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“You Are Being Rescued, Do Not Resist”: 40 Of The Best Ominous Positivity Posts From This Online Page
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You’re loved. You matter. You’re worth more than you know. You WILL be happy. You’d better believe it. Or else! This is the type of aggressive optimism that the ‘Ominous Positivity Memes’ online project bonks you on the head with. And we can’t help but love it.
We’re featuring some of their best, most positive memes that made us laugh and smile (no, seriously, we can’t stop, and it’s starting to scare us). Scroll down and upvote the memes that you enjoyed the most. You WILL enjoy them. They WILL make you feel better about yourself. You have no choice!
Sadness, go away. It’s time for self-care now. And remember... stay hydrated to take care of your meatsuits, Dear Goblins.
Bored Panda reached out to the founder of 'Ominous Positivity Memes,' Chris Ryan, who was kind enough to walk us through how the project got started, why he thinks it's so successful, why posts telling people to stay hydrated are so popular, and how all of these memes, at their core, resonate with our inner desire to help other people.
"I think everyone wants to help people, even if they are deep cynics. It's just that sometimes the only person someone can help is themselves. These memes reflect that. We can't do as much individually to save the dissolving ozone layer but we can make sure that we eat, move, and stay hydrated. We also want to help our friends even if we can't help ourselves," Chris told us.
"So in order to do that we turn to encouragement. We need a message that will resonate with our peers and these slightly threatening messages of inevitable hope work better (for some) than flowery messages of a hope that is something hard to imagine is actually true. Self-worth can be a large goal for some people. I think for some it's more about just surviving so they need this message of, 'I'm gonna survive no matter what' and if seeing these memes that they can send their friend to say, 'You're gonna survive too and that's a threat' help then great!" Scroll down for Bored Panda's full and exclusive interview with Chris.
Bored Panda also got in touch with Psychologist and Wellbeing Consultant Lee Chambers, who is the founder of Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing and PhenomGames. We had a chat about toxic positivity, what it is, and why it's harmful to our mental health. Read on for our full interview with Lee as well.
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Jo Choto 4 years ago
For decades I've been able to appreciate all the functions that my body is able to undertake, which has helped drown out the negative societal and internal messages. Flex a foot. Bend a knee. Chew a food. Look at an object. Type on a keyboard. Appreciate the magic of these tiny things.
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DUN DUN (she/her) 4 years ago
I remember doing it rolling down the stairs. Wouldn't recommend.
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Pungent Sauce 4 years ago
I’ve been taking this attitude at work lately. It’s not going over well, and I’m really enjoying it.
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Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
"Bless 'em, there's only so much they can do with four limbs and no antennae"
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oddly_informed_raven 4 years ago
"the hills are alive with all the f***s I give on select topics" MOOD
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Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
I've always been slightly disappointed that Dracula moved to Whitby yet there isn't a single mention of him buying fish and chips
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Jayne Kyra 4 years ago
Places of worship have more decor on their walls and ceilings than I have space on my body. Should I get the next tattoo I want? I definitely should!
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Ringa Wesley 4 years ago
or because that 10 step i walked down winded me because i’m in terrible shape
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BORKADYMUSIC 4 years ago
And also crows are cuter than children, just my opinion don’t kill me lol
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M O'Connell 4 years ago
Now I feel like I need an appropriately proportioned driver for my pony-powered war chariot.
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ChekovsCurlyHair 4 years ago
If you can’t handle me at my worst, neither can I but at least you have a choice.
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Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
I intend to haunt the new train station at Birmingham because I hate it
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Nicola Dimigen 4 years ago
Remember kids, it is always better to have goal-oriented statement, rather than a vague one.
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cybermerlin2000 4 years ago
If you took all of your DNA, straightened it out and put it end to end, you would be dead
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cybermerlin2000 4 years ago
My armour is a Deadpool T-shirt, a pair of cargo pants that I call my mega-kegs, warm fluffy soft socks, a soft pair of leather shoes with steel toecaps and loose fitting boxer shorts so that I can let 'em swing, happy in the knowledge that this time I won't get arrested for indecent exposure
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Summer Mason 4 years ago
Mermaids are still in. Lure those who have wronged you into the beautiful abyss and watch them drown in your sorrow.
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Cassidy ChillRose 4 years ago (edited)
Apparently the vibe they've got going is 40 dollars. I'd spend 80 to make sure they can keep vibing on a chair swing outside my house.
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Julia Atkinson 4 years ago (edited)
Oh, thank God. I was beginning to question the wisdom of giving my local Canada geese a set of steak knives
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Cassidy ChillRose 4 years ago
Yes. For I am blossoming into a beautiful young woman instead. *Checks the deck to make sure that isn't one of the other cards.*
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cybermerlin2000 4 years ago (edited)
When you drink a glass of water, remember this. That water came from the sea. The sun evaporated it and the wind carried it to the tops of mountains where it fell as snow and rain. It dropped into the streams and flowed into rivers. Where someone like yourself drank it. Went to the toilet. Took a pee and flushed. It then travelled as a small part of a greater number of collected pee into the sea, where the sun evaporated it again
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Princess Procrastination 4 years ago
Then, you can corrupt others who are too shy to corrupt themselves! Continue the legacy!!
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Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
Dracula: gives me a brief passing glance and goes back to studying English railway timetables
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Jo Choto 4 years ago
The internal voice that tells you all the bad things about yourself? Give it a name, a name you don't like: Janet, Arnold, Gobbledygook, whatever. So when Janet talks crap, tell her to shut her goddamn mouth. Now think what the person who loves you most would say on the subject and tell Janet that (Loving Person) says this, and Janet can go to hell. I know it sounds really weird, but try it. It forces you to not only consciously confront what you are saying to yourself, but to take it out of yourself and put it "over there" and then attack it with something better. Give your loving voice a really cool name. Let Janet and Medusa battle their s**t out externally, and make sure Medusa wins.
memyselfandI 4 years ago
You can also try giving your stress a name, for example I have Arnold the very small cartoon businessman who stands on my shoulder and likes to panic, and I get to tell him to shut up.
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Jo Choto 4 years ago
The internal voice that tells you all the bad things about yourself? Give it a name, a name you don't like: Janet, Arnold, Gobbledygook, whatever. So when Janet talks crap, tell her to shut her goddamn mouth. Now think what the person who loves you most would say on the subject and tell Janet that (Loving Person) says this, and Janet can go to hell. I know it sounds really weird, but try it. It forces you to not only consciously confront what you are saying to yourself, but to take it out of yourself and put it "over there" and then attack it with something better. Give your loving voice a really cool name. Let Janet and Medusa battle their s**t out externally, and make sure Medusa wins.
memyselfandI 4 years ago
You can also try giving your stress a name, for example I have Arnold the very small cartoon businessman who stands on my shoulder and likes to panic, and I get to tell him to shut up.
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