- 785 days ago by Lindsay Cross
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Alright, we get it. This is just your face. You’ve always looked this way. More
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- 786 days ago by Jennifer Wright
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You’re pretty when you smile! Why don’t you smile more? Oh. Because you’re on your way to a funeral? Oh. The right answer is always “I’m on my way to a funeral.” – Kris Atomic
- 938 days ago by Jennifer Wright
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I tell them I’m going to a funeral. I try to let some tears well up in my eyes a little bit. And then they go away, mortified, and I’m pretty sure that they’ll never, ever do it again.
I do this because I hate being told to do things by strangers. And it always sort of astonishes me the number of people who – while you’re walking around, contemplating the nature of Schopenhauer’s pessimism – will interrupt your reverie by exclaiming “smile!” Who are you, stranger? Who are you? The smile police? Fuck the smile police.
“Cheer up” is also popular. But I am not necessarily feeling cheerful at that moment. You want me to cheer up? It means that much to you? Pass me a $10 bill. You won’t even have to say anything, I’ll smile for that. Or, you know, a vodka bottle. Or diamonds! Pass me a fistful of diamonds and a gold bar! But people shouldn’t have to do things just because you demand it, without you putting in any effort whatsoever.
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