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Not too serious, something from a movie or show or book, or a pet peeve, or anything. Just something that has no business making you so dang sad.
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#1
Those commercials with abused animals
Final score:
12points
Nikolka 1 year ago
Horrible I don't eat meat from 14, now I am 36 and still cant believe what are people capable do to animals for food, sport, fun, fashion...
TheRealFrappuchinoTheHedgehogr 1 year ago
People who make this fashion are criminals to me. I still eat meat btw because of it being healthy but I agree with you.
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#2
The fact that some parents actually don't love their kids. All kids deserve parents, but not all parents deserve kids.
Final score:
12points
Lene 1 year ago
In the kindergarten group my kid goes to there are two kids that just absolutely break my heart. One has recently gotten into an orphanage (my best guess is that her parents are uhhmm... substance abusers) and another one is clearly ignored by her mom as much as possible (my best guess is that it's the mom's way to hurt the kid's dad because it got worse since the mom had another child by the village pusher (I wish I was kidding) and that kid gets all the attention). Those two kids break my heart every day. I just want to take them under my mom-wings and help them to have a good life. But I already have 3 kids and I just can't take care of more kids. 😥
TheRealFrappuchinoTheHedgehogr 1 year ago
I am the middle child of 3 kids including me it is hard to even deal with 2 sisters but maybe you should find them a home because they are also sad probably
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ILoveMySon 1 year ago
Absolutely. I cannot imagine not loving my son unconditionally. My heart breaks for those whose parents are, in my opinion, monsters.
TheRealFrappuchinoTheHedgehogr 1 year ago
Your name and this comment made me cry now you are a good person.
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Hurt. The song and video as done by Johnny Cash.
Final score:
11points
Donkey boi 1 year ago
It's such an amazing song. The fact that Reznor pretty much said that it wasn't his [song] anymore after seeing Cash's video, says it all in my opinion. I had my own interpretation of the song before Johnny did his cover, now it's only his interpretation (or how I perceive it at least), and it's the closest I've ever come to understanding remorse. I swear, that man probably had the power to make the unfeeling feel, he damn near did it to me.
#4
Studio Ghibli movies.....especially Spirited away, When Marnie was there, Up on poppy hill and Kiki's delivery service..... And of course, Grave of the fireflies....
Final score:
10points
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 1 year ago
Yeah it’s absolutely beautiful but just devastating.
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ATLA, Tales of Ba Sing Se: The Tale of Iroh Leaves from the vine Falling so slow Like fragile, tiny shells Drifting in the foam Little soldier boy Come marching home Brave soldier boy Come marching home
Final score:
9points
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism (Submission author) 1 year ago
I KNOW AND THE WAY HIS VOICE BREAKS
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#6
The Christmas cat. Details in comments, as I'm on the app.
Final score:
8points
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! (Submission author) 1 year ago
James Herriot, Yorkshire vet, wrote books about his experiences, the animals, and all. He got a call out on Christmas morning. A farm couple with two old Basset hounds occasionally had a stray cat come visit. Once in awhile, the cat would come in and sit by the fire for about fifteen minutes, then leave. She wouldn't accept food, wouldn't be touched. She didn't even hang around the farm. Just now and then, she'd come enjoy the luxury of warmth. This particular Christmas morning, the dying cat brought her kitten to the only safe place she knew in the world. As soon as the people opened the door, she put down the kitten and died. The couple wanted Mr. (Doc.?) Herriot to examine the kitten, and to show them how to care for him. This happened 80 or 90 years ago. I was crying as I was typing it out.
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 1 year ago
Oh my god all those books are just heartbreaking. There’s a PBS series about it, All Creatures Great and Small, that’s dramatized obviously but good. It handles some of the stuff really well, like Siegfried’s PTSD from the first war and Herriot’s issues
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Jorie 1 year ago
James Herriot authored four books meant to be a series: All Things Bright and Beautiful, All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Wise and Wonderful, The Lord God Made them All. They are well worth your time, and should be read in this order, preferably in book form. He authored many more books of equal caliber.
#8
" Kids. Little kids. They grow up believing that they can be a hero if they drive a sword into the heart of anything different. And I'm the monster? I don't know what's scarier. The fact that everyone in this kingdom wants to run a sword through my heart... or that sometimes, I just wanna let 'em." - Nimona (from the movie of the same name). That is a pain I understand all too well.
Final score:
6points
Doctor Strange (Submission author) 1 year ago
The movie started out so wildly hilarious, and then all of a sudden it hits you like train. It absolutely broke my heart. The line that I quoted? I felt that, all the way to my soul. I know exactly how it feels to be different, and to be treated like a monster because of it. I've never met anyone who wasn't afraid of me, simply because I exist. I dated a girl in New York City once. She told me she likes having me with her when she does errands, because when she goes somewhere, she has to physically shove her way through crowds. But I just walk, and everyone moves out of my way. The crowds part for me like a school of fish for a shark. When I was in Dublin, there was a transit strike. As such, the trams were so crowded they literally had armed guards to get people on and off. There was not an inch of space. Except around me. There was a full foot of clear space around me. What was I doing? Having a chat with a nice young lady about art, as we headed to a museum tour.
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Bagpipes, especially when they're playing Amazing Grace, but I'll cry over Scotland the Brave, too. They just make me cry. No idea why. I've never been to Scotland or anything like that. Makes parades kinda awkward.
Final score:
6points
TheRealFrappuchinoTheHedgehogr 1 year ago
Music has a lot of emotional powers on living things like me I love listening to rock because it give me more energy
#10
The ending to Book Thief (the book)
Final score:
5points
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 1 year ago
Oh god… you’re giving me flashbacks. That book is SO sad and it was almost looking a little bit happier too.
Faye Drewit 1 year ago
OMG SAMEEEEEE! WHY DID THE AUTHOR HAVE TO DUCKING KILL EVERYONE IN THE SPAN OF TWOSENTENCES!!?!? HANS DID NOT DESERVE THAT!
#11
My grandparents relationship
Final score:
5points
me myself and i (She/Her) 1 year ago (edited)
whatever happened, I hope it becomes a healthier thing for both you and them soon x EDIT: unless theyre happy tears!
Faye Drewit (Submission author) 1 year ago
holy heck girl we need to be friends
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Whenever I come across one of my children sitting by themselves, contentedly playing with a toy or reading a book by themselves, just peacefully enjoying the day. I make sure to pause and drink the moment in, and it makes me all misty eyed to think of how sweet and lovely they truly are.
Final score:
5points
#13
i cant help but tear up when I think of how old my dogs are getting
Final score:
5points
TheRealFrappuchinoTheHedgehogr 1 year ago
My dog is ten my cat is 4 my hedgehog is 2 and yeah they are getting old
#14
Any video of a Vet coming home to their family. Even if it's a fur baby. Tears just start to leak.
Final score:
4points
#15
Anger. It takes a lot to get me to there but if you've angered me to the point that I start to cry, you better run.
Final score:
4points
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 1 year ago
I have a similar thing, I cry when I’m sad but more often if I’m crying it’s because I’m angry.
Spooky Demon Bat (she/they) 1 year ago
Same, I wish I could just be angry and not sad-angry
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Floraaaa <3 1 year ago
same, i literally got so stressed and mad at my brother i just started crying, one time i even hit him, i cried even more because i felt so bad.
#16
Pay day.
Final score:
4points
#17
Any movie in which an animal is hurt or passes.....like Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom - I CANNOT watch the clip where the Brontosaurus is standing at the edge of the water as fire encroaches.....I know it is not real but I cannot deal with it. Humans passing in films....meh, has no effect.
Final score:
4points
MrsFettesVette 1 year ago
OMG I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE!! I can't watch that scene, I don't care that it's not real, I cry every time.
TheRealFrappuchinoTheHedgehogr 1 year ago
I can’t deal with animals being hurt and anyone that hurts animals should be put in jail on Neptune
#18
Reading or hearing about abuse, whoever or whatever the victim, but especially children and animals. Heart breaking lack of empathy shown.
Final score:
4points
#20
The movie "Hachiko" and Futuramas "Jurassic Bark". Anything sad with dogs..real or fiction.
Final score:
3points
Janissary35680 1 year ago
Just thinking about the episode still triggers a suppressed sob in me after all these years.
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when I can’t fall asleep on time. My parents made me get a scheduling app so now I plan my weekdays and sometimes weekends. This includes me sleeping very specifically at 10 PM or 22:00. sometimes I don’t and if the time gets too near 11, I start feeling like a growing sense of discomfort that turns into panic. Sleeping an hour later has no business making me this uncomfortable but it does and idk why. Do any other pandas experience the same thing?
Final score:
3points
Minecraft_Chicken (He/Chicken) 1 year ago
I have this feeling. It never feels good because I don't feel like I will function properly in the morning.
me myself and i (She/Her) (Submission author) 1 year ago (edited)
omg yes. I think I obsess more that my time to rest is getting smaller and smaller tho, but it’s definitely connected
Load More Replies... silverbluesilk 1 year ago
it sucks. I totally get it. For me I just start panicking that I’m not getting enough sleep
me myself and i (She/Her) (Submission author) 1 year ago
same, I’m aware of every second im losing my sleep 😭
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#24
The movie "Schindler's List". Knowing that it is a true story made my eyes all watery. Same with "In the Name of the Father". The Guilford Four is such a sad true story.
Final score:
3points
#25
The Color Purple, the 195 movie by Steven Spielberg. When the sisters are separated and they yell the name of each-others... Aaaaand i'm crying.
Final score:
3points
#26
Commercials that show the horrible animal cruelty that is out there. I know they are designed to raise awareness and hopefully generate donations, but they still hurt my heart so much. I do help with rescuing around my area, and have never *bought* a pet in my life. I rescued all of mine.
Final score:
3points
TheRealFrappuchinoTheHedgehogr 1 year ago
Sadly you can’t rescue hedgehogs in the US but we got our dog from a person who rescued her because they couldint physically take care of her anymore now I’ve had 7-8 years with her and we got my cat from a barn
#27
Hearing the United States National Anthem. Downvote all you want but I love my country, appreciate our fallen and current service people and am terrified of the future here for our children.
Final score:
3points
TheRealFrappuchinoTheHedgehogr 1 year ago
I am terrified too because bomb and gun threats are more common now I never thought it would happen to me until yesterday when it happened at my school that almost no one knows about in Michigan
ILoveMySon (Submission author) 1 year ago
Oh my. Please be careful and know you are in my thoughts and prayers.
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The fact that my parents physically and emotionally abused me when i was super young and now wonder why i cry so much when they call me out and apologize so much. They just don't know the pain and suffering im going through
Final score:
3points
me myself and i READ BIO AGAIN 1 year ago (edited)
im so sorry EDIT: is there anything I can do to help?
ABIGAIL MONTERROSO 1 year ago
I feel you my Dad once told me when I was young to "wake up with a smile, even if I had to draw it" I still cry about it sometimes
#29
there's this one Russian movie that translates to 'Fire', it makes me cry and I don't even know what anyone is saying besides the words 'take their shoes off'
Final score:
2points
#31
The scene in ¨Love and Basketball¨ when the mom turns to her daughter and says, ¨When I said he could do better, I was talking about you.¨ Also, the ending of the children´s book, ¨Goldy the Dollmaker,¨ by M.B. Goffstein. Best. Book. Ever.
Final score:
2points
#32
The movie "The Big Fish." The old man, played by Albert Finney, reminds me of my grandad. The ending makes me blubber every time.
Final score:
2points
#34
The car scene in the sixth Sense where Cole is telling his mom about what's going on with him and he tells her the story about her mom. I've probably seen it 10 times and I bawl like a baby every single time.
Final score:
2points
MrsFettesVette 1 year ago
"you asked her a question! And she says the answer is, 'every day' " TEARS, I start openly sobbing
Sarah Suelzle (Submission author) 1 year ago
Me too. I can hardly bear it. I'm a blubbering mess by the time its done.
Load More Replies... me myself and i READ BIO AGAIN 1 year ago
hold on, im not sure which one it is (I am uneducated in movies) but is it the one where the little boy tells his mom that HER mother is proud of her and saw her dance? or am I thinking of a different one?
#35
When dogs die in movies
Final score:
2points
TheRealFrappuchinoTheHedgehogr 1 year ago
When any animal dies in movies is when the onion ninjas come out
#36
Lots of stuff written by Neil Gaiman has caused me to cry. American Gods had me bawling, and also the poem The Hidden Chamber. Such a beautiful dark poem, even though I'm not really a poetry kind of person.
Final score:
2points
#37
The video to the Garth Brooks song Standing outside the fire. Gets me every time.
Final score:
2points
#38
Braveheart always makes me cry, what's worse, I don't even have to see it, the soundtrack by James Horner and the song Freedom are enough for me, I know exactly what's going on during this song and it makes me want to cry.
Final score:
2points
#39
When You Come Back Down by Nickel Creek. Also, the book The Kite Runner always makes me cry. Oh, and any time an animal is abused. There's this Pixar short on Disney+ called Kitbull that has an abused dog, and it always brings me to tears.
Final score:
2points
#41
Hello. I am here to make you ALL sad. ALL OF YOU. 1: The ending for the Vivy series. And the end of book 3. 2: The ending of Sea of Stars. 3: The ending of Cassette Beasts. 4: Every flashback in Epistory. 5: Tunic's bad ending for some reason. 6: TRIANGLE STRATEGY MORALITY ENDING
Final score:
2points
#42
The Publix's commercial that the person is working at the hospital and can't come home for Christmas ... then she opens the door and the entire family surprised her and is decorating her apartment 😪
Final score:
2points
#43
Any book by Nicholas Sparks or movie made from them. I stopped reading because I couldn't get to the ends without crying.
Final score:
2points
#45
The last show of a high school play or musical. Especially if I have some senior friends who are graduating and that is the last show I’ll be doing with them 😭
Final score:
2points
#46
Weddings. Funerals. Onions. Soldiers coming home. Some movies and books, even when it’s not the first time I see/read it. I no longer can read/watch real crimes; they make me cry too much and give me nightmares. When I’m really, really scared (doesn’t happen too often nowadays). When I did PT for a terrible accident (12 years), I was crying all the time; it hurt a lot even with pain meds. When I’m super duper happy I will also cry, like when I held my granddaughter for the first time.
Final score:
2points
#47
Being yelled at by my mom's boyfriend. He doesn't control my life. Nothing I do is his business.
Final score:
2points
#48
Funerals. They are just too sad, I can't go to one.
Final score:
1point
Danish Susanne 1 year ago
If funerals don't make you shed tears there is something wrong with you
#49
The opening sequence of Guardians of the Galaxy. I did pretty much the same thing as young Peter Quill when my mom was dying of cancer and it hits me hard every time.
Final score:
1point
#51
The Green Mile, The Notebook, Ghost
Final score:
1point
#52
A lot of songs make me cry, especially if they involve someone's dog dying. If you need a good cry, here's a few suggestions: "Yaad" by Bloodywood; "Cinderella" by Steven Chapman (you will cry even harder if you look up the story behind the song); "1916" by Motorhead (I love the cover by Sabaton); "Happier" by Marshmello; "How to Save A Life" by The Fray (I can't listen to or watch the video anymore, it hits too close to home).
Final score:
1point
Tracy Wallick (Submission author) 1 year ago
Bruh. That last verse makes me cry every time, especially being in the military (soon to be veteran) myself.
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Some movies like K19, Armageddon , The good dinosaur, which remind me of my deceased father. I miss him so much!
Final score:
1point
#54
There is a video on youtube showing the arrival of a coffin during a funeral in New-Zealand. That was a beloved professor in a boys college. And all the students do the Haka in front of the hearse, a powerful farewell and then the silence and they let pass him. I cried many times to this. I'm not even from New-Zealand...
Final score:
1point
#55
Backstory: My new hyper fixation is PJO ⚠️SPOILERS⚠️ I almost cried when Bianca passes bc she was such a sweet girl and deserved better, and Nico’s reaction left me bawling (whenever he told Percy he hated him bc he though Percy let Bianca die) I also cried over how heartbroken Annabeth was when Luke committed suicide bc he needed to defeat Kronos, also bc Luke knew the right thing to do
Final score:
1point
#56
Probably those dog breeders that set up on the side of the road and very clearly abuse their dogs
Final score:
1point
#57
Cancer, F-Cancer. I lost my grandma and "Uncle" to cancer. My "Uncle" had just gotten a wife when he was abt 46ish and she had bone cancer but survived.
Final score:
1point
EmJay (Submission author) 1 year ago
Uncle is in quotations bc he wasnt my real uncle just my dads great friend
#59
these old people selling their food of crafts on the streets. they seem like they work so hard and don't profit and they have to support a f*****g family sometimes so i always buy their things when i see them.
Final score:
0points
#60
People doing good deeds we don’t deserve these people these people help us because they want to I don’t even deserve them. Then the people who do stuff like that on camera (example mr beast) I appreciate them and they all started somewhere I was watching some old Mr beast vids and I was like some people don’t deserve to be rich (example billionaires who donate nothing and keep it to themselves) we need more people that will help people there are a lot of people who are incapable in helping themselves for various reasons or don’t know how to help themselves but we can help them.
Final score:
0points
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TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 1 year ago
2 things. that part in madagascar where everyone fall off the ship and alex is like "NO WAIT! dont go...." and the sad music comes up. gets me every time. the other one is animation vs minecraft episode 30, when king oranges son just plain dies in that vr minecraft booth thing. i cried so hard at that :(
TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 1 year ago
2 things. that part in madagascar where everyone fall off the ship and alex is like "NO WAIT! dont go...." and the sad music comes up. gets me every time. the other one is animation vs minecraft episode 30, when king oranges son just plain dies in that vr minecraft booth thing. i cried so hard at that :(
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