There’s a version of me who reads the news and stays calm, and he’s a liar, so I spent my lunch on happy memes instead. Then a dog showed up dressed as breakfast.
Look at that face, which clearly did not agree to this and is committing anyway. That’s the spirit of everything below: kind strangers, animal best friends, and grandpas fishing for compliments.
Every great stunt needs one believer with 40% battery.
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Vandalism, but it apologizes on the way out.
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The longest-running employee referral program in medicine.
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The only jewelry that needs a nap schedule.
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Big spoon accepted the job. No interview required.
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Someone signed up to cry in public permanently.
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Every anxious cat deserves a golden retriever. Ask me how I know.
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Infrastructure week, possum edition.
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Room service, balcony level.
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The snow got cleared. The multiverse can wait.
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Love is two fluffy backsides facing the same direction.
SaveI’ll admit I came in skeptical, because I’m a grown man who once argued with a self-checkout machine and lost, but the heartwarming stories got me first. A doctor delivers a baby, and decades later that baby helps him deliver babies? That’s not a coincidence, that’s a sequel. And the kid who saved two lives before dinner made me realize my biggest win today was finding a matching sock.
What really fixes me, though, are the random acts of kindness from people who had zero obligation to be nice. A cop hands over his own helmet for a dog’s photo shoot. A guy stretches off a balcony to serve lunch to a cat. Somebody in Australia builds rope bridges for possums, which is exactly how my faith in humanity restored itself this week: slowly, over a highway, one possum at a time.
I think we share this stuff because the world is loud and kindness is quiet, so somebody has to take a picture of it. None of these people were trying to go viral. They were feeding a cat, giving a shy cheetah a puppy, or telling a stranger in a bathroom mirror they look great. I needed that one, frankly.
Somewhere a beagle is still dressed as a sandwich, and he has never been more loved.
If your mood still needs a top-up, 21 Happy Memes With Wholesome Vibes And Just Enough Hope picks up right where this leaves off, and We Smiled for the Picture, Then These 30 Animal Photobombs Took Over proves animals improve every photo they wander into. Go on, your coffee can wait.
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