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You need look no further than the day’s news headlines, or your social media feed, to notice that the world has the potential to be a really dark and negative place sometimes. Throw in a few social media trolls, cyber bullies, keyboard warriors and general online jerks, and you’d be forgiven for wondering where on earth humanity is heading. Perhaps straight to the depths of hell?
But we’re here to tell you that it’s really not all doom and gloom. There are actually plenty of examples of internet interactions that glow bright in the darkness of it all. If you’re struggling to find them, look no further than an online community called “Gates Open, Come On In.” Over 373,000 people have joined the page, which has only two rules: “No gatekeeping” and “Be nice!” It sounded promising to us so we took a step in… We were greeted by a wall of positive posts about strangers having each other’s backs online.
Because sharing is caring, Bored Panda has put together our favorites, just for you. Keep scrolling and allow the weight of the world to disappear. Feel free to come back to them any and every time you need a reminder that things aren’t all as bad as they might seem.
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#1
Inclusion
tresgatos72 9 months ago
I had this sign in my classroom and was just told I had to take it down. 😣
Charity Angel 9 months ago
Oh, that's a GREAT lesson the school is teaching there (/s)
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#2
Never Realized This But I Love It
Pirate Luxe 9 months ago
I am not gonna lie. I cry at that movie... Tears of joy when they get to sing the kids song at the battle of the bands.... I'm a 54 yr old dude but something about people who get to realize a dream ... Even only 3 minutes of it...
Pirate Luxe 9 months ago
Also a cool note, Jack Black's mom was NASA astrophysicist!
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gsnxjfzxfv 9 months ago
I loved that movie just for that reason. He was great and so authentic in it.
HappyShannon12 9 months ago
Jack Black is awesome and his Mom is a legit badass! I suggest googling her
SkippityBoppityBoo 9 months ago
Jack Black for President! (Disclaimer - just based on School Of Rock!)
#3
Every Job Is Valid!
Beak Hookage 9 months ago
I went to a swanky private school. Some of my classmates left after Year Ten to go to trade school and become builders and plumbers. I went to University and now have a Master's Degree. Guess who's had steady work this entire time and who's currently unemployed?
Bacon Tentacles 9 months ago
Exactly. And I am perfectly happy to pay that plumber their going rate to change my wax ring thing, or install a shower, or other plumbing things. Just like I would be perfectly happy to design that plumber a web site for my own going rate. Because I'm much better at coding than plumbing.
Uncle Panda 9 months ago
Because I'm 62 and still haven't figured out what I want to be if I ever grow up.
Auntriarch 9 months ago
I'm retiring in 3 days and I don't know what I want to be. Overrated I think, because I haven't been a total waste of oxygen in the meantime
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BookFanatic 9 months ago
I am so glad that trade schools are getting more visibility. When I graduated HS, it was assumed I'd go on to college. No discussion. Luckily it worked out for me.
Brandi VanSteenwyk 9 months ago (edited)
When my boys were in their junior years of high school, they were each given some kind of standardized test that was supposed to indicate what type of career their interests and skills would serve them best in. My older boy, who just happens to have had serious anxiety issues (due to his birth mother messing with his head pre-teen), was advised that the business/office world would be right for him. OMG!! He tried so very hard to find ANY aspect of business/office that could/would appeal to him... But it just wasn't to be. NOTHING about an everyday, 9-5, suits and ties, big money board meetings etc. appealed to him. And wouldn't you know it? He ended up in a severe depression feeling like something must be wrong with him to not be interested in something that "the experts" said he should be. Thank GOD I -- having just taken him fully into our "logical family" after years of ins & outs -- recognized how bad he was beating himself up. We sat down for a long talk. Thankfully, the right words made their way from my soul to my lips and I was able to put his mind at ease. Reminding him that HE is HIM. A unique fellow that we are blessed to have in our lives. Nothing could hold him back from doing what his heart desired if he was willing to put in the effort. Finally, the speech I gave all 3 of my kiddos: As long as it doesn't involve reproducing or anything illegal, NOTHING you do before the age of 25 should be done with any expectation of a lifelong commitment to the work, activity, issue, place, mate etc. Use that pre-25 time to bounce around, try different things (all 3 tried college...not for them and they make more $$ than many that graduate college) then you will know when you've got what is right. Just don't settle for something. Follow your true desires to find your happiness. And indeed, when each of them turned 25, they all came back and said it was almost as if light came on and they suddenly felt like real, adult human beings. They acknowledged just how different they are, how they really grew, between 18 & 25 years of age.
Sue User 9 months ago
I remember taking those tests in 10th grade. The smartest kid in the class got sanitation engineer, the jock got accountant. We all laughed at the ridiculousness of it all and went on with our lives.
Load More Replies... Forrest Hobbs 9 months ago
As it happens, the plumber doesn't think his/her client is dumb. They just think the client has a job that needs doing and they're the ones who know how to do it. I can do some basic plumbing, but you know what? A professional can do it much quicker than me, and when it comes to problem solving, they've got me beat hollow because of their training and experience. Here's a link to one version of a very old joke on the subject: https://medium.com/indian-thoughts/lesson-of-the-week-its-all-about-knowing-where-to-hit-ec08b5ced0c6
Forrest Hobbs 9 months ago
His or her? "I Fell in Love With a Female Plumber from Harlesden NW10" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR7qLtjk-hA 😁
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Lamarianjc 9 months ago
As a middle school teacher in Europe, I totally agree!!! Especially now!
Jane Hower 8 months ago
Taking shop out of HS was a big mistake - boys especially needed to try some hands on skills to see if they like doing them.
With more than 5.6 billion people using the internet, it’d be unrealistic to expect to find only positive posts and interactions between strangers. There’s a massive mix of personalities, cultures, religions, beliefs, and of course, moods. So there are bound to be some, if not many, clashes. Plus, let’s be honest. Not everyone likes being kind and decent.
As Kinsey Featherston wrote for Neptune Navigate, "the internet has become a modern day Wild West, and what we really need is a digital sheriff to ride into town and restore order to the virtual frontier."
#4
Brooklyn Librarians Subverting Censorship & Allowing Any Teenager In America To Have A Library Card
RedHairedDragon 9 months ago
I remembered a story about this no longer being true, and it seems that only people living in the state of new York can get a card nowadays.
Verena 9 months ago
Just check out the homepage of the library: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/card/
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Mark Hastings 9 months ago
I read somewhere that a teacher in Texas gave out the URL to this library to her class. One parent became upset and told the principal. She was fired and a district attorney may charge her with a crime. F**k Texas.
DowntownStevieB 9 months ago
IDK who needs to hear this, but library cards have always been available to anyone.
Shannon Donnelly 9 months ago
But usually limited to the town or county you live in. Brooklyn is offering theirs to any teen in America, according to this
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#5
Dogs And Cats My Favorite Animals
GoodWolf 9 months ago
Horses are just big puppies. Baby voice is mandatory.
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Virgil Blue 9 months ago
This is pretty much me. And animals somehow always gravitate to me, so I can talk to them in the weird voice, so that's pretty great.
Nikole 9 months ago
I talk to my turtles in a slightly high pitched voice and say things such as, “Oh, looks like we have a hungry, hungry Harry today!”
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Maples Dad 9 months ago
I'm definitely a cat man though, don't like dogs all that much. I'm somewhat of a cat whisperer.
Meagan Glaser 9 months ago
you can declare and claim your own identity, it's just weird when other people insist on categorizing everyone into one of two exclusive camps. Think of it like OP pointing out that bisexuals and asexual and pansexuals exist. It's still fine to identify as 100% gay or straight yourself.
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quentariel 9 months ago
And even if people consider themselves either dog or cat person, usually they love the other one too and would never say no to either.
SkippityBoppityBoo 9 months ago (edited)
Horses... What does it mean if a horse nudges you under your armpit? My exs mum had rescue horses and they'd do that to me when I was "mucking out"
#6
Depression Gateopening
Tobias Reaper 9 months ago
the best way I can describe it is that its not feeling sad or happy its absence of any feeling. I have struggled with this alot and thanks to the love of the most wonderful person i won my battle. Now she is fighting the same battle time and its my time to help her.
Meagan Glaser 9 months ago
The "i'm functioning, but not living" type of depression. You're doing the necessary things to maintain a life, but you're not present in it or enjoying any of it. You're basically functioning as an NPC instead of a main character *in your own story*
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Sue Denham 9 months ago
Yup - the smiling and laughing so other people don't feel uncomfortable.
Stannous Flouride 9 months ago
And visiting BP hoping for something that will cheer you up at least a little.
Nikole 9 months ago
And feel a sense of community/belonging. Venting is nice too.
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Luckily, there are more than enough people who go the extra mile to make others feel like someone who matters. They inspire with their positivity, and sometimes send ripples of goodness across the world wide web, as strangers share their posts with other strangers and friends. There have been cases where a simple post has changed someone's day, and sometimes even, their life.
#7
It's Not Pie. If You Think It Is, We Can Bake More
Multa Nocte 9 months ago
There are a few people who come to BP who do not understand this at all.
Stannous Flouride 9 months ago
Yeah, but by and large they don't stay long because they don't get the reactions they want from trolling or get so severely downvoted they get banned. There IS one thing Pandas are pretty intolerant of though: intolerance.
Load More Replies... Meagan Glaser 9 months ago
For people used to privilege, equality for others feels like losing their own rights. When you're used to feeling superior, having to admit that you were only "above" others because they were being held down can feel like an attack. So much anger from bigots is a stunted psyche protecting itself.
Tobias Reaper 9 months ago
depends on the pie some pies are not meant to be shared but eaten by one person who sits there afterwards regretting it
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Rinso The Red 9 months ago
"He'd taken all the gangs and squabbling groups and made them see that a small slice of the cake on a regular basis was better by far than a bigger slice with a dagger in it. He'd made them see that it was better to take a small slice but enlarge the cake." GNU - Sir Terry Pratchett
Rachel Pelz 9 months ago
But...my "right" to right and cheered for everything I say is about others becoming smaller if I have to respect "everybody" /sad sarcasm
London Paris 9 months ago
And yet you lot keep voting in hate groups who think this statement is persecution of their faith or hateful political ideology: looking at you america, most of you voted in the current cretin in charge and you did it voluntarily despite all the evidence . . . . . . .
Nikole 9 months ago
Not most of us here for sure, or even in the U.S. at large. But far too many did vote for him, yes. Disgusting and stupid.
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An Oldie But A Goodie :)
Child of the Stars 9 months ago
Simon Pegg once said in an interview that (and I'm paraphrasing) being called a nerd is basically just being told that you love and are enthusiastic about something, and that everyone is a nerd about something. I think about that a lot.
BookFanatic 9 months ago
Lunarbaboon is my absolute favorite. I love the one where he gives his daughter a pink bowtie because it's "something girls wear when they do girly things." The next panel shows her wearing it around her neck as she's doing science experiments.
Beak Hookage 9 months ago
I LOVE it when someone tells me about a subject they're really knowledgeable and enthusiastic about. Also, nerd was an insult when I was a kid but now it's a badge of pride. As Tyrion Lannister said, make it your armour and it can never be used to hurt you again.
Dawnieangel76 9 months ago
My dad LOVES space, and I can listen to him talk about it for HOURS, because of how excited he gets. All his exhaustion & daily adult stress melts away & he's a kid looking through his first telescope again. It's amazing.
#9
It's Never Too Late
Rinso The Red 9 months ago
One of the most authentic things I've seen in a long time. There's so much there, just beneath the surface.
Sean Of The Spiders 9 months ago
The view of it from Gaia, if you're sitting outside the port lodges is amazing isn't it! I used to love walking over the connecting bridge and looking at all the colourful houses from the other side.
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Eugenia 🇮🇹🤌 9 months ago (edited)
I know I' m just building a story around this photo, but I feel like he was the dad or the partner of someone who is no longer here. Hugging the flag and hoping they had been treated with the respect they deserved
Never underestimate how much of an impact your posts could have on someone else. Positive or negative. “Consider, for instance, the act of leaving a supportive comment on a post by someone who has been subjected to online hate. By doing so, you offer a lifeline of positivity in a sea of negativity,” writes LGBTQ+ rights activist, Desi Napoles.
“Your small gesture demonstrates to the individual that they are not alone in their struggles and that kindness exists even in the digital world. This single act can inspire others who witness it to follow suit, creating a domino effect of compassion and support that extends beyond the digital realm and permeates real-life interactions.”
#10
Finally Someone Who Gets It!
Tobias Reaper 9 months ago
those who give us burgers must be celebrated those who fix powerlines that enable us to have burgers must be protected all must be protected and burgers enjoyed
Upstaged75 9 months ago
I have a traditional corporate job but I also work as a nanny/babysitter sometimes. People who think I'm "just" a nanny speak differently to me before they learn I just do it because I love it and it's not my career. Frankly, taking care of kids is MUCH harder than my desk job! I despise people who look down on others.
Peter Bear 9 months ago
Why don't we take all the money from the useless CEOs who don't deserve it, and give it to the people that do? You know, the ones that actually do the work? The ones we were calling 'heroes' and 'essential' just a few short years ago? The ones without whom the entire world comes to a halt? Forgot about us already, didn't you?
SkippityBoppityBoo 9 months ago
No job is "beneath you"... If everyone was an architect, who would make the bricks?
Dawnieangel76 9 months ago
My grampa, may he be RingIP, said there's no such thing as "just a job". Everyone working is providing someone else with a service they can't do for themselves, therefore making their lives easier. That means every job & every worker matters.
#11
Live And Let Live
Lost Panda 9 months ago
Told my kids that it doesn't matter how old you get. If you still like playing with toys, like watching things like MLP or PawPatrol it doesn't matter. Like what you like and don't let anyone tell you different (as long as it's legal). Then I went back to watching Shaun the Sheep
Queen Boudicca 9 months ago
61 here. Hooked on Bluey, and I take great joy in playing the floor is lava with my granddaughter.
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PunchinelloTX 9 months ago (edited)
When I was in grad school, I had two painting advisers who would come to my tiny university-supplied studio. One ripped me to shreds each time. ‘Why is EVERYTHING you paint a portrait? John Singer Sargent you are not.” The other said that the very things I most valued frustrated her. She was very abstract, I am less so. But, she told me the same thing as the art teacher above— “make me hate it more.” And so I did. Art is personal. She knew that. The other professor only saw it as academic.
Danish Susanne 9 months ago
I would say that other professor didn't see it at all. He only looked for what he wanted.
Load More Replies... Marie Clear 9 months ago
My parents, who were in their 70s at the time, got me hooked on the Teletubbies. I was very stressed at work at the time. Saved me a lot of money on prescriptions (yes, I live in the US). Southpark: "Cheesy, but lame and eerily soothing at the same time."
Crystalwitch60 9 months ago
Now that’s teacher n a half who knows her/ his job n does it bloody well I love crystals rhinestones n colours to even at 60 yrs old lol id so love to see her portfolio ❤️
JacPot 9 months ago
The teenagers in the Aldi this morning shouting "(p)enis" at the top of their lungs was a bit cringe. That's a valid interest to find weird, right?
Auntriarch 9 months ago (edited)
Classy, I'd certainly give them the thumbs up, for not shouting d8ck or pr8ck. Probably extra marks for penes plural
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Amanda Reinstatler 9 months ago
Yes yes yes!!!! Let your freak flag FLY HIGH!! F**k what people think. For real.
#12
Almost Hald Me At The First Alf
Ryan Bogdansky 9 months ago
If anyone is offended by my comment let me know and I will take it down.
Load More Replies... BeesEelsAndPups 9 months ago
Is this an old Onion article? When I was in college the Onion was a print paper, and they'd run stories like this.
According to HealthLine, there a a few reasons why we might not lend a hand to someone we don’t know. “Maybe it’s the bystander effect, which leads us to assume that others will take on the personal responsibility of assisting another person in need, often resulting in mutual inaction,” health/stories-of-kindness-of-strangers#Oftentimes-gestures-of-kindness-only-require-one-thing-time" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">notes the site. “Or it’s because we’re easily preoccupied with ourselves — with our own lives and our own daily struggles.”
But it’s necessary to remember that we’re not alone, adds the site. Whether in joy or pain…
#13
Happy Lunar Year Everyone
Marie Clear 9 months ago
Well, as someone who's 100% Irish, I can say that I don't want that Kassy b***h celebrating St Pats. She is NOT invited. But everyone else, Irish or not, GRAB A BEER!
Danish Susanne 9 months ago
How can this be called a Friendly reminder? Is it like when Donald Dumb says he likes women?
#14
Great Story About Fitting In
#15
Its Lovely
Moo 9 months ago
I don't like kids much, their noises are really bad for my sensory issues, BUT THAT IS NOT THEIR FAULT. If it bothers me, I need to leave. Every child deserves to grow up in a world where they can feel safe and comfortable
Richard Iachetta 9 months ago
Bravo. Kids will do kid stuff, if it bothers you go someplace where kid aren't allowed. It will be a boring place but go
One of the easiest ways to brighten someone's day is with a simple smile. And maybe a 'hello.' You might be the first and only person to do that for them... Another small gesture is holding the door open, or letting someone with less groceries than you skip the queue.
"Though it may seem like common courtesy, holding a door open is a genuine sign of care," notes HealthLine. "Especially when it comes to mothers with strollers, those in wheelchairs, or anyone who’s got their arms full. This small gesture can make someone’s life a little easier, even for just a moment."
#16
Just Let Them Be They
Sue Denham 9 months ago
I'm imagining the illustrations in a Dr. Seuss book. This is brilliant.
Bacon Tentacles 9 months ago
We need an aspiring young artist to illustrate this...STAT!
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 9 months ago (edited)
That is super clever! Every third line in each verse is a piece of a puzzle. Spelling error, Grammar error, then an potential word choice error pointing straight at "accepting" I really like this.
Peter Bear 9 months ago
Be they him, her, or it That is OK with me, So don't throw a fit And just let people be!
#17
This One Was Nice
Joe Reaves 9 months ago
Not a fan of their music, but I'm beginning to really like Metallica for their attitude.
OneHappyPuppy 9 months ago
They loove hearing their songs in other interpretations. Apocalyptica has an entire album of their interpretations of Metallica songs. Korn did a Metallica song in concert and Metallica was in the crowd cheering
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Šimon Špaček 9 months ago
I would bet some money that the original commenter is unable to play any instrument. Even triangle would be bit too hard for him.
zububonsai 9 months ago (edited)
Okay, it's 8:21a.m. were I am and you already won today's coolest internet comment of the day award! 🔥😎👏🏼 Ahoj!🤘🏼
Load More Replies... Maples Dad 9 months ago
There's a band called the Red Hot Chilli Pipers if anyone is interested in rockier bagpipe playing.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 9 months ago
They had a whole album with a Symphonic Orchestra! Violins are also not what one would originally associate with Metal Music. I mean... I can't even begin to tackle the idiocy of that commenter. And bagpipes are so cool (when someone plays them who knows what they're doing)!
Billo66 9 months ago
Pfft. Metallica could pull off making a homemade comb kazoo sound metal lol. Angus and Malcom pulled off the pipes a long time ago.
Billo66 9 months ago
Bowstrings don't belong on an electric guitar either but, well, Jimmy Page. nuff said.
Load More Replies... Moo 9 months ago
I saw Metallica with my dad. I'm a little 20 year old girl who had no idea what they were about, but they are /such/ good dudes. So much respect
Nikole 9 months ago
Weren’t they one of the first bands/acts to call out Ticketmaster?
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David Morgan 9 months ago
This is the video being talked about. It rules. https://youtu.be/n2yFNWQRiU0?si=T-PYqXgwpP7l-pJk
#18
I Like These Too
John Mosley 9 months ago
I went to a gay club for halloween with a group of friends and my girlfriend. She had to use the restroom and while she was gone a guy made a pass at me. I was flattered! He was a good looking guy, real boost to my self esteem :).
Dog Mom to Zoe 9 months ago
Love this. As a woman, I had a gentlemen friend tell me, "Not only do the guys want you but so do the girls". Not a switch hitter, but I'm okay with that. It's actually flattering.
K Barnes 9 months ago
People who say they would kick out/disown their child for being gay should not be having children. Can you imagine raising your child, whom you love more than anything else in the world, for 16 years then disowning them for being themselves? The amount of hate you would need to do that is astonishing.
Billo66 9 months ago (edited)
My best friend is gay, I asked him why he never hits on me, am I ugly? He laughs at me. He just knows I'm straight and he is cool AF.
Billo66 9 months ago
I did ask If I'm considered good looking, average, what? He wouldn't answer so I'm leaning toward plain ugly haha.
Load More Replies... Sven Horlemann 9 months ago
Happened to me. I was already married in '92. Studied musicology, art etc. So the parties where a bit different, haha. I loved it when I realised a guy hit on me. I just said "Hey, it is great talking to you, let me introduce you to my wife". He immediately got what I said, and we continued to have a great night out.
Richard Iachetta 9 months ago
I'm 77 now so nobody hits on me but when I was young there were a few occasions when it happened. I took it as a compliment, there was something attractive enough that he would ask. When I politely turned him down, he started to apologize and I told him it wasn't necessary
Healthline also suggests that you make a habit of donating used items. You never know who might need what you were about to throw in the trash. Your pre-loved goods may mean the world to someone out there.
On a similar note, you might encounter someone who has no food, or is a few pennies short at the till. Carry cash on you so you're always ready to help if or when needed.
One for the ladies is to keep a tampon or sanitary pad on you. It might really come as a godsend for anyone who has Mother Nature pull up in a red Ferrari unexpectedly.
#19
This Felt In The Spirit Of This Sub
Spocks's Mom 9 months ago
I'll go with you! I have a Hognose snake named Hoggle and I love him sooooo much! I need some snake de-ssstresssss-ing.
Load More Replies... Bacon Tentacles 9 months ago
My wife and I lived in Pflugerville for almost 10 years before moving out of state. We picked it precisely because of the sense of humor you see, above. Oh, and the way they absolutely lean into the whole 'Pf' thing. Their high school football stadium is even named simply, "The Pfield." Oh, and because they are located in between (sort of) Austin and Round Rock, one of their slogans is "Between a Rock and a Weird Place." Pflugerville is awesome.
rullyman 9 months ago
One of my friends used to live in Pflugerville. I loved writing her address on packages. Felt like a Dr Seuss town!
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GhostlySnail (she/her) 9 months ago
I wish I had cool library with an anti-prom, snacks, and snakes :(
Peter Bear 9 months ago
But, and this is very important... will there be a day when there are snacks AND snakes? Because that would be even better.
Bartlet for world domination 9 months ago
And do you eat them like the Dutch eat herring (tilt your head back, hold them by the tail)? With onions?
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#20
Good Parentin
BeesEelsAndPups 9 months ago
I hope she told the dad. I was at Wawa (it's a cross between a bodega and a sandwich shop) with my then 6 year old. They have these monitors where you place your order, and my daughter was asking me all these questions about how the monitors worked. I am an engineer, so I was trying to answer in a way that a 6 year old would understand. They also asked about the power button and wanted to press it to see it work. I told them not to press it because it would make it hard for the next customers. This woman walks over to me and tells me that she's a teacher, and she was loving our conversation, because I was keeping my daughter engaged and encouraging their curiosity, while also setting boundaries. Best compliment I've ever received, and I think about it a lot.
ElfVibratorGlitter 9 months ago
I haven't had Wawa in a couple years:( miss their mtos and Sheetzs also
Load More Replies... Amanda Reinstatler 9 months ago
So many people think that bravery is just not being scared - when it is quite the opposite. Its really easy doing things you are not afraid of. Anyone can do that. Its going through with it despite that fear that makes you brave. And admitting you are scared DEF takes bravery.
#21
That's His Whole Thing
Kiki Likes Sweets 9 months ago
If God hated gay people, she wouldn't have made so many of them!!
Miki 9 months ago
Exactly. I bet Alanis Morissette hates nobody ;) (I hope this is not too hard reference for you all)
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Eric Brown 9 months ago (edited)
Proverbs 6:16-19 specifically lists people that God hates. More specifically, things people do that God hates. None of them are being gay, BUT one of them IS pretentious people who think they are better than other people.
Joe Reaves 9 months ago
Well, that's more Jesus' thing tbf. If you read the old testament, God seems to hate quite a lot of people. Not for their sexuality though.
General Anaesthesia 9 months ago
The Old Testament describes God's reason for sending His Son: one last attempt to save Old Testament humanity from themselves.
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 9 months ago
God can't hate anyone because he not the real and never was.
David Morgan 9 months ago
Yeah, no. Old Testament God hated a LOT of people and messed them RIGHT UP if they displeased him. New Testament God is a lot fluffier and nicer. If you don't believe me, ask the people in Sodom or Gomorrah...wait, you can't, they got obliterated because God didn't like them.
Charity Angel 9 months ago
Let's not forget how much He messed with the people He (apparently) liked, too. Abraham, Job...
Load More Replies... Marlowe Fitzpatrik 9 months ago
"Which god" is also a valid question to the proclamation of hating gay people. Are we talking Hindu, or Greek/Roman gods here? Nordic ones?
Auntriarch 9 months ago
Dammit this so many downvotes and I can't reply is a real roadblock. Anyway, nm, since I can't reply to you now, "be fruitful and multiply" could mean that once you've impregnated your lawful wife, you can stick it wherever you like. A bit like old school aristos, marry and make heirs, then you've done your duty.
Kelly H. Wilder 9 months ago
I am going to add this to your remarks because, as you said, we cannot reply to nm: if nm actually believes what they said, that means infertile/sterile/impotent people are committing sin if they partake of "sexual engagement". That's ludicrous at best and blasphemy at worst.
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#22
Mature Humanity
Nova Rook 9 months ago
I never went to church - every sunday at 10am we (dad and me, and sometimes mom) watched Star Trek on the CBC. When I look back to find where my values come from I often think about Star Trek and how I took so many of their lessons to heart. Their multi cultural crew was just normal for me. Ahead of its time and a blessing for the world.
Lyone Fein 9 months ago
Every Passover we would take a Star Trek break in the middle of our Seder.
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Johnny McFearless 9 months ago
Watch Star trek with your children, people. Teach them about the world from pure unabashed idealism.
Stannous Flouride 9 months ago
The battles that Mr Roddenberry went through to get to show some scenes are legendary. To wit: Kirk kissing Uhura in "Plato's Stepchildren" and the Frank Gorshin episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" for just two of many. And remember, after it was rejected by the networks it was rescued by Lucille Ball.
Savannah Newman 9 months ago
We don't get to join the cosmic community until we chill the f**k out as a species.
Saint_Zipcodus 9 months ago
We love Star Trek because at its root, the show tells us that we WILL overcome our seemingly innate selfishness.
#23
Literally The Gate Was Open
Bored Seb 9 months ago
And what do we do when we meet nerds ? We learn from them :)
Load More Replies... Queen Boudicca 9 months ago
Congrats. Wishing you both long and happy lives. Now shut the gate and keep the world out (at least for a little while).
CertifiedCatServant (he/him) 9 months ago
Omg that would be insane cross BP article lore
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Sandra Lyke Williams 8 months ago
Awwww! I hope I accidently fly to your Island on ACNH. Would love to see it. Congratulations!
#24
Saw This On The Lawn Of A Couple That Lives On My Street. Genuinely Brightened My Day
SkippityBoppityBoo 9 months ago (edited)
Years ago I'd finished work, was coming home, it was around 4.30am, getting light during summer and saw a guy being full on being kicked, punched... It was a "gaybash". I screamed/shouted at the "males" - "WHAT THE ACTUAL F**K! GET OFF HIM!!!". Ran down the stairs. They ran off. I had an unopened bottle of water I'd just bought from work, phoned for an ambulance and the police while cleaning him up. It all went to court. They were found guilty and recieved suspended sentences. One actually went to prison for 6months. F*ck Homophobes and Homophobia... So this sign makes me epic happy 👍🙂
Charbadar C 9 months ago
But islam kills gays. Why do we ignore the facts of that religion??!!
Min 9 months ago
You think Muslims are the only ones who k**l us for being gay? Honestly, your statement just sounds like an excuse for bigotry and it makes me sad.
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Luke Skywalker Makes Young Star Wars Fan Feel Loved
Child of the Stars 9 months ago
What's the opposite of a gatekeeper? Because that's what Mark Hamill is for the nerd community.
Becca not Becky 9 months ago (edited)
Gate destroyer? Greeter? Either way, we need more people like him
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#26
For The Waiters
Ryan Bogdansky 9 months ago
There was a story that I heard where someone asked the owner of a fancy restaurant who they didn't know was the owner and just thought was a waiter, "How does it feel knowing your life is worthless and all you ever became was a waiter." I was legit so annoyed at this I had to look up cat videos for an hour.
LA Murphy 9 months ago
I would rather say I was a waiter than another rich a*****e like this person. Waiting tables performs a legit service. Rich people may be worth more in their own mind, but the only ones who "care" about them are just waiting for them to die. Wealth and status are meaningless and death is a wonderful equalizer.
Load More Replies... Marie Clear 9 months ago
We broke down last year and hired a housecleaner every 2 weeks. She works a HORRIBLE schedule to keep her family going. When she quoted us a ridiculously low price we said Nope. We insisted on paying her more than she asked. Every day I am so thankful that she's willing to come and keep our house nice and save our sciatica. Every time she's here, we tell her so. I absolutely cannot tolerate people who refuse to cook for themselves one evening, then s**t all over the waiters helping save them from that chore. WTF people? Having anyone serve you is a blessing, so start acting like humans and not rabid dogs for a change and stop biting these helpful folks!
Sue User 9 months ago
Hired a guy to do yard work. He only wanted $8 an hour. I couldnt pay that low and insisted he take more. I made him lunch too.
Load More Replies... Roni Stone 9 months ago
It's a difficult job. Many people see it as not really adding anything of worth to the labor force, as a transient stop-gap between "real" jobs, but it's a career for many, or at least a long-term investment, with insurance, 401K, PTO, vacations. At least where I worked. But it's also hours and hours and hours on your feet without a break. It's memory and strategy and social work and comedy and crying in the walk in freezer and learning how to keep some kind of smile when your customers insult you or grab your a*s while sweat is running down your back and your blood sugar is dropping. It's hard labor carrying trays loaded with 30-40 pounds or more. I did this job for over 15 years to pay the mtg, the utilities, pay for food, doctors. And some days you don't make enough to finish off the rent - but at least the kids have milk for breakfast.
Richard Iachetta 9 months ago
Why would anybody want to be nasty to someone who will be handling your food out of your sight. Also why be a nasty SOB
Richi Weiss 9 months ago
Plus its never a good idea to p*** those off that prepare and /or serve your food...
General Anaesthesia 9 months ago
What you're insinuating would be stooping to the customer's level. They're better than that.
Load More Replies... Sandra Lyke Williams 8 months ago
I can honestly tell you that I tried to be a waitresses. I am NOT afraid to admit that I SUCKED at it. That job was NOT for me. I do however have a whole new perspective on what it takes to be one. Thank you to all of the waiters/waitresses for doing what I seriously sucked at. I now tip even more knowing what I know and on how hard that job really is! You all are a blessing. THANK YOU!
Dariusz M. D. 9 months ago
Or, or, or they are not to be told to find Jesus and to accept a fake note with a quote from the Bible, instead of a tip. Looking at you 'righteous' Christians.
#27
Everything Turned Out Just Fine, Then
slay_potato 9 months ago
When I came out as non binary to my parents they basically said “okay, we thought so” and went back to dinner. I’ve been supported ever scence
#28
Romantic
Child of the Stars 9 months ago
And then there's my ex-husband: borderline genius IQ but works managing the kitchen for a local restaurant simply because he loves it and is good at it. He has no education beyond his high school diploma.
Moo 9 months ago
Once I got laughed at by a man in trades (50 yo man while I was a 20 yo girl), because I was in college and was proud of myself because I got into a good school. He was making fun of me and I said, "Yeah well my school is #7 in the world I'm really proud" and he laughed at me and said you don't need academics...I didn't mock your career. I think you do a good, important job. Why are we being mean to people for wanting to educate themselves?
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 9 months ago
There are so many posts where people are negatively comparing 2 people like this and they nake it gay. Its wonderful
Lyone Fein 9 months ago
Can’t find a philosophy job……both Socrates and Confucius had the same problem.
#29
I'm Sure Many Of Us Needed To Hear This
Child of the Stars 9 months ago
I've been active in my area's alcohol recovery community for a long time (12 years sober myself). I recently was forced to step back from those commitments in order to address some personal responsibilities. I felt really bothered by it because I was worried that it meant I was no longer being useful or of service to others. A good friend of mine reminded me that I by stepping back and taking care of my personal life meant that I was not only in a position to enjoy the gifts of my sobriety now, but I was giving someone else a chance to step up and be of service.
Shannon Donnelly 9 months ago
Congrats on your sobriety and on your ability to make your health a priority!! You can’t take care of anyone else in the future if you let yourself fall into a state of disrepair (for lack of a better term). By taking care of yourself, you’re putting yourself in the best place to be able to go back to what you were doing. You can’t pour from an empty cup ❤️
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Jnausicaa 6 months ago
There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Remember this: Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection and defiance are occurring constantly throughout the country. Whole communities and states have no idea that they’ve already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the battle against Trump is everywhere. And even the smallest act of disobedience or protest pushes our lines forward. And then remember this: Trump’s need for control is desperate because it is unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. And know this: the day will come when all these protests, opposition, and moments of disobedience will have flooded the banks of Trump’s authority, and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break his power. Remember this. Try. Reply 45
Cheryl Butler 9 months ago
Thank you for this. I am 77, half blind, arthritic and married to a guy with Alz. I have enough to do with thinking good thoughts and donating $5 a month to all my good causes.
#30
Restroom Sign At My Gym
Queen Boudicca 9 months ago
Don't! The idiot will sign executive order banning restrooms because they're "woke."
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Alisha Natzel 9 months ago
I'm struggling to see how the mermaid would use this bathroom and why. The whole ocean is your bathroom lol.
Auntriarch 9 months ago
We don't know, but if they have need of this room, then they are welcome
Load More Replies... DrBronxx 9 months ago
This is pretty much just paraphrasing what it says on the Statue of Liberty, right?
Shannon Donnelly 9 months ago
I don’t care who uses the bathroom, as long as they don’t pee on the seat and they flush when they’re done.
Load More Replies... Sue Denham 9 months ago
And all I can think about is: How does the mer person get there? Do they bounce? Slither?
LooseSeal's $10 Banana 9 months ago
Idk, man, I don't think mer-people can use human toilets. I mean, what are the logistics at play?
Charity Angel 9 months ago
I have considered this on occasion, but I'd have to agree. Whether they're mammalian or piscine inside, they live in water. Continence wouldn't be a big priority. It would also be some interesting logistics to balance on a sitting toilet - a squat might be better for them. Especially if they're more mammalian and their external genitalia are higher up than a fish's would be. (I'm thinking WAY too much about this)
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#31
Pauly Shore Being Wholesome
Eugenia 🇮🇹🤌 9 months ago (edited)
I definitely feel this. I am no celebrity but I (F65) am about 30 kg overweight. I know that, but what some people who met me recently don't know is that I gained weight because of antidepressants I took after my 51yo husband's d**th, the long years of staying in bed because I didn't want to live anymore, the therapies I had to undergo when I got breast cancer... They just say I am fat. Please always try to understand what's behind someone's aspect
Spocks's Mom 9 months ago
Lol. I met him a long time ago when I worked at an art gallery in Nashville. He put me on the guest list for his show that night and acted offended that I wouldn't hang out with him and his entourage after the show, but my ride was not comfortable with partying with them. Anyway, I think his stage manager, a man named "Warlock" was interested in me. 😬
Mimi M 9 months ago
F/uck 'societal standards'. Let's just let ppl live. Life is hard enough all on its own.
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Mentally Empathetic Dad
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 9 months ago
I was told I was ''rude'' and ''ignorant'' as a shy kid when I didn't want to be around when company came over -_-
Bacon Tentacles 9 months ago
And I bet if you did actually come out of your shell, you got put down anyway. "Well, look who finally decided to join us!" Screw that noise.
Load More Replies... Šimon Špaček 9 months ago
I love to spend time with my friends. My kids are allowed to talk with them of course, but... you know, they don't have that many common talking points. But we finally have a great card game that is fun for kids and adults, so we can play together. And I can tell you that seeing my daughter absolutely destroy my friends (and me) in cards brings very special type of pride.
Jujumojo 9 months ago (edited)
I love this! I was this parent but I would have added a scene that said... Uncle Billy wants to say hi, should I send him in or can you come see him? If you're not up to it ill tell him youll talk to him at the thing tomorrow because teaching kids to have healthy relationships with people we love is important too and still respects the kids feelings
Kathy Sinclair 8 months ago
There were six of us so m parents were sort of happy if we 'disappeared' after dinner.
#33
Found On /R/Mademesmile, Thought It Belonged Here As Well
Queen Boudicca 9 months ago
Why Sosa, it appears to be a pool in which a happy kid is playing. Sorry that this needed to be explained to you.
Upstaged75 9 months ago
Kids are so easily entertained. I remember my toddler once spending an hour dropping stones in a puddle. They don't care about fancy toys.
#34
Beards Are For Everyone
Mike F 9 months ago
Many of us used to do this with no problem, but, as we age, things get hurt easier and take much longer to heal.
Queen Boudicca 9 months ago
Yeah...so along with AAA, we enrolled in AARP 😁
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Fat Harry (Oi / You) 9 months ago
I have a beard AND can change a tyre. You know who has no beard but can STILL change a tyre? Both my stepdaughters (and my stepson, but he has a beard :D ). Beards are definitely not an indication of tyre-changing ability!
Charity Angel 9 months ago
I used to be able to change a tyre. Taught myself when I first got a car, and I was very proud of that fact, but my dad would have taught me if I hadn't figured it out. I also changed out the battery when it wouldn't charge reliably any more. But then my spine gave up, so it's the RAC for me these days. I might look like a girly girl with skirts and heels (in summer), and the baby blue trims on my wheelchair, but I also own a drill and a full tool kit. Some is inherited, older than me, and works very nicely for wheelchair maintenance.
Load More Replies... LooseSeal's $10 Banana 9 months ago
I've never understood the beard = masculine thing. I don't know how people live with facial hair. After two, three day tops, it's already starting to drive me nuts and I've got to shave.
Gavin Johnson 9 months ago
On a road trip with two friends, me a leather interior fitter for a Ferrari dealership, my mate Mike, a maintenance engineer for a huge factory, his brother Ian, an engineer at an aerospace factory, we had years of experience and knowledge between us, got a flat tyre, the wheel nuts were over tight, wheel wrench bent with our first attempt to remove the nuts. Three of us tried and failed to remove them. AA came to our rescue, just because you KNOW a lot doesn’t always mean you can DO a lot. PS we all have extending wheel wrenchs in our cars now 😂
Trophy Husband 9 months ago
In scouts we taught the 10 year olds to do it. It's not hard, all you need is someone to teach you, or YouTube...
Motivated sloth 9 months ago
Some of us cannot grow a beard but we can change a tire. I was able to do it in seven minutes in heels on the side of I4. I thought it would be a good skill for my daughter to learn but couldn’t even convince her dad 🤷🏼♀️ and she didn’t want to learn. I think her current boyfriend taught her how to do it.
SkippityBoppityBoo 9 months ago
So long as you don't get your long beard caught in the nuts...
Pirate Luxe 9 months ago
No you silly MF changing tire knowledge is not masculine it's a very important basic skill that everyone who operates a car should know.
Shannon Donnelly 9 months ago
And some people have physical or health issues that make doing so difficult or impossible, which is why groups like AAA exist.
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Girl In Red's Music Is For Everyone
Shannon Donnelly 9 months ago
And that we could focus on our commonalities instead focusing on our differences
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Mel in Georgia 9 months ago
I once pegged my jeans and my gay adult daughter said, "Why are you stealing our (gay) fashion looks?!" I'm like, "Girl, this look has been around since the 50s! Y'all stole your grandma's look!"
LooseSeal's $10 Banana 9 months ago
Media/art is to be enjoyed/disliked on the merit of the media/art itself, regardless of who created it.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 9 months ago
I can say there is definitely is such a thing as "straight" music. Mostly Country, but also homophobia exists in genra's like Hip-Hop, Punk, Metal. I just think it's weird to put so much effort into hating people you don't know. Something about Country just stands out in my mind.
Dragons Exist 9 months ago
People often like to think that they can discriminate just because they've been discriminated against
#36
Slow Down
Queen Boudicca 9 months ago
This would be great for places that have introverted cashiers who don't want ro chat - it allows us gabby people to go to an alternate cashier.
Holly Marley 9 months ago
And they let the cashier sit down. Why is this such a hard concept for the US? No one should have to stand for hours, no one.
Kenneth Smith 9 months ago
This is a win for everyone. Not only do they get to talk to someone, which is a big win, but they also don't have annoyed people who want to get on with their lives breathing down their necks.
Rick Murray 9 months ago
Me too. And you know what would make it so much better? If they didn't promote it as "makes everything so much quicker" and then only have two tills that can cope with the thing, with usually only one of them active...meaning the self scan queue is often *longer* than the other queues. 🤦🏻♀️
Load More Replies... Caffeinated Ape 9 months ago
Also some supermarkets (at least, here in NZ) have started doing quiet hours for elderly and noise sensitive individuals, which I think is great!
Dolly_of TheCowboy 8 months ago
This is a brilliant idea. I am a chatter to random strangers. I used to hate it when people would seemingly decide I needed to know all about their surgeries and their kids when waiting at train stations as a kid. I thought how do I turn off the "come talk to me random weirdos" sign over my head. Then one of our mental health tutors at uni talked about the randoms that would chat to/at him as a younger person and how he had felt the same until one person said "you just looked like someone who could help me feel less alone and I won't end myself today thank you" and it became a lighbulb moment for me that others saw something in me that I did not necessarily. From then I was happy to be "Have a chat Harriet" for others because it could make the difference literally between life and d3@th for someone
Linda Johnson 9 months ago
I was checking out at WalMart recently and the cashier automatically said..."how are you today?". Well, I was having a very bad emotional day thanks to my narcissistic son.....so I said, "Not too good actually....I'm struggling with heartache and sadness coz my son is causing all kinds of problems"...then we talked for about 5 minutes....and when we were done I said " I'd better let you get back to work....take care...." se said..."I hope your son gets better....ANAD THANKS FOR TALKING TO ME!" cashiers don't get noticed as actual people....they just fall into the "robot" genre and I imagine it gets lonely to not actually talk to a real person....I didn't think about this before that day....
#37
Sh*tter’s Open!
OzzyTheMano (They/Them) 9 months ago
I peed in the women's AND the men's bathroom and nothing exploded (places should have more gender-neutral bathrooms)
Bacon Tentacles 9 months ago (edited)
There were several restaurants in the Austin TX area that, when the whole bathroom thing went haywire in 2015 or so, simply changed all of their (single toilet) bathrooms to be unisex. No muss, no fuss. Some of them even took out the urinals from the formerly male bathrooms and replaced them with baby changing stations. This is the way.
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Forrest Hobbs 9 months ago (edited)
Brianna Ghey: trans kid mvrdered more or less at random. Her mother's viewpoint: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/feb/22/esther-ghey-murder-daughter-brianna-transgender 😢
Peter Bear 9 months ago
Every bathroom in your home is gender-neutral, right now. Unless it isn't, in which case you have serious problems.
Dawnieangel76 9 months ago
Please. When you're out at a concert or sporting event & those women's bathroom lines form, I damned well have & will continue to go into the men's room & use a stall. Been doing it for 25+ years and I ain't gonna stop unless someone genuinely bitches about it. Hasn't happened ONCE. Not even in jest!
Eugenia 🇮🇹🤌 9 months ago
I am absolutely against gender-neutral bathrooms. When there's no more TP in women's restroom, which happens almost always particularly when I forget to bring paper handkerchiefs in my purse, I go to men's where there's always plenty...
Forrest Hobbs 9 months ago
Uncle Panda, can you explain what point you're trying to make? I genuinely have no clue.
Load More Replies... Shannon Donnelly 9 months ago
And yet the world continued on without interruption. Just the same as when the trans person used the restroom. Amazing how undramatic things can be when people don’t blow them out of proportion
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Dolly Parton Showing Support For Beyoncé’s Country Era ❤️
Queen Boudicca 9 months ago
And there are *some* people who want to end her literacy program...'cuz book learnin' is woke.
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#39
Caring Comes In Many Forms
Untamed Snark 9 months ago
There is something about the smell of tomato plants growing that I love, they have their own herby scent.
Load More Replies... Motivated sloth 9 months ago
I told my daughter yesterday when she and her bf/fiancé (I guess he’s not technically her fiancé yet but they picked out the ring together and he ordered it so…they’re nearly engaged???) people should be required to keep a houseplant alive and happy for a year and then raise a puppy or kitten from infancy to adulthood THEN have babies. We could solve a lot of problems that way.
Marie Clear 9 months ago
(Just a little disappointed she didn't come back with a kitten, but you do you!)
#40
Nsp Holding The Gate Open
Parmeisan 9 months ago (edited)
Glad they did. Until you pointed that out, I thought it was the Ninja Sh*t Party. Which is a very different thing!
Load More Replies... *raspberry sound 9 months ago (edited)
My son loves NSP and TWRP, their music is so, unexpectedly, upbeat and positive.
#41
You’re Such A Girl
Auntriarch 9 months ago
We can only do what we can do. And I'm sure you do
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Pearly Gates Open, Welcome To Heaven!
Auntriarch 9 months ago
There aren't many people I share olives with, especially the ones with lemon and garlic
Richard Iachetta 9 months ago
If there is a heaven everyone would be welcome. If God created us in his image why would he find some of us objectionable. I say this as an atheist
#43
The Library Loves Everybody
Šimon Špaček 9 months ago
I love audiobooks. Life is sometimes rough and there is a lot I have to do, so I don't have much time for reading, but audiobooks are there when I drive, cook, wash dishes, mow garden,...
zovjraar me 9 months ago
recently discovered audio books/stories, and I LOVE THEM.
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Shannon Donnelly 9 months ago
I’m old school. I need a paper book in my hands. I’m a visual person and have a hard time following along with audio books, and Kindles trigger my migraines (even the ones that aren’t supposed to). But with the very limited exception of a few favorite authors, I only buy used books so I’m not contributing to more paper and other resources being used.
BookFanatic 9 months ago
Clurb? Lol Somebody please tell my elder Gen X self if that's a new term or a typo.
#44
At The Minnesota United Game Last Night
Meowzers! 9 months ago
Great view of the game for the fans behind the banner. I'm guessing they took it back up before the start.
RedHairedDragon 9 months ago
Pretty much standard on big arena events with big banners and flags. It's just for the tifo, as soon as the game starts everything is put away. I once were at a game where they covered the whole audience in fabric in different colors. Didn't make much sense to me at the time, but the pictures were amazing afterwards
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If Only More People Were A Bit Aware Of This
Rick Murray 9 months ago
Many moons ago I told my boss that if I was as perfect as he wanted then I'd be the central edifice if his entire belief system and "you've met me, you know I'd make a really lousy god". A moment of stunned silence and perfect was rapidly downgraded to "do your best".
#46
Count Me In
Rose the Cook 9 months ago
What is with the idea some people have that grass is only to look at anyway?
Eugenia 🇮🇹🤌 9 months ago
But I always worry because I don't want to step on ants and other small creatures
#47
You're Not A Machine. You're Garden
Dragons Exist 9 months ago
So you're a (non-evergreen) forest, hibernating in the winter
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#48
Metallica Invites Y’all To Come On In
Gavin Johnson 9 months ago
If you feel the need to gatekeep an art form that you love then I’ve gotta question your love for it. Don’t you want everyone to see, hear, feel, enjoy how awesome it is? I’ve had a love for metal since my baby metal head days of 1982, this week I discovered new music that a young bloke at a gig recommended to me, I’m now a 50 year old who took a recommendation from a bloke who was about 20. He shared the love of it with me. Spread you joy around, it’s free y’know?
#49
Japan/America Cultural Exchange
Moo 9 months ago
Same with Korean culture!! I'm a white American majoring in Korean, and it's been /so/ cool how kind and encouraging and welcoming people have been. The only people who act weird about it are other white people
Tom De Paul 9 months ago
Now the Koreans I can get behind. The most welcoming culture I've ever experienced. They are also our best allies. They have fought beside us in every major conflict
Load More Replies... Ryan Bogdansky 9 months ago
I just started getting into anime and I could never live in Japan or even go there because jjk has traumatized me too much but I really would love to hear or see some of this because it sounds amazing
Peter Bear 9 months ago
With deepest respect... this is like me saying 'I just started getting into movies and could never live in the US because 'Escape from New York' traumatized me too much'. Fiction isn't reality, my dude.
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Rick Murray 9 months ago
To a degree this probably happens around the world. Look up something called "Buffalo Grill" to see a French restaurant chain that's a strange mashup between cowboys and Indians and Tex-Mex, oh and the musak is country songs. *Only* country songs. And some of the women at work have a quirky game that they play - they sing a song in English and I have to guess what they're singing. Well I like symphonic metal so probably couldn't name one single song in the top forty for this entire decade, and *they* *don't* *speak* *any* *English*! It's...interesting.
Stannous Flouride 9 months ago
I was there right before Halloween 2 years ago and absolutely LOVED to see what they had made of it.
Kathy Sinclair 8 months ago
When my husband and I livied in Japan 50 years ago, we loved Japanese 'Engrish' (sic)!
Sandra Lyke Williams 8 months ago
It's not sad you rocked Queen Latifa's looks! Own it and be better for it!
Tom De Paul 9 months ago
That's only because we remade their entire nation and culture in our image after WWII.
#50
You Do You Buddy
Richi Weiss 9 months ago
I am a console player and jokingly pretend to don't like the other consoles or pc but I like gaming no matter wich platform. Just that u don't like th platform the platform u are using don't necessarily mean it's worse than mine..
trixiefly11 9 months ago
The only thing I care about between pc and console is what I play, not what other people play. Same with the phone debate. I can care less who has iphone and who has android. I only care about what I like.
Northlander72 9 months ago
As a gamer, I just want to say.... That's fine too. Only you know a 100% what you would enjoy doing.
Load More Replies... Laughing Orc 9 months ago
I'm a console and PC player. And I mean all consoles. I've been lucky enough to be able to afford Xboxes, PlayStation's, Switches and PCs, and I'll play on whatever platform the games I want to play are on. Console / PC gatekeeping is stupid. Don't love a plastic box because it's got your favourite logo stamped on it. Love the games you play on it and who you play then with.
Sam Trudeau 9 months ago
Im a mix. I play some games like Minecraft on Switch, but some games like Skyrim on PC. Im neutral
zovjraar me 9 months ago
i'm a PC gamer and happy that more consoles are going trans-platform so everyone can play together and be comfortable. :) i have small hands and controllers make them hurt. my husband has big hands and fat fingers too many keys lol
Crystalwitch60 9 months ago
Just like everyone should have the phones etc they like !! I love apple phones n iPads as do my kids but we don’t dis them as prefer android my motto is YOU DO YOU ! n if others don’t like it that is a them problem not a you problem !
#51
Something Wholesome From Facebook
Johnny McFearless 9 months ago
Our beautiful boy cat presented my parents with his first mouse today. Totally proud.
DrBronxx 9 months ago
I hate that my mind went straight to seeing this as an analogy of men giving advice on how to pick up women, thus making it much less wholesome.
Rick Murray 9 months ago
Or my cat: Okay, so I've got this weird little furry thing that squeaks when I bash it on the head. Now what?
#52
Friendly Incentive
Rachel Pelz 9 months ago
Yes. Let's all be more flexible and less judgemental. If somebody's diet is about environmental impact, reducing some is better than none. Also, it can depend on where you live (fruit brought to you by airplane literally around the world...not a default best choice probably).
Auntriarch 9 months ago
True sadly. One of the otherwise most intelligent people I know has gone vegan for the planet. But doesn't understand that avocado and coffee is not the greenest choice in UK. Swede and beans yes.
Load More Replies... Verena 9 months ago
Small things indeed have a positive impact. Buy your meat from a place that treats animals well and has a respectful way to slaughter them. Or have meat only once or twice a week. Or just start to realize how many chickens are in you family bucket of KFC and if the price includes good treatment of these chickens
Rick Murray 9 months ago
This seems like a good place to drop a link to a video on the treatment of animals and how to help make things better by Kurzgesagt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sVfTPaxRwk
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It's A Big Ask But I'm Behind It
Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 9 months ago
I'm 68 and have cried more in the last few years than ever before. Mostly tears of joy for various family events but also tears for the losses endured along my timeline.
Angelshark 9 months ago
I'll be 46 this year. I had my first big, powerful, ugly cry when —of all things— my cat died. She was old and sick, and we knew it was coming, but it hits different when you know the cat picked you. She'd crawl up on my belly and take a nap. When she finally passed, I was a d**n wreck. And I'd do it all over again tomorrow.
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Crystalwitch60 9 months ago
From a woman of 60 yrs old there is nothing more lovely than seeing a real man in touch with his emotions! being able to cry when they need to ,showing their real human side ! it’s life it’s allowed ,REAL MEN CRY !! ❤️oh n they also talk to , n don’t keep it all bottled up till they can’t handle life anymore , as pic says keep talking men n EVERYONE X
#54
This Seems To Me To Fit Here
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 9 months ago
I will quote one of my favorite comedians here: "Art can save your life, but entertainment will not be your savior." Josh Johnson. He said a lot more and it was really, really pointed and everyone should watch him (I'll look for the link to where teh quote comes from tomorrow, too late now)
#55
All Jobs Can Be Difficult
Auntriarch 9 months ago
True. My job is tough because I can't do everything I would like to do. Just because I am sitting down in the dry doesn't make it easy.
#56
As Someone Who's Gone For 6 Years, It Really Does Make A Difference
Ryan Bogdansky 9 months ago
I talk to my therapist about every other week and we just sit and play chess and talk and she tries to get me to help her get better meanwhile I only do better because we both make mistakes but I notice slightly before her.
Parmeisan 9 months ago
I think you're talking about the chess, but your whole post could be an analogy about life skills. :)
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Ice Cream
DrBronxx 9 months ago
Wait, so I can't be male *and* an ice cream lover? Oh man, I have some thinking to do...
BookFanatic 9 months ago
I suggest having some ice cream while you think.
Load More Replies... Toothless Feline 9 months ago (edited)
Why would anyone chose any option other than "Ice Cream Lover"? Ice cream transcends all traits!
#58
All Fans Welcome
Lost Panda 9 months ago
First off, love the comment and message. Second... How does the green stay when it's in front of a green screen?
Chelle 9 months ago
It is usually a different shade of green, often it is closer to a shade of yellow. That for me is always why green meant to stay against a green screen looks weird. They have to determine based on lighting, camera, etc. what shade to use.
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#59
That's Nice
Niki 9 months ago
I introduce this to my students every year. I tell them the story of that last track. I usually manage to bring a few to Nirvana every year. Really though, I just love it, and teaching them the story is an excuse to listen. (Don't tell them.)
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trixiefly11 9 months ago
My son is like this. He wears band shirts for fashion. He likes a lot of music but the fashion he likes is rap, I think he likes some rap but not always the artists he wears. I'll admit that to me it's unusual, but I could care less if someone likes the artist they are wearing or not.
#60
You Matter
#61
Women Wearing What They Like In Peace
SkyyCaramba 9 months ago
i wanna do a combo of these. like the oversized top and hoodie, with the fishnets. idk, just sounds super comfy
Rick Murray 9 months ago
Me on Samhain: Can I blast *fire* through my pumpkin and record it in slow motion? (answer: yes) Can I throw a bedsheet over myself and walk in the village graveyard at night? (answer: yes and nobody noticed!) Can my cat and I just sit on the doorstep and watch the stars? (answer: no, she's hyperactive and incapable of not being a body in motion)
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 9 months ago
What do you do with all the time you save missing random letters out of your posts? Can you donate it to those of us trying to decipher the drivel you're posting?
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The Future Is Yours
Doctor Strange 9 months ago
There is quite a bit of evidence that the election was tampered with. It was already reported that Rump Definitely interfered with the previous election, with more than enough evidence to convict. Of course they managed to delay that report until it was too late.
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#63
Share Memes That Make You Happy
Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 9 months ago
And it shouldn't matter if it's been re-posted a hundred times
Crystalwitch60 9 months ago
Exactly this , really hacks me off when I see people moaning it’s old like who bloody cares it’s funny as , right lol
Load More Replies... Lady Eowyn 9 months ago
Not everybody is on the same page, if I see a meme I've seen before, so what? I might enjoy seeing it again.
#64
This Comment Is On Point
PattonPawter 9 months ago
I only recognize Morticia and Bride of Frankenstein, who are the other 3?
Saint_Zipcodus 9 months ago
From left to right: Vampira (of Ed Wood fame), Lily Munster, Elvira, Bride of Frankenstein and Morticia Addams.
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People Only Like You Because
Crystalwitch60 9 months ago
Lmao or me I don’t like people 😂I’m housebound out in the sticks n 60 yr old all I need is me n my dogs n my 23-20 yr old kids so I kinda give off the F off vibe lmao
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You Are Still Valid No Matter What
Toothless Feline 9 months ago
To put it more succinctly, your sexual experience neither validates nor invalidates your sexuality.
#67
It’s Quieter, Too
Tobias Reaper 9 months ago
plus when its like 2 in morning and your sleepy its better that way you dont fall forward and smack your head on the wall
Mr E 9 months ago
If you get up to per at night, you can: 1) Turn the light on, ruin your night vision and made it harder to go back to sleep. 2) Pee in the dark, and probably get pee elsewhere. 3) Sit down. I once asked a group of guys how they pee in the middle of the night… None of them admitted they sit down, and therefore, were all fools!
#68
Vent’s Open Come On In
Ponypower 9 months ago
Among us is a popular multilayer on line game, particularly with kids. A fair amount of cartoon violence. The idea is you are on a spaceship but one of you is an alien. Every one has tasks or mini games to complete and the alien also has to "k**l' someone. When another player finds the body everyone votes who the killer was and they are thrown out the ship. Game ends when the alien is found.
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#69
Some Comfort
Kathy Brooke 9 months ago
And it's ok to take as long as you need to grieve. There's no fixed time limit.
Chelle 9 months ago
It's also okay to think you have finished grieving and later find that grief again. Sometimes it comes in waves.
Load More Replies... BookFanatic 9 months ago
And everyone grieves in their own way, at their own pace, in their own time.
Crystalwitch60 9 months ago
Grief is highly personal ! there is no time limit ever , and do not ever let any heartless inhuman tell you other wise , I for one know the power of it the non time line , n I always tell those as are grieving what I just put !! GREIVE YOUR WAY IN YOUR TIME n if you do need please ask us decent humans are here for you in anyway we can be even literally just being there ! If that’s what you need ,, x
#70
Self Digansis
Sarah 9 months ago
Which is why I’m scrolling BP to fknd witty comments and posts which cheer me up. Will do a walk tomo.. or next week.
Doctor Strange 9 months ago
Remember, if you can't make your own seratonin, store bought is fine.
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#71
Gay Body Shaming Is Real
Bartlet for world domination 9 months ago (edited)
In the gay club I frequent *every body* is getting some. Really. The tiny peen, the skinny redhead, the 70-year old Asian guy and even the dude with the swastika tattoo. Gays in real life are not picky.
Gina G 9 months ago
Finally, as a woman we are always told its okay to be you, guys need this just as much
CertifiedCatServant (he/him) 9 months ago
It’s sad that so many people lack different affirmations. I try to compliment people when I think of it but idk being a guy I feel weird cause I don’t want people to think I’m being creepy or anything like that. Plus having social anxiety doesn’t help
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Xbox With The Wholesomeness
Rob D 9 months ago
Rigjt, cause Microsoft's long-standing reputation for inclusion and open-mindedness.
Rick Murray 9 months ago
The manufacturer being a d**k doesn't mean the players are.
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Nonbinary In Finery
Beak Hookage 9 months ago
I LOVE that outfit, and I know less about clothes than I do about weaving silk out of clam spit.
Brittania Kelli 9 months ago
If you haven't watched their movie 'Kathryn Called Birdy,' go watch it. It's so good, my teen and I love it.
#74
People Who Know How To Sew But Don't Call Themselves Girls Are Also Valid, We Love You Too :)
Francesca Annoni 9 months ago
My mom is teaching my 9y.o son how to sew, the same way she did with me, she's proud grandma and I'm a proud mom too because my kid want to learn everything despite prejudice!
Lady Eowyn 9 months ago
My grandfather knew how to sew. He was a tailor. With his own shop. Sewing isn't a gender-specific thing, it's a skill that can be learned by anyone.
Auntriarch 9 months ago
My grandfather wasn't a tailor but he and everyone on his ship knew how to mend their clothes.
Load More Replies... Crystalwitch60 9 months ago
Love this I’m very much female n I can’t sew for toffee lmao but my 20 yr old son can 🤷♀️😂I can do tapestry and a hell of a lot of the top designers are male n yup they also sew their own clothes to beautifully I add !
#75
Wholesome Avatar Meme
Bartlet for world domination 9 months ago
I love how nowadays everyone listens to everything. When I was young in the eighties nobody my age listened to The Beatles, and the music was only 20 years old at that point.
Nad.nad 9 months ago
I was young in the eighties and always listened to the Beatles and other sixties/seventies music. They were my parents ' records. I always thought that's how you were able to listen to older music, before the internet. Old records (before everyone called them vinyl). Then tapes.
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#76
Anyone Can Appreciate Kind Words ❤️
Howl's sleeping castle 9 months ago
Last time I got a compliment (from someone who I am not married to) was back in 2001 when a classmate told me I have a beautiful smile.
Queen Boudicca 9 months ago
Your classmate was right. You do have a beautiful smile!
Load More Replies... Ryan Bogdansky 9 months ago
Yearly compliment for me is rare because I don't count people saying "wow your so much bigger now" because it's called growing up, but outside of that the only time I can think of getting a compliment was when I realized a week ago a girl was flirting w me and now I go to a different school and I've been sad. (sorry for dumping this here, ignore it)
Multa Nocte 9 months ago
Why would we ignore it? Positive contributions like this are always appreciated! XXXOOO
Load More Replies... Tobias Reaper 9 months ago
when i first my my girl i had short shaved hair at the time that was 9 years ago she told me i look good with short hair i have kept it short since just over a year ago she told me i look good with a beard so i grew one and kept it. We dont get many compliments but they mean the world to us and we remember them for a long time.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 9 months ago
Just last week, a kid I work with (9 years old) just out of the blue, without the topic coming up or anything, said "Your hair is really pretty". I mean ... Speak about making my day!
Doctor Strange 9 months ago
Yearly? The last time I got an unsolicited compliment on my looks I was 6 years old. I'm over 40 now.
#77
Sharing A Love Of Music Does Not Have To Be Limited By Genre
Crystalwitch60 9 months ago
I love all music bar lol Justin beiber n one direction 😂all genres after 6 dace’s of music I even love hardcore dance n trance lmao
Tara Moov 9 months ago
Wow, the people who downvoted you REALLY missed the point of this illustration and in fact the entire thread! Glad I could cancel one out.
Load More Replies... Marlowe Fitzpatrik 9 months ago
Ah, now I have the lyrics to "unrockbar" in my head... that's practically the opposite of this picture ;-)
#79
Both Is Good
#80
I Can't Deny It <3
Dog Mom to Zoe 9 months ago
Honestly, no. Put a few dogs, take away the guy and I'm good. No hate for anyone who wants what is shown. We all want different things and that's okay.
Ryan Bogdansky 9 months ago
No, if it's talking about the romance part, judging by the other comments, but if it just means people being chill and happy, I would think, but if not, sorry.
Auntriarch 9 months ago
Obviously I'm a bit slow here, I read it as exactly what you said, I didn't even assume that they were going to couple at some point. Just being chill and happy, as you say
Load More Replies... DrBronxx 9 months ago
Let's be honest - it is NOT what everyone wants. It is what SOME people, maybe even MOST people want, but there are plenty of people for whom this is not the ideal situation. I mean, how bright is that f*****g screen?!?!
Rick Murray 9 months ago
Cute girl like that and he's staring at his phone. What a jerk.
Load More Replies... Doctor Strange 9 months ago
It is absolutely what I want. Some of my most precious memories are of those rare times I had someone in my life who loved me. Waking up in the morning, wrapping my arms around her, and she, not even fully awake, just knowing she feels warm and safe there, lays her head on my shoulder. Just staying like that, feeling her against me, her being soothed by my heart beat. Those moments mean everything to me, and its so hard spending each day alone.
Auntriarch 9 months ago
It may not be what everyone wants per se, but isn't the point here that generally speaking people of all sexes want to be loved and cherished
Brittania Kelli 9 months ago (edited)
As sweet and well intentioned this is, we need to up the Aromantic and Asexual representation. My Ace teen has no role models and is constantly bombarded with the idea that a person is missing out if they aren't coupled up. That they are somehow not whole because they want to be single. Not everyone who is not coupled up is lonely.
#81
Super Mario Chess Has No Time For Gender Stereotypes
#86
Wholesome Open Gates
Auntriarch 9 months ago
Me neither, but it doesn't seem nasty, so I'm upvoting it
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Life Is Much Better Offline
#88
Palworld Dev Says Journalist Talk Of Player Dropoff Is 'Lazy' And It Is Fine To Stop Playing Once You Complete It, Unlike Most Gaas Games
#89
Let People Enjoy What They Want To Enjoy
funkybluegirl (she/her) 9 months ago
Well...that's not very 'open gate' of you. 🫤
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This Sign On My Coworkers Desk
BookFanatic 9 months ago
"Oh, I was disturbed long before you came along."
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Which Game Felt Rewarding And Fun To 100%?
Ryan Bogdansky 9 months ago
It wasn't a full 100% but I really enjoyed Pokemon scarlet, and this reminded me of that so thank you!
luci (he/fae) 9 months ago
this was me with undertale. i played a neutral route first, then i decided to play the true pacifist route. and after that...i didn't feel like i needed to play the no mercy route. why should i subject myself and the characters i grew to know and love to violence, even if it's not even real?
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What do you think ?
Laughing Orc 9 months ago (edited)
Exactly the kind of inclusive, heartwarming content the world really needs right now. Support each other, love each other, help each other. The people who think they run the world at the minute certainly won't, but they won't be in charge forever.
Caffeinated Ape 9 months ago
I needed this. I'm still a little teary from the older gent hugging the pride flag!
Amanda Reinstatler 9 months ago
Another good thing about positivity - it is JUST as contagious as negativity!!
Laughing Orc 9 months ago (edited)
Exactly the kind of inclusive, heartwarming content the world really needs right now. Support each other, love each other, help each other. The people who think they run the world at the minute certainly won't, but they won't be in charge forever.
Caffeinated Ape 9 months ago
I needed this. I'm still a little teary from the older gent hugging the pride flag!
Amanda Reinstatler 9 months ago
Another good thing about positivity - it is JUST as contagious as negativity!!
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