The Internet is often viewed as a dark place that is only run for making money and bullying people who don't share the same opinions as you. The increasing cases of cyber crimes occurring annually are proved by the estimate that every second Internet User's email account has been breached in 2021 in the United States alone.However, just like the two sides of the same coin, there exists a positive side to the Internet as well! There are people online that come together to uplift society and expose the humane side of people. Need to see this sweet side of the Internet and boost your mood? Here's a list of some of the best wholesome memes we found on Reddit.
He's a regular there now
When you visit the same restaurant or cafe frequently enough, it's about time the staff begins to notice you. Soon enough, you start to connect with them on a personal level. Just like this Redditor's new friend who made him fresh burritos!
Noticing him ordering the same beer and burritos for several days in a row, the gas station attendant decided to do something special for him. We surely would've tipped him for this subtle gesture of kindness.
These doppelgängers have an unspoken language
People are so hyped nowadays about "Run away if you see someone like you, they might be a 'skin crawler,'" but this meeting of two identical people from different countries has left people mesmerized. How would you react if you met your twin?
While neither of them could understand the other one's language, the photographs these guys took prove that verbal exchange isn't necessary to communicate. The men could both understand each other through smiles and laughter.
Internet Challenge that actually brings change
You might've noticed on several social media platforms a trend of online "challenges" are popular that ask the users to dance in a certain way or do a specific task and upload a video. Some are ridiculous, but not this one.
Here's a challenge for all the teens out there which can actually bring out a positive change in the world rather than just a couple of likes and views. Clean a place and upload a "Before and After" picture.
Well, looks like they are our friends
When OP had a book report and wished to refer to the author Neil Gaiman by his first name, he pinged the author. Not thinking he'd get a response, he asked if he'd give him permission to call him his friend.
Gaiman did respond, though. This reply from Neil could be the shortest way of turning situations as wholesome as possible. This shows that you'll never know the answer unless you ask. Not only books, but some authors are our friends too!
Trying to fit in
When we say teaching is an underpaid job, we are referring to teachers like these who pursue not only teaching their students but connecting with them as well. This sociology professor is trying his best to keep up with his students.
He wouldn't be using all these terms on an everyday basis. Nor would he probably feel the need to use them. But he maintains this list just because he wants to connect and learn from his students. He definitely slays.
The security guard just wants some love
When OP got a huge dog hoping that he'd be an intimidating presence for thieves and guard the gate, his plans were crushed when that giant ball of fluff ended up playing with the strangers instead. So much for security.
He might not be cut out to be a guard dog, but he certainly is the "goodest boy" of the block. Everyone that walks by gives him a belly rub and some love. Instead of barking at them, he basks.
When they remember the little things
Isn't it thoughtful when you casually mention something that matters to you, and someone actually remembers it? Here's what happened when Max asked people on Twitter to remind him to cancel his Spotify Premium subscription after three months.
That's right, someone actually remembered and reminded him to cancel his Spotify premium subscription after three months. This kind reminder surely saved him some money. This might have stemmed a new friendship or chain of good deeds for someone else.
He's a Starboy for a reason
What would you do if your favorite artist noticed you? A fan of the Weeknd drew his sketch. While everyone was trying to make fun of him for the inaccurate drawing, the Weeknd shook the entire Internet by doing something unexpected.
It must have been a moving piece of art if a celebrity as popular as the Weeknd made that picture his Instagram profile photo. Albert must have been shocked and honored. Who's laughing now, bullies?
What's better than a concert? A private show!
One good thing about being the security at concerts is that you get paid while you are still attending the concert. A perk of the job is free music unless you are stationed in the basement, where nobody can hear anything.
When Seth Low realized that the one security guard stationed at the stairwell didn't get to attend the concert while everyone else was enjoying it, he personally played some Star War themes for her as a mini-concert.
Boys being Men
While college is an amazing experience, partly for the amazing friends they have and partly for the newfound freedom as a young adult, there still are some elements that hinder this joyful time. Well, looks like some "Men" took an initiative!
These male students were up to help anyone who felt unsafe on the university campus. Unfortunately, it's sometimes unsafe for women or people of color to walk alone on some campuses. These reliable "big brothers" will look after them.
The housekeeper deserves a raise
Many of us assume that housekeeping is a job that nobody willfully chooses to do out of a love for the job but rather for making money. However, OP's housekeeper here just proved that all housekeepers are not the same!
The housekeeper found the guest's teddy bear left in his room and decided to create a funny scene by arranging him in this position. The teddy has made itself at home; he looks like he's ready to Netflix and Chill.
When a cat misses its owner
Video chatting with friends or family is the new norm for communication, but video chatting with your pet? When this user tried to video chat their pet cat, she recognized her master inside this strange box; the moment she realized is so wholesome.
The cat is oblivious to the concept of video calling and technology, but you can almost pinpoint the timestamp when she probably realized that her master was trapped inside this strange electronic box which he calls a laptop!
It's the thought that counts
Having a husband who is a professional chef is like hitting the jackpot. The perks of having a partner who is a master in the kitchen are endless when it comes to unique dinners. But sometimes you want to return the favor.
For an amateur cook, it is tough to match the level of a pro. Nevertheless, OP's husband seems to appreciate all the little effort she makes while cooking for him. It doesn't need to be gourmet, just thoughtful.
When he's over 6 feet and cares
We often look up to tall people (literally) for being handsome but also the worst kind of person at an event. However, sometimes they prove us wrong, as shown in this post about an incident at a concert.
That huge guy had a big heart, since he was so considerate about a stranger at the concert. So, the next time you get intimidated by the biggest guy at your gym, go and ask him for advice; he probably will help you out.
Like father, like daughter
It's always the "We don't need a pet" type of father who turns out to be the most emotionally attached one. Here's a wholesome story about Hira and her dad when they tried conversing with their pet cat.
Their love language is meows. We wonder if the cat was just sitting on a sofa in the next room and trying to understand what those two idiotic masters of his were up to. That's one father-daughter conversation they'll remember forever.
That's what heroes do
While countless people are marching to raise awareness about education and shouting at each other, there are silent heroes like this who are taking the initiative to bring about some change and helping people who really need it.
Instead of skipping school, this young boy asked for help to get there no matter what. This kind gesture helped this little guy get his education. School and learning are how you actually bring some positive change and empower the youth.
How grandmas share relatable memes
Every time you visit your grandma, you return with an additional layer of fat and a wallet thick enough to cover this month's rent. This person's Gran is no different; she even framed a meme that proves this phenomenon.
For every grandparent, whatever their child does is special. Even if it is just a meme that they sent. This meme about how you return well stuffed with food and money after a visit was worthy enough to get framed!
What it means to be a father
Sadly, many young adults refrain from opening up to their parents about their mental health. They bottle it all up to themselves to avoid any stigma that is built around such a sensitive issue. However, this child shared how he felt.
Things would be much better if more people, especially parents, begin to educate themselves about dealing with the mental health issues of their children or just about any individual. This father is a hero for trying to truly understand his child.
What goes around comes around
A lot of work environments in the corporate world are toxic. However, here's a story of how this internet user made a new friend at work and how he too, was grateful to have someone by his side.
While everyone ignored this co-worker and made him feel left out, one actually thought of him as a human and treated him with compassion and support. He definitely felt seen and showed his appreciation with kind words and a gift card.
Relationship goals
Some people complain that after years of being together, their SO doesn't show them the same affection and love they used to. Well, while a lot of people lose that "spark" down the line, others are there to stay.
We assume the key to a successful relationship is keeping the "winning them over" or the flirting stage alive. Constantly trying to win your wife over and give her compliments, even when you're married, is a sign of true love.
Keeping the tradition alive
This post makes you feel a sudden surge of love and compassion, but it is also beautifully sad. When OP's friend who'd knit scarves for the homeless died suddenly, they decided to take over the tradition in her honor.
This is one way of keeping someone alive even after they pass. His friend might not be here with him anymore, but her memory and kind heart live on through his knitting. Keeping the charitable tradition alive is so beautiful.
The reason Reddit has the best audience
You might've heard people debate if Reddit's users are actually as good as people tend to believe. Like everything, there's good and there's bad. But here's a screenshot that explains the good and humane side of people on Reddit.
While nobody would've expected things would turn out like this, we feel heart-warmed with this wholesome act of random people coming together to help someone, a random stranger, in need of medical supplies. This is pure humanity.
Taking one for the younger generation
In 2011, when a nuclear crisis hit the Fukushima district of Japan, over 200 people over the age of 60 volunteered to take charge of cleaning all the nuclear radiation. They are willfully taking over so the younger generation doesn't have to!
When asked, some of them explained that since they'll die of old age in the coming 20 or so years anyway, being affected by radiation doesn't pose much threat to them, unlike the younger people who can possibly develop cancer.
Being a teacher is hyping up your students
If you think being a teacher is easy, you probably don't know the struggles those people have to go through every day. These heroes deal with so many young minds on a regular basis and lay the foundation for their future.
Especially for a kindergarten teacher. These young minds are still like sponges, absorbing everything you teach them. Sometimes teachers need to hype kindergarteners up and teach them confidence, even when they cooked you something strange.
Editing a random person's photo
Our elders say that everyone is good at something; what matters is how they use that talent of theirs to bring about a positive change in society. Well, this meme right here is the perfect example of this philosophy!
Even without knowing them or without them asking to help, this kind person tried to take the initiative and gave this couple a photograph that they will cherish. He edited it to give them both the best lighting. A philanthropic photoshopper!
"You've fallen right into my trap!"
Grandmas have a way of stuffing their grandchildren with endless food. There's a reason why you "suddenly" put on those extra two pounds after staying at your grandma's for a week. This meme explains how they get you to eat so much.
Most grandma's love language is feeding you as if there is no tomorrow. This grandma wanted her grandchild to eat, so she used some reverse psychology to trick him. Up for the challenge, he ate, just like she wanted.
For the love of teaching
Finding teachers passionate about educating the youth and putting in the work to make concepts understandable is rare. Well, consider yourself sitting on a goldmine of education if your professor is always up to help you out despite his academic success!
Finding a good professor wouldn't be such a huge deal for many students if their education wasn't important. Instead of lecturing about mundane research and assigning lengthy readings, professors should break down lessons and help students when they ask simple questions.
Crocodile tears (of joy)
Ever wondered what happens when you pair a deadly predator with a little insect? While most of them are beautiful in their own way, this unprecedented collaboration might bring about some of the most beautiful photographs you've ever seen.
This alligator looks like a princess with the butterflies sitting on his ferocious head; he looks and feels beautiful. As much as you want to pet that alligator right now, contain yourself! It's still an alligator, after all!
Your biggest supporter
There's something about elderly people that makes them naturally wholesome. They have lived through so much, but are always excited to see their family, especially their grandkids. Just have a look at OP's model for her photo assignment here!
The most touching part of this entire story was not the part that his grandpa was up to volunteer for her photo project, but that he wanted it to turn out as good as possible and because he believed she is a professional.
When your child attends your graduation ceremony
It's tradition for parents to go to their children's graduation ceremony; witnessing your blood slowly mature and build a life of its own is truly priceless. However, what OP witnessed was beyond what she had anticipated for graduation day.
This father-daughter duo is one of the most wholesome posts on today's list. After all, you don't see a little girl cheering her father on for graduating every day! Now he knows what it feels like in his daughter's parent-teacher meetings.
Life isn't all about chasing the mailmen
Ever heard of a dog graduating from college? It would be interesting to see a dog tossing a cap in the air. But this actually happened at Clarkson University, where service dog Griffin received his master's degree in Occupational Therapy alongside his human.
Griffin was awarded a degree because he attended every class with his human and thereby was called upon with all proper rituals. We knew they grow up pretty fast, but time flies by pretty quickly, doesn't it?
Well, now Wall-E's our favorite movie too
Children are the epitome of purity and innocence. Only a mind free from any earthly adulteration can be willing to watch the same movie with someone they like several times just because they think the other person probably loves it!
We bet that this was the day OP realized that she has at least one friend who genuinely cares about if she is happy or not. Well, that's how the best friendships are born, and this pair surely is best-friend material!
He's raising a Disney Princess
You've certainly heard of fairytales where the princess charms all the animals around her with her beauty, singing, and kindness, right? Well, OP's daughters did the same thing; if that wasn't cool enough, they did it in a video game!
How could you win over a pack of wolves and tame them in a video game where you were supposed to kill them? The divine feminine winning over everyone with pure love! This proves you have to kill them with kindness.
Silent Uber drivers know their job the best
The last thing an introvert or someone who just returned from an exhausting day would want is an Uber driver who'll force conversation. Although they just want us to be comfortable with small talk, it is the last thing we want.
However, there are some rare Uber drivers that understand our need for peace and quiet. Respecting our peace and not making awkward conversation is how they earn a 5-star rating.
The best birthday gift is friendship
When a little girl made it a part of her routine to visit the park every Thursday, the locals were heartened to watch her wait for her favorite trash man who'd collect trash that day. They formed the sweetest friendship.
However, the most heartwarming part was when the little girl once decided to bake a muffin for him and coincidentally gave it on his birthday. The man was beyond touched and said it was the only gift he received!
Words of love
When someone is in the hospital, sitting next to them can heal them. Even when they are not conscious, they can feel your presence. This story of OP listening to his mum telling him stories while he was in a coma.
When his mother was on her deathbed, OP made sure he did the same and narrated all those stories to her to make her feel loved and happy about the life she lived together with her children.
Drunk on Wholesomeness
People don't usually associate being drunk with being wholesome but often forget that some of the best memories (including the heartwarming ones) are drunk ones. Just like this one encounter OP had on a bus. Weird, but certainly wholesome!
The drunk passenger had no idea what was going on, but the fact that he was willing to give away a dollar to OP because he thought the other man took it weirdly expressed his sharing nature.
He just wanted a dinner date
Little acts of love and compassion are something that sex workers usually do not expect from their clients. When all of your life has been centered around physical lust, genuine acts of care and affection seem nothing but a fairytale.
However, this woman met a knight in shining armor. This story is like the perfect mocktail of bittersweet pain which exposes the inevitable cycle of life and death but also the ever-lasting love embedded deep inside everyone.
Everyone is like a taco
Fluffy is one of the most cheerful comedians. Not only is his chubbiness and hilarious demeanor something that makes him stand apart, but his to-the-point delivery of jokes also leaves his audience rolling. This relatable joke about tacos is so wholesome.
This gives a whole new philosophy to life. While everybody else in this world is trying to be perfect, try to be a taco. Even if you fall apart, love yourself because everybody loves a taco, even if it falls apart!
'P' in Parking is for "Pure Wholesomeness"
When a little boy parked his tiny bike by the same lamppost for several days, the locals took notice and made sure that this spot was dedicated to their little friend forever. Later, someone anonymously stuck this sticker to this lamppost.
This is the epitome of being wholesome. We bet this Redditor would've been beyond happy after noticing this little Parking Sign for her son, just like everyone on the Internet who is going to see it now.
Your presence makes a difference
Have you given your child or your parents a hug today? If you haven't already, stop whatever you are doing and tell them you love them. Done? No seriously! Do it! Now that we assume you've probably done it, here's a cute interaction.
While for OP, this was a "day when I was unable to find child care for my daughter," for his daughter it was an evening they spent together that was nothing short of a full-fledged picnic. Your presence makes a huge difference.
These oddly satisfying reasons to live
If you've ever been depressed or in a funk, guess what? There are plenty of things to think about that will lift your mood. When you're sad about a breakup or job, think about these reasons to keep going.
Pretty convincing, right? This is more like a PSA rather than just another meme. Not being where you want is fine; however, choosing to stop the legacy you were destined to establish mid-way isn't. There certainly is a lot to live for!
They call it social service, we call it working out
This winter season, put those muscles to good use. When you cannot go to the gym because of the snowfall or ill weather, pick up a shovel and turn an old man's lawn into your gym!
This positive approach is a win-win for the people who are unable to go to the gym because of the snowfall and those who cannot shovel that snow off their driveway because of their old age or physical inability. Forget leg day, it's shovel day.
"Lonely without you"
When OP and a stranger who shares a common commute with her finally talk for the first time, the conversation unexpectedly turns into a funny and heartwarming one. He was basically saying, "You got a friend in me, stranger."
If someone confessed to us that our absence makes them feel lonely, we wouldn't be able to help ourselves but blush. This affirms that our presence makes a difference, and people notice our absence too! Especially the people with whom we share an unspoken friendship.
Even celebrities are mama's boys
This interaction between Seth Rogan and Ellen DeGeneres shows a wholesome moment about parents. When Ellen complimented Seth for bringing his parents to the show, Seth replied with something so hilarious, which is also wholesome. Celebrities, they're just like us!
That's right, Seth's parents drove him to the show like a couple driving their toddler to his first day at school. Ellen probably didn't see that one coming. Even famous adults still rely on their families for support.