Ominous positivity, scientifically speaking, is a more threatening and less toxic form of uplifting than, "Hey, man, just like be positive, man". Have a good day is not a wish, but a demand in ominous positivity communities.
One of them is this Facebook page collecting memes and artwork that makes good times seem inescapable. The page has over 1.5K memes, over 600K followers, and is rated a perfect 5 out of 5 score, which is almost as good as 5/7, if you get the reference.
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Done and done! Can i put poop on the list too? Cause that follows straight after coffee!
Yes, and for strict accountability, peeing is a separate line item. Then there's breakfast, checking email, IM, IG, Tiktok, etc., and suddenly you are the most badass to-doer in the history of mankind.
Load More Replies...i want to chop a Winnebago in half using only mind power. it's the only item on my list.
Yeah, and sometimes I do something and then add it to the list after the fact, because I feel like I deserve the extra achievement recognition. Be your own best cheerleader, always.
So do I, it gives you a better feeling of accomplishment
Load More Replies...Omg ... I recently stopped putting 'get up' on my do list because it wasn't a goal or an achievement. Now I see it is.
If you have chronic pain than for sure it's a goal! lol. Seriously it is a chore. I'm going to start a list now and that Will be #1.
Load More Replies...I love it! I don't know why people equate success with work, money, and education. Living life, existing and just being a good person is being successful. I truly believe some folks have lost the meaning of success and what's valuable. Just being and existing and working and being with those you love. Helping people and wanting nothing in return is what really matters and how it should be. A lot of people think academics, killing yourself working, and money is what's important and all that matters. They put it above their health, life, family, and just existing. And it is not okay nor is it more important than your health, life, loved one's and just being. I truly hope people realize this and things change.
Apparently work and school are more important to us than our health and lives. People rushing back to work and school in the middle of a pandemic. It just shows you what people value more. And it isn't our life that's for sure. Deadly virus going around and people just won't stop. It's heartbreaking and messed up.
Load More Replies...What is toxic positivity? Well, it is unhelpful positive phrases that don't solve any problem or just create more of them, it makes the comforter feel better, rather than the person in need of help.
or: I'm not real *enters an existential crisis*
Load More Replies...The 4 phases of Santa: Believe in, Don't believe in, be, and look like.
Best advice from my dad when he was drinking "life is like a dishwasher sometimes the plates come out dirty and you have to wash them"
That is a good dad and that is the best advice you can give someone. If you dont believe in yourself then why would others believe in you
I'm going to make this into an inspirational quote, remind me tomorrow and I'll post it
The Oatmeal is amazing, go check out his other comics!!
Load More Replies...You see, everyone finds the grim reaper as terrifying. Although, in reality, he is really kind for helping lost souls find their way to where they belong... So this could possibly be an accurate representation of him.
Even though the rabbit is technically dead now, and can't really receive much compliments anymore.
Load More Replies...If you can honestly accept a compliment and look into yourself to accept it's true. What a way for you to grow.
my ghost is a dwarf and usually just ends up tasting my butt, then gets angry and smashes s**t
I thought it was because we're really book characters. When we walk back out and then in again to remember, that's the author erasing that line and re-writing it.
As an author myself, that sounds wholly plausible.
Load More Replies...or the living room... or the bedroom... or the bathroom. Our house must have A LOT of ghosts.
I wonder if they can taste pain too. If they do then my ghost already knows. 😉
Load More Replies...It is well represented by FilmCow's 2008 animation Charlie The Unicorn before the term became mainstream. Without giving away too much plot: two hippie unicorns annoy grumpy unicorn Charlie with their toxic positivity and laid-backness to give in and go on adventures with them, causing him trouble. It can be viewed as a commentary on the worst humanity has to offer, thus, isn't for a sensitive audience, it's very scary.
Well, that's how i survived my 12 years long depression. Despite my constante desire to self terminate, my spite toward all that hurts me pushed me to keep breathing in order to be able to "shove it in their face" one day. But don't worry. It's been overs 8 years since i'm free of depression. And i don't just survive, now i thrive (not on spite but in a real desire to live, thankfully lol).
That's just what I did. I nearly lost my life to drugs and then refused to give up until I was clean and surving without them. Clean 1 year October 2.
*laughs after you just to have the last laugh*
Load More Replies...Or as Oscar Wilde put it; "Always be yourself, everyone else is taken."
What about that leather jacket, shoes and belt you got on huh?
We kill animals. Let’s try and make their lives good before, and to treat their contributions to our comforts with great reverence.
Load More Replies...I like the one about Col. Sanders being 70 & trying 90 times to find the right recipe. Oh & btw, a Real Person
Its taken me 15 mins to come up with a reply to this. Then i realised. Out of all of us wondrous creations , im the only one still alive. So suck a d**k cuthulu and pals !!
Why ominous positivity is better? First of all, it is not taken seriously and is more of a funny meme rather than self-help grifting material. It does not deny the existence of one's problems, but try to convince people that there is hope for a positive outcome or that that's the only possible outcome. The latter would be a bit problematic if taken out of meme context.
Don't mention credit report, please. I followed the advise of Experian, supposedly to raise my score, only to see it drop 30 points!
Load More Replies...i was scared it was a misprinted book and the next page was missing!
Femurs are the longest bone in the body. The circumference of my head isn't big enough to warrant a crown of femurs. I want a crown made of the sternums of my vanquished enemies!
But the sternum often only fully ossifies beyond 40 years of age. Why not take some atlas or axis bones, you can make anything out of them.
Load More Replies...i'd like to wear the crippling anguish and tears of my lifetime of bad choices please.
So .... youve met my wife ?!!!!. This is the bit where we "take", your village
Mine too... You can't go anywhere without finding many of them, unfortunately.
Load More Replies...My bloodline has zero attention span and major executive dysfunction
My bloodline is cursed to lose all focus when challenged with a task that is displeasing to the eye...
my bloodline is cursed with the desire to paint one's wall with the contents of one's own skull
I took on all the demons that reside in my bloodline while my brother got none!
"I have been entrusted by God with the task of destroying all demons, be they without...or within. They number many, but I shall not fear." "k"
These memes often involve mythological themes which further distances viewers from taking them too seriously. However, the good faith of the meme creators is unmistakable. These memes are often directly addressing the reader, which makes them feel personal. On top of that, it lets readers know there are people with a genuine love for humanity who are rooting for strangers' wellbeing.
i was following along, step by step, not understanding the discomfort until i realizeed,, oh s**t that says TENTacle.
Same man. N I read testicle instead of tentacle the first time too. Hand was already on my nuts before I realized my mistake.
Load More Replies...Today in Sims 4, I had to age up my beautiful triplets into adults and move them out of the house :,(. I cried, honestly. I loved those guys.
Load More Replies...Thank you for checking in on us, Therapy Duck. I did do those things today, but some of my fellow pandas may need more persuading :)
Weird Al Yankovic should give Gen Z a ballad to inspire them to keep going, Maybe Vanilla "Ice's "Ice, Ice Baby" but the AL's version should be called "Spite, Spite Baby"
This page posts and credits a lot of artwork, like short comics and posters giving these artists a chance to grow their follower base. One of the popular styles there is trippy posters with swearing and threats of positivity contrasted with cutesy plush toys.
Whenever I tell someone anything even slightly affectionate i tell them "take it and like it" and they usually don't have a response.
Tiny arms, glossy skin, big black c... eyes, and vulnerabilty that triggers a will to protect that adorable fragile chubby creature.
Load More Replies...What sound does that make? (The sound of a toboggan going down a hill?)
Load More Replies...You're a long tube for processing food into poop. You're a neural network driving a meat robot. You're an evolutionary experiment about to go extinct. You're something genes use to propagate themselves.
I LOVE Scholastic book fairs! My mum would always let me buy one small thing, and I so DESPERATELY would want a hand pointy stick.
I'm none of those things. And I don't try to fool myself that I am.
Do these dark ominous positivity memes make your outlook on the world brighter? Which one was your favorite? Write your own positive curse.
I don't do a hell of a lot of sprinting anymore. Would a leisurely stroll work?
I sprinted into the wood of my wall but returned in 6 hours with a brand spanking new headache
Imagine being a vampire with social anxiety. You wait for centuries for that all-important invitation and when it comes... Tonight? I can't tonight. My cat has been to the vets and she needs me. Maybe next week? Text me.
I am an immortal vampire who hath no traditional weaknesses (can't tell you what my real weaknesses are since it would spoil the book). I have been carefully trained out of all of them by my master, Count Dracula (the scene where she is being trained to be able to go inside without someone's express permission is my favorite).
They owl on their profile pic is Arnold Lobel's Hildilid ! I loved that book.
that's pretty vague, you sure you want to do that??? Yeah? Well ALRIGHTY then....*unzips pants*
i prefer to go to walmart, buy a bottle of chocolate syrup, go into the bathroom, squirt it on toilet and stall walls and write "sorry for the mess, it was quite an evening"
I'm sure all the underpaid staff appreciate your humor.
Load More Replies...Cats are living paradoxes. Fluffy and cute, but filled with sharp bits and spite that may be extended at ANY moment for ANY reason.
Load More Replies...Evil people are able to love animals, it's people that are the problem.
"bloody cats, with their bloody nine lives..." - Greg, Conker's Bad Furday
Like the Fall out boys song seems to go: "I'm a little man, also evil, also into cats, also into cats!"
i know this is random but this just made my genderfluid demiboy heart so happy ahhh <3
Family edition? Doesn't that just turn it into Apples to Apples?
Yes. I did. And I was right. Just like everyone else except the optimistic morons.
It’ll get better. No feeling is permanent. Get medication. Buckle up and enjoy the ride anyway. Living is the only known state where you’re able to listen to Bach. Your time is precious. Use it in spite of yourself.
Load More Replies...Launching lovely legumes is a very responsible, socially distance way to cheer up a friend.
A better definition for rooting than we have in Australia (having sex) :)
Because I have to keep repeating that sentence in my head over and over and over again not to fall apart.
Right, because the follow up with tell you that I'm not. Let's be polite and end the interaction lol
The fear of the unknown can be scarier than the pain of staying in a situation that is familiar.
Bigfoot has a heart on his chest! big foot has a heart on his chest!
Because everybody should be allowed to do those things. Everyone has off days, and doing these things can help them come out from the other side.
My sister was bragging about the new knife she had in a sheath around her neck, so I got her to use it to open a box
Question is, why would you expect them to? Is this supposed to be humbling?
Actually, I kinda like that - it helps to put things into perspective for me.
And I've got kerosene and a flamethrower.
Load More Replies...As long as the big black sleep of oblivion is the worst that awaits.
Load More Replies...I can create my own purpose is actually existentialism. Nihilists would contend there is no purpose.
Meaningless drivel. We are created in the image of God and that’s the foundation of everything human
Ryan. Phone your friend. Phone your priest. Phone your mother. Phone your therapist. You deserve help and you need it right now. Phone a help line.
Load More Replies...Mrs Fanservice Seven of Nine is one of the best characters in the series.
She maybe 7of9 but she'll always be a perfect 10 to me
Load More Replies...Ahhh just finished bingewatching this, good memories ^-^ its uniqueness was added to my own
Right! I don't think we need anymore action driven by anger!
Load More Replies...I'm going to take my anger and write a well-crafted letter to my elected representative.
i do that all the time only problem is the action i take causes great self harm.
Anger hatches from fear. Nothing grows from fear. Face your fears and grow.
It sounds poetic and profound... It is not. That's pretentious self-help pseudo-philosophical bullshit.
Load More Replies...This reminds me of Howard Beale in Network. 'I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!'
That was a very prophetic movie! I loved it! The influence of mass media on the world's people is stronger now than ever before, and is leading us into unknown territory. We need to pay better attention as to what is happening.
Load More Replies...I've seen that Steven king movie. Called the mist. It doesn't end well.
Remarkable how you seem to hate this place, but never move on.
Load More Replies...Honestly surprised this wasn’t put up at my FCA camp this year. Every day they’d put up a meme about a hydration otter. Otters are cute and all but add in some crabs and you have perfection. (And happy otters with full bellies!)
It’s not meant to be. At least that’s how interpreted it or took it. I felt it (as a person who has anxiety, depression, mania), of more of that moment when you are dark and down on yourself, (as we often are), that we usually have many things to be be proud of.. whether small or large… we’ve all felt hollow.. we’ve all “moved the world” to only turn around and say we suck and do nothing, are lazy, or are failures…
Load More Replies...yes. *angrily stabs your ankles with butter knife to no avail*
Load More Replies...I do not know you, but you are precious friend and stranger, Some where , someone loves you,
Load More Replies...At least, this very toxic person is considerate enough to warn us about the terrible threat they are against anyone's well-being and sanity.
Hey, I can’t tell if you’re joking or actually believe all the stuff you’re commenting but I came here to read silly positive stuff so maybe tone it down a little? Thanks
Load More Replies...No! If it happens to you, you will have hope and confidence, so you will try things, so you will fail, so you will be hurt and humiliated and disappointed.
Load More Replies...A game card called Gatherer of Wizards. They are great images!
Load More Replies...Variation on: If you see someone without a smile, give him one of yours!
how, how do we pick up the slack when we have no example to go by?
I got derailed by the battle of the accent marks. France, Sweden and Spain are all equally represented here and I can't tell who's winning.
and go outside! I went outside today and i forgot how nice it was just to sit outside and feel the breeze
Load More Replies...Now this is wholesome. You don’t know how much you need this stuff till someone comes along and reminds you. Even the strong ones get tired, you know. Even if we don’t show it. Thanks guys, this was super cool.
Entirely incorrect use of the word ' ominous', some positive advice: if you're going to use a language, learn what the words in it mean.
You seriously missed the message here. Read them again and try being kind. And hydrate.
Load More Replies...You manage it quite well, cheer up dude accept the positivity.
Load More Replies...and go outside! I went outside today and i forgot how nice it was just to sit outside and feel the breeze
Load More Replies...Now this is wholesome. You don’t know how much you need this stuff till someone comes along and reminds you. Even the strong ones get tired, you know. Even if we don’t show it. Thanks guys, this was super cool.
Entirely incorrect use of the word ' ominous', some positive advice: if you're going to use a language, learn what the words in it mean.
You seriously missed the message here. Read them again and try being kind. And hydrate.
Load More Replies...You manage it quite well, cheer up dude accept the positivity.
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