The world can be a sad place.
It doesn't have to be.
When you ride home late on a subway train, exhausted after a long day at an unsatisfying job, standing in silence while you scan social media for some sign of hope -- what if the face that greeted you from the advertisement above had googly eyes?
Wouldn't that improve your day? Just a little?
I frankly would enjoy hearing about my complex health information from her. I'm sure it would be completely understandable and not jargon-filled, high-speed with accompanying legal waivers for each page. She would also not bite my arm with those perfect, bared teeth. The idea has not crossed her mind, no, no, not at all. I will just move a little bit down the bench and turn my body the other way. That will take the idea off her mind.
Or when you walk down the street past a major box store, expecting to be assaulted with aspirational advertising, enticements of bargains and sales so good you can't say no -- instead what if the cute toddler meant to entice you to find more cuteness inside, instead, had googly eyes?
Wouldn't that just take the sales pressure off just enough to put a smile on your face?
Personally, I'd be proud to be the grandpa of such a kid. I see a real desire to explore and understand the world in those eyes. Maybe also a need for sedation. But that's up to the parents. That's why I said grandpa.
And sometimes, even happy people can benefit from the tonic effects of a pair of googly eyes.
Who isn't inspired to leap up and celebrate/dance/stretch punch the air sideways with the same unnatural enthusiasm as this woman? She could spearhead a movement. It's The Punch the Air Sideways With Great Enthusiasm movement to show we're enthusiastic and not taking it any longer, whatever it is.
Will you join the Fellowship and begin applying googly eyes wiggly eyes (I don't want to piss off the largest company in the world) to the faces you meet and live with every day? They will hold still while you apply them, I promise.
P.S. My only reservation is that it involves a little single-use plastic. For this, I am ethically sorry. As soon as I can source non-plastic wiggly eyes for a reasonable cost, I will let everyone know.
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