• outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      14 days ago

      I practice the most unsettling smile i can, and do it in really jerky movements. Wheeze while i do. Talk on both the inhale and exhale while it’s maintained.

      • Ceedoestrees@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        14 days ago

        Does that work? I’ve tried:

        • Pretending I’m hearing disabled(problematic, I know)
        • Telling them to eat shit and die
        • Speaking really fast and fiercely in a made up language
        • Keep asking “What was that?” until they stop trying

        By far the most successful was when walking home with a bag of meal worms(for my pet tarantula,) I dumped them on his lap and ran away.

        • outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          2·
          14 days ago

          Sometimes if i nail the acting. Im pretty good at uncanny.

          I always want to kick them in the balls and then smile genuinely, but only ever did that once.

          You’re my muse re:worms

          • Ceedoestrees@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            14 days ago

            Nice. A kick to the balls is the only appropriate reaction if you don’t have worms. And worms are cheap!