tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post3139018423510195285..comments2024-03-22T03:19:38.110-04:00Comments on Forever In Hell: I Don't Owe You a SmilePersonalFailurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-9778201994476612652010-10-26T23:23:15.150-04:002010-10-26T23:23:15.150-04:00I hate to tell you but it's possible that the ...I hate to tell you but it's possible that the "just smile" advice might actually help. Rather annoyingly, scientists have found that imitating an expression (like smiling when you don't feel like it) can actually bring about the feelings associated with the expression.<br /><br />No, seriously. <br /><br />http://scan.oxfordjournals.org/content/1/2/122.abstract<br /><br />The first sentence of the abstract reads:<br />"Intentionally adopting a discrete emotional facial expression can modulate the subjective feelings corresponding to that emotion; however, the underlying neural mechanism is poorly understood."<br /><br />That said, I'm definitely not going to tell you to smile because I might get punched well before the onset of positive emotions might protect me. <br /><br />I do hope you feel better though you fucking grump.<br /><br />Hugs, <br />Super J.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-71504888720947000902010-10-26T23:05:43.442-04:002010-10-26T23:05:43.442-04:00I was thinking of Jurassic Park, but I could go ei...I was thinking of Jurassic Park, but I could go either way. Hell, zombified turkeys would pretty scary in their own right: they will quite literally <i>peck your brains out</i>.Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-51226093355505866952010-10-26T20:07:39.747-04:002010-10-26T20:07:39.747-04:00Geds,
Proof that we share a brain: that was the i...Geds,<br /><br />Proof that we share a brain: that was the incident I immediately thought of while reading this post aswellBig Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01534995604187556023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-26865214990817516982010-10-26T19:17:33.108-04:002010-10-26T19:17:33.108-04:00I recommend sending zombie velociraptors after rep...<b> I recommend sending zombie velociraptors after repeat offenders. (I'd be happy to loan you some for that purpose.)</b><br /><br />Okay, are we talking Jurrasic-Park-style zombie velociraptors, or turkey-sized feathered zombie velociraptors?<br /><br />The first would admittedly be scarier, and probably more capable of hunting down offenders on their own, but there's something immensely satisfying about the idea of setting a pack of vicious turkey zombies on someone.<br /><br /><b>On one end you have the vacuous altruist. That's the person who genuinely believes that if you smile, you'll become happy.</b><br /><br />There is actually some scientific support for this hypothesis: namely, because you almost invariably smile at the happiest times in your life, your brain becomes trained to associate smiling with feeling good. Thus, pulling your face into a smile can force a small release of endorphins.<br /><br />Nevertheless, I find it extremely odd that people would tell/ask you to smile. I don't think I've ever had that happen in my life. Cultural differences, I guess.<br /><br />I sympathise, PF. <a href="http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1966#comic" rel="nofollow">Here's an ISM to help you feel better.</a>Quasarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398018171200335379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-70638427398309156232010-10-26T19:15:00.760-04:002010-10-26T19:15:00.760-04:00PF, I'd say what you've just described sum...<i>PF, I'd say what you've just described sums about 2/3rds of my life (and unfortunately, I'm serious about that).</i><br /><br />Oddly, a few vacuous members of the female gender that are mutual former acquaintances of ours kinda-sorta form one end of my little continuum. And, in fact, I believe it was an exchange between you and a certain individual with an alphabet soup of a last name that started to cause me to think, "Wait, this whole idea is stupid. Why do people say that?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-79835117900849993812010-10-26T18:46:59.910-04:002010-10-26T18:46:59.910-04:00PF, I'd say what you've just described sum...PF, I'd say what you've just described sums about 2/3rds of my life (and unfortunately, I'm serious about that).<br /><br />So believe me, I feel your pain. Literally, figuratively, empathetically, and everywhere in between.Big Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01534995604187556023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-72899066697455607212010-10-26T16:33:41.380-04:002010-10-26T16:33:41.380-04:00Why do people do this and why don't they reali...<i>Why do people do this and why don't they realize that they are being an ass?</i><br /><br />My general theory is that there's a continuum between vacuous altruism and complete self-absorption.<br /><br />On one end you have the vacuous altruist. That's the person who genuinely believes that if you smile, you'll become happy. Perhaps they, themselves, actually feel better when they smile. So they see someone who is unhappy and say, "Smile, you'll feel better," because they genuinely believe that to be the case.<br /><br />On the other end you have the self-absorbed moron. This person simply does not want to be bothered with the idea that there could be people having a bad day. Because if someone is having a bad day that might, somehow, negatively influence their own plans. So they see someone who is unhappy and say, "Smile, you'll feel better," because they don't want to help and they don't want to think about helping.<br /><br />This, of course, doesn't mean that Person A can't be self-absorbed. It doesn't mean that Person B can't be a vacuous moron. It's why I say it's a continuum...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-19806978626494024732010-10-26T16:09:02.663-04:002010-10-26T16:09:02.663-04:00People who do that need to be slapped.
They have ...People who do that need to be slapped.<br /><br />They have no possible way of knowing what is going on in your life. Your parents could have just died in a horrible car accident just after you found out you have terminal Cancer and your dog got run over by a car. There are lot of times where one simply cannot help one's emotions. No degree of attitude adjustment is going to help. Sometimes people have bad days. Why the hell do they have to pretend they are not? If I'm not happy, I'm not capable of pretending that I am. A smile when I'm unhappy looks totally forced.<br /><br />Why do people do this and why don't they realize that they are being an ass?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-53106368758077233202010-10-26T15:11:02.795-04:002010-10-26T15:11:02.795-04:00Zombie velociraptors? You, sir, are a genius!Zombie velociraptors? You, sir, are a genius!PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-81489630738702599512010-10-26T14:51:34.604-04:002010-10-26T14:51:34.604-04:00I second waltzinexile's suggestion, but I reco...I second waltzinexile's suggestion, but I recommend sending zombie velociraptors after repeat offenders. (I'd be happy to loan you some for that purpose.)<br /><br />I'm a lot smilier these days than I used to be (I'm in much more of a customer service environment, all the time) but I absolutely <i><b>hate</b></i> being <i>told</i> to smile. On a good day, I take the tips of my index fingers and use them to push the corners of my mouth up. On a bad day, I show as many teeth as possible in my best speak-again-and-I-<i>will</i>-bite-you expression.<br /><br />Apparently my default no-particular-expression comes across as a frown: sad, angry, or mean, depending on the observer.Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-2667321450974874442010-10-26T14:42:54.439-04:002010-10-26T14:42:54.439-04:00I fucking hate that- complete strangers (usually m...I fucking hate that- complete strangers (usually men) who demand a smile from me. WTF? <br /><br />No really Random Dude, I am here to please YOU!Fannie Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04296502470605119779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-25440424789741465282010-10-26T14:39:33.187-04:002010-10-26T14:39:33.187-04:00BRAVE Failquail....!
Also, PF? This should be one ...BRAVE Failquail....!<br />Also, PF? This should be one of the "When I'm EotEFW" rules: You may not EVER tell someone else to smile, upon penalty of smacking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-6220960615328581552010-10-26T14:13:27.358-04:002010-10-26T14:13:27.358-04:00*hug*
:)*hug*<br /><br />:)Failquailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00540806847471471102noreply@blogger.com