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Meme creator Tank Sinatra shares his top feel-good news stories from 2017

The guy behind one of Instagram’s most popular meme accounts shows a different side with this run-through.

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A dad from New York has shared his top 10 good news stories from 2017 which include goodwill gestures after hurricanes in Houston and Puerto Rico and a guy saving a rabbit from the California wildfires.

But why should anyone care what George Resch thinks?

This is a 37-year-old man who describes himself as a quasi-adult, that is someone who is “still an idiot but has bills and responsibilities”.

But he also has more than 1.9 million followers on two Instagram accounts including TanksGoodNews. It offers up #relentlessoptimisim about the world, sharing good news stories which Resch believes can often go unnoticed.

George Resch (George Resch)
George Resch (George Resch)

Here’s his hot take on good news for the year.

10. JJ Watts single-handedly raises 20 million dollars for victims of Hurricane Harvey

9. Blind triplets earn Eagle Scout

8. Dentist replaces domestic abuse victim’s teeth for free

7. Brave anonymous young man saves wild rabbit from California wildfires

6. Barber who cuts homeless people’s hair for free gets his own shop through a donation

5. 74-year-old man walks miles a day to find kidney donation match for his wife, and finds one!

4. Zappos offers to cover funeral costs for all 58 people killed in Las Vegas shooting

3. Man hoarding doomsday supplies donates it all to Puerto Rican hurricane victims

2. Hundreds of recreational boat owners, aka The Cajun Navy, rescue people stranded in Hurricane Harvey

1. Woman raises 400,000 dollars for homeless man who gave her his last 20 dollars

Aww. Seems 2017 wasn’t all bad after all. George shares his stories on TanksGoodNews.

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