Edit: Sheesh. Some of you folks need this.

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up·lift·ing /ˌəpˈliftiNG/

adjective

adjective: uplifting

inspiring happiness, optimism, or hope. "an uplifting story of triumph over adversity"

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[–] 10 points 11 months ago (1 child)

My go to happy thought is this:

Wild dogs, wolves, coyotes, etc... don't have eyebrows. That is to say that they never evolved the muscles necessary to move their eyebrows in an expressive way.

Moveable eyebrows were a trait that domesticated dogs specifically evolved in order to mimic their humans and invoke more empathy (and let's face it...likely manipulate us for more treats)

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/domestication-made-dogs-facial-anatomy-more-fetching-to-humans/

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