Honestly this story might be *too* sad, so only read on if you want to learn about a guy who thoroughly disappointed his late father's dog in the most accidentally cruel way possible. For a much lighter dog story, here's a very sweet story of a good boy moving to a new house and licking all the doors.
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Charlotte said "My father had not seen his Army buddy, Ken, in 58 years and our family arranged a surprise visit. Incidentally, Dad's nickname in the Army was "Tex" and no one else has ever called him that."
That's some pretty powerful stuff right there.
Via Merry Thieves
We know the first thing you're gonna say and don't worry, he's fine. The channel says "Don is okay and had a good laugh at this video a few days later when we showed him." So there you go. That said, this is sort of a testament to how realistic VR can feel. That or how poorly a demo team can screw up preparing someone for VR. Arguments for both.
This enthusiastic dad experienced the face of outrage in a very concerned principal, after teaching his kids extreme nerf gun war tactics. It sounds like he met the school's disapproval with nothing but proud admiration over his kids' performance in the nerf gun arena of chaos, within their school. Also, that school sounds quite intense! An overall enjoyable tale.
So...crying is what's on the agenda for today then, huh? Right on. In all seriousness, this touching Twitter thread will take you on a feels trip. It's as if the story gets a little more emotional, every time we read it.
As bad as things get, which they do very often, we're still impressed by incredible coincidences that just seem to happen all the time. It's not every day that you meet someone who played such an important role in your past. This is the stuff that hearts were warmed from. If you're in the market for some more wholesome stuff, here's a guy realizing his neighbor Gene is cooler than he expected.
