Everyone deserves a friend

"Don't come to work tomorrow."

"thanks for the Snickers."

For everyone who doesn't believe this sort of thing ever happens, there's a reason why this former security guard is now sitting offstage to the left of Jimmy Kimmel every night.

Kimmel started talking to him, befriended him, and eventually gave him a job.

Some people are nice. Some successful people are nice and are friends with other people who are not as successful as them. Sometimes they even help them out if they can.

Traveled down the road and back again...

Getting from there to here.
Your heart is true, you're a pal and a confidant!
- And if you threw a party
In my head, I always hear this as the sample from this song.
I highly recommend it to anyone who's into the harder genres of music. Idek what genre to call this, but it's got the noise and flow of Death Grips with Blockhead's whimsical weirdness and air of nostalgia.
(Here's another good one!)
- Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
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is there a lemmy version of r/thathappened yet?

As a custodian who is often treated like I might as well be invisible, this can absolutely happen. Those who show even the tiniest bit of respect to us are often the only ones and it is greatly appreciated.
- I’m sorry if you’re not appreciated enough where you work and I just want to say a deep thank you for what you do - you keep the wheels turning. I used to be friends and neighbours with our custodian (before they moved to a warmer country and we lost touch) and having seen the state of the office in just one day without my buddy when he was off sick (people are such animals), it’s people like you that make a place nice and uplifting to be in. Thank you, fishos.
- Well, on behalf of everyone who should say so but doesn’t, thanks for making our workplaces, schools, etc. less terrible. Y’all are underrated.
- ok, true enough, but that timestamp is from 2020, so either way it is super recycled
- You are not invisible. I see you. You are an essential worker. Imagine what malls, offices and especially schools would be like without custodians. So thank you for the hard work you do.
- do you awkwardly go to people at work and say "thank you for being my friend"?
- I appreciate the people who keep our society from imploding and tell 'em. Thank you for your labors dude/ladydude!
- Much respect. What you do should be valued much more highly.
Is there a lemmy version of r/nothingeverhappens
This guy's (image not op) whole thing on Twitter seemed to be post something like that and then 5 donation posts. I couldn't determine if legit but seemed sketchy so I blocked.
More like r/nothingeverhappens God, it gets old interacting with r/thathappened peeps. We get it, you don't believe a downvote is enough, or are "too good" to use downvotes. No one cares.
- All the posts are along the lines of "I was walking down the street and I found a $100 note on the ground", yeah, it's entirely possible that it happened, stuff that's unlikely isn't impossible, especially given the global population of 7 billion people.
!thathappened@lemmy.world
It's dormant, but it exists!
Is there a /r/nothingeverhappens yet?

The janitor my elementary got in trouble for being observed roller skating on the the roof of our gymnasium. Rumor started that they'll fire him and every student promised violence if they did. Like, sure, maybe he should that but also otherwise he's beloved so feel free to test your assumptions on the student response.

when I was in grade school who had a very nice Japanese janitor. one day a girl said he touched her and he killed himself. Afterwards the girl later said she lied about it.
Thinking back to my middle school days, it's entirely possible there janitor never rollerskated on the roof, the administration had no plans to fire him, but the students were still prowling around threatening violence over it 🤣
Roller skating on the gym roof is awesome! He shouldn't have been fired.
- It's amazing! They should have been given a raise!

is this really that unbelievable

people have been known to drink coffee, sometimes in the presence of others, even

No, unbelievability isn’t the problem, but I remember reading this long before Twitter was renamed X.
- Well the timestamp does say 2020.
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surprised Pikachu

"And then everyone clapped and I got a raise"

Bit cynical

Sounds like it came straight out of a Dhar Mann video

Yeah, infantalising mawkish drivel.
The image of this lonely peasant so eager for one of his betters to bless him with their company, it could only be written by someone very detached from reality

It was the friends we made along the way.

I'd be ashamed to befriend a person that earns 10 times less than me

what the fuck?
- I wonder why my comment provoked such a reaction. Imagine that you drink coffee with a person that barely has their ends meet, while you live a decent life, having a nice apartment, access to therapy, a car, and a motorcycle.
  But you both work in the same building, and you know that this is unfair. Moreover, you probably couldn't offer help or even buy them coffee because they would think this is offensive.
  And the only thing I feel is the shame of taking advantage over them.
With attitudes like that, you'd be doing them a favor by not befriending them. They can do better.
- Kinda makes sense
That's not very humble of you Mr. Tight Band