# Cheer me up, please! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-please/738383 "2015-11-23T20:57:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-please/738383/1 "2015-11-23T20:57:31Z")
I’ve been juggling some pretty heavy problems for the last month or so, and two of them came to a head this morning at 0330. Which was a relief to know exactly what I needed to do, but it was still packaged up in an ugly bottle of reality suck. There’s still two big bottles of suck out there, and the fallout from the first two are weighing me down. I’m mentally listing things I’m grateful for, and overall I’m in a much better spot than I was even 24 hours ago. (The devil you know and all that.) But… I could desperately use some cheering up. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-please/738383/2 "2015-11-23T21:33:23Z")
I don’t know if this will cheer you up but I always feel good after I play around with this game: [http://www.virtual-bubblewrap.com/bubble-wrap.swf](http://www.virtual-bubblewrap.com/bubble-wrap.swf) I start out doing the single click pops and then switch to Manic Mode and just moving my mouse. It’s satisfying. A Clean Sheet or 3 and I’m ready to do something else. Or, if you like funny dog videos: [https://www.facebook.com/PetsLovers.me/videos/909593992460429/](https://www.facebook.com/PetsLovers.me/videos/909593992460429/) A cute cockateil singing: [https://www.facebook.com/BestOfLOLz/videos/574988672611499/](https://www.facebook.com/BestOfLOLz/videos/574988672611499/) Cats Vs Zombies: [Cats vs Zombies - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcENL_Vdoqw) ---
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-please/738383/3 "2015-11-23T22:16:23Z")
This may be a bias of my own warped mind, but I highly recommend going over to [www.loweringthebar.net](http://www.loweringthebar.net) and going through the archives. It’s a legal-humor blog, which might not sound like a great idea, but it contains the best of the incompetent criminals, poorly-considered lawsuits, ridiculous pleadings, and snarky judges. Deadpan commentary on whether Jesus’s attire should be considered a legal basis for anti-baggy pants laws. Bonus: the blogger _ **hates** _ the TSA, and I’m always down for some anti-TSA snarking. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-please/738383/4 "2015-11-23T22:20:19Z")
Seen at local car wash billboard lately: All employees personally trained by Mr Miagy (sp?) ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-please/738383/5 "2015-11-24T00:00:22Z")
Cats vs zombies was ridiculous, in a good way. I’m wandering over to the lawyer blog, it sounds a lot like > **[Things I Learn From My Patients](https://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/things-i-learn-from-my-patients.257985/)** > > Tonight I learned yet another helpful life lesson from one of my patients. If you're on the street corner selling coke and you see the cops coming to bust you don't eat all your coke. Having been taught this valuable lesson I will now know better... Which I’ve read on and off for years for the entertainment value. Billfish, I don’t get the reference. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-please/738383/6 "2015-11-24T00:10:34Z")
You know, wax on, wax off. You’re in my thoughts, fisha. [Here’s a video of a dog driving a kid around.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6kqilIvOY4) [Kermit and Joey say the alphabet.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYIRO97dhII) ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-please/738383/7 "2015-11-24T00:35:47Z")
Even when I think I’m not in the mood for it, music always lifts my spirits. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-please/738383/8 "2015-11-24T00:37:13Z")
Thanks, Inner Stickler neighbor. I really appreciate it tonight. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-please/738383/9 "2015-11-24T00:40:58Z")
I hug my pets really close. Feel their hearts be, touch their paws, wrap their tails around my finger and nuzzle their noses. In no time, the world seems a little less bleak and a lot more fuzzy. Hope things perk up soon, hon. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-please/738383/10 "2015-11-24T00:40:59Z")
[Laughing quadruplets](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBay1HrK8WU) ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-please/738383/11 "2015-11-24T00:48:28Z")
Sending a tsunami of good vibes your way, hoping life looks better tomorrow! And never ever forget, no matter how much reality sucks, at the moment, it cannot change that you’re still awesome. Today. Tomorrow. And the next day too! Just keep being awesome and the rest will sort itself out! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-please/738383/12 "2015-11-24T01:34:18Z")
Here’s some music I enjoy (first three are from the UK version of ‘The Voice’: Version of a Who classic version of the Proclaimers hit Marvellous rock duet of an Imagine Dragons song Pharrell William is happy! Nickelback want to be rock stars… Joan Jett smashes Rock and Roll 🆒 Joan Jett does it again 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-please/738383/13 "2015-11-24T02:42:42Z")
Pharrell made me happy and Joan Jett still has it,~check her out with the Foo Fighters. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XJARlX5vAZM/maxresdefault.jpg "Joan Jett - The Foo Fighters - '' BAD REPUTATION ''") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJARlX5vAZM) ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-please/738383/14 "2015-11-24T02:50:32Z")
Cats with cucumbers, [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc0mi0Ei1CQ). ETA: hoping things improve for you soon. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-please/738383/15 "2015-11-24T08:32:12Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > I hug my pets really close. Feel their hearts be, touch their paws, wrap their tails around my finger and nuzzle their noses. In no time, the world seems a little less bleak and a lot more fuzzy. Hope things perk up soon, hon. I tried this myself, but my fish didn’t like it. (Hey, I’m just trying to help out here…) ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-please/738383/16 "2015-11-24T08:44:08Z")
What were the problems? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-please/738383/17 "2015-11-24T10:09:34Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9v_IYA99iL0/hqdefault.jpg "Sprint dachshund commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v_IYA99iL0) The three videos above are funny dachshund commercials, my favorites. The next is a parody of the Prince William/Kate Middleton wedding. Also remember you have 101 years of National Geographics to play with!! Sorry to hear you have troubles, wish I could help in a more effective way. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-please/738383/18 "2015-11-24T11:23:44Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > What were the problems? 1. Someone I love is going off the rails, and there is nothing I can do about it. Thankfully it’s not my immediate family, and I’ve decided to wash my hands of the whole mess, but it’s still preying on my mind. 2. I’ve got a professional blogger and victim who will never be happy trying to drag my company through the muck. We can’t win, no matter what we do, and if I try to engage her in a public forum, she’ll never stop. We really try to make people happy (A+ BBB) so I hate this, but she is one of the most miserable people I’ve ever met, there’s nothing we can do. When we disengaged, it only pissed her off more. 3. A friend of mine has a toddler who’s been battling cancer, looks like he’ll 'die this week. Which makes me feel guilty about complaining about anything. All my kids are healthy and happy, soI need to stop whining 4. Remodeling the house and living with my mother in law for the last month, with another couple of weeks to go. She’s awesome, and we’re grateful, but for the love of God, woman, you don’t need to be talking every minute of every day. I have no sanctuary. I’m very competent, and deal with large amounts of stress everyday with aplomb, but it’s all adding up~I’ve been crying on and off for a couple of days, haven’t slept worth a shit, and couldn’t eat anything at all yesterday. I think it’s because there’s absolutely nothing I can do to change anything. I’m used to being the problem solver, the one with the plan. Plus my husband is out of town, I need him home so I can curl up in a ball with his arms around me. He’ll be home tonight. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-please/738383/19 "2015-11-24T11:39:07Z")
I’m just tied up in knots; and I’m NEVER tied up in knots. I very rarely cry, either. I just hate all of this. But I do truly appreciate all of the support. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-please/738383/20 "2015-11-24T11:43:22Z")
Thanks for sharing. I hope you get through it all OK. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-please/738383.md?page=2)