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Spotted this in the Finnish news today, an unidentified Finnish man wearing a Christmas gnome hat handed out envelopes to random passers-by with a letter and money in them. My rough translation: quote:Hello, whoever you might be! Also a quote from the person who received one of the letters: quote:He wished me merry Christmas and handed me an envelope. The most wonderful thing about it was the happiness radiating from his face, this must have been something very important for him as well. I will absolutely gift this forward, although I haven't come up with a recipient yet.
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# ? Dec 20, 2013 21:01 |
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Uplifting and awesome:
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# ? Dec 20, 2013 21:46 |
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Kanfy posted:Spotted this in the Finnish news today, an unidentified Finnish man wearing a Christmas gnome hat handed out envelopes to random passers-by with a letter and money in them.
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# ? Dec 20, 2013 22:17 |
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A teen with a speech impediment overcomes it with the support of his peers and teachers. http://www.upworthy.com/watch-a-teenager-bring-his-class-to-tears-just-by-saying-a-few-words-2 This hit a little close to home because my brother had a really debilitating stutter as a child; coupled with his somewhat high voice, this earned him a lot of bullying. He's much better now, and only stammers occasionally. It really warms me to see the reaction this boy's classmates went through, you can tell how much they were rooting for him.
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# ? Dec 21, 2013 08:44 |
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Someone mentioned Harry Belafonte in another thread which reminded me that his appearance on an episode of the Muppet Show in 1978 was incredibly uplifting. Years later he also spoke and performed at the Jim Henson memorial which was also wonderful. All the youtube clips from Jim Henson's memorial belong in this thread, they're devastatingly sad but amazingly uplifting. Here's a yellow bird singing a song about being green. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrZyMptC2eQ
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# ? Dec 21, 2013 11:20 |
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ZetaLaCroix posted:http://youtu.be/ThQKtgBloUw My friend has two huskies and a baby. One of them always used to howl along loudly when the baby started crying. Eventually she learned that baby becomes calm when people talk to her, now when the baby starts crying she sits next to her and goes "wooowoowowoo, wowoowoo?" in an indoor voice. The other one learned that baby sitting in laps equals attention so everyone gets a lap full of husky all the time. Smart dawgs think they're people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJNAvyLCTik This video starts a bit slow but is really worth watching. A guy sat in an elevator in an apartment building for 12 hours and filmed everyone who came in. At first people are wary and closed off but once they've seen him a few times they start opening up. It's not all happy and uplifting but I love how people start sharing their stories, asking questions, joking around and bringing him stuff. http://www.wimp.com/platypussnuggles/ Platypus snuggles
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# ? Dec 21, 2013 12:09 |
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All on Black posted:My childhood best friend just posted this on Facebook: Just when I think academia has over-bloated itself to the point of meaningless tripe, something like this comes along. So many people are doing such good research, yet understanding the intricacies of light and shadow in relation to the sweat on the brow of Emilio Estevez leading up to his coaching the Mighty Ducks is held up as something equally worthy of a study of this calibre... I mean its preDON'T YOU DARE DISPARAGE MY ART HISTORY DEGREE WITH A SPECIALTY IN HUMAN SWEAT ON FILM. NAZIS!
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# ? Dec 21, 2013 12:47 |
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PiratePing posted:My friend has two huskies and a baby. One of them always used to howl along loudly when the baby started crying. Eventually she learned that baby becomes calm when people talk to her, now when the baby starts crying she sits next to her and goes "wooowoowowoo, wowoowoo?" in an indoor voice. The other one learned that baby sitting in laps equals attention so everyone gets a lap full of husky all the time. Smart dawgs think they're people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyk1HXvCNks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPcd432Q0qo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhA_TTKetyM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6DoAo2FdR8
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# ? Dec 21, 2013 13:09 |
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O2 has an ad campaign called "Be more Dog" This is their Christmas commercial. Battersea Dogs (and Cats) Home is the RSPCA's largest charity run animal shelter in Britain. For every person who texts them and for every retweet of the youtube video, O2 is giving £1 to Battersea Dog's Home to pay towards their next year's funding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfX71XoPs2o And this video of a woman who is self conscious about her mastectomy scars left by Breast Cancer. http://www.upworthy.com/you-might-see-tattoos-in-a-new-light-after-you-see-them-on-this-woman?c=reccon1 Buggiezor has a new favorite as of 15:58 on Dec 21, 2013 |
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Someone mentioned Harry Belafonte in another thread which reminded me that his appearance on an episode of the Muppet Show in 1978 was incredibly uplifting. Years later he also spoke and performed at the Jim Henson memorial which was also wonderful. All the youtube clips from Jim Henson's memorial belong in this thread, they're devastatingly sad but amazingly uplifting. In that same vein, here's a performance of Jim Henson's favorite songs at his memorial. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSE1Mtnnm4Y And part of the Muppet's tribute to him on their show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRSptCfn5WY
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# ? Dec 21, 2013 16:47 |
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A man calls a newslady fat and she stands up for herself. http://www.upworthy.com/bully-calls-news-anchor-fat-news-anchor-destroys-him-on-live-tv?c=reccon1 And Moms hear what their kids really think of them. http://www.upworthy.com/these-kids-finally-say-what-they-really-think-about-mom-and-her-reaction-priceless-9?c=reccon1
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# ? Dec 21, 2013 17:29 |
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Buggiezor posted:A man calls a newslady fat and she stands up for herself.
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# ? Dec 21, 2013 17:45 |
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Badgers? Badgers.
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# ? Dec 21, 2013 18:33 |
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IntelligentCalcium posted:Badgers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EllYgcWmcAY Weebl, Sir Brian May and Brian Blessed teamed up to make a video to stop badger culls in the UK.
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# ? Dec 21, 2013 18:46 |
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# ? Dec 21, 2013 19:05 |
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I only just found this thread last night and I just wanted to say thank you to everyone posting in it (I'm only on page 16 so far). I've recently been going through some fairly severe poo poo regarding my ex and our daughter which I wont go into here and this thread has been really good at helping me not do anything stupid. So thanks and keep up the good work people.
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# ? Dec 21, 2013 23:13 |
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ulvir posted:Huskies and babies, you say?
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# ? Dec 22, 2013 00:10 |
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More pangolins!
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# ? Dec 22, 2013 00:39 |
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Riff Raff
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# ? Dec 22, 2013 02:00 |
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Buggiezor posted:A man calls a newslady fat and she stands up for herself. Man, the mother video broke me. Next month will make 20 years since she's been gone, and Christmas is always hard. Haven't cried like that in a while.
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# ? Dec 22, 2013 06:50 |
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From one grumpus to another:
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# ? Dec 22, 2013 15:46 |
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I can add to this too! I'm know it's been in this thread or some iteration of it before, but have a grumpy Namaquan rain frog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBkWhkAZ9ds So squeaky!
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# ? Dec 22, 2013 18:55 |
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A very endearing Dutch woman performs a very cute version of Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxd6uWVhKcc Don't click if you really REALLY hate Christmas carols, I guess. Actually I normally dislike them myself, but this was too adorable to not like.
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# ? Dec 22, 2013 21:36 |
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The funniest thing about this will always be (at least to me) that he thinks he is the most frog ever. That is his lion's roar. That is his chest thump. That is his way of letting the frog world know that he is the best lay and the baddest motherfucker around.
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# ? Dec 22, 2013 21:52 |
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Boomerjinks posted:The funniest thing about this will always be (at least to me) that he thinks he is the most frog ever. That is his lion's roar. That is his chest thump. That is his way of letting the frog world know that he is the best lay and the baddest motherfucker around. Well you need to be heck of bad-rear end if your career choice is "I'm gonna be a rain frog... IN THE DESERT"
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# ? Dec 22, 2013 21:56 |
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Nordick posted:A very endearing Dutch woman performs a very cute version of Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas. Newfoundland dog lets cat cuddle with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_QkZDlWrd4 Huge dog plays with some kids. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9hDjxFBH9E
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# ? Dec 22, 2013 22:04 |
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Celery Face posted:
This is bloody lovely
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# ? Dec 22, 2013 23:22 |
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Dear god, the video of Harry being a big whiny blubbery baby... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIE2-8mEv3Q
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# ? Dec 22, 2013 23:29 |
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Hate to steal BattleMaster's thunder, but...
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# ? Dec 23, 2013 04:05 |
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Celery Face posted:
Uh, are we sure that's a dog and not a bear or a person in a suit?
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# ? Dec 23, 2013 04:52 |
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PiratePing posted:
Thanks for sharing this.
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# ? Dec 23, 2013 08:15 |
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http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20131223/NEWS/312230042/1024/SPORTSrobots.txt/?odyssey=nav%7Cheadquote:As Brenda Schmitz struggled with the ovarian cancer that would take her life in 2011, she prepared a gift that her family would not receive for years. Click on the link for video of the husband receiving the news.
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# ? Dec 23, 2013 12:46 |
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OH NO GOJIRRA!!!
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# ? Dec 23, 2013 17:12 |
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Merry Chatroulette Christmas! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InYvRyX2Fu4
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# ? Dec 23, 2013 18:17 |
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kinmik posted:Merry Chatroulette Christmas! That... was awesome. I've watched it like 4 times now, and I think this big stupid grin is now permanent on my face. Thank you so much for sharing that. And Merry Christmas!!
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Florida Betty posted:http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20131223/NEWS/312230042/1024/SPORTSrobots.txt/?odyssey=nav%7Chead This basically killed me and turned me into a blubbering mess.
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# ? Dec 23, 2013 20:07 |
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kinmik posted:Merry Chatroulette Christmas! That is entertaining beyond all reason.
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# ? Dec 23, 2013 20:15 |
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kinmik posted:Merry Chatroulette Christmas! I don't think I've ever not enjoyed one of this dudes videos. They're amazing EDIT: I was working at a Starbucks in one of the parts of Toronto that is still mostly without power from the ice storm we had over the weekend, where most of the people in the neighbourhood were coming to charge their phones and warm up, and at one point one of their regulars put $300 on a Starbucks card, and left it at the till for us to use until it ran out. It was pretty amazing seeing the way the community has come together in different parts of the city, to help each other out. Crystal Lake Witch has a new favorite as of 04:00 on Dec 24, 2013 |
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