Why do certain facial expressions piss people off?

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1. These type of comments usually comes out of jealousy.

2. Some facial expressions are typically coupled with shit attitudes.

3. People are responding to the vibe. They don’t exactly know how to identify ‘the vibe’ so they attribute their reaction to the smile or whatever else. But it’s the vibe.

4. For sure *Resting Bitch Face* making people sure you don’t care.

5. Usually, it comes from experience with that person.

   I’ll use myself and one of my coworkers as an example. Over the years of working around her, I’ve noticed she has this half smirk coupled with a slight tilt of her head to one side and raising of her nose.

   Now, this expression I’ve learned is something she seems to only do once she has totally snapped on someone below her and has made them grovel somewhat in order to satisfy/placate her. And it’s usually over something so small and insignificant that it really didn’t require more than an off-hand reminder.

   So when I see her and she’s wearing that expression, it annoys the hell out of me. Because I’m pretty sure she’s riding her superiority high from abusing one of her subordinates.

   I’m so glad we’re in two different divisons of the company so we have very little direct interaction. If I had to deal with her daily, I would leave.

6. Idk I never got angry about only facial expressions or fashion. I do get angry though when a person wins an argument against me and I admitt that I’m wrong and then they fucking smirk. What tf are you smirking about? I just told you, you were right, do you really need to make this about your ego now?

7. They have a narrow vision. They like to be a victim. What other people do matters too much to them for their own contentment.

8. They probably don’t like the person, so they hate their features too.

9. It just means they don’t like their looks, but can’t say that outright in order to be politically correct.

10. It subconsciously reminds someone of a person or fictional character. They did not originally dislike the laugh, they hated the character who introduced it to them. They don’t hate smirking, they hate they bully who smirked at them.

11. Yes, sometimes people dislike others for arbitrary reasons, or for traits that are not objectively “bad” but happen to rub that specific person the wrong way. Feelings are not rational.

    Who cares? You’re not a $100 bill, why would *everyone* like you?

12. If someone hates someone’s smile, they usually hate that person, and would rather not see them at all, but especially not happy.

    If someone hates someone’s haircut, it’s probably just an ugly haircut.

    Some facial expressions can piss off some people without any history with the person making the expression though. The reasoning can vary.

    Personally, I could dislike a smile on a stranger if they look like someone I don’t like when they smile. I also hate what I call “TikTok faces” where the person makes over exaggerated excited or confused faces because I can tell they’re disingenuous.

13. Some facial expressions like they don’t like them having around.

14. conditioning. The brain can get bored very easily. But it’s nobody’s job to change themselves for anyone else. Also people who make these kinds of rude remarks to others have too much time on their hands and not enough work. Probably lack good role models in their life

15. so the eyes are the window to the soul. this is a very difficult concept to explain, so i wont even try.

    Basically:

    if you smile like this: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kr7d2rrBIOM/hqdefault.jpg

    then you’re probably going to do something malicious. This is an obvious bad smile.

    Haircuts dress the soul. If your haircut hides half your fcae aka emo then you’re probably really hurt, shy, and have a lot of unprocessed emotions, and are really hiding and hard to relate to.

    I chose two obvious examples. But both really show who you are as a person. One- the smile- is subconscious. The other- the haircut- is conscious.

    Are you a rebel with a mohawk? Loud, proud, and needing to SCREAM with your hair? Are you tough guy bald? Too much testoseterone and your hair can’t keep up? Do you have a plethora of self love with long hair? Silky, shiny, and long? Are you the opposite with long, matted hair sticking out everywhich way?

    Does your smile reach your eyes? Do you show too much teeth (kind of defensive)? Is it sly? Like you’re laughing at others and keeping your thoughts to yourself? Is it welcoming and joyous and radiant? Is it charming? Is it fake? Is it uncertain?

16. Cultivate your own hated “things”

17. Because humans are a silly bunch, and we get easily triggered by bizarre things. It’s our special skill.

18. https://images.app.goo.gl/Tbp6mrNY1F3tEvPh9

19. Maybe because certain facial expressions remind people of their own resting bitch face.

20. Maybe because they secretly envy how expressive and fabulous your face is.

21. Well, maybe their smiles are like a punch in the face, or their haircuts give people nightmares. Classics, really.

22. I worked with a guy who I disagreed with on key aspects of the work. No right or wrong, just differing approaches. As it turned out his way was better than mine and I resented him for it, I was young and immature. I actually hated him too because I thought he had a weird sort of sneer/smirk that he had on his face. I really loathed him and treated him badly. Turns out he had a mini stroke that made is face go like that when he got nervous, and I made him nervous. I’d give him salty attitude, and he’d get nervous and smirk at me, and I’d get madder and treat him worse. Went our separate ways and a few months later I was like I’m so glad that sneering fuck is gone, and his boss was like “sneering? you know he can’t control the muscles on his left side of his mouth, right?” Learned a few lessons from that one