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Some people are nice

redfenixredfenix Aka'd as rfixRegistered User regular
edited April 2011 in Social Entropy++
I found this video from memory in one try after like 10 years
I'm awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXe8PFKsOIc

Anyway, this is the anti-terrible story thread.
Because I want to believe that not everyone is awful and people all have the capacity for good.

Kinda like how Doctor Who ten rolls, or something

so, good stories, of nice, selfless people here, I guess?

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    AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-japan-quake-scuba-20110317,0,7192950.story

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    AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    http://www.slate.com/id/2288514/

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    BusterKBusterK Negativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Well, there was the time I got my car stuck over a sunken driveway
    And four high school students helped me push it out
    I really wish I had been able to reward them but I was late to pick up my wife from work

    A few months ago I found an address book on the sidewalk
    Called the number inside and the guy seemed really happy to get it back
    Must have been pretty important

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    AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    oh

    earlier tonight I stopped to get some coffee

    I go there like, at least once a day

    they gave me a free coffee tonight

    that was pretty cool

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    GatsbyGatsby Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txiW0Q4_Qsw&feature=channel_video_title

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    TonkkaTonkka Some one in the club tonight Has stolen my ideas.Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    All of my coworkers are constantly excellent to each other all the time.

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    AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    pretty sure james randi is a wizard and he hides it by being a world-famous skeptic

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    CampionCampion Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    My mom takes care of me when I'm sick. She is basically the best ever at everything.

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    GatsbyGatsby Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Commit random acts of kindness. The least that will happen is that you feel good.

    zerobeat18 2 weeks ago

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    redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    the people i've met through my regular summer job are on the whole so consistently sincere, open and just generally Good that it is basically literally incredible--i would never have believed a place like this existed if i hadn't lucked into being a part of it myself.

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    DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
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    :?:


    Wait, no. Darn it, me, you really made a mess out of that one.

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    redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    t dubh heh

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    redfenixredfenix Aka'd as rfix Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Tonkka wrote: »
    All of my coworkers are constantly excellent to each other all the time.

    Are your coworkers the Wyld Stallions

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    TonkkaTonkka Some one in the club tonight Has stolen my ideas.Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    redfenix wrote: »
    Tonkka wrote: »
    All of my coworkers are constantly excellent to each other all the time.

    Are your coworkers the Wyld Stallions

    No they are all Rufus.

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    AvrahamAvraham Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I just realized campion has a new link in his sig and now dozens of drawings are entering my eyeballs

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    TamTam Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Last week, I was taking a bus to get to work and hadn't had time to eat. An elderly lady came and sat down next to me. I was sleepy and had my head in my hands and she asked "Young man, are you all right?" I said I was fine, that I just hadn't had breakfast yet. She literally said "Well that won't do, here have this" and handed me half an omelet sandwich and insisted when I said that I was ok. It turned out to be one of the best omelet sandwiches I have ever had. She talked to me about college and work and admonished me to get up early enough to have a good breakfast before getting on her bus.

    It was like being in the Andy Griffith show.

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    George Fornby GrillGeorge Fornby Grill ...Like Clockwork Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    My friends and I did a beach cleanup today, we got soaked and it was pretty miserable but we got a lot of trash

    we went and got lunch at a place, had a good time.

    Guy serving us asks what we're doing, we tell him that we went and picked up garbage on the beach


    He comes back with free dessert for us, some awesome chocolate pudding type thing

    That was pretty nice.

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    I Win SwordfightsI Win Swordfights all the traits of greatness starlight at my feetRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    We all went down to visit my sister and brother in law and nephew today down in San Diego to see them and their new house

    We were getting the tour and at the end my sister said "and here's the spare bedroom" and opened the door

    Inside was a crib, with a little sign that said "A New One's On The Way"

    It was a beautiful little teary eyed family moment.

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    ArchArch Neat-o, mosquito! Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    George Fornby Grill wrote: »
    My friends and I did a beach cleanup today, we got soaked and it was pretty miserable but we got a lot of trash

    we went and got lunch at a place, had a good time.

    Guy serving us asks what we're doing, we tell him that we went and picked up garbage on the beach


    He comes back with free dessert for us, some awesome chocolate pudding type thing

    That was pretty nice.

    well, if you think about it so was doing a beach cleanup

    DOUBLE NICE COMBO

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    Muse Among MenMuse Among Men Suburban Bunny Princess? Its time for a new shtick Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Once, our car broke down mid-traffic. The nicest homeless man was the only person who came to help up push it over to the gas station across the street. I was upset we didn't give him anything in return.

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    George Fornby GrillGeorge Fornby Grill ...Like Clockwork Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Oh and also we got coffee afterward and the girl at the drive-through window gave me 5 stamps on my stamp-card even though we only got 3 drinks. That owned.

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    MereHappenstanceMereHappenstance Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I always try to hold a door open for people out of simple courtesy. I try to make sure I thank people when they've done something for me such as bag my groceries, open a door for me, let me go past them on the golf course because they are slow etc. I know they're just good manners but damn do I see a lot of people who can't do even that.

    What I'm trying to say is that I'm the most well-mannered person you will ever meet. I will hold open all of the doors for you and thank you for letting me do it.

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    TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I am the king of holding doors open, but I think that's just because I have long arms.

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    PeasPeas Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqdZFuGt1I4

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    This will be here until I receive an apology or Weedlordvegeta get any consequences for being a bully
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    UlisesUlises Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    holy shit that is one of the best clotheslines of all time

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    AnosognosAnosognos Who wants to play video games?Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    The practice of calling one's elders "sir" or "ma'am" and holding doors open as a matter of course is one thing the south has going for it. If you're compelled to act nice often enough as a kid, you mean it by the time you're an adult.

    I've been lucky in that I've never personally known any terrible people (outside of grades 7-8). I've run into some jerks, but I meet far, far more friendly people on any given day.

    Most people are (mostly) good. Everyone has faults, but most are relatively minor. The few horrible people make a disproportionate mark on people's view of the world. It's unfortunate that that's how our brains work.

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    vermiculturevermiculture Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    redfenix wrote: »
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXe8PFKsOIc

    When I was in school I used to be part of DoRAK (do random acts of kindness). One time we went out in our public diag and gave out free hugs.
    It was. insanely. difficult.
    I guess some people liked it, but most of the time it was a failure.

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    TonkkaTonkka Some one in the club tonight Has stolen my ideas.Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    This morning an old lady held the door open for me as I entered the bank.

    It was adorable.

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    UlisesUlises Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    free hug people aren't kind, they're just mostly unsettling

    and i am a very huggy dude

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    MereHappenstanceMereHappenstance Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Tonkka wrote: »
    This morning an old lady held the door open for me as I entered the bank.

    It was adorable.

    What Tonkka isn't telling us is that they were on a date. We can already see who's going to wear the pants in that relationship.

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    miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    This is one of my favorite news stories of all time.

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    DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Tonkka,

    I just want to say that you're rocking that sig

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    TonkkaTonkka Some one in the club tonight Has stolen my ideas.Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    MereHappenstance wrote: »
    Tonkka wrote: »
    This morning an old lady held the door open for me as I entered the bank.

    It was adorable.

    What Tonkka isn't telling us is that they were on a date. We can already see who's going to wear the pants in that relationship.

    Well duh.

    I don't wear pants.

    Dubh: :^:

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    Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Peas wrote: »
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqdZFuGt1I4

    hero of the goddamn day

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    OghulkOghulk Tinychat Janitor TinychatRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I hold doors open for people every time I'm out in public.

    Some friends and I bought a homeless man food one night after the movies.

    Was at Red Lobster with my family, and when we couldn't get trout and had to order salmon, the manager (and our waiter who was so extremely nice) gave us the salmon dishes for free, so we only had to pay 25 bucks (my plate + appetizer) instead of an otherwise 70 dollar+ bill. We paid the waiter a 20 dollar tip.

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    MereHappenstanceMereHappenstance Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Dubh wrote: »
    Tonkka,

    I just want to say that you're rocking that sig

    I have to agree with you on that. That illustration almost needs a theme song by Hans Zimmer to go with it.

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    MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I.H.N.I.W.T.R. wrote: »
    Peas wrote: »
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqdZFuGt1I4

    hero of the goddamn day

    I had a dream once where some dudes tried to jack my bike and my only defense was to hit them with my bike.

    That was an awesome dream.

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    DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    if you replace "bike" with "dick"


    :D

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    OghulkOghulk Tinychat Janitor TinychatRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Moriveth wrote: »
    I.H.N.I.W.T.R. wrote: »
    Peas wrote: »
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqdZFuGt1I4

    hero of the goddamn day

    I had a dream once where some dudes tried to jack my bike and my only defense was to hit them with my bike.

    That was an awesome dream.

    That is an amazing video.

    I love that he walks towards them slowly, then when they get up runs the hell away.

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    Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Moriveth wrote: »
    I.H.N.I.W.T.R. wrote: »
    Peas wrote: »
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqdZFuGt1I4

    hero of the goddamn day

    I had a dream once where some dudes tried to jack my bike and my only defense was to hit them with my bike.

    That was an awesome dream.

    "you can't steal my bike if it's lodged into your esophagus, can you, bitch?!"

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