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[2th]

Morning:wake up, make bed, put decorative pillows on top of normal pillows.
Night: take decorative pillows off bed, get in bed, go to sleep.

Its a fucking never ending cycle. Put them on, take them off. Why the hell do we even bother with these damn things? You don't use them to comfort your head as you sleep so what good are they?

Because they are pretty is not a sufficient answer.

 

[AlexMogil]

Well don't use them then.

 

[SmithnCo]

You could make a pillow fort out of them.

 

[Alucrid]

They're always the least comfortable pillows too.

 

[darkside31337]

Why even bother making your bed then?

You're just going to mess it all up soon enough. It's a never ending cycle of fixing it and messing it up every day and night.

Decorative pillows looking pretty is basically the only sufficient answer as they serve no other purpose.

 

[Glasswork]

To look nice, they are after all, DECORATIVE pillows.

 

[Jake.]

kinda related, but decorative sheets/covers look like ass too. single colours only (white, pale blue etc).

 

[DonMigs85]

Decorative pillows are only for fancy pretentious folk. They serve no functional purpose.

 

[Glasswork]

Decorative pillows are only for fancy pretentious folk. They serve no functional purpose.

Is ALL decor for fancy pretentious folk or is this hate only towards pillows?

 

[HolyCheck]

how has no one mentioned coupling yet. smh gaf

 

[Avocado]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMVWECam8EA

 

[AusQB]

 

[Tesseract]

*snuggles against tempur-pedic pillow with cool sensations pillow case*

 

[speculawyer]

Well don't use them then.

Or better yet . . . use them. That's what I do. Fuck decorative . . . if I can't put my head on it then it is pointless. So I use them.

 

[2th]

Decorative pillows are only for fancy pretentious folk. They serve no functional purpose.

Then I guess I'm fancy and pretentious. I have always had at least 2 decorative pillows on my bed. Have ever since I was a kid. Now im closer to 30 than 20 and I still have 2 decorative pillows on my bed. Its just that the whole routine seems ridiculous. I mean as I sleep the pillows sit on the floor next to my bed. Its such a stupid thing and I curse my mother for instilling the need to have them in me.

 

[wenis]

they are the best pillows to fling. they aren't fluffy, usually rigid to keep their decorative state so when you fling they inflict massive amounts of damage, especially the pointy ends.

 

[Gilgamesh]

Yeah, my girlfriend makes us use these. I think they're stupid, but whatever.

 

[DonMigs85]

Is ALL decor for fancy pretentious folk or is this hate only towards pillows?

I wouldn't really know, I usually don't even bother to decorate my house for Christmas except for a stocking on the door.

 

[DiscoJer]

I hate fitted sheets. One corner always comes undone.

 

[CF_Fighter]

If you have a dog this is what you do with all those decorative pillows:

 

[PumpkinPie]

First thing that sprung to mind

 

[frankie_wilde]

You can just open a window and throw them out....

 

[Chojin]

Don't get married.

Edit:
Oh you have some already?

I think you're fucked

 

[travisbickle]

Are you married?

 

[daviyoung]

Are you working on a stand-up routine?

 

[Chojin]

Are you married?

Soon, those throw pillows are going to be in my future

 

[Nix]

I don't know. I quite like them; my family sends me some occasionally and I just use them as foot stools when I'm sleeping. Works wonders.

 

[dejay]

Why do men have nipples?

 

[DonMigs85]

Why do men have nipples?

We are all really inherently female, but the Y chromosome makes male genitalia grow.

 

[travisbickle]

Soon, those throw pillows are going to be in my future

I've never met a woman who uses them? Extra cushions on the sofa, yes but never extra cushions on the bed?!

 

[HylianTom]

 

[jump_button]

I hate them on the sofa they just get in the bloody way

 

[Ferga]

I don't have them and i don't think i ever will

such a waste of money and space

 

[Scrow]

i agree, decorative pillows fucking suck. just give me a smooth, featureless, functional pillow to rest my head on when i go to sleep.

i don't want decorative patterns gouging rivers and craters into my face over a long sleep. i wake up feeling like one side of my face is the side of a planet.

 

[Funky Papa]

You don't need to put up with this shit, man-GAF. If your wife/girlfriend brings extra pillows to your bedroom she needs to be disciplined.

 

[acheron_xl]

I hate them on the sofa they just get in the bloody way

Any couch pillow must also be able to function as a regular pillow in an emergency. If I'm crashing hard in the living room, I can't have some shitty bedazzled pattern imprinted onto my face when I awake.

 

[Bisnic]

If you hate them so much, why not throwing them away? They're just useless.

 

[Melfice7]

I use them to fight with my dog, it's awesome

 

[J. M. Romeo]

I have a bunch of them. All of them serving a purpose.

The Ikea heart plush is the one I use the most when I'm reading in bed. It fits properly with the back of my head and PROPELS me a bit so I can be more comfortable.

When it's sleepytime I also like to hold on to that one. I also have two more regular ass pillows (square shaped, also from Ikea, the cheapest ones). I like to put one of those in between my knees if I lay sideways.

My cats like to have them around too.

They also annoy my girlfriend to no end. In fact, she violently threw one at my face tonight IN HER SLEEP, claiming that she just meant to put it down on the ground.

But yeah, they are an annoyance to most.

 

[SneakyStephan]

Is ALL decor for fancy pretentious folk or is this hate only towards pillows?

Pretty much, if it doesn't serve any function or at least isn't neutral convenience wise.

Having fancy lighting in and around your house is fine, paintings and pictures help break up flat surfaces which in turn improves accoustics in your living room (barren walls suck for playing music or watching movies with loud speakers) and they are 0 maintenance).

But going out of your way with pointless decorations that you have to waste time and effort on for zero return every day? yes...

 

[Zaptruder]

Plush bedspreads are nice to look at - but for functional purposes, I'd stick with

on a queen sized bed

fitted sheet, flat sheet, quilt, 2 pillows on the inside to match the fitted and flat sheets and 2 pillows to match the quilt cover. And one bolster if you need a bolster. And finally one throw; you can fold it up and put it near the foot of your bed - it helps to provide extra warmth on colder nights - if you don't use them, just keep them over your shins. Nice added weight there.

In that setup, all the elements of the bed are used and functional and serve towards an attractive presentation.

On a king bed, I'd allow for an extra 2 square shaped pillows to complement the rest.

More than that, and you're really just taking shots for magazines - extra pillows that end up on the floor at night are not necessary.

 

[Javaman]

Use them for better sex positions instead of your regular pillows.

 

[The Albatross]

I own zero decorative pillows on my bed. But on my couch and shit. Hell yeah.

Edit.

I also sleep with 6 pillows on my bed tho. I am a freak.

 

[jorma]

You put up with them because your gf wants to have them there.

Pretty much the same answer as to the question "why does anyone spend boatloads of money on a fucking wedding".

 

[Trokil]

You could buy pillows you like

 

[Timedog]

I would never ever let a woman put this crap on my bed. It honestly would be kind of a dealbreaker.

 

[aceface]

OP= this guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp0-8Ibkczc

 

[Harry Dresden]

The only time the bed is 'made' in my house is when I change my sheets on the weekends.

 

[Stealth Editor]

Stereotyping is wrong... but any man who ever bought a decorative pillow for himself is gay

 

[J. M. Romeo]

Stereotyping is wrong... but any man who ever bought a decorative pillow for himself is gay

:/ oh well.

I'll guess I'm gonna have to tell my mom now.