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Rachel R. Romero is a developmental neuroscientist and speech-language pathologist who just happened to sit next to a kid with nonverbal autism on a plane. After the father warned her about his son's behavior, her job training kicked into gear and she ended up doing some communication exercises. Pretty cool and interesting chance encounter. If you want some more feel-good stuff, here are some wholesome memes to give your day a healthy pep talk.

Landlords always seem to promise things like working dishwashers and hot water, but sometimes fall short of their ability to provide an adequate living situation in exchange for your cash. Rent is expensive too, so paying a whole lot to live in a place with a terrible landlord who doesn't fix anything is an absolute nightmare. When this woman's boyfriend was being taken advantage of, she stepped in and made it too expensive for the landlord to NOT get the washing machine fixed.

Zookeepers have strange and interesting jobs compared to what most of us do all day, so seeing them imitate animals makes us excited but also virulently jealous. Zookeepers at the Minnesota Zoo took photos of themselves as the animals they work with, and it makes us want to look for a job openings at the zoo. Our favorite is the millipede.

A bad boss can make or break a whole company. Sometimes they can even make everyone quit at once. Here's a good reminder that even if you feel stuck at a crappy job, you can evaluate your skills and may realize that you totally don't have to put up with the BS that a bad boss sticks you with daily.

If you've ever had your schedule at the beckon call of a city bus, there's certainly a time when you've cursed God for being seconds too late. This story at least makes up for a few of those times. Nothing rings in the ears of a malicious driver like the phrase "I am taking this bus." Tumblr is home to a wealth of fun stories, like these ones about genuinely innocent dude stories.

You better believe that an older woman at a gated community club could literally get offended by the prospect of an employee grabbing a cup of coffee. We applaud such a graceful solution that left a Karen so goddamned angry over nothing but her own misplaced sense of superiority.

That's a completely huge mistake that would probably put most people in a buttload of stress, but I guess if you can afford to lose a grand and not be bothered to get it back, then good for the pizza girl? If her job is anything like this pizza delivery woman's, then she deserves it.

Sometimes we get bogged down with the idea of "completely destroying" the people who have wronged you with some impressively satisfying act of nuclear revenge, but like they say "living well is the best revenge." This guy's petty move at the end there is a nice touch too.

These would have been classic fails if not for a healthy amount of luck. It's uncommon that two wrongs can make a right, but if you manage to fail a fail the right way, you can turn that baby into a win. It's like a win but with some extra suspense. Here's to the fails that landed on their feet.

That's some good stuff. When Deborah Price asked twitter for help finding a dress, people responded. Sometimes it's good to have a wholesome reminder of people's goodness. Kinda weird to see something like Twitter used for such a specific and kind purpose. Just cool that people get real joy out of helping each other.

This may come as a shock, but sometimes good things happen. And sometimes when bad things happen, people still care about each other. The idea is sort of foreign to us, but it's probably healthy to be aware of happy things sometimes. For more, here are wholesome memes to give your day a healthy pep talk.

As it turns out, working all day at a job that may not be your passion, and then unwinding by reading posts about stupid people, then watching gifs of stupider people nearly getting hit by trains isn't exactly what some would call "encouraging" or "relaxing." So here's a nugget of wholesomeness among all the excitement. For more wholesomeness, here's some wholesome memes to give your day a healthy pep talk, and here's wholesome memes to give yourself a boost. They really make them for every occasion.

What kids lack in vocabulary they make up for in creativity. And while they're not completely correct, they're definitely not inaccurate. So that helps. Enjoy your new words and watch out for poke trees and halloween eagles. For a big batch of funny tweets about parenting, check these out.

It seems weird, but apparently it's not very good to go around thinking everything sucks all the time. It's news to us too. Turns out there's people out there being supportive and successful out there, and it seems right to want a piece of the mental-health-pie. If you want more wholesome memes then check these out.

Holy crap, a facebook comments section that approaches the topic of race with tact, humor, and good vibes? It's a modern day unicorn! In a similarly constructive vein, here's a war veteran's insightful post about negative stereotyping.