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  • SEE THATS THE GOOD THING ABOUT LINCOLN DAMN NEAR ALL OF US ARE GOOD HEART FELT PEOPLE

  • Right on man

  • this is the reason why i love lincoln nebraska #402

  • I'm from Lincoln!! I need a hug all the time

  • one of my favorite clips of the free hugs campaign. well done!

  • Hey bro i am from omaha , ne why we don't create a new video about free hugs in omaha dowtown...?? add me or text me 4025919902 i really want to do it.. i dont have a camera lol

  • nvm this was in 07 but not too long ago, I saw someone with that sign down town.

  • WOW LOL I remember I was driving downtown awhile ago and my friend and I saw yall with that sign. haha weird.

  • ide be concerned with catching something from hugging here. better off just not hugging and pretending, very common practice here.

  • i live in beatrice

  • Makes me proud of Lincoln :) 

  • As a former Lincolnite now living in NYC, this makes my heart glad. But why so many side-hugs? Hey, it's free - go for it!

  • I love how people go around with a free hugs sign giving people hugs as it makes that person so much happier and I've even done something like this but with a t shirt saying free hugs on both sides and went around town a gave so many people a hug

  • I'm about 2 hours northeast of Lincoln in Nebraska. This is truly great <3 Thank you.

  • Why do people have to say negative comments about everything. He did a beautiful thing with a piece of cardboard and a little kindness. It's inspiring that there are still people like him around.

  • @G8RWrestler56 thank you! you are a beautiful soul for saying such things. god bless!

  • I like this video , it takes guts to do good anymore ,lots of people are frightened by good , run he's a good guy !

  • @SometimesPhil thanks uncle phil!

  • Great Video, and you are right, everyone needs a hug now and again. I grew up just south of Lincoln, and yes, Ppl back in NE are friendly.. I now live in Upstate NY, no I don't think it would work in NYC.. but probably in woodstock,ny ;)

  • i could use a hug... im from hastings people treat me like crap here i feel unwanted

  • @TheDragonflyzero if you see me out-and-about don't hesitate to introduce yourself. i'll hug ya, with or without the sign.

  • i could use a hug...

  • Jacob, YOU ARE MY HERO!!!!!

    I live in Lincoln, NE. And as an international student I do enjoy the place far from home called Lincoln, where people with big hearts live. There is truly no place like Nebraska! Thank you for having guts to do that!!!!

  • @leylamasmaliyeva love you. thanks for the positive comment!

  • Wish someone would do something like this here I could use a hug. I'm glad there are some amazing people like this out there!

  • heyyyyyy uuuuu!!! come over hereeeeeeeeeee!!! to omaha i want to this grow up , in nebraska :D why no we trip or we walk across nebraska every towns for FREE HUGHS ? just let me now! this is my facebook ricardo peru razuri !

  • i recognise the guy at 0:40 i see him around all the time

  • Aww thats so awsome!!!!

  • i love living in lincoln and seeing the biggest joy out of something so simple as a hug! it really does make a difference and i hope other people pass this on and give out free hugs!

  • I live in Lincoln!!!!!! Life is great here if you like small towns!(:

  • In Miami the swat team would have shown up and tear gassed him and arrested him for disturbing the PEACE

  • Probably some psych. student . They do crazy stuff like that . Probably got a grant from the government , for hug research .

  • @truthisaliar2 No we don't!!! I drove by this!! Lincoln id=s a friendly place!! He is in his 40s

  • @annajbishawt123 im actually 28 :))

  • @truthisaliar2 not hardly. im just out there to brighten people's days. you'd be surprised what i hear from people about the horrible day they're having and how much they needed a hug.

  • @truthisaliar2 well if that's crazy, it becks the questions as to your percieved concept of normality! "When the truth is considered subversive only a fool can continue in ignorant denial of the simple fact that they are living a lie..."

  • I want a hug...

    It's dumb how people say that Lincoln NE sucks, because I've lived here my whole life and even if people think there's nothing to do, sometimes simple things are enough. Not just bars and stuff like that. I remember once I went over to a friend's for a sleepover and all we did was go to our old elementary school play ground and then to Zesto's :D Extremely simple but really fun!

  • what a fag

  • My friend's mom and sister from 2:16-2:23 were in this video! They're all a family of redheads, it's so cute. :] Do you know that little girl is now 12?! And much taller? It's hard to believe.

    I like Lincoln, and I was born here, but I'm moving to New York City after I graduate high school. :]

    But... I'll always be a Nebraska native.

  • downtown lincoln aint got shit on mass street in lawrence kansas.

  • I'm glad to see there is still kindness and happiness in the world. For a second there I thought it was all gone. GBR! I wish I would have been downtown on this day but even if i was I wonder what my chances would have been of seeing this guy.

  • I gave him a hug

  • GBR!

  • Lincoln is a good place 2 grow up and stuff. Not too crouded(srry 4 spelling) but Thers enough people. I like it here. I do a lot of PARKOUR here and I've found quite a few spots.

  • Whats wrong with you guys? Their aint a damn thing in Lincoln NE. Nothing to do in this town.

  • its called a city dumbass

  • Lincoln is far from a city. You want to see a city? Then go to Denver, go to Dallas, go to San Fran, Go to LA, Go to KC, hell go to Omaha. Now those are cities. Lincoln has no freeways and its always dead here. I guess your the dumbass thats never seen a real city.

  • What NOW! BITCH!!!

  • This is a pretty cool concept.

  • lol i remember seeing this guy in the paper.

  • This is sooo cool. Keep doing it!  Next time I'm in Lincoln I'll look you up for a hug!

  • good old friendly nebraska. i don't know that this would go over so well in some cities tho. can't see the folk in downtown new york reacting as positively. i love downtown lincoln :)

  • @lss101 I love my life in Lincoln. Everything is pretty peaceful. Nebraska is epic because we had RUNZA!!!!!! :D

  • @lss101 watch?v=lD6o49Uqv10

    :-)

  • @lss101 there are vids of this in NYC, just search FREE HUGS + NYC :)

  • Hahha, I recognized 2 people. Good ol' Lincoln.

  • WTF at 3:38 thats my brother!

  • Hey where the fuck is our Quest Center at? Oh yeah we don't have one!!!

  • osamabindrinkin40s

    I think you need a hug ;)

  • Yeah I do and the need of some new friends. I feel like I don't fit in this town.

  • Man all I got to say is Dallas TX is the shit!!! There is so much to do out here!!! Better restaurants and better bars to go to. There's a lot more shopping malls. Weather was 50 degrees out here with the beautiful skyline especially at night. Man your missing out.

  • i sell my hugs for $1 they are of a higher quality than this guys hugs. i use both arms and they last 30 percent longer and come with a bonus compliment.

  • What song is this ?

  • Lincoln , NE does not suck when u have friends. Ya sure theres not like florida but still we have movie theaters , malls, polles and course not rude and guess what you are the only person who is being rude oh and are state is #1 in the happiest states. And i have tons of friesnds. Also we hve awsome volleybal and football are the main sports. I'll be a pro volleyball player. GO HUSKERS

  • The grand is a joke. They spend millions and millions of dollars on that peice of crap when they could of build another mall. South Pointe mall is for rich and preepie people. Scheeles is too damn expensive. Gateway mall is the only true mall we have but I only spend 5 min shopping there because they never have what I want. There's no good water parks or fun parks. Don't even go there star city shores with those wussy slides with no diving boards.

  • Where did you come up with that bullshit. Nebraska #1 happiest state in the country especially with the shitty weather we get. Utath is the happiest state. Their is also more to do in Salt Lake then Lincoln. The only thing to do in Lincoln is go the bars downtown and watch huskers football. Same oh shit.

  • Lincoln Nebraska is very boring. The only good thing about Lincoln is Husker's football.

  • very nice =)

  • you are awesome

  • 0:41 omg that like made me cry. =')

  • If it weren't for the winters... I would stay here my whole life <3 Even when I move away, I'll always be in Lincoln at heart.

  • Lincoln is the best place ever. I've lived here all my life and I just love it. I live about 5 minutes from the country and 20 minutes from downtown, which is perfect. This video really touched me and it makes me wanna do something like that downtown. Not to mention Lincoln is a great community. We may have our differences, but one thing that can always bring us together is Husker Football!!

  • Yeah! When I first moved to Lincoln, I forgot my address and walked into a strangers house. Nice folk that live here as well. That was about 4 years ago and now I can't even imagine leaving.

  • well shit, just go do it! I know I'm gonna! Hey... I know, we should get somethin together!

  • good video your a good man i wish i could do that but that was good

  • This made me cry, its so good, especially the comments from QuiglysMom, makes you think that x

  • this video is awesome (not 2 mention touching). i love lincoln ,not just b/c i live here, but b/c there r so many different kinds people here.

  • Lincoln, Nebraska is nice when you live in the country. The people can be rude. But in this video the people who hug you can hold a precious possession. Be a friend and give a hug. I'm 15years old and have lived in Lincoln, Nebraska my whole life. Its hard living here. But you get to know the place and everyone there pretty fast and its not so bad if you know the right crowd. I am going to try this sometime!

  • Just wandering, but what is hard about living here exactly?

  • 4:03 at the grand :D

  • It's been 14+ years since I last had a hug. I so wish I could have one. Just one would be so awsome. Those people who are getting hugs in this video don't know how really lucky they are. Being able to stand, run, jump, walk, go outside, clap, dance, hug, etc... we take them all for granted until we can no longer do them. Be grateful every day for what you have, and for what you used to have because even the littlest things are a gift.

  • Where are you? My start location for my campaign will be there. You deserve a hug!

  • Oh my god Dallas is sicc!!!! I'm so pissed off because I might have to go back to boring old Lincoln, NE. My activities here were going to the NC Texas game in the Cowboys stadium. Did so much shopping, went ice skating inside the mall, Ate at Whataburger and jack in the box. It was off the hook. Everything is so fast pace here. And I applied with ITT Tech and went to the clubs which are off the hook. Took pictures of the beautiful skyline they have here. Fucking love it here!!!

  • @QuiglysMom where you at? i'll come hug you :)

  • Just awesome

  • I miss Lincoln. I totally didn't appreciate it when I was there. So much culture, art, and just a great medley of people and cultures and friends.

  • Exactly. looks like that osamabindrinkin guy hasn't made a whole ton of friends in order to properly enjoy Nebraska with. It really is a great state.

  • exactly!

  • He hugged me!

  • You hugged him back, didn't you? Just saying that you can do this too!

  • omg i'm going to do this with a friend in lincoln :D

  • Me and some friends live in Lincoln Nebraska and we are going to try that lol it is going to be fun

  • I am at Lincoln. Nice city!!!!

  • I live in Lincoln.......

    and people do this stuff all the time.

  • I grew up in Lincoln and this really helped remember why I love it so much! Sorry I missed your hug!

  • Wow, I didn't even know about this, FUCK THE LPD, Let's all start givin free hugs around town :)

  • .50cent Hugs...lol

  • free hugs :D

  • i totally gave this free hug guy a hug. he was really nice. i talked to him for a while one night.

  • i live in lincoln

  • That is so CUTEE :DD

  • I was born and raised in Nebraska. I join the navy and then came back for a couple of years. I got offer a job that the pay was is to good. I live in NC now but I moving to a small town because I miss the small town feel I had back in Nebraska. I move back if I could and maybe in a couple of years I will.

  • cute =]

  • ((((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))­))))))

  • Love this video! ^-^

  • I have an idea, next July you should detassel, and get in touch with your inner Nebraskan. AND it will give you something to do intstead of being online and talking/typing crap!

  • Not to mention, I have detasseled longer than you, so no, you have not made more money than I. I bet you're not a very well liked person...get some therapy.

  • i detassled as well, nothing worse than a little bitch who is especially 13 saying u make more money then someone u dont know that so dont say it

  • You stupid face! lol *really late at responding to this* Grow a pair Volcom. You don't insult someone buy stringing together cuss words.

  • btw, 2:30 is my favorite hug! it always makes me smile and FEEL PROUD TO LIVE HERE IN LINCOLN! maybe 'some' people *looks at osamabindrinkin40s* need to lighten up and enjoy the lives they have and not take for granted the little things in life, things that don't cost money. I think somebody needs a hug! :) >;p

  • ooh! does that mean you're moving to a city where they will teach you english?! lol, hahahahahaha *buuuUUUUUUuuuurrrrp*

  • btw osama, u can't find a job?A new WalMart & Kohls wil b openin up in th next cple of mnths bringin about 600 jobs 2 Lincoln.If u want more info on where 2 go 2 apply for jobs @ Wal-Mart u can go 2 7501 O St.If u want 2 apply 4 jobs @ Kohl's u can go 2 their job fairs.They r bein held on the following dates:

    S Aug 10 10:45a-6:15p

    M Aug 11 10:45a-6:15p

    T Aug 12 12:15p-7:30p

    W Aug 13 8:45a-4p

    T Aug 14 12:15p-7:30p

    The Job Fair is bein held @ the Embassy Suites dntn Lincoln @ 1040 P St.

  • I don't want to live here in Lincoln, It sucks here and its boring. What the fuck is there to do here?

  • well u seem 2 b getting online alot 2 argue with me lately.... hahahaha. glad to help! hahahahaha. so maybe u don't like living here but bitching about it ain't gonna make it better, just make your time here more miserable. so why make your situation worse than it has to be. if u don't like it here then work as much as possible and save everything u can to move somewhere u enjoy. no point in bitching about shit like that tho, it's just pointless noise. and besides, U KNOW U'LL MISS ME!! :) ;P

  • I plan to move. Feel so trapped here in Lincoln because its all enclosed here. Its not open. Still you not answer my question. What the fuck is there to here in Lincoln, NE especially during the day besides work. I know one thing is Grand Island has a sweet ass water park.

  • u r such a fucking loser. go away. u deserve no free hugs from anybody, nor would u appreciate it anyway so go bother sum other ppl that would appreciate it, cuz i don't. I can't relate to anything that u consider fun cuz i don't go outside, i prefer staying indoors so i don't relate to the same things u do. grand fucking island can suck my ass, nothing but drug addicts and other criminals there and i DON'T DO anything that involves deep bodies of water, an easy way 2 b drowned.

  • You must not be an active person. I guess Lincoln fits you. You should definitely do some traveling.

  • you just never mind me and worry about making youself happy buddy. i'm not the one here bitching about how unhappy i am living where i am.

  • I'm just sayin you should do some traveling. Its a big world. It might change your views about things.

  • i've traveled, i've been to different states, i've LIVED in different states. i just prefer to be home with my family where i'm comfortable. i don't like amusement parks, i've been nearly drowned a couple times so i don't go swimming anywhere. i don't dance, i just don't go out. and besides, why r u trying to put the focus on me? i'm happy here in lincoln, u r not, that's what the issue is here.

  • Well I guess Lincoln fits then

  • Fits you that is

  • I guess you don't like college football.

  • Thats the only thing to do in Lincoln. Watch Nebraska football. After that what the fuck is there to do.

  • Really? There is nothing else to do? Maybe move to Madison. Badgers football, but it is cold there and it snows a lot. I don't like Wisconsin very much in the winter, because it snows too much and it's too cold in the winters.

  • Its cold here too and it snows a lot and our services suck here. The fuckin roads are still icy. Wisconsin fuckin sucks.

  • Yes. I bet it sucks. Aleast we have a professional sports team and college basketball. Wisconsin DOES suck.

  • We don't have any professional sprots team. And like Nebraska basketball is going to win anything. I don't think so!!! This town is dead.

  • that's too bad. I think about moving. I hate Wisconsin's winters most of all. They are too long, too snowy and cold.

  • Hows wisconsin's summer times.

  • Summer is alright in Wisconsin. There is plenty to do. We have the Brewers, State Fair, Summerfest etc.

  • Go to Box Awesome, listen to some music (all kinds of genres), hit up Laser Quest, check out our sickening amount of targets, movie theaters, and wal-marts... Guess you gotta live in Lincoln to know what there is to do. There's actually quite a bit. Visit the Strategic Air Command museum, our national park, go camping... Go to our zoos in omaha and lincoln and other cities. Lotta stuff if you look hard enough! :P

  • Dude I been living here for 18 fuckin years. Done that been there. It's already gotten boring. Omaha is better though and has more to do.

  • Well I still like what's here. It's home, that's enough to entertain me :P

  • Looks like you never lived in big cities.  So much more to do in big cities. You don't even know.

  • Nothing too huge. Been to a pretty big city in Idaho, that's about it.  Doesn't matter to me, I'm good right here, where I was born. Nothing beats the feeling you get from being in your 'home land' or whatever you want to call it. I have crazy friends to keep me company.

  • Idaho is fucking whack just like Lincoln NE. Go to Chicago, San Diego, Denver, Boston. Cities like those are fun and have way more to do. People are way more cooler in the big cities and not so uptight. Looks like you don't travel a lot or lived in big cities.

  • Idaho and Nebraska are not "fucking whack". Sure, I'd love to go there, but I'm a outside person, not into the big cities. And I don't think people in big cities could be any cooler than the friends and relationships I've made in Nebraska. Not big on traveling, and I don't expect to be later. It feels like I'm just pissing you off by me saying that I just don't really mind whether I go to a big city or not. Only place I really wanna see is Universal Studios :P

  • I'm just tellin that you are missing out. There are way better places then Lincoln, NE with the weird wheather we get. Can't wait to get out.

  • the weather is great for me. It's unpredictable, and that's half the fun! :P And of course there's way more thrills in other areas, but I like this state. My favorite place in the world! :P

  • Your wierd!! The weather sucks here in Nebraska. Nice one day and then the next day its snowing and cold. You know nothing.

  • I may be weird, but I don't "know nothing". You don't need to insult me, pal. I love Nebraska, you hate it. That's all I'm getting out of your "fucking"s and your "Looks like you..." b.s. Don't talk down to me.

  • Well then move there yourself and stop complaining!

  • If you hate it so much why aren't you gone yet?

  • Since there the season is over for Nebraska football. Now what do i do? Its so boring here.

  • Get a life!

  • Please let me know when you have gotten moved as I am interested in your activities at your new location. Have a blessed day and safe travels.

  • try living in friend nebraska...much more boring.

  • Its when you are the second biggest city in NE and their ain't shit out here except for the Huskers Football. It so boring here and downtown is overrated.

  • Check out the Galleria mall in Dallas. How come we don't have mall like that. Or at least want Omaha has.

  • ur downtown

  • i have been to most of these stop never have seen this guy tho

  • You are so full of it! If you hate it so much go live in a hole you ungratefull little----

    Cops keep us safe, traffic lights are going to be in any city. In big city the people aren't going to drive faster because they can't. (And I know that Omaha does not have less of a crime rate!) You must not really want a job and are too lazy to get off your butt and go get one. The taxi service!? We do not pride ourselves on having a "taxi service", try the bus! AND it is expanding, even as I type this!!

  • Traffic lights are in all cities but they also have freeways. Ways to get places to places quicker. You can go 70mph when the speed limit is 65. I do it all the time.

  • There is nothing here in Lincoln. Its hard to make money out here. I lived here for 19 years and never liked Lincoln. Only thing to do here is Husker's football.

  • It ain't nothing like Lincoln. 45 mph and I go 50 and get pulled over. Cops keep us safe but they also pull us over for some bullshit like making an illegal turn. They got nothing better to do because there is barley any major crimes here. Omaha for a big city compared to other cities have lower crime rates. You just got to stay away from the lower street numbers. More to do there. Can I really catch a bus at night.

  • For one, if you didn't break the laws you wouldn't get pulled over. And cops have every right to pull someone over if they are going 5 mph over. And I did that once and there was a speed trap and I didn't get pulled over. I've never seen anyone get pulled over for an illegal turn, but I don't know what kind of turn you mean, like turning into the second lane or turning left on a red light. I've seen cops take the second lane on turns though. I don't feel like arguing right now, maybe later...

  • No any big city you do that, they wouldn't care because they got more things to worry about. I do it all the time in Denver, Chicago, and even Omaha. You have must not live bigger cities like I did because I love it. So much more to do with activities, more restaurants and malls to choose from. People are more talkative too. Its open. Can't wait to get out of this dull ass town. People are ignorant and always so serious.

  • You are the one being ignorant, and if you've lived in oh so many different and great places, why don't you just stay there, and shut-up! (And yes I realize that was a run on sentence. lol)

  • I didn't have the money to stay up there. The cost of living is expensive. Once I go to the military I'm out of this dull ass town. Most of what I'm saying is true. Keep you update when I move to denver. I'll be saying "yep went to six flags, then went shopping on 16th st. mall and went to a Bronco's game. What about you? Oh You didn't do nothing I fotgot because there is nothing in Lincoln. Well I'm going check out this big ass dance club. Too bad Lincoln dosen't have any good clubs." HAHA

  • Ah, yes...BUT you seem to be forgetting something, maybe I don't want to go out anywhere, in which case I'm exactly where I need to be, in a nice city, without all the polution and noise! And all of those places are expensive, so it would be completely pointless to go there anyways.

  • Yeah but their's so much more to do there. Denver is a nice big city and is one of cleanest cities. Their's plenty of noise in Lincoln especaiily with all that traffic with traffic lights on every block. More to do outdoors of Colorado then Nebraska.

  • wah wah wah! you won't be goin to no clubs or six flags or donkey's er :p sorry, meant 'bronco's' games or anything when u leave here cuz 1st off, u do nothing but bitch whine piss n moan. 2nd, u'll be broke cuz the 'cost of living is so high'. maybe u should have taken your ass to college so u wouldn't b broke from working at the kwik shop and had to move to 'dull ass lincoln'. 3rd in the words of jim carey "Quit breaking the law Asshole!" hahahahahahaha. There's somethin for ya to bitch about!

  • Ahhhhh! Don't be jealous because I will be have lots of fun everyday and being successful at the same time. I don't have to worry about traffic lights on every block, slow drivers, and cops harassing. There is nothing here in Lincoln except for the Huskers. College is a little overrated because of the economy.