watch these type of things, but we just didn’t have the language for it. Now we do.”
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I’m An Art Teacher And I Moved To A New School This Past Summer. The Previous Teacher Did Not Share My Love Of Organization. Behold The Before And After Of My Paper Closet!
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After Several Attempts I Finally Got My Lemon Cheesecake And I Am Very Satisfied With The Result!
![[oc] Accidentally Squeezed Out The Most Perfect Swirl Of Paint The Other Day](https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/5f7b0b6458f1d_c4qtwiwxbjd51__700.jpg "[oc] Accidentally Squeezed Out The Most Perfect Swirl Of Paint The Other Day")
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[oc] Went For A Walk With My Boyfriend And Was Pleasantly Surprised How This Drain Fit Perfectly
![[oc] Went For A Walk With My Boyfriend And Was Pleasantly Surprised How This Drain Fit Perfectly](https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/5f7b003abdacd_ja4c9ai5j4q51__700.jpg "[oc] Went For A Walk With My Boyfriend And Was Pleasantly Surprised How This Drain Fit Perfectly")
#74
After 20 Years Of Working At The Same Place, I Vowed To Finish A Pen, Then I Finished The Box
#75
I Hope I'm Not The Only One Who's Wished For The Sticky Part Of A Bracelet To Align Perfectly
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fadedandjaded 5 years ago
BP, thank you for not incorrectly using "OCD" in this post. (I have to say I expected it, but I was pleasantly surprised!)
fadedandjaded 5 years ago
BP, thank you for not incorrectly using "OCD" in this post. (I have to say I expected it, but I was pleasantly surprised!)
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