Feel Good Friday - Yarrrr, It Be Talk Like a Pirate Day!

[Amanda Barber]

It's Friday in Australia! (Happy Friday, Jr. to my U.S.-based community members!)

Ahoy there, me hearties!

Shiver me timbers, it be Feel Good Friday! An' a special one at that! It be Talk Like a Pirate Day here in the U.S., and there be naught better for the soul than a bit o' silliness.

So here be some treasures to fill your coffers:

• Pirate Ipsum: Need some text to fill a blank spot? Look no further, ye scallywag! Why use that landlubber Lorem Ipsum when ye can have Pirate Ipsum?

• Team-Building Activity: Hoist the sails and gather yer crew! This here activity be just the thing to check in with yer shipmates and get the good times rollin'.

May yer day be filled with plunder and merriment!

(Thanks for Google Gemini for rewriting my text below as a pirate! 🏴‍☠️)

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Happy Feel Good Friday, Community!

Today happens to be National Talk Like a Pirate Day here in the United States. Being silly can be such a great way to feel GOOD! 

Here's a couple of fun pirate-themed resources:

• Need to generate some Lorem Ipsum? Why not try Pirate Ipsum!
• Need a quick team-building activity? Try out this activity to check in with your colleagues and start some great conversations.

My question for you today is how do you bring in some simple joys or silliness to your days? I've found that having kids has brought out the silliness more naturally than I think I'd be without them. How do you stay silly?

[Dave Liao]

Whenever I demo Atlassian Intelligence, I sometimes will have it rewrite prose as a pirate would sound.

Shiver me workflows! 🏴‍☠️ 

[Amanda Barber]

Hahah, love it, @Dave Liao 🏴‍☠️

[Brita Moorus]

This is great! For me, music and silly inside jokes with colleagues keep things light. Always helps to balance the serious work stuff 🤪

[Amanda Barber]

YES, inside jokes have definitely kept the levity during rough days!!

[Barbara Szczesniak]

I need some more silliness in my life. Thank you for giving me this prompt to be silly with purpose today, @Amanda Barber!

I generally experience the most silliness when I get together with my siblings. We talk about things from when we were kids and laugh hysterically, while the spouses look at us in confusion.

[Amanda Barber]

I can relate, @Barbara Szczesniak - last weekend, we spent some family time in a cabin with my sister and mom and our families. I don't think I've laughed that hard in months.