I entertained the thought of drawing a smile on my mask. I decided it would probably look "insensitive" as I wheeled a family's deceased loved one out the door on a gurney.

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Best removal I ever did:

Loaded the deceased into my vehicle as the family of about 6 adults watched. Just before I pulled away one family member knocked on my window and he told me they were all going to salute as I pulled away and I didn't need to stop.

I thought that was pretty cool.

As I was leaving I looked in the rear view mirror and the whole family was flipping the bird high in the air. It was a beautiful send off.

I felt as though I was among my own kind. Brought a tear to my eye.

You just brought a tear to my eye. Bastard!

I thought that violin was never going to let go of her.

This one affects my breathing and makes my eyes tear.

Think I got something in my eyes.

orly?

My eyes must have deceived me.

*happy for sure @KrazyKat42

This made my eyes tear up for him. So nice.

That's phenomenal. Seriously.

It does seem clear it was the feline's intent to protect the kid from self-injury... kind of shockingly amazing to my eyes.

Wow.

*quality

Awww. Heart-warming.

Brought tears to my eyes.

Quality parenting. *doublepromote

I genuinely can't overstate the effect that this single performance had on Ireland as a country.

I saw this on VHS the afternoon following broadcast, pre-internet, pre-twitter, the grape vine was aflame with this being a must-see event. Of course I considered myself far too cool to have seen it broadcast during the Eurovision, but curiosity got the better of me. I finally agreed to watch it as my father was raving about it and wanted to show it to me on tape.

Hear that roar of approval at the end? That's the sound of Ireland, as a nation, spurred on by it's World Cup success, it's newly booming economy, the success of The Commitments, and the global stardom of U2, finally letting go of the collective cultural shame it felt for it's diddle-eye bullshit past, reinventing itself and saying "You know what, we *are* fucking great, and our culture is something to be proud of".

I think nationalism and patriotism are bullshit. But here, now, 25 years later, it's genuinely just brought a tear to my eye for what probably will not be the last time.

Larry Mitchell Hopkins was arrested on Saturday in New Mexico.

EDIT: This video infuriates me. If you are setting type and want to make it flush right and flush left, (Justified) you must use a smaller font. If you want to keep the larger size type then just make it flush right (Rag Right) OR flush left (Rag Left). The overlay text just ripped my eyes out! There ought to be a law!

GOD! What's this world coming to?

my eyes are sweating .. sweet story

I bought mine as babies from a closing pet store for $12 each. They're over 18" now <2 years later and to my eyes are just as pretty as those million dollar fish.....prettier, because mine are mostly butterfly koi with long flowing fins and tails.

Heartwarming. Brought tears to my eyes.

As much as I enjoyed this, the cynic in me couldn't stop from feeling like this whole thing was too overly motivated by the opportunity to capture it on camera.

Dude. Jesus fucking... no. What? I started singing this song randomly, having to the best of my knowledge not heard it today, and literally less than 10 seconds later clicked my bookmark to Videosift. Your post was at the top of the page. Thing #1 that my eyes went to.

I'm not going to lie, I'm not 100% entirely sober and clear-headed at the moment so I freaked out a bit and closed the tab. When I re-opened VS (after looking at my prior tabs to see if there was a mention of this song on one of them), your post wasn't on the page. Switched from "Just Published" to "Hot & Rising," and it wasn't there either. I was SO happy to find it when I searched, as I was briefly afraid I'd hallucinated it altogether.

So... thank you?

*promote