The promise of this task: throwaway fun and mindful, tactile joy. The reality: juice, humiliation and a deeply stubborn fruit
I’m trying to “touch grass” more these days, to embrace embodied experiences and introduce analogue “friction” – and fun! – into my life, which is how I ended up attempting Rosamund Pike’s no-knife technique for eating a pineapple.
Admittedly, I discovered it online while consuming algorithmically suggested slop (the video is from 2021, but was reposted on TikTok last week and is enjoying a new flurry of attention). But shh. It’s great – Pike is infectiously enthusiastic, explaining that the Wheel of Time showrunner Rafe Judkins told her the technique, then gamely gets to work, worrying the pineapple base off with her thumbs, then popping off and eating perfect chunks. “Have you ever seen anything more beautiful?” she concludes.
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The promise of this task: throwaway fun and mindful, tactile joy. The reality: juice, humiliation and a deeply stubborn fruitI’m trying to “touch grass” more these days, to embrace embodied experiences and introduce a...
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