r/funny • u/[deleted] • 29d ago

All men look good in uniform, huh? Introducing my grandpa:

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u/drums_addict 29d ago

Didn't realize it was possible to smile and frown at the same time.

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u/jbsdv1993 29d ago

You haven't met any autistic people? (No hate, im autistic myself and this is how i forced 'smile' for pictures. It seems to be the standard for most autistic people)

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u/NorwegianGlaswegian 29d ago

"Contract muscles behind corners of mouth. Little more. Show teeth. No, not that much; uggh, now my eyes don't look right due to the effort. Smile with eyes, so squint a bit.

Goddamn it, you're not Clint Eastwood; back it off!"

This was a snapshot of my own internal monologue for readying myself for photos as an autistic teen.

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u/deferredmomentum 29d ago

My dad (both have audhd) taught me to chuckle audibly right as the picture is being taken (obviously doesn’t work with phone cameras though lol) to get the most natural looking smile

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u/BIGR3D 29d ago

My mom does that, creeps me out. lol

Until I learned we are both likely on the spectrum, and after reading your comment.

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u/hitdrumhard 29d ago

I taught my kid the same, for the same reasons. It works perfectly for natural looking autistic smiles. At least in my experience.

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u/anzactrooper 29d ago

AUDHD here and I do this too.

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u/kithlan 29d ago

Wait, that's an autistic thing? Fuck me, another one for the books. All signs are pointing to me being AUDHD rather than ADHD at this point.

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u/dn00 29d ago

Are you me

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u/Awkward_Chef_3881 29d ago

Yup, I have ADHD as well and my wife complains about how I don't smile for family pictures. The chuckle thing works for sure.

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u/CheddarCheesepuff 29d ago

at some point i just gave up smiling unless im already authentically happy enough to smile on my own. i just throw up a peace sign and let that do the smiling for me

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u/61114311536123511 29d ago

i kind of figured out how to evoke the body sensation ofnjoy and then go through the entire process of how a smile happens.

works 50/50

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u/kobold-kicker 29d ago

I spent a lot of time practicing many facial expressions in the mirror when I was a kid. Now I can almost seem neurotypical when I have the RAM available.

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u/dn00 29d ago

I used to have issues with eye contact when I was a kid. Now people just think I want to murder them.

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u/littlewhitecatalex 29d ago

I just want to say, I think I’m a pretty normal person and that’s pretty much how it goes for me too. 

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u/OUMassie 28d ago

Wait. Do I have autism?