"It was 2016 when I discovered Oddly Satisfying, and I needed a little brain massage."
— Matchar, Emily (b. 1982)
Author
Date
February 24, 2019
Metaphor
"It was 2016 when I discovered Oddly Satisfying, and I needed a little brain massage."
Metaphor in Context
The videos seemed to scratch an itch I didn't know I had. If I watched long enough, I felt lightly hypnotized, as if one of those disembodied hands had reached in and massaged my brain.
It was 2016 when I discovered Oddly Satisfying, and I needed a little brain massage. The terrors of imminent parenthood aside, the whole world seemed to be cracking up. In late October my son was born. Two weeks later, Donald Trump was elected president. Awake at 2 a.m., jiggling the baby, I'd tap open my phone, glance at the headlines and immediately hide it under my pillow. Oddly Satisfying was one of the few corners of the internet that didn't make me want to cry and never stop.
(p. 5)
It was 2016 when I discovered Oddly Satisfying, and I needed a little brain massage. The terrors of imminent parenthood aside, the whole world seemed to be cracking up. In late October my son was born. Two weeks later, Donald Trump was elected president. Awake at 2 a.m., jiggling the baby, I'd tap open my phone, glance at the headlines and immediately hide it under my pillow. Oddly Satisfying was one of the few corners of the internet that didn't make me want to cry and never stop.
(p. 5)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Emily Matchar, "The 'Oddly Satisfying' Internet," The New York Times (February 24, 2019). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
02/25/2019
