Comment by throwRA738383883 on 26/01/2025 at 15:30 UTC

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I’m with you on this.

The other people, especially strangers, around you have no clue what’s going on in your life. You don’t have to take it out on them, and a smile isn’t going to make or break anyones day.

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2022/10/posing-smiles-can-brighten-mood[1] There are studies that show the benefits, even if you don’t feel like it. Obviously, if something catastrophic just happened, you’re not gonna wanna and that’s fine.

1: https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2022/10/posing-smiles-can-brighten-mood

But for the avg person on an avg day, you can try to. There’s also an interesting cultural perspective to this https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4840223/

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