This Instagram Page Spreads Only Good And Positive Vibes, Here Are 50 Of Its Best Posts
Some days, we need a pick-me-up, a warm little reminder that good, whimsical, and wholesome things are still happening around us. And the beauty of the internet is that we can now document, caption, and share them with billions of people around the globe.
Despite its somewhat dour name, the “Failing in Society” Instagram page has a lot of positive energy for all of us to share through memes. So get comfortable, prepare your beverage of choice, and scroll through this selection of wholesomeness and hilarity. Be sure to upvote your favorites and comment your thoughts below.
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Bite a breeder today. Let’s hear it for the shelter pups! Good dawgzies.
How awesome! Imagine knowing you've touched someone like that. And for him to let her know -- I just have the happy feels right now.
Often, wholesomeness hits that much harder when we least expect it. It’s an unfortunate reality, that interacting with a business can be exhausting and time-consuming, when it comes to refunds, sorting out shipping issues and replacements, and any other customer service topics. So when a company makes “going above and beyond” not just the purview of a hardworking employee, but policy, people tend to notice.
Take Zappos, the American online shoe and clothing retailer. Beyond a commitment to customer convenience, like a 365-day return policy and free shipping on a number of transactions, the company rewards workers who go the extra mile for their customers. For example, they reportedly had a 10:29 hour customer service call, when a client forgot about a return request when a loved one unexpectedly passed. Zappos sent a replacement for free and some flowers, after waiting on the line.
Even the non-human world is actually full of wholesome moments if you just know where to look. The animal kingdom, for example, is chock full of things that make us go “aww,” but most people stop at kittens and puppies. But all sorts of animals do things that are both fascinating and deeply cute. Otters holding hands is a classic, but did you know that honey bees have dance-offs?
Cows also maintain friendships and like to hang out with their best friends whenever they can. Even more committed, penguins, along with a lot of other birds, mate for life, and will even “propose” to a mate, often with a pebble. Of course, some birds really do take it to the extreme when it comes to impressing a potential mate, for example, building art displayed, fighting rivals, or even very intense forms of dance.
This message is lovely, but I have one issue with it. When I was at the point of planning my own demise, there wasn't any way anyone could convince me that life was worth living. Sometimes giving people a reason to live outside of themselves is the one lifeline they need.
I second that. Knowing that other people needed me helped me through deep depression and suicide attempts. It was a lifeline and had nothing to do with guilt or anything. I just didn't want to hurt people I loved and cared about.
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While true, some people are holding on because they don't want to hurt the people they love. It's a real case-by-case thing.
I really, really understand and appreciate the sentiment, and I understand why people say it. I just wish people could understand: The ONLY reason I'm alive is because I don't want to hurt people. But I'll be honest with you: this isn't living. I'm not really "alive". I suffer bipolar disorder. I've been suicidally depressed since I was 8 years old. There's a part of me that wishes I were just that last tiny bit more mentally ill so that I'd be able to bring this horror show to an end. I wish I didn't know how mentally ill I am. I wish I didn't know I was loved and needed. I wouldn't wish this on the worst, most evil person on the world. I have to agree with others: don't remind a suicidal person of all the loved ones who will be hurt. Don't remind them how loved they are, needed they are, how much it will hurt to lose them. Please just let them go in peace.
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As someone whose partner (and father of my firstborn) and stepfather committed suicide this is spot on. I've also been in hospital after attempts and the worse thing I've been told numerous times by psychiatric staff is 'but what about your wonderful children? You have so much to be grateful for.' Made me just feel more guilty and like I was a fraud. What people need is therapy and gentle empowerment as well as coping strategies and support services outside of times of crisis- unfortunately here in the UK once you're past the absolute crisis point you're dropped like a hot potato with little to no follow up
Its worse in USA, especially in the " pioneer" states. There is now way to have someone commited unless they are *actively* a danger to themselves or others. Screaming " I am going to kill myself" is not grounds unless you have a weapon in your hand. I know someone who wss having a crisis, was do delusional they couldnt feed themselves and the hospital kept them less than 24 hours.
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i've struggled with suicidal thoughts myself, and this makes me happy to read. i like knowing that i'm allowed to live for my own sake. i am alive because i like listening to my favorite song. it makes me feel like everything will be okay, and that is a completely valid reason to keep living
thank you for saying this it had an impact on me somehow
Load More Replies... The best thing you can do for someone that's suicidal is to listen to them. Listen without judgement, listen without trying to "fix them".
This was the basis of my suicide prevention training; listening without judgment and validating someone's feelings are very important to making someone feel understood, and can make them more open to the idea of getting help.
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yeah! as someone who had suicidal thoughts and considered suicide, i can personally assure you that telling someone it’ll make others sad does not work. it just makes them want to die faster
The best thing I ever read was that it's not really a wish to die, it's a wish for the pain to stop. That relieved a lot of the guilt I had around my thoughts. It isn't death, but the absence of pain, that a suicidal person wants. It didn't stop the pain or make it easier, but I understood the thoughts more
I get this. I want to/don’t want to die. I just want all this c**p in my head to shut up. I have bipolar II Disorder. For the days or weeks I wake up & I’m good, I always think “Maybe this time it will stick. I’ll be ok for good this time”. I know it won’t, but I so want it to be. I live on a rollercoaster & there are no more meds to go to. It’s truly on me. As for what it would do to loved ones, I can only speak for myself. In the 90’s a dear friend I worked with committed suicide. I will not go into the complexities of before & after, but it was so painful. Then, an MD I worked with, whom I had cared for shortly before he committed suicide. Again not going into all of it. His death effected hundreds of people (patients who loved him). I can’t look at his picture. Finally, my next door neighbour. Three. Times. For my nephew I will exist in the fires of hell for eternity if that’s what it takes. His life is beautiful with a baby daughter on the way. I won’t do it to him.
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I was once told that suicide is the most selfish thing a person can do. The person who said it didn't quite realize what they were saying. Suicide is the opposite of selfish, it's someone believing that they have so little worth, or so little left, that its best for everyone if they are no longer living. Its is the safest thing, not selfish in the slightest
When I tried to commit suicide, I thought I was doing my family a favor. They wouldn't have to deal with me anymore. I was a burden to them. I loved them dearly, I just didn't love myself. This needs to be said much more often. Please.
Lisa, this hit home in so many ways. I have wanted to end my life for many years and I always felt like everyone would be okay after the fact because I was nothing more than a burden on those around me. I'm sending you hugs and love.
Load More Replies... This is why whenever there's a post from a suicidal person on social media, I don't give them a long lecture on why suicide is wrong. I let them know that I've been there, and listen to them.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could talk openly about wanting to die instead of doing in secrecy and filled w shame?
Lack of Others is usually much to do with wanting to die.
As one of them, the only reason I don't... is because of other people.
I've spent a lot of time very deeply depressed. Fortunately not suicidal, and I know it's not the same... but... I've found that staying curious and open to possibility even when I can't see a way through made it bearable. Because by being open and curious, I would, eventually, see a way through. Hope it helps. The solution is simple, but that doesn't mean it's easy. Best!
American teenagers in 2020 were more likely to die of suicide than coronavirus.
I really wish the presumption patrol could just back off this issue. Children do not ask to be born. They are forced into existence and then gaslit into capitulating to what amounts to kidnapping. You're not saving anyone, you're taking a victim fleeing Dachau, back to the guards to live out the rest of their life sentence. The person that does that is not a hero, that is a MONSTER.
Absolutely. Do not kill yourself, because someone said to, or anything else. Live, for yourself, because you deserve love, kindness and a great life. Because you, are a special human being. You deserve to live and have. Chance to be the best you can be. Anyone says otherwise, they are just bitter, sour, and jealous of you. They say these mean things out of fear and sadness, and likely because no one has treated them like they need to be treated…. Because you, they, matter.
Guilting someone into changing their behavior, no matter how small or large, never works out well in the end.
They matter and are loved and they also should be told that very dark feeling will pass. I say this from experience. It does pass.
Suicidal people (and EVERYONE ELSE for that matter) need to seek Jesus Christ.
Suicidal people just want the pain to go away. Guilting them just makes them feel worse.
As someone who has been on both sides of this I can’t 100% agree. Having my brother die of suicide when I’ve fought it my whole life; seeing how others were affected definitely opened my eyes. People who die of suicide die once. The survivors, those who are left behind, die every day inside over & over for years, if not the rest of their life. Our lives don’t belong to just ourselves. Find help. Give it another day. Please. I’m begging you.
I got called selfish, guilt tripped (who is going to help me if you’re gone), and gaslighted (you said you’re tired of not listening to you l, but you won’t answer your phone! While I was on a 72 hour mandatory hold in the hospital. I couldn’t access my phone. Thankfully I found an awesome therapist, otherwise I’d be back in the hospital, or worse. Love and support is all I wanted from my loved ones. 😞
In the same respect though wouldn't telling them how it affects others show them how much they are loved?
I disagree. I'm still here because there are still 2 people and a dog that would be destroyed if I wasn't. They've done too much to do that to them. I created a lot of the problems in my life, and I owe them, even if that means suffering.
This is a serious question, so please offer helpful suggestions. What if the person truly has nothing to live for? 59M. Lots of run-ins with the law, school dropout, never could keep a job but it was never his fault. No kids. No savings for future. Already living on the charity of another relative for housing and paying work, if he would ever do it, which is about 2x/year. But like I said nothing is ever his fault and he's burned every bridge with every other family member, frequently by committing a crime against them. Now what? He will only come to me when every other door is closed and then will dis me up and down. How do I pretend to care when in reality the family would be better off without him?
When my daughter was 10, the neighbor above us hung himself and fell onto the balcony in front of her. Suicide has COUNTLESS victims. I’m not saying guilt is a reason to liv, but it might protect others from unnecessary pain.
It's not just guilt tripping, it's also ignorant as f**k since it assumes everyone has family/loved ones. Plenty of people literally don't know a single person and go months or years not speaking to a sole except for like doctor, dentist, exchanging a few words at the checkout. Reminding someone that they have no one is awful.
THANK YOU!!! I terrified my mother when I was 14. I had a suicidal episode and got help. Later when I was in horrible pain and she said "well life isn't fair". I answered "Then WHY didn't you let me do it?!?" She turned pale and went to bed for the rest of the day. I made too much sense.
I had suicidal ideation, but knew I could not ever consider it. There is a reason I am here. It's not for me to question it. I am not religious. I sat with dying relatives many times. Someone should be there to hear what people say when they leave us. When it is my time, I may say something important to someone who needs to hear it.
IDK... The thought(reminder) of the devastation of my passing would bring kept me on this side of the ground til I got better..... Maybe just me???
It's a long term solution to a short term problem is what I hear most
Unfortunately, I had a couple of friends take their lives. They were mad at the world and it was their way of saying f you.
Me being suicidal cause I make other people's lives worse lol
I am sure that is not true. ❤️ you make ours better by writing comments here.
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Squirrels and bats both have social systems to take care of orphans. Squirrels will adopt babies whose parents have died and carry them around like their own offspring. Various species of bats do the same, while the most organized version are “bat orphanages,” where groups of bats roost together and females come to feed orphaned babies. These are highly social animals with a pretty advanced solution to this problem.
This one always makes me smile. At times, I think everyone needs laughing luggage.
I hate to be that guy, but in the UK that bill would be $0. Total. Ever. And as a diabetic, all his other prescriptions would be free for life too.
There are countless other examples of things, creatures, and even people that are and act wholesome, an emotion that makes us happy and shows us that there is something good in the world. For all the chaos and negativity on the internet (and, really, everywhere,) digital communication lets us spread these ideas and images. In a sense, it promotes wholesomeness, as often selfless behavior goes unrewarded and unseen.
The human need for this sort of content is reflected in the trends we see on TikTok, Twitter, and yes, even here on Bored Panda. Wholesome, joyful images, memes, and stories are all a salve against doom-scrolling and other words we use to describe the omnipresence of negative content, fear-mongering, and rage bait. The ubiquity and common, everyday use of those words shows just how far “internet negativity” has penetrated our collective psychology.
fun fact-most dogs are allergic to chocolate, but some are not and, while they cannot eat it safely, but will not die (much of this is dependent on weight) my friends dog apparently got into the fridge and ate a WHOLE GODDAMN CHOCOLATE CAKE and was fine afterwards.
Sadly, German Shepherds with dwarfism suffer from a myriad of health issues and do not live long.
Ugh, I looked mine up and its in the middle of the ocean near Australia.. Don't think I can get anyone to play that game :D
My mum is always like "you don't have to stop" and gets annoyed if I do it. I NEED TO AND WANT TO MUM
i'm not sure if i'll get super downvoted for this, but i watch 911 and i recently heard there is a big group of buddie shippers that are mad because the show is supposedly queerbaiting. Some of their arguments consist in Eddie screaming Buck's name when Buck was struck by a lightning and them holding hands when Buck was pulling Eddie from a colapsing building. All I see is a very nice and rare type of friendship, where one is constantly there for the other, and I find very sad that some people are not used to this anymore. I remember McDanno's friendship from hawaii 5-0 and i really wish more shows had this kind of relationship again, but i'm not certain if it wouldn't get mistaken for something else and hated on.
Yeah, slightly less sweet when you know that he was physically abusive to her during their relationship.
Okay, this is such a thing with kids!! We have a photo of my brother at age 2 or 3 wearing my cousin's coat and it's really big on him like this kid. I have a photo of my kid doing the same thing with one of her father's coats. I think kids just love putting on big coats! It's adorable!!!!
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Some of these ain't even wholesome. They're for an entirely different list and I'm disappointed
Ikr. Near the end (now that all the irrelevant ones are at the bottom of the list), I had to double check that I hadn't accidentally tapped into a different list altogether.
Load More Replies... Some of these ain't even wholesome. They're for an entirely different list and I'm disappointed
Ikr. Near the end (now that all the irrelevant ones are at the bottom of the list), I had to double check that I hadn't accidentally tapped into a different list altogether.
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