Comments on: The Sourpuss of the Century (update: June 9, 2009) http://d332.com/2009/06/the-sourpuss-of-the-century-update-06-09-2009/ Love, Ideas, Sex, Humor, Original Futanari Art Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:10:43 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: www.d332.com http://d332.com/2009/06/the-sourpuss-of-the-century-update-06-09-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-17181 www.d332.com Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:57:19 +0000 http://d332.com/posh/?p=985#comment-17181 Hi Warren, Thanks for vocalizing your thoughts. I'm always encouraged to write and continue this site whenever anyone comments here. Especially more so that it's next week I have to renew this website/domain! It's a shame, but it happens. I still remember my father saying "every where I go, people always say "SMILE! IT CAN'T BE THAT BAD? WHAT'S WRONG? SMILE! IT'S A BE-YOO-DI-FUL DAY?" And it just reminds me of the queen who protest too much. I remembered reading a travelog where visitors at a Japanese meditation garden are entreated to a loud bullhorn announcing that everyone should stay quiet. It's infinitely more important to be happy inside. It just makes me wonder: do we need constant visual reaffirmation that we are happy? And if so, who does that reaffirmation seek to placate? But you know something? Flip it around and you will expose the flaw of the approach. I think these traits translate very well online. Nobody sees you, but they just see your thoughts. For those who rely heavily on visual proof that they are happy, they may find it at odds to expose just what it is they have to be happy about. And to this day, I see more b*tchin and complaining online then anywhere else. So what does that tell you? be well, my fellow non-smiler! Hi Warren,
Thanks for vocalizing your thoughts. I’m always encouraged to write and continue this site whenever anyone comments here. Especially more so that it’s next week I have to renew this website/domain!

It’s a shame, but it happens. I still remember my father saying “every where I go, people always say “SMILE! IT CAN’T BE THAT BAD? WHAT’S WRONG? SMILE! IT’S A BE-YOO-DI-FUL DAY?”

And it just reminds me of the queen who protest too much. I remembered reading a travelog where visitors at a Japanese meditation garden are entreated to a loud bullhorn announcing that everyone should stay quiet. It’s infinitely more important to be happy inside. It just makes me wonder: do we need constant visual reaffirmation that we are happy? And if so, who does that reaffirmation seek to placate?

But you know something? Flip it around and you will expose the flaw of the approach. I think these traits translate very well online. Nobody sees you, but they just see your thoughts. For those who rely heavily on visual proof that they are happy, they may find it at odds to expose just what it is they have to be happy about.

And to this day, I see more b*tchin and complaining online then anywhere else.

So what does that tell you?

be well, my fellow non-smiler!

]]> By: Warren http://d332.com/2009/06/the-sourpuss-of-the-century-update-06-09-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-17099 Warren Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:09:43 +0000 http://d332.com/posh/?p=985#comment-17099 For years I have silently enjoyed your unique perspectives. But now for the first time I feel compelled to speak out. Your "Sourpuss of the Century" commentary sheds light on how shallow the world is, how it judges a book by its cover, not its content. Believe it or not, I have never smiled a day in my life. I have a rare disorder, Moebius Syndrome, or "facial paralysis," as it is sometimes known. You have no idea the hellstorm of prejudice that rains down on a person who can't smile. But just like you, I have developed a persona that for whatever reason allows others to embrace who I am, not how I smile. Most aren't so lucky. So be proud of being a "Sourpuss" and having a personality that smiles. For years I have silently enjoyed your unique perspectives. But now for the first time I feel compelled to speak out. Your “Sourpuss of the Century” commentary sheds light on how shallow the world is, how it judges a book by its cover, not its content. Believe it or not, I have never smiled a day in my life. I have a rare disorder, Moebius Syndrome, or “facial paralysis,” as it is sometimes known. You have no idea the hellstorm of prejudice that rains down on a person who can’t smile. But just like you, I have developed a persona that for whatever reason allows others to embrace who I am, not how I smile. Most aren’t so lucky. So be proud of being a “Sourpuss” and having a personality that smiles.

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