Hyggeligt! It’s November, and here in the northern hemisphere, temperatures are falling, jackets and sweaters are being donned, and we’re already reflecting on warmer months gone by.
Even if you’re in a warm place, I’m here to wish everyone hygge, a concept I recently learned about and immediately applied to reddit. “Hygge” is a Danish word with no direct English translation which, from what I am led to understand and interpret in my own way, means togetherness, coziness, and in a large part, sense of community.
In real life, hygge is akin to keeping warm with friends around a campfire. Curling up under a soft blanket with a warm cup of tea and relaxing after a long day. Making the best of the situation you’re in with friends, loved ones, and on your own. It’s a mindset, a lifestyle, a call for sanity in this crazy world.
The internet is a strange place. It can be weird and confusing and sometimes dark. Nobody denies that. But I — and I think I’m also speaking for those of us who work every day to keep reddit alive and running — believe that through inspiration, empathy, humor, and fun, hygge is achieved every day on our site.
On reddit, hygge is opening an orangered envelope that makes you smile. It’s helping people kick bad habits. It’s when a meme turns into a way to sponsor Olympic teams and NASCAR drivers. It’s being able to cross enemy lines without being enemies.
So, in closing, as we grow and diversify as a community as well as a group of communities, we wish you hygge both online and off.
So, in closing, as we grow and diversify as a community as well as a group of communities, we wish you hygge both online and off.
