‘Wait… This Is Wholesome’: 50 Memes To Brighten Your Mood And Restore Your Faith In Humanity
Even the most optimistic person feels blue and overwhelmed at times—sadness and stress are natural parts of life. However, so is joy. And it helps to remember that the world can be a pretty magnificent and magical place if you ever find yourself going through extremely tough challenges, one after another.
And that’s where the popular ‘Wait… This Is Wholesome’ Facebook group comes in. Created just two years ago, the online community has grown by leaps and bounds thanks to the extremely heartwarming content its members post. We’ve collected their most wholesome memes to brighten up your day, Pandas. Scroll down, upvote your faves, and remember to spread the joy—someone in your social circle might need the mood boost today!
Bored Panda reached out to the founder of the ‘Wait… This Is Wholesome’ Facebook group, Hamza Saeed, and he was kind enough to share the inspiration behind it. We also wanted to learn about the effects that looking at wholesome memes has on our moods, so we reached out to Glenn Geher, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at the State University of New York at New Paltz and a published author. You'll find both of Bored Panda's interviews below.
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Okay I am gonna need that recipe too. This guy waited until he was grown to be able to track it down.. it must be good!
Absolutely me. I am not even remotely kidding when I say that I'd rather burn to death in a fire while saving my cats, than abandon them. So far we've had evacuation warnings that have given us time to get out when we've had fire issues here (I'm in California... our seasons are earthquake, fire, flood, and drought lol) I'm a "hope for the best but plan for the worst" person, so my cats know that if scary stuff happens they run to their carriers, especially if I yell "go time!" (can you tell we've done this before?) BUT if there ever comes a day where I have to choose between saving them and saving myself... it's 100% them. My life is sorta sh!t anyway, and I know that my family will gladly care of them. So yeah. I'd go down in a fire to save them...without a moment of hesitation.
This! Teachers, first responders, researchers, etc, all need to have salaries swapped with sports. $150m for one person to hit a ball, when someone else was just wrist deep in someone’s chest to keep them alive after a car crash… We need a bit of perspective.
My mom came home once to find that her border collie had herded fifty ducks into the house through the doggie door. We warned her they invent jobs to do!
I'd like to make a note that for the last 30ish years "Steve" has always been the name my friends and I call anyone that we can't remember their name.... or we just don't know. Doesn't matter their gender... they're Steve. Referring to a random person talks to you. Steve. Person that recognizes you from high school but you have no idea who they are, Steve. Any odd object you need to refer to, Steve. I call my roomba Steve. (Technically it's Stephen Sweeperman but that's a side note here lol) my point is this... everyone is Steve until they are not Steve.
God I miss my doggo. No other dog can replace him and I will never love another living being as much as my boy.
Yeah I like being pretty for myself not other people. Wear what you want!
And being an adult sometimes requires buying a squishmallow with said adult money.
Stupid onion ninjas! I want to be held like that, it's too cute 🥰
Bright color in nature usually I am poisonous- do not eat. I believe this may be a phantasmal poison frog (true name).
LOL not gonna lie, he looks delicious, but you can tell he's poisonous AF!!! Gotta leave the danger Frog alone!!! 😂🤣
These guys get their poisons from the beetles that make up the bulk of their diet. Incredibly toxic but if you alter their diet they lose colour and poison
And the milk I bottle from 6pm-6am goes perfectly with a warm donut. Arise, Children of the Night!
Well now that the banana isn't in the second picture, I have no idea how big this cat is.
My little brother has been taller than me for a while now and it's always made me so proud for some reason? We aren't too far apart in age and I knew he was gonna surpass me someday. Maybe I'm just a sentimental big sister but watching him grow into a young man has been a joy I hadn't expected, but it's one that I'm grateful to have.
Same. They all walk together, laughing and chatting, and they haven't realised that they left me behind.
I SCROLLED DOWN EACH SECTION UNTIL THE PICTURE AND I HAVE NEVER GASPED AT SUCH CUTENESS OMG OMG OMG
I GOT TURNED INTO AN OLD LADY?!?!?!?!?!? AND NOW IM CLEANING A WIZARDS MOVING HOUSE?!?!?! 🫨🤯😱👵🏻🧙🏿♂️(You won’t BELIEVE what happens next!!!)
Awwwwwwwww <3 Just gonna sit here with the chubby cat and wait for the obligatory "but calicos are almost exclusively female" comments
So what, when someone attractive approaches and asks you a question just quickly stuff a handful in your mouth?
Does anyone know the second one, please? Treasure Planet, ?, Atlantis and The Road to Eldorado
This! We need more of this! I even looked at the Facebook page to see more Wholesome and I normally look at Facebook approximately once a year.
This helped with my depressive episode. Really. So did the Dan Reynolds videos I watched.
I can feel my face turned up into a smile. It'll be there a long time remembering these lovely stories.
I am seriously struggling to drink my coffee because of the lump in throat... Just proves the world isn't such a shhocking place...
This! We need more of this! I even looked at the Facebook page to see more Wholesome and I normally look at Facebook approximately once a year.
This helped with my depressive episode. Really. So did the Dan Reynolds videos I watched.
I can feel my face turned up into a smile. It'll be there a long time remembering these lovely stories.
I am seriously struggling to drink my coffee because of the lump in throat... Just proves the world isn't such a shhocking place...
