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My 3yo said she wanted to be an astronaut, and I said she had to study hard, go to college, learn a lot of science, and take a physical fitness test, and she shrugged and said, "That's just 4 things." So she's basically a nonchalant motivational speaker.
-- jendziura, nicenews.com
When my daughter was 7 years-old, she once interrupted a bedtime story to tell me, "In a pie-eating contest, it doesn't matter if you win or lose because you get to eat pie." I think about that a lot.
-- NicolasG, nicenews.com
I was at a Braves baseball game and got up to go to the restroom. Before I washed my hands, I took off my grandmother’s diamond ring she had given me. When I went back to my seat, I realized I had forgotten it, as I had put it on a shelf. So I went back to the restroom and it was not there. I was so sad. Then I proceeded to go to the lost and found and they had my ring! I couldn't believe it. The nice lady behind the counter said the couple behind me found my ring and was waiting to see if I recovered it. I turned around and gave the woman that found my ring a big hug as well as her husband. They were as happy as me that it got back on my hand.
-- Mitzi C., nicenews.com
I was driving on a 40-mph four-lane main street divided by a grassy median when I saw what I thought was a bag blowing across the street, but what actually was a small turtle. As I passed over it, I came to a stop and looked behind and saw it turn around and continue its slow progress. It would have been difficult for me to exit my car with my cane, but behind me a light was turning green, so I put on my flashers and waited. Two lanes of six cars stopped and sat there. A young man got out of his vehicle, walked over, picked the turtle up, and carried it across the median and the other two lanes and put it down headed into the trees on the other side. Once he got back into his vehicle, everyone proceeded on their way. A good day in my part of the metropolis!
-- Kathleen P., nicenews.com
Most people you meet in everyday life — at work, in the neighborhood — are decent and normal. Even nice. But hit Twitter or watch the news, and you'd think we were all nuts and nasty.
Why it matters: The rising power and prominence of the nation's loudest, meanest voices obscures what most of us personally experience: Most people are sane and generous — and too busy to tweet.
Reality check: It turns out, you're right. We dug into the data and found that, in fact, most Americans are friendly, donate time or money, and would help you shovel your snow. They are busy, normal and mostly silent.
These aren't the people with big Twitter followings or cable-news contracts — and they don't try to pick fights at school board meetings.
So the people who get the clicks and the coverage distort our true reality.
Three stats we find reassuring:
One chart worth sharing: As polarized as America seems, Independents — who are somewhere in the middle — would be the biggest party. Continue here....
-- Erica Pandey, Mike Allen
