Snarkless: Baby Otters, Wholesome Stories, and Beginner’s Luck

Snarkless – Because even we need a break from the madness. Once a day, we swallow our sarcasm (it burns, honestly) and deliver three legitimately good news stories—no cynicism, no side-eye, just pure, unfiltered positivity. It’s weird for us too, but hey, even the apocalypse deserves a little sunshine.

Here are a few more Snarkless stories making the rounds . . .

1.  Is beginner’s luck a real thing?  A guy in North Carolina just played the lottery for the first time and won $150,000.  He said he’ll use some of the money to pay for trade school.  He’s training to be a welder.

2.  BuzzFeed posted a big list of wholesome, uplifting things people have posted online this year.  Basically, 32 examples of things that made someone’s day.

3.  A kayaker in Sweden is going viral thanks to an otter that absolutely loves him.  Her name is Leya.  He found her as a baby a year-and-a-half ago and realized her mother was gone.

He nursed her back to health and released her, so she’s fine on her own.  But whenever he shows up in his kayak, she gets excited and jumps up on his lap like a dog.  Here’s a video, and another where he tells the whole story.