DumpingSh1tandBeingKind2
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Jan 29, 2024 6:37 PM
DumpingSh1tandBeingKind2
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pullingsixty
I want to believe.
CanadaDryGingerMale
This post really grinds gears
TexMexHex
As long as they didnt recruit them into their Cult.
BatCanyon
They had a motorcyclebaby
ChelVanin
This is true and anyone who wants to tell me it ain’t can shut the fuck up.
Baron29
"Dumped for being a pussy"... that's lovely./s
Sallysalvo
E12IK
Ikr. This is what gets me to tear up today? I wouldn’t have called that.
paintlover
That's some Hank Hill level of solution I tell you h,what.
FrankRizzo55
Cool, I need her to give me a ride right about now.
TheFastpaws
I want to believe so much.
shadowmaster004
Then believe! 😄 There are 7.9 billion people on this planet. The odds of this happening are more than probable, and we all need a little bit of light. 🌟
kaijuuGold
stick shifts saves lives
1BadPanda
I've taught 5 people to drive stick-shift and 4 people to snowboard. Probably my most fulfilling things I've done with my life were teaching.
porcinechoirmaster
Back in high school, I gave a muslim classmate a lift home when his friends ditched him during ramadan, and told one of the other guys I was giving a ride to knock it off when he teased the guy with food. He was grateful, I said don't worry about it, and thought nothing of it.
About a year ago, he reached out to me and sent me a profusely grateful message. He wasn't super comfortable being muslim (this was 9/11 era) and to have someone defend him was huge. Also, he realized his friends were 1/2
porcinechoirmaster
2/2 total asshates. He severed contact with those former friends, made new friends who weren't asshats, and said that he tried to embody that kind of kindness for others in his life going forward.
I was honored, but also a little surprised, because to me it had been such a small thing - fifteen minutes of time and basic decency. For him, it was a life-altering moment.
A good lesson to remember the impact you can have on others, I suppose.
beerlady
Sounds very Oregon
thesmelge
He impregnated Portland?
PressthamGravey
No, idiot, the motorcycle.
CheesePoweredUmbrella
which is named Portland
moreSaucePlease
After a bad breakup, I too bought a motorcycle. Good trade up in retrospect
mrhoneybunches
why is it raining inside?
cPol
Did just give him a Lyft. Gave his entire life a Lyft.
The3rdwheel
when i was 16. i was lost.. my parents divored a few years prior and i lived with my single mom.. the greeter at the grocery store where i worked was a survivor of nazi germany ( he was a kid at the time ) his name was helmut... he because the father i didnt have for the 3 years i worked there... i even invited him to my grade 12 graduation and bless his heart he showed up in his Canadian military uniform
The3rdwheel
him and his wife never had kids. but treated me as their son.. sadly they both passed away a couple years ago in their late 80s .. they left everything to me .. their house, estate etc... i sold everything and donated it to the childrens hospital. cadets and cub scouts
xStook
You mean to tell me he just rode to Portland and found love when I've been paying for 4 different dating apps and get nothing. Jeez I could have bought 2 motorcycles by now
hovelhopper
How expensive are those dating apps?
WiiShaker
There's good in this world and it's worth fighting for.
blanksmom
I find it hard to trust a guy who doesnt feel pain at a loss. Thanks for caring for him.
SkycladNightStroller
If everything is fake, we can only choose to believe in what we hope isn’t
Z0DD0
Most underrated comment ever. +1
saganworshipper
Learn to swim, drive a manual, change a tire, tie a tie...but most importantly...learn the blade.
LustrousShadow
...I spent entirely too long wondering how a person was unable to shift around in their seat.
PapaSez
I thought they were a shape-shifter and buddy was about to learn a really cool party trick.
ObiWanKenobitch
That was my thought too. Like she was a werewolf pitying a human guy because he lacked the ability to shift. I was very confused.
nadorou
And I thought he'd managed to fall in love with and knock up the motorcycle...
nanananananaananan
They're having a boycycle! 🎉
bitemark
Wait that's not what happened? It's okay to be bike-curious
softsuit
He had me with his clutch decision.
isetprettygirlsonfire
(Just noticed they changed the usersub tab to "newest" WTF!!)
DumpingSh1tandBeingKind2
That happened to me too, but I reinstalled the app and it went back to normal! Give it a go, hopefully it'll work for you 🤞
isetprettygirlsonfire
Sounds about right, I'll give it a try.
thetinymonarch
Guy dodged a bullet. Anyone who dumps someone for "being a pussy" is a bitch you don't want to deal with. If you can't show emotions around your partner, they are not a good partner.
BumbleBeeBeardedGingerBear
Some people are really toxic about gender roles. Was chatting with another mom when her 3yr son tripped and hurt his knee. She scoffed and berated him for crying because he needed to 'toughen up.' I had to swerve out of that bc i had some words in the chamber that wanted out.
Sensiblyinteresting
Maybe she dumped him because some guy was assaulting her and he didn't say anything and just let him?
BumbleBeeBeardedGingerBear
Where is that context in his story?
thetinymonarch
That's projecting.
ProbablyNotASuitOfPlatypuses
I'm choosing to believe this is the world we live in and I'm never looking out the window ever again
EekumBokumEekumBokum
Both worlds exist simultaneously
HaberdasherInGold
There's good in this world, Mr. ProbablyNotASuitOfPlatypuses.
rowanem33310
Be the person that helps make this world possible ❤️
secondgoaround
Ignorance is bli… well, now sometimes ignorance makes people bastards, so…
DumpingSh1tandBeingKind2
Same friend, same!
smorsdoeuvres
hetnkik999
This the world we can easily make for ourselves by simply being kind. It's all the global scale shit that we don't have any control over.
Ghostwish
Look for the helpers.
DukeDarkwood
There are ALWAYS people who are helping. Yes, this! If you take the time to look, you WILL see the good out there. If you focus only on the doom and gloom, you'll never see the occasional ray of sunshine. But it's there. @ProbablyNotASuitOfPlatypuses, it's worth looking out that window - just know what you're looking for, and keep looking until you find it.
Isthe4thtimethecharm
It is the world we live in. However, there are still people in it that will kick you when you are down. Always remember there are people out there helping others.
folderolchi
It's punk rock to be kind, be punk rock!
MisseditbyTHATmuch
Look out the window, friend, just not into the screen.
ProfessorDumbass
Freezing outside your window with my butt cheeks frozen to it. Please help...maybe heat up your side?
Strategicgnomer
Thing is, friend, it is. All that division? Entirely online. Meet someone in person? Don't talk politics and you'll find that they love to help others with very few exceptions. Just don't meet any CEOs.
keyblader1985
Or, you know, don't be the wrong color in the wrong place.
Strategicgnomer
Well, that's true, but doesn't change the point, people are tribal, they help each other to feel accepted by the group and they get joy from it. It's instinctual. But so is mistrust of others not in their group.
minkuschild
More people need to learn stick
qazxswedcvfrtgbnhyujmkiol
Stick always win!
Rulweylan
Why? Manual cars will stop being made outside of hobbyist circles within 15 years.
whyfighter
Because stick shift cars (and their vintage) will be around for another 20-50y at least, partially due to used car prices, enthusiast support, older millenials giving up their heirlooms, et al.
Paithinzo
DUDE at 32 my wife and i decided it would be okay if i get a manual car and learn i now have a civic SI and actually enjoy driving again everyone needs this in their lives
amanofmellowcharacter365
To stick with it?
blainetog
Do they, though?
Jumboscircus
This IS the world we live in, but there’s a lot of shit out there too. Be this world, not the other one!
Alfadorfox
In a world of eight billion, the bell curve for human decency has very, very long tails at both ends.
Katateochi
Sure, but it's a Bell curve and the people at the ends are just, bellends.
trigonman3
One end, anyway
Alfadorfox
Did I stutter?
crimpitdown9001
Alfadorfox
so I should have said a world of eight bellion?
TinyOctopus
Tiny octopus wants you all to take this at face value and not do any research into Lauren Hough because either, 1). sometimes even the best people can have anger issues, or 2). sometimes even the worst people can have moments of clarity.
ATLandNerdy
There is both unbearable joy and unbearable sorrow in this world, and we so often do it to ourselves.
CuileannDhu
We're all imperfect beings just trying to get through it.
chicamery
I think Tiny Octopus should write mini self-help novels in his voice, and with really fun illustrations of tiny octopuses doing fun things. Kind of like those "don't sweat the small stuff", but way better because real life is, well, real. Also, I would totally buy one.
graceinsheepsclothing
#IStandWithTiny
IdiotSavantTinker
Sometimes people want to post things without researching the social media posts of everyone involved going back 15 years.
TinyOctopus
In this case, Lauren Hough is an author that tiny octopus has read and even enjoyed, and so he is familiar with her.
crazyspelling
4) sometimes an angel of mercy takes the wheel and we become exactly whomever someone else really needs us to be for just a little while, no matter how far out of character it may seem and for no reason we can explain later.
mcshady
I looked her up. She grew up in a cult. Whatever she's done, I still can't find it, but growing up in a cult is bound to fuck you up.
lessthanequals8
It's not that bad - just shitty. They're just a transphobe and lost an award because of it due to Twitter drama.
GoGoDigit
@TinyOctopus you're my favorite person/non-person ever. I really fucking needed this reminder today as I just dug into a post and found a Milkshake Duck😂
I will pretend that all these positive things are just lovely stories, fiction or not.
GoGoDigit
Today is the 28th of Feb and my comment here has 69 points.... Niiiiice.
Flabort
What does Milkshake Duck mean?
rh82
As Flaboet commented. An example: "look at this cute duck drinking a milkshake!" 5 min later: "we regret to inform you that Milkshake Duck is racist"
Flabort
Can't edit comments, so replying: Found the answer in another reply, it's when someone liked on social media is exposed as being an awful person, and of course it was named after a twitter shitpost.
DumpingSh1tandBeingKind2
Ah shite... Not a nice person? Well that's shit! I really want to believe this is true, but optimism can be a useless hope sometimes!
ManOCheese
I don't understand how that's not really obvious just from the post you shared. I'm amazed and sad how many upvotes this post has given the huge number of examples of this kind of language we've had over the past few years.
bearatrooper
Nobody is one thing. Nobody is the same things forever.
Margrave9000
They seem to be a horrible transphobe and therefore must be held responsible.
Mercurybird
I got suspicious when there were no markings on the ‘text’. But I wanted it to be true!
DumpingSh1tandBeingKind2
I'm living in hope that she at least did this one nice thing, and this was the outcome... Just maybe she's also not a nice person too, that she's hiding behind these good deeds, at least that way she's helped someone and not lying about absolutely everything 😬🤞😬
DumpingSh1tandBeingKind2
OK, so i looked her up, against the great advice... Let's just say if this guy was straight and white, it very possibly did happen.... Otherwise, yeah not so much 😢 so yeah, she's not a nice person 😡 but maybe this really did happen, I'm living in hope for him that it's true... Disgusted by the views she seems to have now.
RandomDude74575
TemporarilyEmbarrassedThousandaire
Happens so often now there's a term for it...Milkshake Duck
DumpingSh1tandBeingKind2
Had to look that up! Yep, sounds like it's what she did, although I took @TinyOctopus advice and didn’t look her up, but I believe and trust the friendly octopus! For anyone else wondering exactly what it means, here it is!
noReallyIamPrincessBob
TIL…
RunawaySpoons
What … how did that term come about?? I'm so confused.
DumpingSh1tandBeingKind2
I had to look it up, I hadn't heard it either, so here's the explanation 😊
TemporarilyEmbarrassedThousandaire
You're awesome, I appreciate the assist, I'm on the mobile app and struggling with it today.
TinyOctopus
MechaNinja
My first guess was going to be dril, but sure, pixboat tracks.
FacelessAce
Yep, that's the internet.
LespritDeLescalier22
Beautiful
TinyOctopus
Or 3). We're all of us human and have days where we save the world and days where we burn it all down. Hopefully more of the former than the latter.
dorenavant
Thanks for this! I’ve always said the worst of us are capable of good just as the best of us are capable of evil.
mrmeeseekslookatmee
This is the most agreeable thing I’ve seen all day. A bit of bad in the best of us, a bit of good in the worst - none of us asked to be here, all of us are going to die. Everyone’s doing what they think is the best with the brains they were given.
Nugarwrites
I checked her out and, while I couldn't see any of the deleted tweets that got her the stink eye, it really seems more like she was defending a friend than being a gay jk rowling. Certain communities have been abused so much they're hyperviligant and quick to take offense. It's understandable but not everyone is a hater.
GravyEducation
Thanks TO I'm heading into some unfamiliar waters myself soon and it should be fine but... what if it isn't? Alright it's Picard time 1/2 Https://i.imgur.com/CALiL2J.mp4
GravyEducation
2/2
HonHomes
I will take Tiny Octopus' advice and not look up Lauren Hough.
I also agree with Tiny Octopus' assessment about people not being either good or bad, but just... shades of grey.
FacetMonkey
As long as those shades of grey moments of lacking clarity don't include exerting violence onto another person (unprovoked?)
FecalSaliva
Wait. So you aren't really a tiny octopus?
RunawaySpoons
I'm curious, which part of this do you not think an octopus could do? (Joking because obviously an actual octopus wouldn't be using Imgur, but also … they are scarily intelligent so probably *could* if they were taught.)
FecalSaliva
They called themself human.
RunawaySpoons
Ahhhhh, I see now. Well spotted!
HonHomes
That was just a figure of speech, I'm sure!