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Some days, we need a pick-me-up, a warm little reminder that good, whimsical, and wholesome things are still happening around us. And the beauty of the internet is that we can now document, caption, and share them with billions of people around the globe.

Despite its somewhat dour name, the “Failing in Society” Instagram page has a lot of positive energy for all of us to share through memes. So get comfortable, prepare your beverage of choice, and scroll through this selection of wholesomeness and hilarity. Be sure to upvote your favorites and comment your thoughts below. 

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Shyla Bouche
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How awesome! Imagine knowing you've touched someone like that. And for him to let her know -- I just have the happy feels right now.

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Often, wholesomeness hits that much harder when we least expect it. It’s an unfortunate reality, that interacting with a business can be exhausting and time-consuming, when it comes to refunds, sorting out shipping issues and replacements, and any other customer service topics. So when a company makes “going above and beyond” not just the purview of a hardworking employee, but policy, people tend to notice. 

Take Zappos, the American online shoe and clothing retailer. Beyond a commitment to customer convenience, like a 365-day return policy and free shipping on a number of transactions, the company rewards workers who go the extra mile for their customers. For example, they reportedly had a 10:29 hour customer service call, when a client forgot about a return request when a loved one unexpectedly passed. Zappos sent a replacement for free and some flowers, after waiting on the line. 

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Even the non-human world is actually full of wholesome moments if you just know where to look. The animal kingdom, for example, is chock full of things that make us go “aww,” but most people stop at kittens and puppies. But all sorts of animals do things that are both fascinating and deeply cute. Otters holding hands is a classic, but did you know that honey bees have dance-offs

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Cows also maintain friendships and like to hang out with their best friends whenever they can. Even more committed, penguins, along with a lot of other birds, mate for life, and will even “propose” to a mate, often with a pebble. Of course, some birds really do take it to the extreme when it comes to impressing a potential mate, for example, building art displayed, fighting rivals, or even very intense forms of dance

Squirrels and bats both have social systems to take care of orphans. Squirrels will adopt babies whose parents have died and carry them around like their own offspring. Various species of bats do the same, while the most organized version are “bat orphanages,” where groups of bats roost together and females come to feed orphaned babies. These are highly social animals with a pretty advanced solution to this problem. 

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Shyla Bouche
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one always makes me smile. At times, I think everyone needs laughing luggage.

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Vintage Insider
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate to be that guy, but in the UK that bill would be $0. Total. Ever. And as a diabetic, all his other prescriptions would be free for life too.

Joe Reaves
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And our government pays less per capita for healthcare than the US government does too. So the government is spending more over there and yet most people still have to pay huge bills.

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Alexandra
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes it is. Assuming that this plays out in the USA I can't, for the life of me, understand why one of the wealthiest countries in the world lets their citizens die for lack of affordable insulin. Shame on all who stand in the way of universal healthcare!

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OWEN CASH
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Price gouging sick people for their life-saving medication should be considered a crime against humanity.

David H
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And it would cost less than $10 a 30 day supply if we just got rid of 2 pieces of regulation that affect high medicine prices in the US, but that politicians don't want to remove. Professor Robin Feldman outlines this in her book "Drug Wars: How Big Pharma Raises Prices & Keeps Generics Off the Market" we would lower the prices on dozens of meds with that. High Prices are the fault of congress

Barbara Cochrane
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Diabetes is scary. My husband was feeling ill and as I am driving him to the ER, he is making jokes. I wondered if he really was sick. We got there and they put him in a wheel chair and he suddenly went unconscious. From totally normal and feeling sick to almost a coma. He was lucky it was just a faint. Scared me though. Turned out to be Type 2 Diabetes. That was 9 years ago and he is on insulin daily ever since. Luckily he has good health insurance with his job. The US sucks big time.

Alisa LaVine
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That will never happen. The insurance industry and its lobbyists pay a lot of many to many legislatures across the country. There are also lobbying groups for Big Pharma and then you have hospitals that are owned by investors. Big money, Wall St. types. Until we get rid of Dark Money and outlaw corporations as donors to politicians, the US will continue to decline as a society. And yes, I'm an American.

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Pink Princess
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some people have to pay $12000 for something that literally keeps them alive?!?!

LokisLilButterknife
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is so heartbreaking that so many people have to forego life-saving operations and/or medications because healthcare in the United States is absolutely bonkers and horrible. Families should not have to bankrupt themselves or start GoFundMe pages in order to help pay for their child's cancer treatment.

Mr. Ping Pong
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thus proving that all legislators should be used as lab rats for testing deadly diseases and the associated medical costs.

Daniele Ribolla
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I sadly remember Michael Moore in his film "Sicko" going in Avana, Cuba, with some 9/11 heroes with breath problem due to their exposition to venomous powder of neon lamps of collapsed buildings, but not helped by government in any manner. shortly, one girl of this group has to use for entire life an asthma inhaler which cost in USA about 120$, , founding that a cuban inhaler with same active principle, costs 80 cents. I'm from Italy, and for whatever kind of medical treatment, surgery, transplant or anything will eventually in need during my life, I will never pay any bill. (right now I have 3 by-pass in abdomen arteries, and also one arterie prothesis, everything paid from our medical assistence). all this shame has been told billions time, but remain one of most dark spots of USA, a great country where people deserve better care, without choice about stay alive or selling their properties, at least who has something to sell...

Riley Quinn
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Knew someone who couldn't afford his insulin, so he doled it out to make it stretch, but that's not how insulin works.

Vicki Perizzolo
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

our politicians spend WAAAY too much time in the pockets of companies with money to burn... and they burn us constantly

Gypsy Lee
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why did it take this for change to happen? Like Big Pharma’s greed running rampant didn’t affect people until he almost died? - Good on him, but shame it took so long.

Pixie T
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

'As someone that was born with a lifelong degenerative disease ( Cystic Fibrosis, plus cystic fibrosis related diabetes), I am so lucky to live in the UK. I'm on 23 different medications daily, and that number increases multiple times throughout the year as i get severe chest infections and require hospitalisation and intravenous antibiotics. with the most expensive costing around 300k a year I'd likely be dead if not for the NHS. I feel very lucky and fortunate to have been born in the country where this is possible

Diana Graham
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So you had to experience it in order to do anything. Maybe visit some schools!!

Stannous Flouride
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And the party from the Red states has been trying hard to pass a law outlawing a limit on the price of $35.

Miss Frankfurter
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s a great start. Keep going at big pharma until they grovel and do anything you say.

Marilyn Holt
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's h.ard to believe they charge people so much $ just so they can stay alive

Pyla
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

HERO!!!! My state rep goes out and stomps for the pharmas. Awful woman.

Joe Reaves
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now this issue effects me I feel the need to do something about it ... was he campiaging for this kind of measure before it became something he needed? If not, I'm not all that impressed.

steven
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

don't f*cking praise him. If he didn't have diabetes he would have done nothing about it. Just another self serving politician. Although it would be nice if nasty sh*t happened to politicians and their families for them to realise that there are people out there not as fortunate as them

LokisLilButterknife
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a disgusting comment. Get off your damned high horse. So people with diabetes and other chronic illnesses don’t deserve affordable medications that help keep them alive?

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ShellsBells
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A lot of the cost people complain about is that they are using the brand name, prefilled syringes. If they got the vials of generic, that they have to draw it up themselves, they can be as cheap as $10 per vial. Even Walmart has a cap what they charge for a month's supply of a generic insulin. Yes, it's a little bit more of an inconvenience, and yes, it's not BRAND NAME, but it's not like there isn't an alternative and they are being refused life-saving medication.

Brocken Blue
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom has been a diabetic for 30+ years and used to use those little glass bottles all the time. But over time her body now only responds best to a short-acting formulation of insulin that’s available only in a prefilled syringe. Don’t assume it’s just laziness. There’s a lot of reasons people choose the insulin they do, and they don’t deserve to be price gouged for it

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People pointing out to him that his wife ‘has grown’ need to go f themselves. And Pierce is a decent person but this is kind of the bare minimum for getting praise, ‘loving your spouse as they are’

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There are countless other examples of things, creatures, and even people that are and act wholesome, an emotion that makes us happy and shows us that there is something good in the world. For all the chaos and negativity on the internet (and, really, everywhere,) digital communication lets us spread these ideas and images. In a sense, it promotes wholesomeness, as often selfless behavior goes unrewarded and unseen.

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The human need for this sort of content is reflected in the trends we see on TikTok, Twitter, and yes, even here on Bored Panda. Wholesome, joyful images, memes, and stories are all a salve against doom-scrolling and other words we use to describe the omnipresence of negative content, fear-mongering, and rage bait. The ubiquity and common, everyday use of those words shows just how far “internet negativity” has penetrated our collective psychology. 

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

fun fact-most dogs are allergic to chocolate, but some are not and, while they cannot eat it safely, but will not die (much of this is dependent on weight) my friends dog apparently got into the fridge and ate a WHOLE GODDAMN CHOCOLATE CAKE and was fine afterwards.

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Chickie
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Congratulations on becoming an Uncle...but not an ordinary Uncle, but a FUNCLE! So glad you didn't take your life. Your niece is very, very lucky to have you in her life!

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The Chronic Insomniac
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sadly, German Shepherds with dwarfism suffer from a myriad of health issues and do not live long.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ugh, I looked mine up and its in the middle of the ocean near Australia.. Don't think I can get anyone to play that game :D

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Jason
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We did that for the kids at my wife's school. And food too. Hardest part was they needed so much more and would ask to bring essentials home to their family cause they were hungry or didn't have necessities either.

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Toxic
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've never gotten the point of big giant weddings. Shouldn't the day just be about you and your significant other?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mum is always like "you don't have to stop" and gets annoyed if I do it. I NEED TO AND WANT TO MUM

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i'm not sure if i'll get super downvoted for this, but i watch 911 and i recently heard there is a big group of buddie shippers that are mad because the show is supposedly queerbaiting. Some of their arguments consist in Eddie screaming Buck's name when Buck was struck by a lightning and them holding hands when Buck was pulling Eddie from a colapsing building. All I see is a very nice and rare type of friendship, where one is constantly there for the other, and I find very sad that some people are not used to this anymore. I remember McDanno's friendship from hawaii 5-0 and i really wish more shows had this kind of relationship again, but i'm not certain if it wouldn't get mistaken for something else and hated on.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All Shrek movies are full of little "easter eggs" (so to speak) like that. A true master piece when you can have a lot of fun watching no matter your age/level of comprehension.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm just so happy that they're allowed to get married. <3 It's being discussed today again in our parlament and I know it's not gonna go well...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, slightly less sweet when you know that he was physically abusive to her during their relationship.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Okay, this is such a thing with kids!! We have a photo of my brother at age 2 or 3 wearing my cousin's coat and it's really big on him like this kid. I have a photo of my kid doing the same thing with one of her father's coats. I think kids just love putting on big coats! It's adorable!!!!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder if there is a connection between his being shot and the messy divorce.

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Karis Ravenhill
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How do you get around being one of those people who doesn't believe they deserve love, so they keep everyone at arms length, including themselves, trapping them in a catch-22 of never being able to accept love even from themself?

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Karis Ravenhill
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kind of asking the impossible of these lads, who wouldn't fall in love with these two gorgeous talented ladies? On the other hand, the girls are doing community service.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Since all I can draw is stick figures this looks excellent to me.

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