Her expression is priceless. it’s amazing how you can tell when someone has a forced smile.

Posted at 6:11 am on Oct 28th, 2009 by Caleb Kraft

so there encouraging people to fake a smile…
hmmm i think i may make one for a few people…

Posted at 6:22 am on Oct 28th, 2009 by monkeyslayer56

That’s the same smile everyone gives me :(.

That spike in the last picture is horrifying.

Posted at 6:49 am on Oct 28th, 2009 by Skitchin

If there ever is a new contest for the most useless device I put my money on the “happiness hat”…

Posted at 7:03 am on Oct 28th, 2009 by pppd

I like the “I will kill you” touch to the design :P

Posted at 7:04 am on Oct 28th, 2009 by necromncr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe5j277hjxA&feature=fvw

All I could think of was Ren & Stimpy when I saw this

Posted at 7:13 am on Oct 28th, 2009 by Troll

Stimpy allready did this back in 1992.

Happy Happy Joy Joy
Happy Happy Joy Joy
Happy Happy Joy Joy
Happy Happy Joy Joy Joy.

Posted at 7:22 am on Oct 28th, 2009 by Greg N

Prodding does not make me happy. Well.. a certain kind, but I’m the one doing the prodding.

Posted at 7:34 am on Oct 28th, 2009 by nope

D’oh.

I feel more “panic” than “happiness” in her smiles ;)

Posted at 7:44 am on Oct 28th, 2009 by alfmar

Design looks creepy. It kinda make me realize “No pain, no gain” haha. I would design something which tickles your neck.

Posted at 8:24 am on Oct 28th, 2009 by Sijesh

wait i got it. its to make the people around the wearer smile when they see that face lol

Posted at 8:46 am on Oct 28th, 2009 by monkeyslayer56

It might make you smile… won’t make you happy. Maybe a tazer happy hat would have a lobotomizing effect that would make you happy… sort of like Stimpy.

Posted at 8:48 am on Oct 28th, 2009 by Mic

that hat needs to be destroyed right now. lest the design be intercepted and reproduced by retail stores like gamestop and apple that will force their miserable employees to wear them.

Posted at 8:53 am on Oct 28th, 2009 by McSquid

EVIL! I enjoy being grumpy dammit!

Posted at 9:01 am on Oct 28th, 2009 by smb1985

Never question the hat.

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1203

Posted at 9:06 am on Oct 28th, 2009 by Cabe

Why would you need thIS hat when ther….ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!

Posted at 11:27 am on Oct 28th, 2009 by Bob

If you smile a lot, your brain will think you are happy. It will release more endorphins. And you will feel happier.

So smile! :)

Posted at 11:41 am on Oct 28th, 2009 by Seth

I am getting some serious dystopia vibes here lol. Funny and creepy at the same time.

Posted at 12:04 pm on Oct 28th, 2009 by branno

Walmart has ordered 100000 of them for their greeters.

Posted at 12:08 pm on Oct 28th, 2009 by DeFex

Forced smile is worst than natural frown IMHO. I still like the idea though. Lauren’s expression was priceless when she forced a smile. It looks like this thing really hurts.

Posted at 1:38 pm on Oct 28th, 2009 by Concino

She’ll make a fortune selling them to the Japanese. There ALL workers must be happy ALL the time or ELSE (else like they get sent to happiness training school – not kidding).

Posted at 2:55 pm on Oct 28th, 2009 by VonSkippy

The Mind Snatchers, here we come!

Also… does this remind you of what the Assimilation Programs conducted by the US over Native People of the US area? Boarding schools…?

Anyway… creepy shit, man.

Posted at 3:26 pm on Oct 28th, 2009 by Louis II

I can’t wait to lug 4 AA batteries, a 9volt cell AND a full arduino around on my head, just to make me put on a fake smile.
[Lauren]’s really using her MIT experience to full effect.

Posted at 3:54 pm on Oct 28th, 2009 by cynic

I bet this will be used to train stewardesses, and hostesses for various olympic games and such in those ‘friendly’ countries.

They might consider bringing out a reverse version that punishes smiling too, it’ll sell.

Posted at 4:20 pm on Oct 28th, 2009 by Wwhat

OMFG dude! It has a metal spike on it wtf. Seriously I looked at their web site and it has a metal spike wtf!

Posted at 7:56 pm on Oct 28th, 2009 by Mic

I found something that will make you laugh (and a bit scared) This really happened. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do6pmYfNco0. This will put a real smile on your face =).

Posted at 8:33 pm on Oct 28th, 2009 by Mic

“An enclosed bend sensor attaches to the cheek and measures smile size, a servo motor moves a metal spike into the head inversely proportional to the degree of smile. Through repeated use of this conditioning device you can train your brain to smile all the time.

A little creepy, and I’m sure there are better ways to “train your brain”, but it is a form of habit conditioning, and what she says is true. If you actually wore this device for say, 7 days straight, you would be smiling almost all the time even after the week was up, since your brain automatically learns that anything but smiling equals pain.

I’m sure there are better ways to learn to smile then this though, like watching stupid people walk into things while texting!

Posted at 9:13 pm on Oct 28th, 2009 by Formori

I am not sure if something that makes you smile, is the same thing as making you happy.

Posted at 7:31 am on Oct 29th, 2009 by Arizona bankruptcy lawyer

I think it would be nice if there was more control of the pain level, maybe electric shocks with varying levels of intensity. Several electrodes could be used such that you never know where the pain will cone from. Of course, even nicer would be a positive re-enforcement system that rewards you for smiling.

Posted at 8:22 am on Oct 29th, 2009 by bhartley

Our robotic overlords can use this to make us all happy! All hail the coming Robot Empire!

Posted at 8:46 am on Oct 29th, 2009 by dbear

Or as we used to say, “the floggings will continue until morale improves.”

Posted at 11:29 am on Oct 29th, 2009 by pj

she is smokin

Posted at 4:52 pm on Dec 2nd, 2009 by Anthony909