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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)
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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This is great. Here in Brazil, supermarkets and restaurants avoid donating food even when they actually wanted to because the food donated continues to be the donor's responsibility, so if, for example, it' poorly transported or stored and goes bad and someone eats it and gets sick, it's your store that will get in trouble even if it was fine when you donated, so they're all scared of donating.
The name of the Brewery is Saltwater Brewery. All of the rings are made out of the barley and grains used in the brewing process. So they are completely edible by humans and sea creatures.
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.
huh in Poland several cities decided to ban fireworks on new year because of animals.
If more people would recycle plastic, that would be a good start. I'm appalled at all the trash I see thrown away, that could have been recycled. And not just plastic. My son and I were discussing today the problem of plastic straws. Why couldn't they be made of a fast-degrading material, or even paper? They are only going to be used one time, and can end up in the sea or landfills, taking who knows how long to degrade.
Serious question, does that sugar tax include high fructose corn syrup? If not, it should. Sodas were unhealthy before, but when soft drink companies switched to HFCS they became even worse.
Ugh, doesn't it disgust people to know that their comfort comes from something ripped off of something else's body?
we need to make ocean plastic profitable, if companies start using it and poor people can harvest it and sell it , it is a win win. Stop creating plastic,reuse.
This is good, correct? The crying is confusing. He should be small and happy.
Unfortunately, E-Cigarette smoking is on the rise, especially among teens due to the flavors that comes in them that teens like :(
I wasn't diagnosed until I was in my 40s. It's really hard to detect in girls for the simple reason that all the emphasis is placed on boys' symptoms. It's the same with heart attacks. Everybody knows about classic male symptoms. Fewer people know how differently it presents in women.
@Jeff: I so agree. In almost every case of school shootings, and other mass shootings, the shooter had significant mental health issues. Often, they had stopped getting treatment, stopped taking their meds, etc. Mass shootings are as much a mental health issue, as a gun control issue.
I might add that they may have had undiagnosed mental health problems, or may have refused to seek treatment altogether. And it is very difficult to commit someone unless it can be proven that the person is a threat to themselves or others. The family and close friends may be trying to get them help and can't.
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"Assault style" phrasing is manipulating you. There's little difference between them and a regular rifle. A hand grip that rifles don't have.
Wait someone is selling guns to kids under 21years of age what the flying f*k!??
Right to bare arms was written in the time of muskets, writing letters by candle light. It was impossible for one person to mow down a crowd like blades of grass.
Yes, and the First Amendment was written at a time when there was no way to amplify your voice or transmit it all over the world at nearly the speed of light. Clearly, the right to free speech should only apply if you're standing on a street corner yelling out your views.
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D**k’s said they stopped before, only they were selling them through a different sports company they owned. D**k’s stopped selling completely after activist caught their lie. D**k’s was a d**k.
I always thought the finger pulling the trigger fired the gun no matter what kind. You can ban as many rifles you want but a killer will get one the illegal way. Ya know I've had my gun leaning against my patio door with a box of bullets next to it and ya know over a year and that gun hasn't shot one person. I wonder if it'd broken?
You are lucky no criminal snatched it while you were away.
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it is better that the people make the decision as the politicians are unable to make a common sense decision..... Then again it's kept in the constitution so the people can defend their freedoms FROM the POLITICIANS. Sadly the people have forgotten that.. and are killing each other...
There are two main reasons for the 2nd amendment-give citizens the ability to feed themselves and to make sure the citizens are well-armed to fight against tyrannical governments. Look at what went on in France recently. The government has less power knowing their citizens can fight against them.
Meanwhile there's a tyrant in the White House, and his supporters are NRA gun toters
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Here in Australia its almost impossible to buy a gun&special licences&permits are required
Gee, that sounds like a lot of fun. I wish my country would take my rights away!
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Well, they are a sporting goods store and guns can be a sport item, so it kind of makes sense.
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This is why I buy all of my sports equipment from D***s. I have three young kids so over the next 10-15 years that will equate to thousands of dollars in sales. They may have sacrificed some short-term revenue, but the are winning younger customers for life by standing up for what's right.
I think they also said they were not going to sell any types of hunting gear, including guns, and were going to be more focused on fitness equipment, clothes and sports wear.
keyword here is style. it looks like a military version but is semi-automatic. thats like saying lets ban all the knives because they dont LOOK like butter knives. Peter Bear, 2nd amendment is for defense against a tyrannical government and its police forces, not hunting.
This was an empty gesture. They never sold AR type rifles in the first place. Really easy to ban something you don't sell. Virtue signalling nonsense.
ABOUT TIME..... like twenty years ago! The whole gun situation in US is just utter maddness. How do you get to a point where you celebrate finally at least not selling A type of gun to an underage person in a normal sports equipment shop..?!
Under 21 and over 18 is not underage for buying guns. D**k’s was never breaking the law.
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You guys... they are also losing money hand over fist. Besides the fact that you are calling these things assault rifles when they are anything but.
you mean more people saved because they could protect themselves when some breaks in or if they live off grid and needs to hunt to life. I gun ban mean only criminals will get guns
What are you hunting that you need an assault style weapon for?
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This is straight up BAD news. There is nothing about this in any way that's good. Not even for D**k's, which is now in huge financial downfall after accusing it's consumer base of being murderers and then alienating them.
You can buy a rifle that looks like an assault rifle but will only fire one shot with each pull of the trigger. A rifle with the full automatic capability costs several times as much, requires approval from the federal government and is not available at the average sporting goods store.
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this is not good news. at least cabelas and bass pro will sell if 18 and older
Yay more young murderers out there in the world. Great, thanks Cabelas!
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There you just made my point. It's a human that fires any gun for whatever reason. A gun doesn't shoot by itself.
some assault style weapons are just like hunting rifles but they look different
and they closed 35 stores this year. I am not a defender of this type of gun but something tells me that people have spoken
No school shooter obtained their guns legally. This is a feel good law that won't change anything.
This is why I buy all of my sports equipment at D**k's. I have three kids young kids so that will amount to thousands of dollars over the next 10-15 years. They may have sacrificed some short-term growth, but they will win in the long run for standing up for what's right.
"Right to bear arms" does not dictate who has to sell them.
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It’s such a well-designed satire that I almost took it seriously. Because it is a joke, right?
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And that’s the sad part... I personally think America is going down the drain, and I’m an American myself!
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That's not true at all. In fact, after enacting the ban, their sales went UP and continue to grow. l
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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.
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.
Tbh it's kind of unfair that solar power is currently such a niche product, and easy, affordable solar panels for people to buy would really make a difference
And they do it using a mixture of mud and vegetation..so it's environmentally conscious too.
Good news from a purely ecological point of view. Bad news for the people who make a living in the coal-mining industry. Ironically, it's exactly today that the last coal-mine in my area closes, leaving many unemployed. Maybe someone should finance projects that help these people get new jobs.
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?
FACT: if you throw money and fame at the problem for long enough, it will solve itself
Yeah, and, to no-one's surprise, closely followed by Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand and Sweden. I was initially shocked to see Sweden so low on the list, but when I saw the actual figures, I realised these countries are statistically so close together, that they'll just keep rotating for the No.1 spot for the foreseeable future. Or, of course, you can take Fox News' word for it that these are in fact hell-holes where Muslim refugees rape anything in sight and where Sharia law will be introduced any day now...
Just walk around Chicago and you'll see what a great system it is! It's been there for years and it's so great to see so many bikers!
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.
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Ok 2019, you can beat 2018. Let´s get ready to do things even better!
This is so wholesome and really made my day! Thank you, it's been a rough finals week but this really helped!
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
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.
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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.
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 m***********s
thank you.. i actually signed in to this application just to say a big "Thank you"
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!
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.
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.
Load More Replies... Ok 2019, you can beat 2018. Let´s get ready to do things even better!
This is so wholesome and really made my day! Thank you, it's been a rough finals week but this really helped!
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
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.
Load More Replies... 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.
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 m***********s
thank you.. i actually signed in to this application just to say a big "Thank you"
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!
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.
