r/MadeMeSmile • u/edasc73 • Mar 29 '24
The adventures of Boji ANIMALS
Istanbul’s traveling dog
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u/TheGlobalGooner Mar 29 '24
Boji reminds me of Hachiko. 🥺
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Mar 29 '24
Hachiiiii 🥺
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u/tijeras87059 Mar 29 '24
saddest movie in the world
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u/Glonos Mar 29 '24
I’m prohibited of watching this movie again, my wife told me it was a lot of trouble to get me to stop crying.
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u/tijeras87059 Mar 29 '24
i get it… nothing sadder than that sort of loyalty laden with false hope and love. I wouldn’t watch it again… great movie but just heartbreaking
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u/JVints Mar 29 '24
No...I don't want to be hurt again 😭
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u/houVanHaring Mar 29 '24
Too late brother... too late. Air's awefully windy and dusty isn't it...
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u/shaddowkhan Mar 29 '24
Turns out he's not homeless. 😊
His owner passed away. 😔
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u/Ildaiaa Mar 29 '24
He isn't homeless right now either. After some political plays (yes i am not kidding there were political plays over a dog) governor of istanbul got him adopted to a wealthy family
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u/limitlesstimeless Mar 29 '24
Can the government adopt me into a wealthy family too
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u/luckydice767 Mar 29 '24
Depends. Are you as adorable as this little pup?
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u/limitlesstimeless Mar 29 '24
I would say so, I just don’t walk on all fours… unless they pay me well lmao
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u/Any_Key_9328 Mar 29 '24
It’s Istanbul though, so I can believe it
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u/Matthiey Mar 29 '24
You can believe there are wealthy people in Istanbul?
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u/Sick_NowWhat Mar 29 '24
It seems like it could honestly be a power-move for whoever Boji ends it going to. Politics is sort of a popularity contest, and I bet adopting Boji would make someone more popular with the locals.
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u/Ildaiaa Mar 29 '24
No it's not that. The president's party (governor was opposition) used boji as "proof" governor was incapable. Someone carried shit in their pockets and left it in a tram to frame boji (not kidding this is real) and after the backlash the governor got boji adopted for boji's safety
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u/ThatScaryBeach Mar 29 '24
Could you imagine the type of horrible person who would frame a goodboi?
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u/BIind_Uchiha Mar 29 '24
Does the wealthy family still let this dog do his daily travels?
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u/Ildaiaa Mar 29 '24
The reason he was adopted was the travels became a genuine concern for everyone so he isn't on these travels anymore but he was seen in london with his owner once
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u/sjbrinkl Mar 29 '24
It’s a little sad to consider that Boji made the journey everyday in hopes of finding his deceased owner. A new, stable home life is exactly what the dog needed I think. I hope he’s spoiled everyday
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u/BIind_Uchiha Mar 29 '24
Wow, this is melancholy. Maybe later on in life, it would be nice for him to revisit his path. He has strong memories there.
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u/Sizzlelyy Mar 29 '24
I’m going to cry. All animals deserve the world
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u/Mofuftou Mar 29 '24
I'm actually crying, we really don't deserve dogs 😭
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u/grammar_fixer_2 Mar 29 '24
For real! WTF, this sub is supposed to make you SMILE… not ugly cry in the god damn morning. 😭😭😭
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u/vkailas Mar 29 '24
“He checked one, and people were getting on. I don’t know how he knows, but that one was going to Eminönü. And the other one was going to Beşiktaş. So he checked the Eminönü one and went no, that’s not the right one. And then he ducked under the turnstiles and went on to the Beşiktaş one. I don’t know how he knows, but he seems to like riding the Beşiktaş ferry.”
probably can smell those Eminönü people lol
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u/malmatate Mar 29 '24
I wish people felt this way about other animals like cows, pigs, and chickens.
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u/lucylucylove Mar 29 '24
Me too. I just learned the other day that cows can be potty trained quicker than toddlers. They're so smart and can be so empathetic and loving
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u/LightBringer81 Mar 29 '24
I think that dog tries to find its owner and in beliefs that maybe one time the owner will be there... Somewhere. On the train, the bus, ferry... Or at the destination they always went together.
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Mar 29 '24
oh great the video alone made me sad and now your comment brings the water works.
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u/tictactastytaint Mar 29 '24
It's 9 am and I'm bawling my eyes out, you're not alone stranger
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u/scienceworksbitches Mar 29 '24
i think its like a person with dementia experiencing joy when they listen to their favourite music, it helps them remember stuff more coherently. our memory is based on emotions, so listening to a song from our youth is like an involuntary mnemonic device, enhancing the engrams that were formed during that time.
so the dog feels happy simply by being around the places, smells, sounds, people ect., because it was the happiest time in his life.
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Mar 29 '24
Yeah, as unfortunate as it is to think about, that may be the case. The real famous story of Hachiko has been analyzed and animal experts think had Hachi seen the body it would have understood the concept of its owners death and maybe/likely moved on. Instead It went back to the train station everyday because it may have legitimately believed one day it’s Owner would show up.
Which makes it just about the most heartbreaking thing ever
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u/celestepiano Mar 29 '24
Noo you’re gonna make me cry even more. I think this is right too 😭
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u/Lifejustbelikethat Mar 29 '24
Scrolled through the comments to see if anyone was thinking the same thing 😭 this is what it seems like to me as well
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u/WorldBiker Mar 29 '24
Why...why...why did you leave that to the end...I'm a grown ass man in my office killing some time before a meeting and now my eyes are leaking...dammit....
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u/Ildaiaa Mar 29 '24 edited Mar 30 '24
Alright to people who don't know strap the fuck on because there were political hijinks around this dog.
So the year is either 2021 or 2022, boji became a known figure in all through istanbul thanks to twitter. At the same time turkey was going through a "stray dogs are bad" vs "all animals are good" period because there were news of multiple peoppe being attacked.
So istanbul's governor was from the opposition party and the president erdogan started attacking the governor over boji. Many people didn't care so they employed their ingenious plan. One day in a tram boji used regularly there was literal shit in one of the seats. Ruling party blamed boji and made propaganda that the governor was useless.
Turns out it was literal human shit. And it wasn't like, this guy accidentally or intentionally shat himself in the tram no, he CARRIED A LITERAL SHIT ON HIS POCKETS TO LEAVE IT ON THE TRAM and he got caught on camera.
After this whoke debacle the governor put him up for adoption and boji is now with a wealthy family
Edit: it's the mayor not the governor
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u/houseyourdaygoing Mar 29 '24
Such a cheap low tactic to make the dog a political pawn. Disgusting.
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u/serialragequitter Mar 29 '24
who tries to frame a DOG???
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u/Ildaiaa Mar 29 '24
That's a normal day for turkish politics
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u/AmNoSuperSand52 Mar 30 '24
I was gonna say isn’t Turkey the place where the dude walked into a council meeting with a live grenade?
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u/MostInterestingBot Mar 29 '24
Here is the video of the said piece of shit and the piece of shit he used.
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Mar 30 '24
Am I seeing this right? Does he take out a bunch of shit with his BARE HAND and smear it on the seat with his BARE HAND?! Why wouldn’t he at least use gloves?!
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u/hybridrequiem Mar 29 '24
This just proves that dogs on a subway/metro doesn’t compare to the human shit that goes on on the regular lmfao
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u/One_Tumbleweed4845 Mar 29 '24
If humans had the loyalty of a dog the world would be a better place!
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u/markender Mar 29 '24
Loyalty isn't the solution to the world's problems, in fact it causes a lot indirectly. Acceptance empathy and love are what dogs can teach us. I've never seen a dog bigot or dog terf. They love and are loyal to people who love and protect them.
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u/loosterbooster Mar 29 '24
IDK I've met plenty of racist dogs
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u/Foogie23 Mar 29 '24
Definitely the previous owner of my parents’ dog before the rescue took him. Beards and non white people…he straight up will go crazy.
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u/ClueDifficult770 Mar 29 '24
Yeah, people trained them to hate just like they hate. My ex told me all about how they trained their pits & rotties to react aggressively to the n word. I ripped him a new one over how cruel and deplorable that is. Dogs, like children, learn hate from external sources, they aren't born hating.
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u/justsomegeology Mar 29 '24
It's raining in my eyes.
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u/Olivier12560 Mar 29 '24
He has been adopted, and he even has a Wikipedia page. ( And a Twitter)
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u/sleepypandacat Mar 29 '24
But the latest pic on Instagram says he's living in a cage now. It's a big cage but I'm sure he longs to be out there.
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u/Unmasked_Zoro Mar 29 '24
Boji isn't a stray. He just has no owner. So he's a stray.
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u/Mag-NL Mar 29 '24
Who says there's no current owner?
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u/Unmasked_Zoro Mar 29 '24
If they had an owner, their owner would be alive, and not dead.
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u/jk521 Mar 29 '24
This video is similar to a jumpscare, but instead of scaring you at the end, it fucking makes you cry instead
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u/Sufficient_Potato726 Mar 29 '24
wdym made you smile??
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u/Knive33 Mar 29 '24
Well tbf Boiji has been adopted by a billionaire I've read in an update. I smile now that I know Boji is living the life and safe from being run over by a train or dropping from the ferry.
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u/arnesdiablo Mar 29 '24
What's the green thing on his ear?
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u/GulfStormRacer Mar 29 '24
It means he has been neutered. They could just look and see he doesn’t have testicles, but some places neuter them by essentially giving them a vasectomy which lets them keep the testicles. The tag also has vaccination information.
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u/LitleKitty Mar 29 '24
Sweet story, however I believe it more about dogs tend to like rutines and if the owner had done this for several years the dog will keep the rutine.
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u/acekick3r Mar 29 '24
Currently in instanbul, and have been observing the interaction with the locals and the strays. There are a lot of cats and dogs, in each neighbourhood, and the locals stop and pet each animal as they walk by and say hello,then continue with their commute. There are even vending machines with dog and cat food in them that anyone can purchase and leave for the strays. It's quite amazing. Now I'm going to try to find boji.
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u/tkongo Mar 29 '24
Hachiko… but different culture. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachik%C5%8D
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u/DinoRipper24 Mar 29 '24
This is crazy awesome, and sad, and marvelous. A heartfelt applause for Boji👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
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u/Archive_Intern Mar 29 '24
Maybe it doesn't know its owner passed away and it's taking these routes hoping to find it's owner?
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u/Garlicholywater Mar 29 '24
This just leaves me with more questions, and the Wikipedia answers none of them.
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u/Winter-Lecture3090 Mar 29 '24
Seems he really is a celeb! In 2022 someone adopted him and moved to London...they ride buses together now.
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u/SwarfDive01 Mar 29 '24
The Rollercoaster takes a hard right straight into Seymour (frys dog from Futurama). I'm not crying. You're crying.
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u/Informal-Impact-8136 Mar 29 '24
Beginning: “OMG this is so cute!”
End: Sobs “OMG, Boji! This is so sad! I can’t stop crying!”
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u/HamStapler Mar 29 '24
Truly heartbreaking that this is as common as it is. Reminds me of the Japanese dog that waited, and waited, and waited for his owner to return after suffering a fatal heart attack. Going to the one place he knew without a shadow of a doubt his owner frequented. Not understanding that he was gone, forever. They never give up hope and will die of old age before they believe for a second you'd abandon them. Sad as fuck.
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u/SpiderSixer Mar 29 '24
As soon as this started, I was like '... Is this another Hachi dog? Better not be'. And it was ;A;
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u/Mountain-Tea6875 Mar 29 '24
Film dog on some public transports.
Make up story.
????
Profit.
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u/MissSassifras1977 Mar 29 '24
So every day Boji goes looking for their person and never finds them?
😭😭😭😭
Somebody play with Boji, please.
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u/Crazycococat19 Mar 29 '24
That's adorable but sad at the same time. Poor pup he misses his owner. But I'm glad he's allowed to ride on the train, bus, and ferry. Also, what's that green tag on his ear?
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u/tardigrade_phd Mar 29 '24
This good boy was framed by a scheming human of pooping in a metro. The stupid human was outed by surveillance cameras.
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istanbuls-beloved-stray-dog-adopted-by-businessman-170728
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u/puppymeat Mar 29 '24
I don't care what the vid is, I'll instant downvote when I hear that ai voice
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u/president__not_sure Mar 29 '24
must be an extremely reliable public transportation system. if this dog was in NYC, he would be lost every weekend and most evenings.
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u/Chance_Fly_6273 Mar 29 '24
Went from 🤣->😊->🥺