微故事: 人際探測眼鏡（東加豆）
Micro-story: Ding's Magic Glasses (by Tonkabean)
（阿丁）是大笑瑜伽導師。他的班上只有六點五個人，為什麼是六點五？因為一個女學員每次對鏡頭都是一半臉、半邊肩膀、一隻手，而且她只會參與一半課堂。阿丁告訴自己，一種麵包有一百個不同的人喜歡吃，一句 Ho Ho Ha Ha 也有不同的聲調吧！總之大家一起 Ho Ho Ha Ha 就開心了。
阿丁試過派傳單、免費試堂，甚至在地鐵站 Ho Ho Ha Ha，但人數從未超過七個人。他想起手冊上寫着："笑不需要理由，選擇相信就可以。"
不過，六點五個人，收入那麼少，難道又只能兼職大笑瑜伽導師，做回老本行？但他開始懷疑，是不是自己笑得不夠好。
某日，他在網上看見一副（人際探測眼鏡）。評價只有三顆星，但阿丁買了。
眼鏡送到。他戴上，走進課室。
——兩個紅色。兩個灰色。兩點五個黑色。
紅色的人笑得燦爛，想必安多酚大豐收。黑色的那兩點五個人，大概皮質醇超標，不只面無表情，還散發出一種 "我隨時會走"的氣場。灰色的人，沒有表情，沒有意見。
阿丁整堂課都盯着那道黑色閃燈的人。
他想討好他。他走到黑色的人面前，刻意對他笑。黑色的人沒有笑。他又走過去，問他感覺如何。黑色的人說："還行。" 另一個向他苦笑一下。
阿丁愈來愈焦慮。他發覺那兩個紅色的人開始變灰，他慌了。
他脫下眼鏡。深呼吸。他想起筆記中的一句："鏡像神經元會讓笑聲傳染，但你無法傳染給一個不想被傳染的人，只看笑而不做的人，這已經證明他是（易於感染物），不然，這些人會消失得無影無蹤的。
阿丁決定專注於那兩個紅色的人。他跟他們一起笑，一起 Ho Ho Ha Ha...YGYG Yeah！一起做（簽名式大笑）——吸氣、握拳、憋氣三秒，然後爆發出笑聲。他不再看黑色的人。
下星期，兩個紅色變成四個。
再下星期，四個紅色變成八個。
灰色的人開始轉紅。
有個灰色的人課後對他說："其實我一直覺得大笑瑜伽很傻，但你笑起來好像真的很開心。"
阿丁笑了笑，沒有解釋，望著他，笑容更燦爛，拍掌更大力。他想起手冊上的另一句話："研究證明，身體分不清真笑還是假笑，只要笑，就會釋放安多酚，降低皮質醇。"
最近，他常常忘了戴那副眼鏡。
不是故意的，就是忘了。
原來忙起來的時候，黑色的人會變成一種背景。
黑色的人？他沒再想了，也就忘了那副眼鏡。
完
Micro-story: Ding's Magic Glasses (by Tonkabean)
Ah Ding is a Laughter Yoga teacher. He has exactly 6.5 students in his class. Why 6.5? Because one student only shows half her face, half a shoulder, and one hand on camera—and she only stays for half the lesson. Ding tells himself: "A hundred people like a hundred different kinds of bread; surely one 'Ho Ho Ha Ha' can have different tones." As long as everyone laughs together, that’s happiness.
Ding tried handing out flyers, offering free trials, and even laughing in subway stations. But his class size never grew past seven. He remembered the manual: "Laughter needs no reason; you just have to choose to believe."
However, with only 6.5 students and a tiny income, he wondered if he had to go back to his old job and keep Laughter Yoga as a part-time hobby. He started to doubt himself: "Maybe my laugh isn't good enough?"
One day, he saw a pair of "Interpersonal Detection Glasses" online. They only had a three-star rating, but Ding bought them anyway.
The glasses arrived. He put them on and walked into the classroom.
—Two Reds. Two Grays. And 2.5 Blacks.
The Red people laughed brightly; their endorphins must be overflowing. The 2.5 Black people looked like their cortisol levels were off the charts—not only were they expressionless, but they radiated an "I’m leaving any second" vibe. The Gray people had no expressions and no opinions.
Throughout the whole class, Ding’s eyes were glued to those flashing Black lights.
He wanted to please them. He walked up to a Black person and laughed right at him. The man didn't smile. Ding tried again, asking how he felt. The man simply said, "Fine." The other one just gave a bitter smirk.
Ding grew more anxious. He noticed the two Red people were starting to turn Gray. He panicked.
He took off the glasses and took a deep breath. He remembered a line from his notes: "Mirror neurons make laughter contagious, but you can’t infect someone who doesn't want to be. Even those who just watch without laughing are still 'vulnerable to infection'—otherwise, they would have disappeared long ago."
Ding decided to focus on the two Red people. He laughed with them, "Ho Ho Ha Ha... Very Good, Very Good, Yeah!" Together, they did a "Signature Laughter"—inhale, clench fists, hold breath for three seconds, and then let out a burst of laughter. He stopped looking at the Black people.
The next week, two Reds became four.
The week after, four Reds became eight.
The Gray people started turning Red.
After class, a Gray person said to him, "I used to think Laughter Yoga was silly, but you look truly happy when you laugh."
Ding smiled and said nothing. He just looked at the student, laughed even brighter, and clapped even harder. He recalled another line from the manual: "Research proves the body cannot tell the difference between real and fake laughter. As long as you laugh, you release endorphins and lower cortisol."
Lately, he often forgets to wear those glasses.
Not on purpose—he just forgets.
It turns out that when you are busy, the Black people just become the background.
Black people? He doesn't think about them anymore, so he has forgotten about the glasses too.
日期 Date：11 May 2026
時間 Time: 14:27pm
圖 Picture: 人工智豆 (Ai-Bean)
文 Write. 東加豆 (Tonkabean)
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