• outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    13 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·
      13 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·
        13 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·
          13 days ago

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