Post #553970 by woofmutt on Wed, Sep 15, 2010 9:53 AM

"My rant? Smiling. Or, the seeming need to force smiles all the time. Aim a camera at someone and make them smile. Why? Look at pictures in the old days. They did not smile. Why should they? Fake happiness? But it is at its most perverse on TV. Every commercial, every host, every show, everyone must be happy and smiling! Arge! I just want to stomp on Rachel Ray's toe and say 'Why aren't you smiling now!'" -Swanky-

"I could not agree more! And regarding the old days, people were supposed to look diginified and somber in photos! Not smiling like a puppy with two peters!" -Lucas Vigor-

Agreed.*****

Due to a facial structure that bears no resemblance to Jack Nicholson as the Joker I have been told since I was a kid to "Smile!" I'm actually one of the happiest people in the world (I'm sure it's some sort of brain abnormality) but the one thing that used to piss me off the most was someone looking at me and deciding I was angry or unhappy and commenting on that.

My whole life I've heard intrusive comments from casual acquaintances and complete strangers such as "What's wrong with you?" or "Did you know it takes more muscles to frown than to smile?" and so on.

Such asinine insight used to put me in a bad mood but these days I just tell the comment makers that my face is 75% paralyzed due to some bad canned tuna I ate and I'm smiling as much as possible. Then I burst into tears and while they're comforting me with an impromptu hug I pick their pockets.

Oh dear God I just fully agreed with Swanky and Lucas Vigor? What the hell has my life become?*

****** Except for the "puppy with two peters" bit. I think a puppy with four nuts would be happier.