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Dog is playing with a balloon on its own.
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u/djheru
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Only child, can relate.
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u/cookisrussss 1d ago
Yup, my parents both worked and didn’t like me. This describes quite a few of my summers.
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u/Gary-the-Duck 1d ago
Always floating, never falling, floor is lava, balloon is life.
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u/DickButtPlease 1d ago •
You doing okay now?
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u/cookisrussss 1d ago
I have a lot of mental health issues but I’m on three different medications and I’m in therapy. I am a functional member of society for the most part.
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u/here_now_be 1d ago
I am a functional member of society for the most part.
Ah, you've got me beat.
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u/KevinEleven111 1d ago
Your psychiatrist must be better than mine, everything they've given me just makes my shit worse. Im raw dogging this shit every day. I dont blame psychiatry, Im pretty sure Im just so fucked up with so many overlapping mental illnesses that no one can properly diagnose me 😬😜
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u/cookisrussss 1d ago
I feel you. I’ve tried about 20+ different medications and about 40 different mental health professionals. I found a good therapist finally last year and had the health coverage to pay for it luckily. It’s been hard but I do a lot of meditation, yoga, and read self-help books. I also push myself to be social and active. It doesn’t stop hurting but I get stronger.
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u/KevinEleven111 1d ago
I feel you there, I've been working on being more social and its stressful but also rewarding, feels good to make progress. I guess I dont REALLY raw dog life because I self-medicate a bit, just a little weed at the end of every day. Actually does a pretty good job at keeping me balanced when I keep that cycle, but wake and baking I've found will literally tank my productivity and throws off my emotions, like big mood swings. I also drop acid once every couple of weeks or sometimes longer if I'm just not feeling it. For me that's extremely helpful because Im doing it ritually and with intention (and some luck tbh) but I wouldnt recommend it to most people with mental health problems, as psychedelics have sometimes made those mental illnesses worse, or can even trigger new ones when people are kind of predisposed either genetically or because of their history or whatever.
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u/cookisrussss 1d ago
I smoke a lot of indica as well, I deal with a lot of nausea and anxiety and it helps. I’m working to reduce my intake because I agree, my productivity gets impacted too!
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u/jadedtater 1d ago
Same. This was always the only option after looking at all the cards and board games we had, but never played.
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u/immapunchayobuns 1d ago
I mastered the art of playing against myself and forgetting what "other me" did or knows.
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u/Fritzkreig 1d ago
That is a very difficult skill I tried to master myself! I was lucky to have Nanny TV and Captain dial-up internet as back ups though!
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u/Dyskord01 1d ago
Same bro
My parents didnt even show up for my birth.
I once asked my dad if I could go ice-skating on the lake. He told me, “Wait til it gets warmer.”
My mother never breast fed me. She told me that she only liked me as a friend.
I could tell that my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio.
One year they wanted to make me poster boy… for birth control.
I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent back a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof.
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u/DarthVantos 1d ago
Im curious, would you happen to be Asian? Ive heard this quiet a few times from them.
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u/android24601 1d ago
Yo! This ain't even a balloon. That's a glove. Adorable nonetheless
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u/user_bits 1d ago
Anything can be a balloon it stretches enough.
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u/azurerose44 1d ago
Same. Used to play volleyball against the wall
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u/kelticslob 1d ago
I would throw a tennis ball up the pitch of the roof and let it roll back down towards me. I let gravity be my friend
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u/fuzzytradr 1d ago
I had that same fire in the belly, no quit, damn the obstacles, tunnel vision focus on the balloon like just like this dog lol.
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u/fractiousrhubarb
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I lived in a regional town with lots of loose friendly dogs… I can’t remember how it started but every Saturday morning i would blow up a few dozen balloons, and then blow a party blower (“a curlytoot”) on my 10 foot high back deck.
After a few minutes the local dog pack would assemble in my back yard, and the fun would begin by throwing the first balloon into a maelstrom of joyful exuberant dogs all leaping up and over each other to boop the ballon back up into the air
Eventually the balloon would get popped, and the dogs would all sit, looking up expectantly, before I would blow the curlytoot to announce the yeeting of another balloon and further mayhem.
It was glorious!
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u/woopsifarted 1d ago
I'm so fucking upset there's not a link to a video in your comment
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u/Drpyroxene 1d ago
Tell me more about "curlytoot" 😁
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u/PianoTrumpetMax 1d ago
As an American that is a way better name than as I know it, “Party horn”.
No one can say that this is not a curlytoot, but certainly an argument could be made against “party horn”.
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u/Drpyroxene 1d ago
Oooh I think I get it. So I've seen the "party blowers" that have just the paper rolly part, "party squawkers" that make noise but no paper roll, and then a combo of both... I'm assuming the "curlytoot". I'm from the US if that means anything but Ike I think that might be my new favorite word 😁😁😁
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u/anangrypudge 1d ago
I have never heard the term curlytoot but I knew exactly what you were talking about the moment you said it hahaha
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u/Cryptid_Girl 1d ago
I need a video of this to brighten my day
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u/fractiousrhubarb 1d ago
Alas it was before camera phones!
The funniest member of the pack was the half grown blue heeler who spent hours enthusiastically rooting his stuffed elephant in a variety of ways while we sat round cheering his endeavours, drinking beer and pissing ourselves laughing
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u/mangoblaster85 1d ago
I make it a point to mentally note things I'd like to see and experience were I to make it to heaven, and this may be at the top of the list now.
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u/FrankZelda 1d ago
Sir, that is a glove.
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u/loopy_cow 1d ago
Not for her.
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u/luciferforyou 1d ago
ah. I was assuming it was a condom for the rare five-headed penis.
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u/DeskInevitable5873 1d ago
I had a friend in middle school who one day decided to start referring to rubber gloves as 5 person condoms. It always bothered me because she only saw it as latex that can fit phallic shaped things in 5 compartments, whereas I always tried imagining 5 different people trying to put their penises inside the glove, and their bodies got in the way of them all being able to fit in it. So then each time she brought it up, my brain would spend 10+ minutes caught up in trying to successfully fit 5 penises in a rubber glove without detaching them from their owners’ bodies.
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u/anonymous12321 1d ago
I woke up this morning with a bad hangover And my penis was missing again.
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u/TheGrindstone 1d ago
Sorry man, but your liver was pretty messed up. But that dick was in prime condition, unused and all.
Sorry if the joke was mean btw, take no offense
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u/go2001 1d ago
This dogs getting it's claim to fame. 2nd video I've seen of it
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u/Guilty-Of-Everything 1d ago
Haven't seen first video, plz link 🥺
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u/Guilty-Of-Everything 1d ago
You are amazing and I appreciate the effort you took to bring me this joy. I love you and hope you have a good weekend, Internet friend. ❤️
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u/TractorBee 1d ago
Bluey - Keepy Uppy
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u/CooperDoops 1d ago
Have I got a game for you…
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u/LettuceUnlucky5921 1d ago
My dog: bites it- it pops- she shits herself bc of the noise and looks at me like it’s my fault
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u/jackiebee66 1d ago
I love these lighthearted innocent moments. Our cat once got out of the house and my son walked downstairs and she was chasing a butterfly around the yard. It’s just sweet.
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u/Lazarus704 1d ago edited 1d ago
I felt that moment when it was about to touch the floor and the dog rushed as fast as he could to get a single hit
Edit: Sorry said he should have said they!
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u/funcooker_ 1d ago
Was anyone else worried she’d get her paw stuck in the track?
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u/Imaginary_Rain2390 1d ago
No. Tram tracks typically have a shallow square recess so if the paw went in, it would lift straight out.
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u/Ok-Clothes5143 1d ago
Anyone else notice? I do believe this is a soon-to-be momma dog. Getting that last hurrah in before parent time begins.
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u/polloloco81 1d ago
Is doggo homeless? I didn’t see a collar and I just hope it’s well taken care of.
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u/zapsquad 1d ago
it looks like turkey, they take good care of their strays
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u/theodopolis13 1d ago
If I reincarnate, I want to come back as I stray dog there.
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u/steveosek 1d ago
Or cats. Turkey is famous for taking good care of their stray cars and dogs.
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u/thanelinway 1d ago
Stray dogs are quite casual in Turkey. You can tell that they are being taken care of by the local government by having a yellow ear tag instead of a collar.
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u/noobatious 1d ago
Most developing and recently developed nations take good care of their strays. They're more like community-owned dogs. Same for cats.
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u/GreenTeaPls92 1d ago
It doesn't looks like typical stray dogs in Turkey.Maybe store owners dogs are around.
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u/sammyg723 1d ago
Wasn’t this the same dog playing with the red balloon, all by its self? 🤔
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u/fornefariouspurposes 1d ago
Yeah. Either someone saw her playing with this glove and gave her the red balloon, or someone gave her this glove after her red balloon got popped. https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/wdhmva/a_dog_playing_with_a_balloon_in_the_streets_of/
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u/EldenGutts 1d ago
I love how she tried really hard not to let it touch the ground, so cute /r/likeus
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u/NoMoassNeverWas 1d ago
The poor baby is likely a stray. But in Istanbul strays are cared for by public, as we can see dog isn't skinny.
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u/The_Dynasty_Group 1d ago
That dog is having the time of its life. Now tell Me animals have no souls
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u/throwawaymyyhoeaway 1d ago
The pure joy of just bopping the balloon. This dog reminds us of the simple pleasures that can bring immense joys throughout the day in life ☺️
This video definitely is a great start to my day, smiling all around
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u/New-Promotion1997 1d ago
Love how a single happy dog can make all people around happy.
Dogs might be the key to world peace 🔑
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u/Juz28us 1d ago
Gosh for some reason this actually makes me feel sad. He looks like he’s having fun now, but what happens after? Is he going to feel lonely? Is he going to get enough to eat? Does he have a safe place to stay? Is he going to stay warm? He gets all the attention now, but what happens after? It just makes me feel sad
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u/canhimself 1d ago
Municipalities and shop owners keep them fed most of the time and they have their own pack in all around of İstanbul, dogs have it harder than cats but being stray in TR is not the same with Western understanding of it, all of us do their fair share of buying them foods, and like I said municipalities have drink and meal boxes everywhere in the streets for them to drink and eat.
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u/smurfpiss 1d ago
We just adopted a doggo from Turkey. He was a stray and he's so sweet. We're one month in and he's learned so much.
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u/noobatious 1d ago
People in those countries go around feeding strays, and even taking them to the vet once in a while.
Here in India you sometimes have monkeys and other random animals turing up at the vet with injuries lol. Most people here live in apartments and most trains, planes, malls, stores and restaurants don't allow you to carry your dog with yourself. So it's much more convenient to feed strays. Owning a pet is easier when stuff around you is pet-friendly.
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u/batterylevellow 1d ago
She (not he) will most likely be fine. She looks like a strong dog, not malnourished. People will feed her and take care of her when they see something might be wrong with her.
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u/NotMyRealName778 1d ago
The dogs fine, This is İstiklal Street and it is very close to where I work. It is safe and I doubt he gets bored. Strays often get bothered by extreme temperature changes, especially the puppies. He's probably well fed, I actually saw this dog last week and he was just chilling on the sidewalk.
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u/app4that 1d ago
The dog is very cute but the street is SO CLEAN! Looks like Disney World level glean…Where is this exactly?
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u/The_Best_Gancho 1d ago
I found this from a feature I just now noticed after looking through depressing news stuff that said “shake your phone to get a break” and I do not regret it
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u/RyLarMusic 1d ago
Would be cool if someone found all the other cell videos from this and stitched it into some sort of 4D masterpiece
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u/LordBillious 1d ago
What town is this?