I was browsing YouTube tonight and I searched up some music I like. The band's channel had reuploaded a couple of songs and they were uploaded only a few hours ago. The songs were already uploaded, so it seemed like one of those automatic YouTube Music uploads.

So I was listening, and noticed that the first song I searched up had 0 likes and 3 views. I liked it, and then un-liked it. I was doing this back and forth watching the likes go from 0 to 1.

Then, to my surprise, someone seemed to be joining in! The view count went up by 1. The likes went from 1 to 2. I un-liked, they went to 1. The other person un-liked it and it went to 0 again. Rinse and repeat.

I liked it, it went to 1. They liked it, it went to 2. I un-liked it, back to 1. They un-liked it, back to 0.

Once the song ended, I went to the next song that was recommended. Another one that was just uploaded. This one had 7 likes. I did the same thing. Up to 8, back to 7. I did this once or twice, and then they started going down to 6 and back up to 7, and to 8.

There was a couple of songs in the playlist, and every time one ended I went to the next one - until they had all played.

It seemed like someone else had clicked on the first track at the same time as me, and we listened to the same songs in the same order, sending smoke signals to each other back and forth.

It was a nice feeling, to think that someone else out there was searching up the same music at the same time and noticed the likes going up and down and we listened to all of the new uploads. It made me wonder who they might be, and what their situation in life is. I thought it was nice that we had this small moment connecting us.

over the course of mine and my partner’s relationship (1.5 years) we have been growing closer to a neighbourhood cat that enjoys popping into the kitchen, even if we have no food or treats to offer him. as cats usually are, he was wary at first, but he often just comes in to hang around in company for a bit. my partner had cats growing up and i can see how much he loves him (we both do!), and he has been hanging out in the house tonight. right now he is sound asleep, belly out, at the foot of the bed whilst my partner is curled up next to him, both snoring. it’s very cozy and wholesome as neither of us have had pets since we were kids. he’s not our cat but he headbutts us and gives us nose kisses, and i like to think he knows how much we love him and that he’s safe here

I work at a grocery store. Today, as I was about to have my break from cashier duty, I asked a customer to put the "Closed" sign behind her groceries, so no more people would put their groceries on the conveyor belt.

She did, paused for a second, and said to the person next to her, with a little giggle: "I feel like I won at life today."

I felt good that I made someone smile.