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These Clips Of Animals Being Brushed Will Chill You Out On National Pet Day

by Taylor Ortega
Reddit

EVERYBODY SHUT UP RIGHT NOW. SHUT UP. STOP. SHHHHHH.

Come here. I have to show you something very splendid.

You know how the internet is a wicked, hateful place where loneliness comes to metastasize? Well, within that same internet also exists a subreddit where Richard Spencer was never born, Beyoncé won the Grammy and everyone kept their missiles to themselves.

Brushy Brushy is a digital utopia of clips, GIFs and pics of animals being brushed. That's it. Don't try to make this more than it is.

Feast your hungry eyes on "smol cat havin a brush" and tell me the hot, painful tension in your chest didn't melt a little.

Thank you, user RubiksEdits. Imagine me giving your hair a gentle, gracious brush.

Jill the squirrel was paralyzed with euphoria while getting her haunches combed up good.

Thank you, RhaellaT. *brush*

This brilliant piglet spent seven semesters developing a cure for hereditary blindness, but she isn't too proud to let someone else get right in there bristle-first and scrub her short little hairs.

Thank you, ShaneH7646. *brush*

Precious Hulk the Rhino Iguana walks around all day with what looks like a scrotum on top of his head AND where his jowls should be, but that stress can't keep him from unwinding under the touch of a toothbrush.

Thank you, Leuhhh. *brush*

This pup had a hard week of jury duty and even got yelled at by the district attorney for pooping in the jury box! He's ready to feel those bristles wander.

Thank you, princessdessi. *brush*

Oscar proudly defended Obama for two terms as a member of the Secret Service. Now, he spends his days surrendering to the siren call of the brush.

Thank you, the_dude_upvotes. *brush*

This Gray Whale left her pod to live a nomad's life, writing travel books and scouring the seven seas for the best scrub man or beast can give.

Thank you, Ernest1863. *brush*

Fadjen the bull is in the middle of a contentious divorce from his wife, Fadjina, and sometimes a stiff brush is the only thing that gets him out of bed in the morning.

Thank you, kf7zde. *brush*

Warner is a Friesian ladykiller with bangs that say "I spent the summer of 2006 following From First to Last on tour." He needs a brush as that feels better than heroine.

Thank you, Xisayg. *brush*

Happy National Pet Day. May brush be with you. And also with you.

Citations: Reddit

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