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Communities have their local legends. Whether it's a dude with a weird haircut who's hung out on the same corner for 40 years, or a mythical bringer of late-night tamales, people like this become a fixture of local culture. Even if you don't know the person, their fame can travel by word of mouth and they become a kind of real-life myth. Here's the tumultuous but uplifting recent story on the Tamale Guy. For something nice, here are some wholesome memes for a little boost.

Tumblr explained the life and times of a stray Chilean cat that ended up as an honorary foreman on a construction site. Who knows if he's actually qualified for the job. In that case it just goes to show that it's more about who you know than what you know. For more tumblr cat stuff, here's a tumblr thread on how cats became domesticated.

The world can seem like a daunting place, but it's good to be reminded that things aren't completely horrible all the time. It's probably better for most of us to get some wholesome memes as a reminder that some things are still nice. They're like little happy vitamins for the soul.

Times can get weird, hard, and disappointing. Everyone is very well aware of that. That's why it's okay to have a reminder that people aren't terrible everywhere. Almost everyone has the common goals of being happy and building connections. Wholesome memes can provide a boost in what can seem like an otherwise unforgiving world.

Life can give us a lot of garbage to deal with, so it's healthy to have a reminder that all the time there are people pulling through for each other. Even among the rough, there's some diamonds of positivity to grab onto. For example, there's this wholesome security team who saved an office's plants, or this wholesome neighbor who's helpful for no reason.

There's being friendly and then there's having a true friend. Knowing you have a deep bond with someone is a great experience. You can be honest, share your real feelings, and that person will be sure to help you out in a nonjudgmental way. For example, here's a Twitter thread about a loyal friend who took ridicule on behalf of their friend in school.

This cat was absolutely determined to find a new home, and she found it in someone who was absolutely down to have a new cat. It's at least an encouraging reminder that sometimes people are willing to reach out to a being in need.  For how needy cats can get exactly, here's Tumblr agreeing that cats talk like disparaged Victorian children.

When things went down too fast for employees to save their plants from their building, the security team went through the process of turning the office into a makeshift greenhouse. For some more wholesome Tumblr threads, here's a neighbor who's helpful for no reason, as well as a barista who is the definition of chaotic good.

Twitter user baileyanastas tells the story of a friend who went above and beyond for their extremely anxious friend in class. We have friends who say that they would "die for you, bro," but what about the ones who would risk looking really dumb for you? That's a mark of some good friendship.

People from everywhere can come together even when they don't know each other, and are down to help complete strangers in need. It's not that hard to make people's day, as evidenced by this Tumblr thread about a chaotic good barista.

Back in the good old days, you could get a random text about a newborn baby and just decide to go support the mom and laugh over the wholesome randomness of it all. Wrong number text exchanges have the tendency to get weird and hilarious, and sometimes an encounter with a total stranger just has some magic in it.

In this day and age, it's sadly rare that people actually enjoy what they do. It also makes you wonder if it's not necessarily the job but the type of person and their outlook that makes their job worth it. Interestingly enough, it's often not the jobs that look fun that grant the most satisfaction. Here are some jobs that look fun but aren't.

For all the creepy unsettling facts out there, it's goof to have a balance of nice facts to counteract all the messed up ones. For every fact about brain eating zombie fungi or how many missing nuclear bombs there are in the world, there's another fact about how cows have best friends and how much of a bro Jupiter is.

@raycont let the world know about the wonderful feature of this place to stay. Nothing like a well behaved dog to stop by for treats. For more surprise animal twitter threads, here's one about an incorrigible cat that invaded a guy's home, as well as a lizard that created havoc in a garden.

Usually if you hear a retail story it's gonna be about how horribly entitled a customer is. However, this time it's about a customer who seriously needed help and found exactly the right person in a mechanic on a slow day. For more wholesome stories, here's one about a senior who mistook a guy's car for a taxi or this lazy genius school project story.