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[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

fyi, his name is Opossum; and yes he’s awesome

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Jeraxus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago
[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Awesome Possum

[–] raubarno@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

i am a human bean just like the rest of you

[–] Globeparasite@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago
[–] aes@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

okay so here's the rly fucking obvious thing to try if you haven't already: practice smiling in the mirror. natural smiling is one thing, but if ur trying to be polite then u have to practice it

it doesn't work if ur masking/fawning

[–] NemoWuMing@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)