• Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.socialEnglish
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    24 hours ago

    I used to not be able to do that, but I had to learn how as a result of being a gymnast (“you’re supposed to smile at the judges” - my coach, >10x every practice). She had to actually teach me how to do a convincing “fake smile” (a smile is a whole-face activity, if you miss part of it then you just look like a psycho).

  • SavvyWolf@pawb.socialEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Okay, I’m curious now. Any neurotypicals in the audience, can you actually smile on command?

    • TRBoom@lemm.eeEnglish
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      6 days ago

      Yes. I’ve got two categories of on command smiles.

      With one type I go through the physical motions of a smile.

      The other I conjure up the emotion that makes me smile and let it play out on my face. The second one looks better.