Over the past days, the media has produced possibly one of the most intense news cycles since the end of the Cold War. And for good reason. Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a sovereign European country, is an unprecedented act of war in the 21st century.
But if you feel like you need a distraction from the grim headlines and you're the type of person who can find comfort in the positive side of the internet, you're not alone. The Instagram account kALE SALAD is here for you.
The guy behind the account calls himself the "king of wholesome memes" and I know what you might be thinking: people who crown themselves are rarely worthy of the title. But 3.8 million people think this one is.
Browsing kALE SALAD's feed, it's hard to disagree with them. Continue scrolling and take a look for yourself.
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While we may feel guilty for being joyful while others are grieving, happiness is actually very important in challenging times. Focusing on our own emotions can give us the resilience we need to change situations both in our personal lives and on a larger scale.
Dr. Laurie Santos, who is an expert on the science and psychology of wellbeing, and shares her findings with thousands through her wildly popular Yale University course, The Science of Wellbeing, said that while it may sound counterintuitive, happiness is exactly what we need to get us through uncertainty, fear and anxiety over the future.
Below you will find Dr. Santos's top insights from the field of positive psychology on happiness and how it can help us to overcome difficult situations like the ones we are facing today.
"We can harness the toughness to experience the power of post-traumatic growth," Dr. Santos said.
Difficult situations have the potential to make us stronger and even happier in the long run. By surviving a particularly tough scenario, we learn to appreciate what is truly meaningful and important in life and how to better prepare ourselves to face future adversity.
Damn! That's one hell of a birth story to pass on to future generations!!
Heck if you live in close proximity this is a wonderful and considerate thing to do.
Lol I made of one these 4 years back and still have it. It's ugly af on the inside WhatsApp-I...a-jpeg.jpg 
"If we want to be happier during times of stress, we need to use a special mechanism of protecting ourselves, and we can do that through social connection."
When used properly, technology has the power to keep people connected even when they are physically apart from each other. Loneliness and isolation can have a major negative impact on both our mental and physical health, so Dr. Santos suggests embracing those Zoom happy hours and exploring new ways to maintain relationships with family, friends, and coworkers.
However, Dr. Santos said studies on happiness also suggest that a big part of it comes from focusing on other people.
Even though we hear a lot about self-care these days and this text is kinda advocating it too, the reality is that truly happy people are what Dr. Santos refers to as "other-oriented."
Meaning, helping others, especially during times of crisis, makes us feel good and gives us a sense of purpose. Not only are we boosting our own mood by lending a hand, but we are also working towards solving real problems.
"If we want to be happier and if we want to protect our willpower and get more resilient and even improve our performance, we need to harness the power of gratitude," Dr. Santos added.
Gratitude might not be the first thing that comes to mind during a life-altering experience such as a global pandemic or war, but acknowledging even the little things that we appreciate in our everyday life can improve our overall wellbeing and boost our emotional resilience.
F’real want a pair. Is that a “pair”? Whatever you call it, I want it.
Mindfulness and meditation are powerful tools, especially when we're living under stress. "If we want to be happy, we need to find ways to be in the present moment, even if that present moment sucks."
We spend around 47% of our day with our minds wandering. By learning to truly focus on the present, we can be more productive and improve our sense of wellbeing by improving our stress response.
This is not funny when it's happening to you. But right now, it is. It so is!
"If we want to protect ourselves during tough times, we need to make room for healthy practices.”
When stress levels are high, it's really easy to skip a workout or two, make less nutritious choices at mealtimes or deprioritize our sleep. It can feel overwhelming to have to put this extra effort into "being healthy," but the reality is that these are the times when we need it the most.
Beyond our physical wellbeing, exercise is a great way to relieve stress and improve our mental state, a balanced diet can have mood-boosting benefits, and getting the recommended 7-9 hours of sleep each night can keep us happier, more focused, and improve our immunity. By maintaining these healthy habits, even when we just don't feel like it, we become stronger in dealing with the current stressors and will be better equipped to handle difficult circumstances in the future.
The printer at work always works fine ... Except when you're in a rush to submit a tender document at 1pm
I've given up. That's just fcking bad planning ( for the millionth time ) and I'm not taking the blame anymore.
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This reminds me of when a coworker couldn't get the printer to work, she had a total meltdown and pressed print like a psycho. Suddenly the printer started and just didn't stop, so she had a panic attack and was about to throw the printer through the window. I had to remove nearly 800 pages from the queue. She wasn't allowed near the printer ever again.
I refused to let myself send anything to the work printer via the ipad again after it stuffed up and I pressed print only 2 extra times! I would plug the ipad into the computer, copy the document and print from there for the next two years!
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As an IT Professional for the past 15 years I can confirm printers are the worst and my least favorite thing to troubleshoot. Out of all the devices that connect with USB/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, printers are the most troublesome to set up.
College printers. "Excuse me I can't get the printer to work" "did you enter your password backwards while hopping on one foot and smearing mayonnaise on yourself?" "Yes" "did you light incense and say the incantation?" "Oh that's what I forgot!"
Bonus idea: Make it so it uses ink that costs less than liquefied gold. But yes, I'd settle for just working. My HP printer literally never works on the first try and I have to go over and tap it to wake it up, sometimes unplug and re-plug it. The one feature that works 100% of the time though is the f*****g ad telling me I should sign up for their ink subscription service.
I've never owned a printer that's reliable. I have two printers. One will only print from my phone. The other one refuses to pick up an IP. It worked fine for over a year, now it's just decided to stop working. I had a Samsung color laser that worked OK but it over heated and stopped working. I had another Samsung laser that decided that it would be best to start making a horrible noise and die. I've been through a dozen Brother printers. They work pretty well but, once they need maintenance, you're screwed. Where the heck do I get "parts kit 3"? Even my Brother rep couldn't figure out how to order it.
It smells fear so be careful when you're printing, don't show you're in a rush.
This is the opposite of the school projector, where the students are more than happy to wait about 15 minutes each time for the teacher to figure it out.
Don't you just "love" it when the laptop says it can't find the printer, and I am like "IT'S RIGHT BESIDE YOU!"
If you cannot write a sentence with letters/words needing to be redacted just don't bother. There are over 170,000 words in the English language. Surely you could find one or two to use instead.
HP has always been one of my most-used phone contacts. I just switched to Canon and have only called once, to set up scanning, because their manual is written for tech geniuses. Fingers crossed.
Gone are the days of the plug and play printer. Now, everything is so complicated and difficult to install. Even then, there are occasional glitches. I have a 2007 HP laser printer. It's a plug and play and it's a workhorse. It prints beautifully, without all of the bells and whistles of my new HP all-in-one color printer, fax, scanner, and I LOVE it! Nothing is simple anymore.
And...hear me out .. one that's not cheaper to buy a whole new printer than to replace the ink!!
I want to invent printer ink/toner that isn't priced more expensive than diamonds!!
I’ve got one in my house. Works every time, except when I screw it up !
The fact that I find ProZD's tweet on a random site called boredpanda made my week.
I can so relate! Printing ANYTHING at home is always and issue for me!
Name one thing that works perfect since day 1 every single day, no F ups?🤔
Actually that would make you less money than making them with parts that fail sooner. They figured that out when old time machines weren't breaking and then figured hey manufacture the defects so they need to buy parts or a new one.... The elites probably laugh at your concern for consumer pockets...
I have a printer at home that, I sh!t you not, turns on whenever it feels like it, not when I need/want it to. It has a power button that is a totally random link to it actually powering up. I press it and the number of times I do so until it comes on can be anywhere between 1 (I.e. first time) and 376 (no sh!t, I counted). It’s like it’s thinking, ‘press all you like mother******, I’m coming on when I feel like it’
Here's a thought provoker: What is the most powerful and consistent engine known to mankind yet rarely given credit? Answer: The human heart, which in most cases, once it starts beating, works ceaselessly for decades with no maintenance or thought at all....if that's not a miracle, what is?
Yea but then the printer company doesn't make money on repair, parts and replacements
mine was doing just fine until it ran out of paper...now it says it's out of paper over & over & over..................
I just want coworkers that refill the paper trays when they kill them.
Or your printers decide to not work apart from the one about 100 meters away...
I agree! Computers are not bad. It's when you try to print something that makes a 15 minute tasks into a 1.5 hour task trying to get the printer to obey!
Networking that just works. In 9x/XP days, I could log into any system I administered from almost any device. Now I can log into any device only from non-ms devices. And that's if the device connects at all. Networking protocols haven't fundamentally changed in 30 years, why is networking still unreliable?
"Printer is offline"? No, it f*****g is not! It is literally on and the USB cable is plugged. "No ink"? Yes there is! The cartridge is f*****g new! I literally never used it yet you m***********g scam!!!
I just realized every malfunctioning electronic device in the last 40years I have come across was my conspiracy. To get clients to call me for servicing and make a pretty hefty income 🤪☺️😂😝❤️🎉
Honestly, if you just spend a few hundred instead of $30, you have a decent chance of getting this. Nothing is perfect, but most customers that I get to switch to s decent laser printer never call me for printer issues again. Wireless... That doesn't matter how much you spend... It's always unstable. "A box truck parked across the street, so now you don't have internet."
We’ve spent plenty on printers over the years and they’re still crap. One especially troublesome printer finally got on my husband’s last nerve and he threw it out into the yard, in pieces. Problem solved.
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Does it keep printing even when one ink color is low?? Because that sounds mystical. My Epson stopped printing because the yellow was low but everything else was fine and now it won't print because it took us so long to find the right ink.
Let's get one that STAYS connected to the WiFi network as well.
Too many people think that you must insert a comma anytime you would take a breath.
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Problem: would kill the printer industry in a very short while, and would prevent the option of selling people more than one printer in their lifetime. Saturating the market is bad for profit, see "the light bulb conspiracy"
But people buy printers to print things and they don't actually do that half of the time. If printers actually worked I'm sure people would buy them.
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I love both of these looks! I would 100% have rainbow hair, goth-vibe clothes, a mat that says 'go away' on it, and a rainbow fence.
Wow ! Reminds me of the tent used by the Weasleys during the Quidditch World Cup. "I love magic."
This is such a cute idea. I just came across some of my dad's shirts. I didn't want to get rid of them, but I didn't really know what to do with them. Might just have to give this a try.
And das why I love god. (Please tell me you all got the joke...sorry I'll just see myself out.)
Haha!! This is SUPER smart!!! (is it bad I kinda want to try this!!)
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completely agree! So over the lazy BP editors just reposting reddit gripes.
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I know kale irl. I was shocked to see his page went from a normal insta to memes and having a whole following. It's insane that now I'm seeing it here lol.
Umm and I think you're like one of the only people here that even knows who you're talking about
Load More Replies... I don't think the title is right. Most of these are not memes and plenty aren't wholesome either.
Love this. Laughed out loud so much. It's phenomenally better than the BP posts which claim to be funny but are just stressful posts shaming people's behavior, or just downright creepy or complaining and griping. We come to Bored Panda because we need uplifting, not because we need to read about crap.
completely agree! So over the lazy BP editors just reposting reddit gripes.
Load More Replies... I know kale irl. I was shocked to see his page went from a normal insta to memes and having a whole following. It's insane that now I'm seeing it here lol.
Umm and I think you're like one of the only people here that even knows who you're talking about
Load More Replies... I don't think the title is right. Most of these are not memes and plenty aren't wholesome either.
Love this. Laughed out loud so much. It's phenomenally better than the BP posts which claim to be funny but are just stressful posts shaming people's behavior, or just downright creepy or complaining and griping. We come to Bored Panda because we need uplifting, not because we need to read about crap.
