Life is full of randomness. One second you're confidently walking down the street, and the next, your feet are tripping over absolutely nothing. So why not embrace that and laugh at the absurd? The Instagram account 'Satisfy Daily' is packed with funny memes that are so relatable, they make you feel seen. No, really—who's watching me to create these? It's like someone has a front-row seat to my most ridiculous moments, and honestly, I'm not even mad for it.
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Psychologist Dave Smallen studied emotional patterns of the ways we relate to one another, and he found that:
Happy Connections (62%): Most people felt happy and appreciated during these moments, with few negative emotions like sadness or anxiety. Think of the joy you feel catching up with a friend over coffee.
Vulnerable Connections (17%): Some people felt vulnerable emotions like sadness, anxiety, or anger, balanced with relief, happiness, and compassion. This might be like those times when sharing something personal makes you feel a bit lighter afterward.
Supportive Connections (21%): This group mostly felt compassion and sadness, especially when supporting someone else. Picture comforting a friend through a rough day—not exactly joyful, but deeply meaningful.
"From this example, we can see that people generally have complex emotional experiences when they connect, often experiencing more than one identifiable emotion, sometimes both positive and negative emotions at once," Smallen said.
"Our gratitude, or appreciation, is a useful signal that we’ve had a meaningful interaction. Even if all we did was wave with a passerby on the street, we feel appreciation that our mind just encountered another mind in a satisfying way. Indeed, people in all three groups ... were fairly likely to have said they felt appreciative regardless of the kind of interaction they had."
The owner will be ecstatic to find his expensive leather wallet in the lost-and-found.
As an atheist, it's to find out whose it is and return it to them just as I found it, with no expectation of reward. Because that's the kind and just thing to do.
As a Christian I'd do exactly what you would do. Has nothing to do with religion, but with being a good person.
Load More Replies...30+yrs ago my uncle found a wallet in December in Portsmouth, England. It was filled to the brim with about 3k in cash. My uncle made decent money and was raised to be honest, he handed it in to the local police station. They contacted the wallet owner, he asked the police to pass a message to my uncle that the cash was the entirety of their Christmas budget, because of my uncle their kids would still get presents and dinner that year. That has spurred me my whole life to always hand back cash if there's actually an owner's name with it, because I don't know whose happiness I could be stealing. "The Bible is too wordy, it should be one sheet of paper with one sentence: try not to be a C U N T.". Let's live that.
3K my god how many kids did they have? and are they feeding an army?
Load More Replies...Obviously, why wouldn't you return the empty wallet you found
Load More Replies...grab it and immediately hide it from my dad lol and then spend it all in one thing......
Looks like all money. I would count it and see if there was any identification and turn it into a police station, letting them know I know how much money was in it.
Years ago the police was chasing a criminal through the neighborhood. The next morning, my newly adult daughter found a purse with close to $1000 in cash. She figured the criminal wasn't going to go to the police hoping for a lost and found situation. So she decided to keep the money, then turned the rest over to the police to track down the criminal.
This is from John Mulaney's comedy special about how you get away from a stick-up situation. "Just carry a wallet filled with $1 bills and a $100 bill on the top. When the robber says, 'Gimme all yer money,' you throw the wallet and run the other way. He'll be too busy counting the ones to come after ya, and you just beat a hasty retreat! Works EVERY TIME..."
See if there's ID, contact the owner & hope maybe a sign of appreciation comes. Decades ago my wife -then GF -and I were out at Fort Lincoln ND and i lost what little money we had. An honest person found & returned it I still include them in my prayers and feel gratitude the 30+ years later . Tried to give them a few $ wouldn't accept it: class act. We were young and poor.
Smallen believes the key to connecting meaningfully in everyday life isn’t having an interaction that feels happy or even comfortable at that moment, nor is it required that we face vulnerable emotions alongside everyone we want to feel connected with. "Meaningful connections happen when we meet one another where we both are ... emotionally in that moment, within the particular context we are in," he explained.
So what matters is responding adequately to the needs of the moment—is it a time to laugh? Or is it a time to put your hand over your friend's shoulder? Is it time to have a heart-to-heart with our family members? Or is it time to join forces with them in our righteous anger? Every now and then, things can get a bit messy before we find our flow with other people, and that's OK.
"Regardless of the kind of situation we are in, if we enter an interaction with openness and curiosity, and try to show one another that we understand, validate, and care about the feelings that we each express, we are on the right track to meaningful human connection," Smallen said.
Real answer: It depends. The first photo is the Brage Drilling Facility in the North Sea, a fixed rig with a frame that go 140 meters deep to the bottom of the ocean, built on pontoons and sunk until it reaches the bottom. The second one I can't identify, but is clearly a semi-submersible platform. It is just floated to the place and partially sunk to make it stable.
"Okay kids, Normally we would be showing you the nuclear reactor... but Bob sent it away to be cleaned. Bob is no longer with us which takes us to why you should never anger the boss"
Everyone instinctively knows that spider is getting ready to jump down your throat.
Five minutes before guests arrive: me shoving stuff in the cupboard under the stairs, Mr Auntriarch starting to polish the silver cake forks and I'm not planning to serve cake.
That's has to be one of the most American things I've ever seen. I'm American, btw. Haha
My stupid a*s will be talking to somebody on my phone, while freaking out a little when I can't feel the phone in my pocket.
Understanding how to navigate meaningful interactions can be challenging, but insights into emotional connections can offer valuable guidance. For those interested in practical strategies to improve their day-to-day experiences, exploring techniques for managing personal situations effectively can provide useful support.
You might find approaches that focus on taking charge of your circumstances particularly enlightening.
I spent far too long trying to figure out why certain letters were red before I even realized they were all rearranged.
Come on now. The majority of articles posted today are repeats.
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