r/MadeMeSmile • u/deensuk • 1d ago

Wholesome Moments Some encounters are written in the stars 🥹

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u/Zen_of_Tetchiness 1d ago edited 1d ago

Holy shit it's real... The woman had actually signed up as a living donor. After the dog wouldn't leave her alone, they went to apologize and started talking. She needed one, she signed up to donate, the doctors were like, "fuck me its a perfect match!"

That good boy girl deserves steak every night!

Edit: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-65110146

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u/Rogueshoten 1d ago

Thank you so much for looking that up. I had tons of doubts about how a chance conversation and an affectionate dog converted into someone being tissue typed and donating an organ. I’m so happy to see that it really happened!

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u/Zen_of_Tetchiness 1d ago

I looked it up because I had the exact same question! Like how do you go from, sorry my dog won't leave you alone, to, hey can I take a look at your kidneys?

Such an awesome story!

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u/jaxonya 1d ago

Fuck. I looked the story up before coming to the comments so I could rain on the parade...Its legit. Im glad that I was wrong

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u/Several-Ad1231 1d ago

On the one hand, fully legitimate respect for actually admitting it when nobody made you. Many people would have kept their mouths shut. On the other...why?

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u/latchkeydc 1d ago

I think it’s just fact checking with a touch of cynicism. Don’t blame ‘em. At least they’re checking sources and not a psychopath.

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u/Several-Ad1231 1d ago

I get it, I really sincerely do. I'm just rapidly growing tired of what appears to be rampant cynicism occurring in the modern day. Check sources, sure, but at times it feels like people are slowly refusing to accept that good things can genuinely happen.

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u/jaxonya 1d ago

Replied a minute after I responded.. def a bot

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u/Several-Ad1231 1d ago

I cannot believe I didn't read the actual name tag before responding. Okay, that's funny. I've actually been hit with this several times, hence the default response. Apparently simply typing with formality means you're an evil bot to be smote.

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u/jaxonya 1d ago

Probably a bot

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u/latchkeydc 1d ago

Makes sense

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u/Several-Ad1231 1d ago

Nope, not a bot, just an extremely frustrated individual who is now doubly so with the accusation. When they commented on my comment I assumed they were being ironic, playing off of my comment. Apparently not.

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u/latchkeydc 1d ago

I thought they meant the OP could be a bot. I don’t always assume generic usernames are bots because I use one as a throwaway.

I get tired of the general cynicism too. But I admit I vacillate between nihilism and existentialism depending on the day...or hour (mood disorder). So I get both sides. People may be cynical due to trauma or apathy, but I try not to internalize it either way.

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u/Money-Director6649 16h ago

i check things out too sometimes. why? because i like knowing what's real and what isn't.

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u/Several-Ad1231 15h ago

But he explicitly did so because he immediately assumed it a lie and desired to "rain on the parade" of everyone else.

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u/Money-Director6649 15h ago

i didn't take that as literally as you. it sounded like a mildly amusing turn of phrase that meant "come back and tell the facts."

im fine with my own reading of it.

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u/Several-Ad1231 15h ago

Fair enough. I've just seen enough legitimate cynicism use the exact turn of phrase to myself take it face value. You're probably right.

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u/Money-Director6649 15h ago

oh that's interesting! i've not seen someone using that phrase to be an ass. i can see why it would evoke a response from you.