50 Hilariously Relatable Memes That Are Pure Serotonin (New Pics)

Just reading the headlines will wipe out most of the hope you have. Take a walk with your dog instead. Music instead of podcasts - you'll thank me later.

I'm checking out until it is time to hide people in walls and form a resistance. Call me when it's time for the revolt.

When you need cheering up, there's a website called The Good News Network. It's amazing the change it makes to read happy headlines!

The current up is down reality especially politically is too bizarre to spend any real time on anymore. I. All you. Ade your bed and nkw youve got us all stuck lying in it but damned if i am sharing a pillow with an idiot anymore either.

no shame at all in avoiding social media when you need to. even in safer places like on bluesky, there are very few people who post only animal photos, or art; most people have current events sprinkled in. the only way to be totally free of it is to keep the tv off, and the streaming services, and stay off the social media sites. i've gotten a browser extension that hides comments on sites, which is excellent for my poor self-control that makes me yell at people online.

Even the most self-worshipping libertarian "self-made man" (and it is usually a man) has benefitted from the language and cultural/conceptual/ideological inheritance of their precedessors; from the womb of their mother; from the efforts and (hopefully) compassion of their parents; from a pre-existing material infrastructure of roads, sewers, electrical grids; from a social infrastructure that makes it highly unlikely we will be murdered by someone who dislikes us or sees benefit from taking our stuff. I may not "owe EVERYone for EVERYthing", but that sweeping generalisation is closer to the truth than "I don't owe anyone anything", even if I was Elon Musk himself. Without the social co-operation which has built societies, then nations, then a (relatively) open international community, even a Very Stable Genius would be a poverty-ridden cave-dweller, worrying about whether someone was going to steal his spear every time he went to sleep.

Wonderful!

John Donne, Meditation 17: No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a part of the continent, a piece of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less...any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.

Well you don't "owe" them that. You need to do these things because you owe it to yourself to not be a scumbag!

Since I remember, I've always stood out bc I was empathetic and didn't start stupid fights. After a lifetime of disappointments, last September I was attacked and maybe 8 people had to move by me, pretending hard they don't see or hear anything. I've always been too good for worthless people and it ended that day. I will never help anyone ever.

I needed this today...and I am screenshotting it for when I need it again. Thank you, BP, for this one.

Sometimes at work I'll say or do something and people pause for a millisecond, I know I annoyed. I then say before they say it 'hey at least I know I'm annoying' That kind of makes them laugh and eases the tension. I am annoying and that makes me happy. That means I'm being honest. Means I am me. Now the people who find me annoying? Also respect and trust me.

I'm still very afraid of it though. :-/

given how many people have AuDHD, brain fog, depression, etc., i think most people have the potential to annoy someone else by saying something too blunt or missing signals from others or snapping at someone. that doesn't make it okay, but more understanding could certainly be had.

You are the Generalissimo.

I'll have to try this. Sometimes the bad feels goes so deep that I just cancel plans and don't leave the house.

Capitalism f***s with us all.

Books !

Just play Skyrim. You can farm, fish, build your own house and enjoy the scenery. Even better, you can prevent a loud-mouthed malcontent from taking over the country,

Books, video games, movies, real people, real experiences...

I tend to stick to a few small corners of the internet that aren't terrible, which feels very nice.

i play video games! it's good escapism, art, and storytelling, and often allows me to be creative when i can't otherwise. if i'm really lucky, i get inspired to write, but i'm struggling with finding the right meds for my adhd to allow me to really focus on writing, or reading.

Why make a new mistake today when you can ruminate about mistakes you made when you were in high school?

I don't think Clare got permission to describe me like that. In public, none the less! *offended!* 😤

It's very hard to make myself believe this somehow.

Imagine a world where this was taught from a young age, how it would change mental health of adults and the overall well being of humanity.