from the webcomic, "A Softer World"
Telling people that they should smile because they're pretty when they smile or some shit is surprisingly common. Not only that:
- it is even more patronising
- it is just as insensitive
- it assumes that everyone aims to be pretty
- it assumes that whatever they are feeling is more trivial than appearance
- it reduces sentient humans to decorative objects
Obviously I would never get mad at someone who had good intentions, I just mean that I would choose HONESTY over the appearance of happiness. You can be honest about how you personally feel, without bringing other people down. In fact, it's actually even possible to cheer people up who feel just as bad as you without putting on a fake smile. Being honest about not being a steaming bowl of perkiness does not have to have negative consequences.
I have a sort of collage thing and a video relating to this (I already mentioned the video as I've already mentioned this).
Obviously I would never get mad at someone who had good intentions, I just mean that I would choose HONESTY over the appearance of happiness. You can be honest about how you personally feel, without bringing other people down. In fact, it's actually even possible to cheer people up who feel just as bad as you without putting on a fake smile. Being honest about not being a steaming bowl of perkiness does not have to have negative consequences.
I have a sort of collage thing and a video relating to this (I already mentioned the video as I've already mentioned this).
