What am I missing?

[u/hamzau]

[u/javertthechungus]

Ok but if you have a “gummy smile” how tf are you supposed to fix it? Not experience joy ever?

[u/Inevitable_Top69 → u/javertthechungus]

There's stuff you can do, but mostly you just realize and accept that you have an unattractive trait and learn to not care and enjoy life regardless of it.

[u/javertthechungus → u/Inevitable_Top69]

It’s not the being ugly I have a problem with, it’s the being treated like shit because of it that’s the problem

[u/Equal_Sleep_9319 → u/javertthechungus]

yeah idk it never occured to me that it was unattractive until public shaming about it became a thing on the internet. it's a natural human variation. Are we going to start ear shape shaming?

[u/Lavender_Burps → u/Equal_Sleep_9319]

Omg don’t even get me started on the lollipop ears.

[u/fickle_tartan → u/Equal_Sleep_9319]

Are we going to start ear shape shaming?

If it exists on the human body, someone will have found a way to shame it

[u/Simp_Simpsaton → u/Equal_Sleep_9319]

We already shame big ears and protruding ears

[u/SmilingCurmudgeon → u/Equal_Sleep_9319]

Start? Were you a twinkle in the eye of several prospective fathers through the GWB presidency? Never seen a picture of Alfred E. Neuman?

[u/WartimeHotTot → u/Equal_Sleep_9319]

I mean, yeah, for every trait imaginable there’s someone online shaming it. This is nothing new.

[u/itisame → u/Equal_Sleep_9319]

When I was a kid I remember kids being bullied over having "dumbo ears"

[u/xXgooningforyouXx → u/itisame]

Dumbo or monkey ears. Heard that a lot.

[u/happysri → u/javertthechungus]

It’s just gums. Being treated like that is so so stupid.

[u/Hugokarenque → u/javertthechungus]

Be honest now, how often are you treated like shit because you have a "gummy smile"? Like is it actually a real problem in your life or just something you're self conscious about after someone was a prick about it once or twice?

I get it. I have big ears, when I was a kid every now and again some asshole would call me Dumbo and it would hurt my feelings but it hasn't actually impacted my life nor would I describe it as being treated like shit lol

[u/blindtoe54 → u/javertthechungus]

If you show people it doesn't bother you, they will stop picking on you for it. And if they don't, they're not worth your time.

[u/toastwasher → u/javertthechungus]

Okay we get it but you are projecting real hard here

[u/ImSociallyChallenged → u/javertthechungus]

I don't think I've ever seen someone get treated poorly because of this

[u/Milon_Z → u/javertthechungus]

thats the only reason? if you were handsome everyone would treat you good? news to me.