
An orgasm is pretty much meant to be the pinnacle of human pleasure. As it is part of a reproductive process, it's a naturally desirable thing to want to have an orgasm in order to reproduce and to continue the species. It's meant to be one of the forces of really strong pleasure and drive in the human race.
But... it's not everything. Sometimes there are feelings that are even better. It means that humans have evolved into a better version of themselves where reproduction isn't always the be-all end-all goal.
Redditor u/_the_big_short_ asked:
"What's a happier feeling than an orgasm?"
Here were some of those answers.
Cancelled Plans
"When you're dreading something that you have to do out of obligation, and then it gets canceled at the last minute"-Hrekires
"My two sons were all dressed and ready for school last Saturday, waiting for me to get up to take them. Boy were they happy."-GameCollaboration
Snow Dayz
"I have insanely vivid memories of this growing up in Chicago. My vent was on the floor at the base of my window looking onto our street."
"On those mornings I'd crack the window open a little to let the brisk air in, cover the vent with my blanket and lay on the floor watching snow fall as the warm air from the heater blew under the covers. Heaven."-RokuSnakeBorgov
The Floof Of The Feathers
"Waking up naturally in a really cozy bed. I swear that's the best feeling. One of the best choices I ever made was buying a memory foam mattress, one with the perfect balance of firmness and plush (mine is a tad bit more on the firm side which I like)."
"So waking up naturally on days off, in my own apartment (as opposed to when I had roommates who would wake me up every day, either intentionally by knocking or incidentally with their noise), is honestly the greatest thing in the world."-itsniceinpottsfield
It really us about the moments and the more simple things in life rather than all of the noise.
A Relief Pee
"My most memorable relief pee was as a teenager in Hawaii. I foolishly skipped an opportunity to piss in the morning and then we spent hours huddles together in a cold windy tender boat, heading to a reef to snorkel with no realistic chance to relieve myself."
"I finally hopped in at the reef, swam away from the boat and other snorkelers (courteously down-current of them) and absolutely unleashed the jet stream."
"It just kept going, and going, and going. Waves of relief just radiating through me. Perhaps my sense of time was warped by this transcendental high, but it felt like it lasted several minutes."
"Afterwards I looked up and the stream of bubbly foam stretched into the distance. I hope that urine's blissful happiness symbolically drifted across the Pacific and into the souls of every living being."-__Guy_Incognito
Little Rescue Babies
"This will likely never get seen, but, my in-laws have a history of taking in rescue animals, especially ones that had been abused. It's one of the few things I love about them."
"Many years ago, they got a chihuahua mix that had been abused right before Thanksgiving. We were over there for the holiday and they were saying that she would likely not come out and if she did, she would hide from everyone."
"At some point in the day, she comes out and everyone else makes a big deal of it and talks to her in that stupid high-pitched baby talk that people do."
"I just sit there on the couch wishing I wasn't there when she comes over, lets me pet her, and then sits next to me on the couch. Everyone is floored at this. I'll never forget that dog until the day I die"-fatbastard79
A Head Like A Pillow
"Getting told you're someone's comfort person. God its wonderful. It was a girl that i wasn't very close to before this year, but we've been going to school together for years."
"I hadnt seen her for about a year and a half due to covid. We had homeroom together this year and her face lit up when she saw me."
"We talked for a while and out of the blue she was like 'You're my comfort person. You're just so sweet.' That was 3 weeks ago and i still cant stop thinking about it."-Weak_Dog_8215
Just Being In Your Arms
"Honestly? For me its having my SO hug me back and genuinely want to be in my arms. That doesn't really happen anymore. Id take that over sex any day."
"Edit: Thank you all for the awards and sharing your experiences. I had hoped you guys would get it and a lot of you do."
"And to answer two question Im still married and yes I am a man. My wife is still a good person and does love me, she's just not as affectionate as she used to be."-11923011
One single one of these feelings can really turn around your entire day.
Speaking Doggo Speak
"When your dog understands you. Even better, when you understand your dog."
"When I figured out what my dog wanted while he was sniffing around a chair. He was trying to catch a gecko so I helped him by tilting the chair. The happy noises he made, it made my heart sing!"-EvitaPuppy
Math!...?
"Doing a math problem that solves for some variable(s) and finally getting to the answer and being able to circle it on the paper. Then plugging it to check your work and getting getting it right"-Smooth-Ad2780
"You should look into programming if you haven't. On good days (in good jobs) where you get to write code all day, it's like this all day long."-The_Prequels_Denier
Oh Baby, It's Research
"I'm a scientist. Being the first person to know something. Not just the first to hear the news but the person to push out the boundaries of human knowledge into an uncharted frontier."
"After months or sometimes years of work, to look at your data and understand something that nobody in the entirety of human history has ever understood before...nothing comes close."
"Academia sucks as a career, but for that feeling, it's worth it."-BaronMichotte
It really seems like the small moments in life, as well as the ones that give your life purpose, that really overtake your senses and give you the feeling of pleasure no feeling can surmount.
It's worth all the trouble of being human for these teeny, tiny moments to come through.
There are some things I just won't say no to. Food, for one. I just love to eat. Bonus points if we're going to go somewhere. Eating can be a very intimate and communal experience.
It's the best, okay? Chinese? Indian? Want a burger? Why don't we hit up a pub somewhere and sit down for a pint and see where our stomachs lead us?
Yeah, my wallet doesn't always like it, but you know what, food is what makes life worth living.
There are plenty of other things out there that people are equally as passionate about. We heard all about them after Redditor fistbump101 asked the online community,
"What is something you can never say NO to?"
"Free money."
"Free money."
"Well, I wouldn't say no to it, but I'd need some pretty darn concrete assurances that it was actually free. People rarely just give away money with no strings attached."
Reinventing_Wheels
In our time of rampant economic inequality, there are countless people out there who would looove some free money.
"Food."
"Food. I never say no when offered free food."
YouFavDealGuy
To be fair, I think I'd draw the line at a stranger offering me candy...
"Staying in..."
"Staying in over going out."
busyB_83
You know, even as someone who is pretty much an extrovert... the occasional moment when I've had plans get canceled is a level of joy that I really enjoy experiencing.
"In that order."
"Money, weed, ice cream, sexy times. In that order."
LazySilver
I'm pretty sure Lil Wayne has a song about that.
"Walking in the woods..."
"Walking in the woods when the weather is pristine."
thomport
A lovely feeling. Want to feel at peace? Take a nice stroll in the woods. Just make sure to stay on the path.
"My mother's Sunday roast."
"My mothers Sunday roast. And I mean a PROPER. English Sunday roast. With actual gravy, not the American stuff. Roast potatoes, roast leg of lamb, carrots, peas, Yorkshire puddings."
"Especially on a cold, wet, rainy Irish winter day after you’ve just come in from the cold and changed into sweatpants and a warm hoodie. Very particular but amazing."
Pitiful-Bass-535
Oh, you're definitely speaking my language. I love all of that and it's one of my favorite things whenever I'm in Ireland or the UK!
"The best I've done..."
"Buying a pet I want. The best I've done is wait three days but we went back and got the rats."
kooc98
I hope those rats are doing well!
"Cinnamon rolls..."
"Cinnamon rolls and almost anything from Taco Bell that doesn't have beans potatoes or gravy."
broken_doll_911
You had me until you got into all your Taco Bell stipulations! How dare you, sir or madam! How dare you!
"A big piece..."
"Cutting myself a big piece of chocolate cake."
Chaleowin
You had me in the first half, I'm not going to lie.
"A new Xeno game..."
"A new Xeno game from Tetsuya Takahashi and his team."
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Ah, I see that you, too, are a person of culture.
Admit it, you have weaknesses too! There is something out there that is your kryptonite!
Have some suggestions of your own to share? Feel free to tell us more in the comments below!
Nothing is forever. It's a grim reality but no matter how hard we try and ignore it, our inevitable demise looms ahead on the horizon.
And while we individually have our unknown expiration dates, the fate of the human race is an unfathomable mystery that will continue to elude us.
Hopefully, the fateful event is thousands of years beyond our lifetime.
Curious to hear people's predictions, Redditor Nuggl3s7 asked:
"What will be the reason for human extinction?"
Redditors had their sci-fi theories.
Remember Pixar's WALL-E?
"Im gonna have to go with the WALL-E theory that we will turn our planet into a giant waste basket."
– SheriNormand
We Are Not Alone
"Something from space probably, there is some scary stuff in the void."
- Mylastbreathgoing
An AI Revolution
"We merge with AI end become a different species, thus ending homo sapiens."
– Soggy-Impact-5852
It might take one huge impact.
We Would Never See This Coming
"Either a massive space object colliding with Earth, or Mother Nature finally gets tired of our sh*t and concocts a virus 10 times more contagious than COVID and several times more fatal than Ebola."
– POL4Life
A Big Bang Theory
"A Coca-Cola truck hits a Mentos truck."
– No_Finger9730
Ouch
"Every human simultaneously stubs their toe at the same time. R.I.P."
– LeakingLantern
Some speculate the big disaster will be one of our own making.
Self-Destruction
"Generous of you to assume it will be error. Right now there's a large percentage of the decision makers in the world operating by 'This will have catastrophic effects if everyone does it, but it will be profitable if I do it. So everyone else needs to stop, but I'm not going to, and also I'll be dead by the time the really bad consequences happen so f'k all y'all I guess.'"
– ProjectGO
Corruption
"For realz tho…no big catastrophe….just a slow drip of f'k you gimme your money while I ruin the world and whattya gonna do about it brah? Nothing, that’s what. If you can’t stop me I’m gonna do it indefinitely. Big fish eat the little fish. Then eventually no little fish left and big fish go bye bye 👋"
– BeneficialBig153
There's A Sad Pattern
"Considering how poorly humanity as a whole dealt with this time's pandemic, and how much we overestimated their intelligence, yeah. 5 centuries is a generous amount of time, I give it 3 centuries."
– ToastWithNaomi
Mea Culpa
"This, I think it will be our fault and only our fault."
– RandellX
Growing Lack Of Intelligence
"Gross stupidity. In less than 500 years max."
– Centretek
Many Redditors speculated our own shortcomings would inevitably be the end of us instead of a meteor shower or a hostile takeover of extra-terrestrials.
Interesting.
It says a lot about our lack of humanity, doncha think?
There is little more important than a good night's sleep.
But getting a good night's sleep isn't always easy to come by.
As a result, many people have an important ritual or method which helps them fall asleep easily and wake up feeling rejuvenated.
So much so, that if they attempt to sleep without this method or helping hand, they might find themselves staying awake all night.
Redditor AdministrativeFox784 was curious to hear the things which were necessary for people to have a peaceful night's sleep, leading them to ask:
"What is something you absolutely cannot fall asleep without?"
Sleepless Nights...
"Apparently hours of sleep deprivation."- RaphaelSolo
Give Your Knees The Support They Need
A pillow between my legs."- frann_ie
A Cool Dark Room
"A fan running and complete darkness."- Dangerous_Effort3355
"My fan on, I'll wake up immediately if it turns off."- keznaa
Silence!
"Ear plugs."
"I started wearing them when my wife started snoring like a buzz saw."
"Now I can't sleep without em."
"It's almost become a Pavlovian thing where putting them in almost instantly helps me fall asleep."- fartswhenhappy
When Your Mind Is Racing, It Has To Wear Itself Out Eventually...
"An underlying sense of dread and impending existential crisis."- Bigby11
Keeping You Physically And Emotionally Warm...
"A blanket to hug."
"I curl it up and then hug it."
"I love it Soooooo much!"
"I think this is because I grew out of stuffed animals pretty quick, I was allergic to them, they made cough, and I needed something to replace those fuzzy creatures."- plop8624
Stirring The Imagination To Awaken The Dreams
"Either reading a book or watching a relaxing youtube video."- fh3131
It would be nice if we all had on/off buttons which allow us to sleep undisturbed.
But until we do, our own, personal rituals will have to do.
People Confess Which Illnesses They Think They Have But Aren't Willing To Get Checked Out
It's very easy to jump to conclusions about a small sniffle... or noticing what looks like the beginning of a rash.
Most of the time, It's easy enough to rub it off as just a cold, or an allergic reaction which might clear up with some lotion, and thus don't feel the need to alert their doctor about it.
Though others might worry that it could be the beginning of something more serious.
But even with that looming possibility, they still avoid seeing a doctor, perhaps afraid to learn that their fears turned out to be true.
Redditor Kith-Kath was curious to hear from people who refused to get confirmation from a doctor that they may be suffering from a specific illness or ailment, leading them to ask:
"What illness do you think you have but aren't willing to get it checked?"
Depression
"Probably depression."- Kho-yi-dwags
Hypothermia? Or Chronic Fever?
"I'm always stupid cold."
"Hands and feet especially."- SimplyJustKarma
Cancer
"My family has a history of cancer."
"I've lately been having a lot of the same symptoms my dad had when he first got diagnosed."- nottherealneal
Schizophrenia
"I doubt it's full-on schizophrenia, but sometimes I hear things other people don't, or see distinctive things out of the corner of my eyes that aren't really there."
"Idk, one time I was at work and saw a customer in my peripheral, but when I turned to go take their order no one was there."
"Also, I was recently at a park on an overcast day."
"I was chilling on a bench with some friends, and I noticed the mulch moving weirdly."
"We all looked in the same spot at the same time, after I had mentioned it, they wanted to see, and although I saw it happen, they didn't."
"And it wasn't this subtle little movement."
"It looked like tiny little explosions in the mulch."
"At random spots, it would just go flying, like the smallest land mine just went off."
"It was f*cking impossible to miss."
"I have enough mental illnesses as it is, I don't want to lengthen the list." -Reddit
Autism
"I think I’m on the spectrum."- TheCanadianRedHood
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
"I already know for a fact I have OCD/Hoarding issues, but I don't have the money or time to deal with it, and honestly, it's not a huge problem."
"Right now."
"But I sh*t you not, watch the show 'Monk' and just imagine the main character is a Black guy in Detroit and you know me backwards and forwards."- ThatGamingAsshole
"OCD and maybe Dyslexia."- UnstableThought
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
"I think I have IBS but don't want to go to the doctor about it."- No-Understanding8583
"Some kind of bowel disease."
"Been having diarrhea chronically."- Reddit
Deafness Or Hearing Loss
"I think I'm going a bit deaf or have some kind of auditory processing disorder."
"My left ear rings and if I am going to understand someone I have to watch them talk to hear them if that makes sense?"
"I have been a bit worried because it has been getting worse."
"I hate having to ask someone to repeat themselves three times before I understand what they are saying."- sfoxx
As we are, hopefully, coming to the end of a global pandemic, it's understandable to jump to worrisome conclusions regarding our health.
But if you think something seems off, and doesn't seem to go away after a day or two, always check in with your doctor.
As it could be the beginning of something much more serious.