One guy did tell me to smile more when I had a mask on. I stared at him. Baffled. He seemed to realize he was being stupid and just fucking booked it.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Smiling doesn't just involve shaping your lips into an upwards arch. Usually your eyes are involved as well. This can be seen even when you're wearing a mask over your mouth.

:-) vs ^_^

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.de 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why did you explain this?

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because the comment implied that smiles couldn't be seen with a mask on.

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.de 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Maybe not. Maybe it implied how fucking obnoxious it is to comment on other people's bodies without being asked.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 5 points 5 months ago

True, didn't think of that.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

I wasn't looking directly at him and had fogged eyeglasses (major drawback of masks, how dare they and glasses do that) so it was overall weird!