It’s not surprising that there is growing evidence that negative news can affect our mental health, notably in the form of increased anxiety, depression and acute stress reactions. Often unknowingly, we devour hours upon hours of negativity, whether it’s endless scrolling on social media or batch coverage of current events which comes straight to your mobile every morning.
So no wonder good news is having a renaissance. Just look at the Instagram account “Tanks Good News,” a powerhouse of lighthearted, wholesome, humorous and overwhelmingly positive content. Created and run by George Resch, aka Tank Sinatra, who aims at highlighting the good instead of the bad, the page today has 2.7 million followers, a number which shows just how thirsty we are for positive content.
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Below we collected some of the most wholesome, soothing, and humorous posts from the page to fill your heart with joy, so enjoy! Also, make sure to share this post with anyone who’s been feeling down lately, it works like magic.
#1 This Is Beautiful. Humanity At Its Best, And Starting Young Too!
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#2 Never Stop Talking, You Don’t Know Who’s Listening
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#3 Wow I Love This. They Never Stop Being Your Children Do They?
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#4 I Don’t Know What Chuffed Means But From The Context I’m Pretty Sure It’s Something Good
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#5 I Love This Story So Much
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#6 A Wedding Based On Loving Service Is Bound To Succeed
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#7 It’s The Happiness In His Eyes For Me.
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#8 Mistaken Love Is Still Love
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#9 The Best News.
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#10 Story Time
One time I saw two young, black, females checking out at the grocery store (I’ll explain why I used these three descriptors later on in the caption). They had all of their groceries rang up and in bags already, when it came time to pay, they ran the debit card. It got declined, once, then twice. One sister looked at the other worriedly. I keyed in immediately. They tried another card, denied, once then twice. Then they pulled out the EBT card. I assumed they didn’t want to pull this out because of how some people look at people who use EBT cards (shame on THEM, not you). There wasn’t enough on it to cover the bill. They looked at each other with tears in their eyes and shrugged, half “Oh well”, half “Oh my god, what are we gonna do?”. I stepped in immediately and said “Please let me help you”. I mentioned they were young black and female because I’m an older white male, and I know that sometimes help can be seen as an act of pity, which in my case it was not at all. I wasn’t insinuating they couldn’t take care of themselves, I was just a human being watching two other human beings struggle. They seemed shocked but allowed me to help. We parted ways, but as God would have it, we wound up parked right next to each other. They were still sitting there because they were crying. Their mother had just died. They didn’t know how they were going to eat that night, or any of the following nights. I forgot the girls name, but we briefly connected on here. If you see this, please send me a dm to let me know how you and your sister are doing. Sorry for the long caption but this video hit me hard.
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#11 Uuuhhhh Ya Need To Swipe And Finish This Story Right Now
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#12 @mcuban ??????
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#13 Let’s All Tell Her Congratulations ??
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#14 Kids Do Better When They Know They Have Someone Who Cares About Them.
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#15 Friendly Reminder To Be Friendly
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#16 This Is A Great Idea. Also, If You See Me You Can Say “Dad” And The Same Thing And I’ll Handle The Problem ??
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#17 Life Is Not A Race. It’s One Thing You Don’t Want To Finish First. @douglas_lumsden Via @kalesalad
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#18 Hope This Makes Your Day.
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#19 If My Grandma Was Still Alive, She’d Be Doing The Same Thing, But Then I Wouldn’t Have Her As My Guardian Angel, So I Guess It’s Even. (@conarck)
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#20 These Are Some Pretty Awesome Selfies
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#21 Either She Hates Work Or Loves Her Boyfriend, Either Way, Let’s All Try To Have This Same Kind Of Energy
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#22 This Is Genius. (@makingsenseofscience)
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#23 Aaaaand Now They’re Bonded For Life
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#24 Best Tweet Of The Year So Far
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#25 I Don’t Think He’ll Ever Let Anyone Down In His Life.
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#26 I’m Gonna Need A Minute Pt 2
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#27 My Dad Is This Kind Of Grandpa To My Kids. I Don’t Think He’s Journaling Every Day He Spends With Them, But He Loves Them A Lot And I Know That (@renblankk)
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#28 She Can Flex Everyday. Congratulations @betteroffalone.mp3
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#29 No Caption Needed
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#30 It May Not Feel Like It Sometimes, But This Is Still Great Point In Time To Be Alive.
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#31 Love Always Wins ❤️ (@upworthy)
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#32 You’re Safe Now Little Buddy
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#33 It’s The Little Things In Life.
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#34 I’m An Organ Donor, I Won’t Need Them Anymore
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#35 My Eyes Are Sweating Wow
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#36 He Thought She Looked Pretty. What A Boss.
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#37 Be Like Bill
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#38 Whose Cutting Onions In Here.
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#39 Todd Winn, You Are An Inspiration To People Everywhere Who Are Fighting The Good Fight
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#40 I’m Betting This Will Be My Most Liked Post Of All Time
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#41 This Guy Gets It Done
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#42 Remember What It Felt Like To Be Happy. This Feeling Is Still Available To You. You Just Have To Remember
Things always seem terrible around here, but yesterday my daughter saw her first waterfall and I got to watch her face. pic.twitter.com/Yn9MAd9hG2
— Lisa Fleisher (@lisafleisher) September 4, 2020
#43 I Would Wear One.
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#44 What A Time To Be Alive.
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#45 A Legend.
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#46 He Knew What He Was Doing
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#47 The Best News. (Twitter: Megtheegg4)
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#48 This Is An Absolute Miracle, Straight Out Of Russia, And Of Course A Dog Is Involved. Glad All Involved Are Okay.
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#49 Nothing Will Keep This Guy Down.
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#50 They Seem To Understand Though
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#51 I Can’t Imagine Not Being Able To Be Myself Freely, And I Honestly Can’t Even Imagine Anybody Wanting To Live In A World That Doesn’t Afford Everybody That Same Privilege
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#52 This Dad Won Halloween.
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#53 Wholesome Dad Award
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#54 What
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#55 Don’t Mess With These Kids, They Have Backup ??
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#56 Just A Reminder That Good People Do Exist, A Lot Of Them. Some Of Them Work Silently On Small Platforms, Some Of Them Are Very Loud On Huge Platforms, But They’re Out There, Everywhere.
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#57 Let’s Let This Spread Like A Virus
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#58 Well, He Is Now, And He’s Nailing It (@karen_alea)
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#59 I Wish I Had This Kids Style.
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#60 Bill Murray Is A National Treasure (@tmildenhall)
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#61 I Can’t Imagine How Tough It Must Be For Teachers To Be Expected To Adapt Immediately And Perfectly To This New System, And Do It All Overnight. I’m Sure This Meant A Lot To The Teacher. Good Job Class, You All Get An A+ From Me
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#62 Thank You For Your Patience.
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#63 Tear Ducts Ignite. (@laurenreneephoto)
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#64 Two Wrongs Actually Did Make A Right In This Case
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#65 I Hope Alex Trebek Is Chilling In Heaven Right Now With Mr. Rogers, Bob Ross, And Steve Irwin
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#66 Worth The Read.
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#67 Time Released Joy
(Via Atomic-58 Blog)
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#68 Tl;dr- Wow
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#69 After 6 Years
They hadn’t seen their brother in SIX years. I am blubbering right now lol and not because I’m a beluga whale, these teenagers were probably little boys the last time they say him. I’m so happy for all parties involved
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#70 Yes
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#71 Being There For People Is Cool Af
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#72 You Can Feel The Emotion In This Photo.
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#73 I Was A Fat Kid In The Gym. People Taught Me What To Do And Showed Me How To Do It. Sometimes Directly, Sometimes Indirectly. Nobody Ever Made Me Feel Uncomfortable. I Don’t Think I’d Be Tank Today If They Did.
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#74 Everyday Heroes.
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#75 For All You Women Out There Whole Don’t Look Like You Used To When You Were Younger. Good! Please, Stop Being So Hard On Yourself. You’re Not Supposed To Look That Way Anymore. You’ve Brought Forth Life, Miraculously. That’s Major. I Don’t Look Like I Did When I Was 20 And I Have No Good Excuse And I Love Eating And Hate Moving So I’ll Have To Deal With That Some Other Way ??
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#76 Merry Christmas
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#77 Everybody Say Happy Birthday Daniel
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#78 Period
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#79 His Mind Was Probably Blown ?
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#80 My Team Shared This Tweet With Me “Simone Biles Probably Won’t Hear Your Tweets About Her “Quitting” Or “Playing The Mental Health Card” But Your Friends Who Struggle With Mental Health Issues Will. So Important. Mental Health Does Not Discriminate And Can Be Hugely Impactful In Someone’s Life Even If They Are A Olympian. Everyone Is Fighting A Hard Battle, Be Kind Be Thoughtful
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#81 Damn Right We Did! Maybe That Was The Lesson She Was Here To Teach All Of Us, Appreciate People While They’re Still Here, Before It’s Too Late. Make It A Daily Habit To Let Someone In Your Life Know That You Love And Appreciate Them, It’s What Betty Would Have Wanted. Call It The Betty White Challenge.
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#82 Small Acts Of Kindness Usually Have The Biggest Impact.
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#83 This Is Awesome.
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#84 This Is The Type Of Energy I’m On (@kalesalad)
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#85 I’ll Take “Whose Cutting Onions?” For $1000
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#86 I Had A Blog Called “Insight Is Never 2020” In 2005. Then A Blog Called “Jay-Z For Dummies” In 2007. Then A Video Blog Called “Happy Is The New Rich” In 2009. Then A Website Called Ifoundmoneytoday.com In 2012. Then I Started Making Memes For Instagram In 2015. And Now Here We Are. Please Keep Going. The World Needs What You’re Working On.
(Via @kalesalad)
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#87 Lazy People See Things In Black And White. You Have To Look For The Grey Area, But It’s Always There
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#88 I Don’t Believe In This Left vs. Right, Or Liberal vs. Conservative Narrative. There Is No Line In The Middle. The Lines Are At The Extreme Ends, With A Lot Of Gray Area In The Middle. The Problem Is, The Media (And Social Media), Wants You To Believe That Anybody Even Slightly Left Of Center Is A Screeching Liberal, And Anybody Slightly Right Of Center Is A Raging Nazi. I Know (Not Believe, Know) That This Is Not The Case. Let’s Get Rid Of The Line In The Middle, Find Some Common Ground, And Work From There.
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#89 A National Treasure.
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#90 @paigeetobin Is A Tiny Skateboarding Princess
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#91 You Love To See It.
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#92 She Looks Perfect.
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#93 It Ain’t Much, But It’s Honest Work (Sorry That’s The Memer In Me Coming Out)
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#94 Getting Strong Now ?
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#95 Period
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#96 It’s Never Too Late To Switch It Up. (@jonnykimusa @harjinderkukreja)
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#97 Congratulations Katie Duke, Not An Easy Feat In Today’s World! You Don’t See This Very Often Anymore
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#98 I Rarely Take A Direct Political Stance On This Page, Because I Believe What We Do Here Is Bigger Than Politics. But This Is A Win For Decency And Compassion, So It’s A Win For Us.
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#99 Scroll Baby Scroll
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