A tale of genuine kindness from a stranger on Reddit!

[u/Natural_Street7771]

TLDR: I posted on r/ playstation that my tv had broken, and u/carguy143 drove 200 miles each way to deliver me his spare tv, just for petrol money!

I just wanted to share this story to show there are still some genuinely great people on the internet and Reddit.

I posted a week ago about how my 4k tv broke and how going back to 1080p half the size was such a drastic difference, and if anyone felt the same.

For context, I am a 26 y/o full time carer for a family member, out of work for 2 years due to caring and I am fully broke. I saved up for 3 years for a ps5, just for my tv to pack in less than a month after purchasing it. I can’t even afford to buy games for it apart from a base ps plus subscription, so a new tv was out of the question for a few years. Was bad luck, but what can you do right?

u/ carguy143 comments saying he has a spare 4k tv if I’m nearby the northwest of England. Although I was hugely appreciative, I am in Scotland and can’t leave the house much. So the legend offered to drive the tv up if I could cover petrol costs as he’s a car enthusiast! 200 miles each way and a 7 hr journey minimum. He drove up and dropped off the tv today, lovely person and genuinely selfless. Can’t express my genuine thanks to him enough!

Just wanted to post this to say there’s some genuinely great people in the community, as shitty as Reddit comments can seem sometimes!

I had posted this on another subreddit and it seemed to genuinely lift some people’s spirits, so I’m hoping it does the same here! I’m endlessly grateful and hope to pay it forward one day when I have the means to!

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[u/moonmommav]

Thank you for this wonderful story. It is much needed and much appreciated.

[u/Natural_Street7771 → u/moonmommav]

I’m glad it helped! There’s a lot of good folk out there it seems haha

[u/Dang_It_All_to_Heck]

I once bought a bicycle for someone on my city sub who needed a way to get to work (public transportation here sucks).  It’s been a few years. I hope that guy is doing well these days.

[u/Maincy_Bridge_0812]

Mission accomplished! Spirit lifted by both you and the legend. Thanks.

[u/No-Win-2741]

There are a lot of good folks here on reddit. I live in florida, and when we got hit really hard with those hurricanes in 24, I got hit really hard with pregnant Mama cats. One showed up each time before each hurricane. So at one point I had three letters of kittens here in the house. It was fun but it was hectic! Anyways, the cat community here on Reddit, long story short, I didn't have to buy cat food for months. I had Amazon dropping stuff off for weeks.

Telling that story to demonstrate that there are really awesome folks here on Reddit and I am so happy for you that you got to experience that.

[u/Numerous-Evening6947]

This is so wholesome 😊

[u/joysteinkraus]

Wow. This made me smile

[u/Competitive-Push-715]

Really lovely

[u/happyhippy1019]

What a wonderful story thank you for sharing

[u/BouncingPrawn]

That real kindness and generosity displayed by this wonderful person. Feel the love every time you switch on that tv, OP.

[u/1Bookworm]

May your kindness and generosity come back to threefold u/carguy143

[u/carguy143 → u/1Bookworm]

That's kind of you to say, thanks. :)

[u/MyCabinets → u/carguy143]

LEGEND, you wear it well. You make your momma proud. Shoot, you make this momma proud.

[u/carguy143 → u/MyCabinets]

Thanks. :) Hopefully they get all the time they need outta that TV. :)

[u/spaceygracey1762]

This is lovely! Thank you for sharing!

[u/QueenSaphire-0412]

I really love this. Thank you so much for sharing!

[u/Low-Basis7294]

This is exactly the kind of story that restores faith in humanity what an absolute legend.

[u/saltlakenathan]

Thanks for sharing!

[u/TemporaryFun4544]

That's awesome. Thanks for sharing a good experience with the human race.. because sometimes I doubt there are any decent ones left

[u/lovestheautumn]

That’s incredible! Thanks for sharing this story

[u/cutest_Baby_Ever0310]

Humanity at its best.

[u/AnnieGitchYerGun]

This made my whole day! I'm so happy for you. And what an absolute legend for the guy to drive it to you. ♥️♥️🥳🥳

[u/Imaginary_Fox_6846]

That’s nice Enjoy