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I’m Honestly Fed Up With All The Bad News So I Illustrated The Best News Of 2018 (And Recent Years)
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I'm honestly fed up with all the bad and fake news everywhere. I am not a journalist or an influencer, but I want to use my art to spread some positivity.
I wanted to create an almanac of positive as an anti-venom to the vitriolic rhetoric that pervades our media. That's why I want to share some of this year's positive news from around the world in the hope that it brings you some happiness and inspires you to spread some good news yourself!
Art, technology, food, science, animal rights, human rights... we have progressed in so many categories, and it's necessary to let the world know that, despite having much more to do, we've accomplished some amazing things in 2018. So although it is hard - stay positive.
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Yes! I hate the argument that "sanitary products are a luxury." They are not, do you want blood all over your pants? All over your house?
I have mixed feelings about pandas.... because people mostly only care about protecting "cute" animals like them. I've read and watched so many times about how "ugly" animals like bugs and amphibians are always getting worse off because all the conservation funds and efforts go towards the ones the public likes... But I guess helping some animals is still better than no animals.
Which town? It is also noteworthy that more and more towns in Italy have restricted the use of cars drastically. For example, I used to live in Siena and driving there was next to impossible. You needed a special (and costly) licence to do so. Result: the air of town centers is very clean and walking is much less stressful. Perfect!
New Jersey has become the first state in the USA to ban elephants and other exotic animals from traveling performances
That's great! I hope the wasps are fine too, nobody ever talks about them.
This is good, correct? The crying is confusing. He should be small and happy.
I just hope this is an actual fact... Because I know that here we have a very fake literacy rate made out of people who can pretty much only write their own names and maybe a few words but are already considered literate for statistic purposes.
Hope theirs actually work. We have one in Brazil, but unfortunately it fails people way too often.
I got metal re-usable ones for my family! They're only about 5-7 bucks and usually come with a carrying sleeve and a pipe cleaner.
And they do it using a mixture of mud and vegetation..so it's environmentally conscious too.
OR you could just send the leftover bread to a homeless shelter instead of turning it into alcohol. Probably saves time and money.
Yes, but this is worded a bit poorly, imo. I mean, are they drinking less, or are other countries actually just worse than them now?
No, this is a very specific program instituted by the government to change the Icelandic attitude toward drinking, especially underage drinking
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It's actually a very interesting public program. They found that drinking occurred because kids didn't have anything else to do. Iceland instituted all kinds of programs to involve students in sports and after-school activities and clubs. They gave kids all kinds of reasons to occupy themselves with positive things, and in a relatively short amount of time, the drinking statistics plummeted.
Iceland just has very strict drinking laws and alcohol is only available from government shops and it is very expensive
Did the rest of the younths in Europe start to drink more? Or did the icelandic teen start to drink less?
Yeah, because the youths that grew up drinking too much are now adults that drink too much.
What are they drinking less of? Alcohol or sodas? That makes a big difference.
Not possible. Good intentions with bad science behind them are what lead to Godzilla. Just saying.
Wished I was good enough to actually use a bike as a means of transport. São Paulo is still way too dangerous for someone who just learned to ride a bike a couple of years ago.
As I was reading this, all I could think was that perhaps there is hope for this world.
Always seek this type of news out, it is always there, but the media is doing nothing to make sure we see it. Things are never as bad as they seem to be.
They are pretty bad, actually worse than ever in my lifetime. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t good news, its just that good news don’t sell newspapers.
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As a whole the world has NEVER been more peaceful or prosperous than it is RIGHT NOW. Yet all these vain, hysterical BP twats are lost in their hissy fits 24/7, so they earnestly write things like: "perhaps there is hope for this world".... LOL
The problem is if they start showing how good we are doing. people would relax and not much more would be done. and even if we are doing great. it could be much better. But I do agree they should show some positive sides in the news too. instead of all the doom and gloom all the time. keep it to the facts. Example say we have way more threes today then we had before. but we still have to fix our pollutions since those threes can't keep up.
There is always good news to be found. Sometimes you just have to look for it.
Even with "Orange Man". ^_^
I always thought it would be wonderful to have a good-news-paper, where only positive stories and successes are published.
Ok 2019, you can beat 2018. Let´s get ready to do things even better!
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This is so wholesome and really made my day! Thank you, it's been a rough finals week but this really helped!
This is amazing! When I visited India and stayed at my grandparents home for the first time, I was surprised to see all the pollution and lack of trees.
Thank you! There is so much good in this world... I am not sure why we keep watching the news, which show only bad stuff and make it huge. You are awesome!
Hey Mauro, this stuff is amazing. Any chance you could share your sources? I want to be able to tell people this stuff and then cite a source if they ask.
This was heartwarming to see!! Lots of news outlets use fearmongering and shocking headlines to get more views... while based on truth, it alters the way we percieve the situations. I feel that we need more posts like this. Hopeful things could show us that problems DO have solutions, and they ARE worth working towards :)
thank you Mr. Mauro Gatti <3 finally someone who thinks like me. I really enjoyed reading your article! and the drawings are super cute. Keep going
Thank goodness!
Thank you :)
Good job.
I love this post :) We need more news like this then people might understand that the world is actually getting better little by little. You just couldn't tell from the news because good news don't sell...
Several of these are actually kind of scary. "Such and such country was the first to do such and such a thing" and it's hard not to wonder why the heck it took us so long. e.g., Scotland is subsidizing sanitary products? Does that mean that nobody else is??
They also gave me a very mixed feeling. For example the one with women being allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia. Don't forget that the activists who actually fought for stuff like this are still held in prison while the prince there is now collecting all the praise for allowing something really really basic.
LOVE it!! Grazi Positive change IS POSSIBLE when enough people put their minds and hearts together. Let's all work towards eliminating endangered animal lists by education and conservation! <3
Number 27, about Sesame Street's new autistic puppet means so much to me. I have autism, and growing up not knowing why I couldn't keep up with the other kids was so frustrating for myself and my parents. I just really want others to know how to interact with autistic and disabled people, and I know this will really help.
Wonderful ideas, efforts and accomplishments. We need to protect the planet and the life forms on it.
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We have to actively seek good stories because media will over-report negative stories as it is those stories that sell. https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/intl/articles/200305/why-we-love-bad-news%3famp
Thank you for this - we needed this!
Its been a great year
This is so great. I love stories like this because they help you recognize that the world isn’t all bad after all. While I was reading this I couldn’t help but feel good.
Man, some of these made me cry. It’s nice to see all is not lost :)
I like how 99% of these are outside of North America. Looks like the rest of the civilized world is overtaking us while we sit here squabbling over oil and cheeto looking motherfuckers
A positive attitude !!!
thank you.. i actually signed in to this application just to say a big "Thank you"
i LOVE THIS!! MORE, MORE, MORE!
Thank you! Well done.
This was heartwarming to see!!! A lot of times, news companies broadcast shocking and appalling headlines for more views. This fearmongering, while based off truth, influences our perceptions off of today's world. We need more stuff like this!! I feel that what we need most, is hope for the future. Things like this show us that problems DO have solutions worth working towards :)
I understand that dogs get scared over fireworks. Mine got freaked out at thunderstorms. Hey, my son returned from Afghanistan and when people started setting off fireworks near the 4th of July, he said "I can't lie. Those were a bit unnerving." But the whole reason we set off fireworks on the 4th of July is to remember the actual fire fighting that happened to gain our independence. Now if you want to make any New Year's fireworks, or fireworks after a baseball game on any old random day, cool. But since we can't get rid of thunder, history that isn't remembered is domed to be repeated, and sound is an interpretation of vibrations by the brain... this isn't really something I consider a priority. Can we work on a quick remedy to get rid of poison ivy??
These are every bit as much "news" that informs us of the goings-ons in the world as the negative, upsetting stories.
With such positive news came so real negative comments. People just can't help being pessimistic and suspicious about EVERYTHING! Be happy people and embrace the good and beauty of life!
I think the adorable cartoons really enhanced these
What a great idea! Imagine if everyone did this?
I wish this list would never end.
Thanks for the post! :)
A big thanks for the post. You just nailed it with positivism all through : )
It was very interesting to read this but it also made me sad that the USA has lacked so much innovative workable answers to environmental problems. There seems to be such a narrow minded approach to keeping our economy solvent and mostly at the expense of people and our environment.
This makes me think that there's still hope for our beloved Earth. I strongly hope and pray that all the people will finally care for the people and especially for the Earth.
love these!