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We're chasing that dream-like feeling of floating free in the air and playing around, be it real or fantasy. Any post type that conveys this feeling is welcome. Check the post flairs for examples.
What qualifies for Floating Is Fun is open to interpretation. I encourage everyone to post what they like to see. Give us a gentle push and we'll float pretty far.
We started on Reddit /r/FloatingIsFun in 2021 and moved here in 2023. All 400+ posts from the original from the original subreddit have been reposted here, so you're not missing anything
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Floating Is Fun @fedia.io hitstun @fedia.io Levitation Melting by Sergey V. Kukhtetskiy
ะะตะฒะธัะฐัะธะพะฝะฝะฐั ะฟะปะฐะฒะบะฐ by ะกะตัะณะตั ะ. ะัั ัะตัะบะธะน: YouTube, Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS (PDF) #levitation
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Floating Is Fun @fedia.io hitstun @fedia.io โHappy birthday!โ by YUI*Dehydrated
I glide with thousands of winds, Travel to you in the sunset.
To my dearest Xiao, โHappy birthday!โ Twitter #balloons
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Floating Is Fun @fedia.io hitstun @fedia.io Water Technique. by No Copyright Girl
ๆฐดใจใใฎ่กใby ใใผใณใใผใฉใคใใฌใผใซ: Twitter, From The Asia #underwater
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Floating Is Fun @fedia.io hitstun @fedia.io hunt train by luckyia
pixiv, Twitter, Artstation #multipletypes
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Floating Is Fun @fedia.io hitstun @fedia.io Polka Dots. by Terukiyo
ๆฐด็ใ by ็ งๆธ : pixiv #bubbles
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Floating Is Fun @fedia.io hitstun @fedia.io Dendero Yamada Skeb request #2 by sakana0147
Skeb, Skeb (older), Skeb (newer), Twitter #microgravity
Cross-posting my own Sharkey post, so it's kind of weird. Sharkey turned it into a Webp, and Fedia doesn't actually support Webp uploads. Let's see what happens.
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A commissioned drawing of a Japanese schoolgirl floating in the cupola of a space station overlooking a planet; she's in a sitting pose in midair with a book, a water bottle, and a phone floating near her
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Floating Is Fun @fedia.io hitstun @fedia.io Flying Postman by Ayatoki
็ฉบ้ฃใถ้ตไพฟๅฑใใ by ใขใคใใญ: Pixiv Navirank, Twitter, Safebooru #windpower
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Floating Is Fun @fedia.io hitstun @fedia.io Around Kawasaki by Nora Neko
ๅทๅด่พบใใจใ by ใฎใใญใ: pixiv, Twitter (archived) #weightlessness
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Floating Is Fun @fedia.io hitstun @fedia.io bathmoon by FallinTA
ใฆใตใฎใฎ้ขจๅ by ๆฅๆณ : pixiv, Tumblr, DeviantArt #microgravity
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Floating Is Fun @fedia.io hitstun @fedia.io The First Day I Flew by Genghis Khan Abe
I really like the artist's description of Touhou flight from Sanae Kochiya's perspective, so here's the Google Translate version:
Whether it was the miraculous power of faith or the power that came from within myself, I knew even before I tried that I could "fly". But I also knew that I shouldn't do such a thing in front of other people. ...Secretly, out of sight of others, floating just a few centimeters above the ground. I was only certain that it couldn't be called flying. ...One winter evening, on my way home from lessons, I tried flying for the first time. ...It would take some getting used to to fly freely in the sky, but simply "flying" was surprisingly easy.
The distant view that I must have seen every day from the shrine on the mountain was reflected in a completely different world after a mere 10m rise. The city lights were like the stars in the sky, but even more dazzling and glittering. In contrast, the lake, which was dark as if it were a hole, and had become a s