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Saturday March 19, 2011

Has anyone ever told you your normal face looked sad or mad? By “normal face” I mean one that’s totally expressionless–i.e., you’re not smiling, frowning, grinning, scowling, etc. It’s just the way you look when your facial muscles aren’t being used to express your emotions.

Most of the normal faces I’ve seen looked pretty neutral, and didn’t give off any particular vibe. My normal face, however, must really hate being associated with me or something because I’m always getting this sh*t:

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I obviously can’t draw pointing-at-myself pictures for sh*t.

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Isn’t that depressing? My default face-at-rest is one that looks perpetually mad or sad! Actually, now that I think about it, I don’t think anyone has ever read my normal face to be a sad one. It’s always been interpreted as a “pissy, frigid b*tch” face!

Of course, once I tell them I’m really not feeling mad/sad even though my normal face makes me look like I am, it’s all good.

…But then I’ll get a piece of advice:

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Someone always–always–makes this stupid suggestion. It’s inevitable…like Lindsay Lohan being in a courtroom, or finding a lifetime’s worth of raggedy-ass Ed Hardy t-shirts in a douche bag’s closet. Whenever someone finds out I was born with a lemon of a normal face, that person will always tell me to smile more often.

But why the hell would anyone do that? How could “you should smile more often” be taken as anything other than joke advice? I mean, no one smiles unless (1) they are in a situation where smiling is required (e.g., sales people), or (2) they are happy. And smiling outside of those two scenarios looks insane:

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The only people who run around smiling for no reason are crazies and the retarded!

Posted 3/19/2011 at 1:49 PM
54 Comments

I get that all the time.  So annoying.  

Posted 3/19/2011 at 2:9 PM by npr32486

The only people who run around smiling for no reason are crazies and the retarded!

LOL!!! exactly!

Posted 3/19/2011 at 2:24 PM by ThePrince

haha yea I get the same thing, that I look mean angry or something I’m like wth…

Posted 3/19/2011 at 4:55 PM by mistermino

I get the.. are you sad? What’s wrong? ALL THE TIME. Lol.

Posted 3/19/2011 at 4:41 PM by youngvan

LOL the smiling face is so funny. I get the “my normal face looks angry” a lot by my dad. It’s quite annoying.  

Posted 3/19/2011 at 4:59 PM by sparkleworm

we call that the RBF. resting bitch face. lol

Posted 3/19/2011 at 4:19 PM by thesee

lol

Posted 3/19/2011 at 9:44 PM by YOUNGAZNTIGER

People who think that you need to be smiling all the time to be happy have issues and should look at themselves. In other news, aa64 has a stalker! Better watch yo back. 

Posted 3/20/2011 at 12:5 AM by Ironstove

Actually the girl I sit next to in class has this problem. I didnt talk to her for half the semester because I thought she hated my guts, but when I did talk to her she was extremely nice!

Well then you should… Be happy, smile! =D
hahaha

Posted 3/19/2011 at 9:25 PM by viet1_n_only

Ah, I’ve heard this kind of stoopid stuff all my life…people just can’t gauge facial expressions anymore, I guess.  😛

Posted 3/19/2011 at 7:22 PM by ReeserTheShadow

I have this exact same problem! Same with my mom, sister, and brother, since our faces all look pretty similar. Everyone from my high school thinks I hated them because I used to “glare” at them, and whenever I start a new job or meet someone new they think I’m always mad. I’m sorry, my face just looks that way!

Posted 3/19/2011 at 8:47 PM by justXforXyou_beautiful

Always when I’m contemplating , enjoying the weather my expression gives the weirdes reaction from smiles to angry looking *sigh

Posted 3/19/2011 at 5:0 PM by wulfcry

Haha….some people can pull off the smiling -all-the-time face, but on other people, it just seems….weird.

Posted 3/19/2011 at 7:46 PM by a_drunken_cellist

my ex bf used to ask me this all the time and it was way annoying because he would be so upset if i said that i was just fine but he’d get upset anyways.

Posted 3/19/2011 at 5:7 PM by superGchik

hey i have the same problem. people always asked me if i was angry when i was younger. actually, i just have an unfortunate resting face. so, i subconsciously try to lift my eyebrows so i look normal, but every once in a while i’ll see myself in photos looking angry. sigh. we should botox that shit.

Posted 3/20/2011 at 12:27 AM by figachewy

You got that crazy serial killer look there.  Hawt.

Posted 3/20/2011 at 12:20 AM by Roadlesstaken

lol i do the smile all the time thing…and yes i do look kinda crazy!

Posted 3/20/2011 at 1:2 AM by galadrielspitcher

I get the same thing quite often. I’m just not that smiley or outgoing with my emotions.

Posted 3/20/2011 at 12:34 AM by MagisterTom

sometimes I get that I look sad. :/

Posted 3/20/2011 at 12:41 AM by TheSecretLifeOfPandas

Well, this made me smile. But…there’s a reason to do so! 

Posted 3/20/2011 at 12:32 AM by Unstoppable_Inner_Strength

Lol! XD I think this has happened to me once, but that’s probably because my face at rest is just me looking totally tired and most of the people I’m associated with know that I’m an insomniac, so they don’t bother to ask.

Posted 3/20/2011 at 12:23 AM by Queen_of_You188

hahaha yeah I used to get that alot…no idea what’s changed.

Posted 3/20/2011 at 1:5 AM by ALovingAdversary

I used to have that problem, so I changed the arch shape of my eyebrows through evasive plucking, and now I look only “slightly” pissed.

Posted 3/20/2011 at 1:32 AM by mycontinuity

Gahhhh, I get that all the frickin time.    My favorite thing to do is to look at them, completely stone-faced, and tell them there’s a booger in their nose.

Posted 3/20/2011 at 12:24 AM by the_rocking_of_socks

ha ha. truth

Posted 3/20/2011 at 12:33 AM by ShimmerBodyCream

So true. xD 

Posted 3/20/2011 at 12:45 AM by nov_way

that’s patriarchy’s androcentrism for ya.

Posted 3/20/2011 at 12:35 AM by snowisreallycold

The last picture made me laugh. I get told my normal face looks mad. And apparently I give people evil looks when I stare into space.. oh well, I haven’t got my ass whooped for it yet.

Posted 3/20/2011 at 12:31 AM by kinseydanielle

AGREED.

Posted 3/20/2011 at 12:30 AM by misajour

I totally know what you mean.  I am one of those people who are constantly making my friends laugh and then everytime anyone sees you if you are not cracking people up they think something is wrong. 

Posted 3/20/2011 at 12:33 AM by LilMishas_Ghost

Maybe you should tell those people to stop staring at you so much then.    A perma-grin just doesn’t look right… it’s too Joker-ish.

Posted 3/21/2011 at 6:18 PM by yakko1

hehe I can relate to this.

Posted 3/20/2011 at 11:56 PM by joooolie

Actually, your profile pictures remind me of Victoria’s Secret models from the early 90’s- somewhere between “Take me now, Charles” and “You’re not worthy to get any of this. . .”  But that’s probably just my own issues. . .

Posted 3/21/2011 at 2:50 AM by Ewithani
I get this all the time too. The “smile more” advice is the worst!
Posted 3/20/2011 at 3:45 AM by hana_sj

Don’t worry, its pretty common with asian girls, especially mainland, I see it most often in Vietnamese girls. Relaxed face ends up coming off as pissed or bitchy. Meh, embrace that shit and scare people into giving you their lunch money =]

Posted 3/20/2011 at 6:24 PM by moonman272

Apparently, my tired face is associated with the comment: “who are you pissed off at today?”

I AM NOT AN ANGRY PERSON. EVEN WHEN I’M ABUSING THE CAPSLOCK KEY.

Next time someone gives you that advice, you should throw a rotten apple at them.

Posted 3/20/2011 at 10:52 PM by lilxwunxnxluv

My neutral face is sad. haha. I always make up a sob story before I tell them I’m fine haha

Posted 5/26/2011 at 6:4 AM by ldy_cinnamon

Completely reminds me of Dream High. One of the main girls Hyemi had a very emotionless expression and it was quite hard to see how she was feeling. It was so funny. They always called her a robot. Lol 

Posted 3/20/2011 at 4:20 AM by Hinase

People used to tell me I seemed depressed all the time.
Now they tell me I seem happy all the time.

Posted 3/20/2011 at 3:48 PM by FoliageDecay

Holy crap..can so relate to this post.  I get the “you seem bored / sad” comment most of the time.  Nowadays I just pretend to be pissed so people would stop pestering me. 

Posted 3/20/2011 at 4:42 PM by MzKeekz

i get this allll the time. apparently the ends of my lips curve downwards so i look sad. -.-

Posted 3/20/2011 at 4:53 PM by banZaii_itZ_keIk0o

I used to have that conflict with my wife, when she was just being normal.  I learned not to get into it.

Posted 3/20/2011 at 3:52 PM by pb49r

lol. I get that aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall the damn time. 

Posted 3/21/2011 at 6:46 PM by tenshii_rage
I have a happy face. Normal happy :P! Very creative comics!
Posted 7/1/2011 at 6:57 AM by arrian_strider

haha. ive gotten this before too. people always think i’m sad or pissed then tell me to smile ..which can get annoying. lol

Posted 3/20/2011 at 11:53 AM by H0Eass

You gotta watch out for the smilers.  There was one in my middle school art class nicknamed “Peaches.”  Creeped me out, sitting behind me with that big psychopathic grin on his face all the time.  Thought he might turn the exacto knife or Crayola scissors on me one day.  And there was one excessively-smiley guy in my high school, too.  That loner used to walk around the building talking to himself, or sketch in his notebook and laugh quietly during lectures.  Plus, he had purple lips.  Don’t know what his problem was.  Maybe he was drawing up bomb plans in health class.  Now he works at Wal-Mart, and I don’t say hi to him.  Ha, take that purple lips!

Wow, I’ve spent a little too long on this page and now the frigid b*tch vibe is actually seeping through my computer.  (censored b*tch for you–house rules, I guess)

Posted 3/21/2011 at 5:36 AM by niceBrice

Everyone always asks me if I’m tired when I don’t smile or say anything.

Posted 3/21/2011 at 12:23 AM by xchinkylaydee

LOL so funny. you are good.

Posted 3/29/2011 at 4:1 PM by LuxteK

yeahh i get this too…
hate it; it’s just why would a smile while walking down the hallway!
people should see me talking to me friends =3 i smile lots…
my neutral face… not to smiley D=

Posted 3/20/2011 at 1:17 PM by N3wSt0ry

haha i love the last picture. 

Posted 3/20/2011 at 2:43 PM by cacaofleur

I love this!

Posted 3/20/2011 at 7:49 AM by Mrs_FoodLover

One time I yawned cause’ I was tired, obviously. Then my eyes got watery and I drew a tear. Someone thought I was sad and asked why I was crying. I explained to that person that I wasn’t crying. He wouldn’t let it go. He kept telling me that it’s okay to cry; that it’s nothing to be ashamed of. Ugh, so annoying. 

Posted 3/21/2011 at 1:34 AM by StatesofXistence

I have that problem, too. My relaxed face is a “pissed off” frown, so when it’s relaxed at work, my customers kind of steer clear. >_<  Even at home, when I’m reading something, it can be interpreted as “focused” “pissed” or anything else along the negative line. It’s really annoying.  =/

Posted 3/20/2011 at 2:18 AM by pointe_x_x_shoes

or maybe people who smile for no reason are warm and loving people just like people who don’t smile are probably cold and apathetic

Posted 3/20/2011 at 4:19 AM by The_ButterflyQueen

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