A thread for good news

[Reformed Offlian]

Meta observation: a thread titled 'A thread for good news' has been up for half a year and hasn't gotten off the first page. Come on guys, a couple more posts... we can get out of this blue funk...

I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to GEICO?

 

[Thermal]

I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to GEICO?

PAGE TWO MOTHER ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊!!! WE DID IT!!!

 

[Susheel]

Cheney is dead

I sall borrowfrom the late great Bette Davis, "You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good... Cheney is dead. Good."*

As most such quotes go, may be apocryphal. But fits my sentiment.

 

[Susheel]

yaaay....blue wave....yaay

 

[The Great Zaganza]

yaaay....blue wave....yaay

You'll scare it off

 

[AmyStrange]

Well, this may not be political, or good news for cat haters, but it made me tear up:

"A mother's love knows no bounds. This heroic cat carrying her kittens
through the floodwaters is the epitome of dedication"

 

[Gulliver Foyle]

Well, looks like TACO will finally get his long deserved piece priez next year:

Trump ally Infantino to award first Fifa Peace Prize at World Cup draw in DC

Fifa unveils a new Peace Prize to be awarded at the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, citing a mission to honor efforts to end conflict

www.theguardian.com

 

[EHocking]

That's right, bitches. I did my part!

Although I’m not eligible to vote over there, I did go apple picking.

That’s technically the same, right?

 

[Thermal]

Although I’m not eligible to vote over there, I did go apple picking.

That’s technically the same, right?

Depends. Did you know that picking the apples was individually meaningless, but the responsibility of the collective, of which you are a part, to pick? And were there remarkably ancient people around who assumed you were just as befuddled as they are by these newfangled electronic apple picking machines?