@Kevin I often find it necessary to use two or more as they, being primarily decorative, tend to lack sufficient body to support me comfortably. I would say no less than two.
I (with some 2 seconds of hesitation) end up throwing these throw pillows off the bed in my friend's guest room, onto the floor. Yeah it IS gross knowing it will go back on the bed. Gross. So Gross.
@dashcloud Joe Francis is a complete piece of shit - I've met him and I punched him. Surprisingly, after the brief melee he let us finish the contracted work, paid us, and we parted ways. The series he created however (as it was in the beginning - not the porn at the end), was a unique, brilliant exploitation of a niche market - GGW is now bankrupt (filed Feb 2013). Francis managed to squirrel away ~50 million USD and the corporation is toast.
"Guest bed pillow still life" is a phrase I wish I had coined. No matter. I think I will arm myself with this phrase and again attack the throw pillow stupidity in our house. Alas, since the throw pillow thing makes no sense, I fear I will (again) be turned away by what purports to be throw pillow logic, "But, they're pretty". I think the unassailable logic behind the toy boats in the toilet would just put me in the guest bed for a night. So, I won't go there.
Throw pillows on couches are useful for people who are too small for the couch, ie. children or the elderly. Likewise for taking naps on the couch, which is another activity generally reserved for young children or the elderly.
I don't understand why households with only able bodied full size adults have throw pillows.
My bed has throw pillows, but I am very careful to pile them on the unused side of the bed every night, and try not to accidently kick them off while sleeping. The last time one of them hit the floor, it was promptly peed upon by the incontinent gecko that lived in my bedroom. Coincidentally, “The Incontinent Gecko” is now the name of the hypothetical bar that I plan to open after my hypothetical retirement.
Nah, irkman, naaaah. Sure, extraneous pillows on beds are silly, but throw pillows for couches? They are so awesome. They help make any seating device even more comfortable than it is. For example, I've got giant goosedown pillows on every single sit-able seating thing in my living room. Not only do they look pretty, but any person--be they young, old, small child or large man--sinks into perfectly molded back softness support, no matter which butt-planter they choose. Good throw pillows are what makes a formal area a comfortable one where one enjoys spending time. Look at it, yeah--you see this and you think "silly bitch, where the fuck is my ass supposed to fit amidst all these pillows?!" But if you sit down, you sink and sink and then suddenly you're floating, supported and embraced by velvet and silk and feathers and softness like clouds and vague sweet memories of early childhood hugs. These pillows make my living room my favorite room in which to hang out and read, with a coffee or whisky, whatever:
@goldenthorn I think this is up there for "most intimidating room to walk into as a stranger". I would just stand the entire time because I would feel like I couldn't sit anywhere.
@goldenthorn@JonT If the rules are we can actually use the pillows or throw them out of the way if desired, I'm with you. Personally, though, I'd be good with a couch that's comfortable in and of itself.
Thanks Irk for this insightful video- I share your feelings on throw pillows. I always got yelled at when I tried to use them as real pillows, and was really confused why we had them if you couldn't actually use them.
@joelmw Ahh, logic. I gave up on that when I found out the chocolate seltzer drink I liked was an "egg cream" - even thought it contained neither eggs nor cream.
A couple o' pillows on the couch is ok. As mentioned above, you can nap on them or put one behind your back if you sink in too far. Two 12"x12"x5" pillows on each couch is the maximum, however.
@ThatsHeadly Me too! I always sit on pillows whether I'm gassy or not because I find it comfy but when I'm gassy, I let it all out by making the biggest fart on the pillows! One time, I even sharted and it dripped on the pillow.
Yaknow, what's worse than a throw pillow, Irk? A pillow sham. Even the name is sketchy. Fuck yeah, a sham is precisely what it is. And what does it do? It renders a perfectly practical item--a regular pillow, simple, effective and elegant in its design and function--into something utterly useless, the worst sort of throw pillow, a throw pillow that has more-or-less explicitly been declared off limits for pillowing. And because it goes around a regular pillow, it will necessarily be that much bigger and and more unwieldy.
It also prompts this question (in addition to those others which it shares with the throw pillow): is it acceptable to take the pillow out of the sham? Of course even if it is, good gawd, what a monumental fucking hassle. Not only do you have to mess with placement and displacement, but uncovering and re-covering.
Throw pillows can be moderately useful (given that they're not declared merely decorative), but a pillow sham? That sombitch was spawned in the bowels of hell. It's worse than useless; it's destructive.
I hate pillow shams with a holy passion--just as much as I should.
@Headly If the duvet cover is protective, meant for practical use, washable etc., it seems like not a bad idea. If a duvet cover is just one more decorative thing that gets in the way of using the bed, fuck it. There are too many goddamned things we're apparently supposed to know about the fluffy shit that goes on beds. I mean, it's okay if that's something that someone wants to fuck with, but I'd be happy with a good frame and mattress, pillows, pillow cases, fitted sheet, sheet, some kind of blanket (a comforter is fine--that's what we've got), end of story. If it's there solely to look pretty and it has to be taken off and then put back on . . . get something to hang on the walls or some shit like that. I think all of this focus on fluffiness is just people without any taste in art overcompensating. A bed is a functional item; it's meant for sleeping and recreation; it's not meant to be some sort of showpiece in and of itself. Seriously, the more I think about it, it feels a lot like a form of emasculation. I'll stop here, but know that I could go on and on about this.
@joelmw I just realized that I for whatever reason put "Yaknow, what's" instead of "You know what's." What a dumbfuck. I got glutened last night (seriously). My brain is foggy and I'm moderately aphasic. And, no, that's not exactly how I fell for the eggcorn extension (I don't think).
@joelmw duvet covers have a very practical use - protecting your duvet from human grossness. You should be able to wash it, just like your sheets. You can toss it on the bed as a light blanket in summer, or put a duvet/down comforter in it for winter. If you can't, then you went too far into decorative, and not far enough into function.
@Thumperchick@Headly Yep. Really. My position on duvets is pretty much the same as my position on throw pillows: if they're allowed to be functional, awesome. If they're just decorative, they're just a nuisance. I'm a big fan of interior decorating; but the genius is to make something that's both beautiful and practical, and where the beautification isn't something that one has to constantly work around.
@Thumperchick yep, i have a duvet cover on our comforter because we do not use a flat sheet or a blanket. i take it off and wash it every time i wash my sheets & pillowcases. as a bonus it looks cool but if i ever get tired of it i can get a new one without buying a whole new comforter.
re: pillow shams - i personally hate them, but will concede they have a purpose sometimes. my mom uses them in the guest room and it is a pain to get them off just to use the ‘real’ pillows beneath and go to sleep. but…that room hardly ever gets used so they function both decoratively and to protect the pillows underneath from dust.
@ThatsHeadly Duvet covers are essential. Particularly if you are fond of down comforters (and you should be)
You need them for washing so that you don’t wash and ruin your down comforter.
ladies who outgrew their stuffed animal collection and are trying to fill the void with something a little more sophisticated
This.
Though it is a little sexist and I'd make it asexual--but in fairness to Irk, it is usually the ladies that cherish both: the stuffed animals and the throw pillows and the pillow shams.
Of course, I'd wager that there are plenty of folks with both the throw pillows and a lingering stuffed animal collection--and probably some Beanie Babies to boot.
Not all ladies believe in decorating or ridiculous crap like throw pillows. How about those quilts that just hang there on the wall. It's a blanket, but your not allowed to use it! Stupid if you ask this lady.
@twofivefive And then, there was my mother. Almost anything handmade or a gift went into her "too pretty to use" storage because we might break/stain/wear out the thing. We only got to use the ugly stuff. And the coffee table. This thing that took up space by the couch but could only hold a doily and a vase of flowers. No books, papers, TV remotes, and Heaven Forbid! any feet or coffee! Coffee would spill and leave a stain! So now I have a coffee table, of sorts, that holds an assortment of books, paper, pens, coffee and tea stains, and my feet when I am reading. If my mother were alive, she'd be pissed.
We use the crap out of our throw pillows. They're handy to make a napping nest, or prop up a lazy arm when you have your laptop in your lap. We've used them as kid seating on the floor and to prop up an injured limb. Why not have extra, movable cushions on the couch? Use them!
Maybe that’s why they call them ‘throw’ pillow. But hey, they have their uses. You can use them when you want to read a book on the couch and they’re the best napping pillows. They also add cozy and comfy look in the living room. Throw pillow accent living room.
@RiotDemon damn, i’m a noob and have the flu and didn’t think to even look at the dates…blerg. just saw this on the front page of the forums and replied a few times. derp. that’ll learn me!
as others have said, depends on if they’re usable or not. we’ve got four on our couch and we use them all. (plus, i couldn’t resist a pillow that was also a hedgehog wearing sunglasses and playing a keyboard.) we also have a stack of couch blankets which i move out of the way in the rare case of company to maximize what little seating area we have. i’ve been places where you literally have to move pillows or put them on the floor to sit down (like, the host actually encourages doing so) and that to me is just ridiculous.
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They are comfortable to use while taking a nap. Try it!
@smilingjack ok, so there's only one throw pillow?
@Kevin I often find it necessary to use two or more as they, being primarily decorative, tend to lack sufficient body to support me comfortably. I would say no less than two.
@Kevin @jbartus ugh… who necro’d this?!
Why does this make me want a sailboat for my toilet?
@christinerenee target practice! http://www.amazon.com/Funtime-Potty-Pot-Shots-FU7230/dp/B007RCMR1O
I (with some 2 seconds of hesitation) end up throwing these throw pillows off the bed in my friend's guest room, onto the floor. Yeah it IS gross knowing it will go back on the bed. Gross. So Gross.
@masher10 Do they not vacuum the floors?
Irk sounds a bit hoarse. Did he get what's going around?
Irk has been sick for weeks now, and everone who shares his workspace has completely lost patience with this particular rhinovirus
@matthew Please give my best to the sickie Irk. This was a very good video.
@matthew Maybe if everyone stopped mouth kissing him hello maybe it would pass faster!
Its the mediocre form of rhinovirus
@matthew Does this explain all the locker room videos? You're quarantined in the basement?
I like to watch young beautiful naked lesbians on college dorm beds fighting and throwing pillows . . .
Uh, oh. Sorry. Not what Irk meant. My bad.
Nothing to see here . . .
@Pavlov Gee! That was just starting to get my interest when you cut it short.....please continue. Sorry Irk, but.......
@GeriatricDragon Just for you.
@Pavlov Oh Pavlov.........how thoughtful......makes me feel like doing a Redbox review. Great acting, tons of action, surprise twist at the end!
@Pavlov You seem like the right person to ask this question to: What did you think of Girls Gone Wild?
@dashcloud Joe Francis is a complete piece of shit - I've met him and I punched him. Surprisingly, after the brief melee he let us finish the contracted work, paid us, and we parted ways. The series he created however (as it was in the beginning - not the porn at the end), was a unique, brilliant exploitation of a niche market - GGW is now bankrupt (filed Feb 2013). Francis managed to squirrel away ~50 million USD and the corporation is toast.
Is Meh going to start selling toilet boats? If so, put me down for three!
@ChunkyBitz It would be very meh to get something that is useless on a level such as throw pillows or 'pisships.'
Think Irk is stressed, sounds like his voice is cracking. Maybe some of his relatives are throw pillows?
I agree, Irk
"Guest bed pillow still life" is a phrase I wish I had coined. No matter. I think I will arm myself with this phrase and again attack the throw pillow stupidity in our house. Alas, since the throw pillow thing makes no sense, I fear I will (again) be turned away by what purports to be throw pillow logic, "But, they're pretty". I think the unassailable logic behind the toy boats in the toilet would just put me in the guest bed for a night. So, I won't go there.
Throw pillows on couches are useful for people who are too small for the couch, ie. children or the elderly. Likewise for taking naps on the couch, which is another activity generally reserved for young children or the elderly.
I don't understand why households with only able bodied full size adults have throw pillows.
@hamjudo Too small for the couch / taking naps on the couch. Why, I think you just described an ass-to-face-to-ass-to-face pillow!
@brhfl don't forget -to-floor-to-couch-to-ass
@hamjudo I nap on the couch often, and I'm no spring chicken nor am I a fogie. And not potato either.
Well, you can only flip the cushions so many times before you need some other way to cover the stains.
Throw pillows are wonderful for placing under your lady love in just the right area...for elevation.
@irishbyblood And here I thought that throwing them on the floor was unhygienic.
@irishbyblo
@irishbyblood See https://meh.com/forum/topics/throw-pillows-maybe-it-bothers-me-more-than-it-should#5506694a720090f80931d5d6
My throw pillows are comfy as fuck
@WilhelmScreamer See https://meh.com/forum/topics/throw-pillows-maybe-it-bothers-me-more-than-it-should#550665cd32f1fde80919febe
My bed has throw pillows, but I am very careful to pile them on the unused side of the bed every night, and try not to accidently kick them off while sleeping. The last time one of them hit the floor, it was promptly peed upon by the incontinent gecko that lived in my bedroom. Coincidentally, “The Incontinent Gecko” is now the name of the hypothetical bar that I plan to open after my hypothetical retirement.
"Incontinent gecko that lived in my bedroom" helps explain "the unused side of the bed"
@Trillian Yeah, that doesn't sound like a meaningless hassle one little bit.
"Fill your house with dumb crap"
So yeah, isn't that kind of the reason I keep shopping here?
Nah, irkman, naaaah. Sure, extraneous pillows on beds are silly, but throw pillows for couches? They are so awesome. They help make any seating device even more comfortable than it is.
For example, I've got giant goosedown pillows on every single sit-able seating thing in my living room. Not only do they look pretty, but any person--be they young, old, small child or large man--sinks into perfectly molded back softness support, no matter which butt-planter they choose. Good throw pillows are what makes a formal area a comfortable one where one enjoys spending time.
Look at it, yeah--you see this and you think "silly bitch, where the fuck is my ass supposed to fit amidst all these pillows?!" But if you sit down, you sink and sink and then suddenly you're floating, supported and embraced by velvet and silk and feathers and softness like clouds and vague sweet memories of early childhood hugs. These pillows make my living room my favorite room in which to hang out and read, with a coffee or whisky, whatever:
Therefore, FUCK YO' COUCH: THROW PILLOWS 4 LYFE.
@goldenthorn Not sure I believe you that there's a couch in that pillow warehouse.
@goldenthorn I think this is up there for "most intimidating room to walk into as a stranger". I would just stand the entire time because I would feel like I couldn't sit anywhere.
@goldenthorn @JonT If the rules are we can actually use the pillows or throw them out of the way if desired, I'm with you. Personally, though, I'd be good with a couch that's comfortable in and of itself.
@JonT I would sit on the cat.
@irk You're getting more mellow in your old age. Let the rage spring forth!
They have storage boxes and storage benches for the foot of the bed-but even Ikea's aren't cheap.
Thanks Irk for this insightful video- I share your feelings on throw pillows. I always got yelled at when I tried to use them as real pillows, and was really confused why we had them if you couldn't actually use them.
@dashcloud And why the owners get irritated when you actually throw them. Then why are they called throw pillows?
@dashcloud @rockblossom It should be taken for granted that throw pillows are available both for throwing and for pillowing,
@joelmw Ahh, logic. I gave up on that when I found out the chocolate seltzer drink I liked was an "egg cream" - even thought it contained neither eggs nor cream.
Wow meh, you've already started to plagiarize skits? Tsk tsk.
@DrunkCat yeah, I'm sure this particular subject was never talked about before this.
@JonT I know right? Jeez, get it together guys.
@DrunkCat Inceptroll is troll.
A couple o' pillows on the couch is ok. As mentioned above, you can nap on them or put one behind your back if you sink in too far. Two 12"x12"x5" pillows on each couch is the maximum, however.
I use the throw pillows on the couch for storing my farts.
@Headly But think of all the lost potential...
@ThatsHeadly Me too! I always sit on pillows whether I'm gassy or not because I find it comfy but when I'm gassy, I let it all out by making the biggest fart on the pillows! One time, I even sharted and it dripped on the pillow.
Yaknow, what's worse than a throw pillow, Irk? A pillow sham. Even the name is sketchy. Fuck yeah, a sham is precisely what it is. And what does it do? It renders a perfectly practical item--a regular pillow, simple, effective and elegant in its design and function--into something utterly useless, the worst sort of throw pillow, a throw pillow that has more-or-less explicitly been declared off limits for pillowing. And because it goes around a regular pillow, it will necessarily be that much bigger and and more unwieldy.
It also prompts this question (in addition to those others which it shares with the throw pillow): is it acceptable to take the pillow out of the sham? Of course even if it is, good gawd, what a monumental fucking hassle. Not only do you have to mess with placement and displacement, but uncovering and re-covering.
Throw pillows can be moderately useful (given that they're not declared merely decorative), but a pillow sham? That sombitch was spawned in the bowels of hell. It's worse than useless; it's destructive.
I hate pillow shams with a holy passion--just as much as I should.
@joelmw what's your position on duvet covers?
@Headly If the duvet cover is protective, meant for practical use, washable etc., it seems like not a bad idea. If a duvet cover is just one more decorative thing that gets in the way of using the bed, fuck it. There are too many goddamned things we're apparently supposed to know about the fluffy shit that goes on beds. I mean, it's okay if that's something that someone wants to fuck with, but I'd be happy with a good frame and mattress, pillows, pillow cases, fitted sheet, sheet, some kind of blanket (a comforter is fine--that's what we've got), end of story. If it's there solely to look pretty and it has to be taken off and then put back on . . . get something to hang on the walls or some shit like that. I think all of this focus on fluffiness is just people without any taste in art overcompensating. A bed is a functional item; it's meant for sleeping and recreation; it's not meant to be some sort of showpiece in and of itself. Seriously, the more I think about it, it feels a lot like a form of emasculation. I'll stop here, but know that I could go on and on about this.
@joelmw "recreation"
@JonT
@joelmw So, that's a no on the embroidered dust ruffle with rhinestones?
@joelmw I just realized that I for whatever reason put "Yaknow, what's" instead of "You know what's." What a dumbfuck. I got glutened last night (seriously). My brain is foggy and I'm moderately aphasic. And, no, that's not exactly how I fell for the eggcorn extension (I don't think).
@joelmw duvet covers have a very practical use - protecting your duvet from human grossness. You should be able to wash it, just like your sheets. You can toss it on the bed as a light blanket in summer, or put a duvet/down comforter in it for winter. If you can't, then you went too far into decorative, and not far enough into function.
@Thumperchick @Headly Yep. Really. My position on duvets is pretty much the same as my position on throw pillows: if they're allowed to be functional, awesome. If they're just decorative, they're just a nuisance. I'm a big fan of interior decorating; but the genius is to make something that's both beautiful and practical, and where the beautification isn't something that one has to constantly work around.
@Thumperchick yep, i have a duvet cover on our comforter because we do not use a flat sheet or a blanket. i take it off and wash it every time i wash my sheets & pillowcases. as a bonus it looks cool but if i ever get tired of it i can get a new one without buying a whole new comforter.
re: pillow shams - i personally hate them, but will concede they have a purpose sometimes. my mom uses them in the guest room and it is a pain to get them off just to use the ‘real’ pillows beneath and go to sleep. but…that room hardly ever gets used so they function both decoratively and to protect the pillows underneath from dust.
@ThatsHeadly Duvet covers are essential. Particularly if you are fond of down comforters (and you should be)
You need them for washing so that you don’t wash and ruin your down comforter.
This.
Though it is a little sexist and I'd make it asexual--but in fairness to Irk, it is usually the ladies that cherish both: the stuffed animals and the throw pillows and the pillow shams.
Of course, I'd wager that there are plenty of folks with both the throw pillows and a lingering stuffed animal collection--and probably some Beanie Babies to boot.
@joelmw lingering? Now way, I have a unicorner - all of them acquired in the last 4 years. So. Many. Unicorns.
@Thumperchick I mock, but I respect anyone who's willing to own their crazy. After all, I've got my own. :-)
So does this mean we shouldn't expect a deal on throw pillows anytime soon?
@daveJay I have to ask, are you from around here? Because talking shit about what they sell is exactly what meh does. :-)
@joelmw Good point JoelMwah
Not all ladies believe in decorating or ridiculous crap like throw pillows. How about those quilts that just hang there on the wall. It's a blanket, but your not allowed to use it! Stupid if you ask this lady.
@twofivefive And then, there was my mother. Almost anything handmade or a gift went into her "too pretty to use" storage because we might break/stain/wear out the thing. We only got to use the ugly stuff. And the coffee table. This thing that took up space by the couch but could only hold a doily and a vase of flowers. No books, papers, TV remotes, and Heaven Forbid! any feet or coffee! Coffee would spill and leave a stain! So now I have a coffee table, of sorts, that holds an assortment of books, paper, pens, coffee and tea stains, and my feet when I am reading. If my mother were alive, she'd be pissed.
This is, hands down, my favorite mediocre video yet. I watched it 3 times & laughed harder each time.
I wanna buy those awesome toilet boats, dammit.
We use the crap out of our throw pillows. They're handy to make a napping nest, or prop up a lazy arm when you have your laptop in your lap. We've used them as kid seating on the floor and to prop up an injured limb. Why not have extra, movable cushions on the couch? Use them!
@Thumperchick Napping nest!! Love it.
The pillow hater's nightmare:
@rockblossom My dream seating though!
Maybe that’s why they call them ‘throw’ pillow. But hey, they have their uses. You can use them when you want to read a book on the couch and they’re the best napping pillows. They also add cozy and comfy look in the living room. Throw pillow accent living room.
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@Jen12 why do the spammers bump the older versions of this thread? I know they showed this video in 2016.
@RiotDemon damn, i’m a noob and have the flu and didn’t think to even look at the dates…blerg. just saw this on the front page of the forums and replied a few times. derp. that’ll learn me!
@jerk_nugget I replied to the other thread that a spammer bumped. I don’t think it’s too big a deal.
@ThumperChick @shawn @dave nuke it nuke it!
as others have said, depends on if they’re usable or not. we’ve got four on our couch and we use them all. (plus, i couldn’t resist a pillow that was also a hedgehog wearing sunglasses and playing a keyboard.) we also have a stack of couch blankets which i move out of the way in the rare case of company to maximize what little seating area we have. i’ve been places where you literally have to move pillows or put them on the floor to sit down (like, the host actually encourages doing so) and that to me is just ridiculous.
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Elevate your home decor with these timeless and meticulously crafted pieces that seamlessly blend tradition and modernity. Each pillow cover is a work of art, showcasing intricate block prints that add a touch of sophistication to any room.
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Bring back the Meh throw pillows! Mine are getting old.