And we would run around and play all these pranks,

like pushing all the elevator buttons and the elevator

and then watching everybody have to wait.

I'm Angela Duckworth.

I'm Maria Conocova,

and you're listening to no stupid questions.

Today on the show, what makes something fun?

We can publish and psych science after this.

Let's go.

So the other day we got an interesting letter

from one of our listeners, Sid Moore,

and Sid writes,

as I was cross-country skiing today,

I was pondering the nature of fun.

I'm a fairly proficient skate skier,

and I enjoy skiing with others,

but I can still have a great deal of fun

zipping along on beautiful ski trails alone.

But going to get an ice cream cone with a friend

can also be very fun,

where the ice cream is unique,

Black Forest springs to mind,

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