Mr Rodgers is the best.
this post was submitted on 30 May 2025
586 points (100.0% liked)
Lemmy Be Wholesome
9522 readers
327 users here now
Welcome to Lemmy Be Wholesome. This is the polar opposite of LemmeShitpost. Here you can post wholesome memes, palate cleanser and good vibes.
The home to heal your soul. No bleak-posting!
Rules:
1. Be Respectful
Refrain from using harmful language pertaining to a protected characteristic: e.g. race, gender, sexuality, disability or religion.
Refrain from being argumentative when responding or commenting to posts/replies. Personal attacks are not welcome here.
...
2. No Illegal Content
Content that violates the law. Any post/comment found to be in breach of common law will be removed and given to the authorities if required.
That means: -No promoting violence/threats against any individuals
-No CSA content or Revenge Porn
-No sharing private/personal information (Doxxing)
...
3. No Spam
Posting the same post, no matter the intent is against the rules.
-If you have posted content, please refrain from re-posting said content within this community.
-Do not spam posts with intent to harass, annoy, bully, advertise, scam or harm this community.
-No posting Scams/Advertisements/Phishing Links/IP Grabbers
-No Bots, Bots will be banned from the community.
...
4. No Porn/Explicit
Content
-Do not post explicit content. Lemmy.World is not the instance for NSFW content.
-Do not post Gore or Shock Content.
...
5. No Enciting Harassment,
Brigading, Doxxing or Witch Hunts
-Do not Brigade other Communities
-No calls to action against other communities/users within Lemmy or outside of Lemmy.
-No Witch Hunts against users/communities.
-No content that harasses members within or outside of the community.
...
6. No NSFW Content
-Content shouldn't be NSFW
-Refrain from posting triggering content, if the content might be triggering try putting it behind NSFW tags.
7. Content should be Wholesome, we accept cute cats, kittens, puppies, dogs and anything, everything that restores your faith in humanity!
Content that isn't wholesome will be removed.
...
8. Reposting of Reddit content is permitted, try to credit the OC.
-Please consider crediting the OC when reposting content. A name of the user or a link to the original post is sufficient.
...
- No politics. So no mentioning government officials etc
Also check out:
Partnered Communities:
...
Reach out to @[email protected] for inclusion on the sidebar.
All communities included on the sidebar are to be made in compliance with the instance rules.~~___~~___
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Thank you for sharing this, OP.
Mr. Rogers was an amazing human being unlike any other. What a beautiful soul. Let's never forget him - and let's remember that his kind words and the toil of his labor were meant for us all.
You're welcome 😊
Who? And who is he talking to?
Mr. Rogers. And he's talking to you.
But also you!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rogers and I guess he is talking to all the kids he reached with his programme, both young and now older.
I'm crying
But also right now I've been imploding and I am the bad guy, and I don't know how to forgive myself. Like 4 days after ending a relationship with the kindest person I've ever met because I want kids and she doesn't, I spiraled and slept with my roommate who also had a break up. I then broke down at our housewarming party and told my ex and she hates me now, but she's a huge part of my life still. I'm trying to patch things up with my roommate but I'm worried I'm leading her on, and then we found out a new friend of mine has been gossiping about the situation after I went to his in an absolute broken state.
This all comes down to my fault and I just can't keep going with the shame. I don't want to be me anymore.
Please Mr. Rogers give me strength.
This all comes down to my fault
No, it isn't... Partial responsability, yes. But. Seems to me you're handling it as best as you can, which may not be enough to some, but still that's on them. Also, you feel remorse, that's got to count. Anyway, above all, the gossip is way beyond you..
We need more Mr. Rogers and fewer Trumps in this world.
Do these empty platitudes do something for you all? They just don't seem to work for me.
Edit: Apparently empty platitudes do actually work for a lot of people. Fair enough.
I think it resonates with people so hard because from him, I don't think it was just an empty platitude. If you've never seen it, this would take about 7 minutes to watch and would demonstrate this, I think.
Presbyterians don't have canonized saints but if they did, Fred Rogers would probably be at the top of the list. He was a Presbyterian minister who made teaching, encouraging, and building up children his life's work. He did it, without being condescending, by coming to them through their television sets every week. Something no one else had ever done before.
I think when he told millions of kids, "I like you just the way you are", he meant it. Kids need to hear that. I sure did.
Empty if they came from someone who didn't spend every moment of his being encouraging children and adults alike to be their best selves. It's Mr Rogers. I read it in his voice. His words hit me right in the balls and made me keel over breathless.
Watch his testimony to the Senate Subcommittee that was planning to cut PBS funding, and tell me it doesn't touch you.
Oof, right in the balls.
It's sad that you think he wasn't being honest.
I think they just don’t know about Mr. Rodgers’ Neighborhood. AFAIK only aired in the US. I only know about it from online videos.
I mean he's doing better than my parents.
It seems empty because you doubt the sincerity, but Mr. Rogers was the real deal, he really meant it.
The only real life coach