Current Events > Open mouth smile is the worst trend of this past decade

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https://imgur.com/4kLerCN

Its like someone pulled a joke but never told these people that it was actually a joke

Thanks @KillerSlaw for the reference photo

The soyboy smile

Don't ever trust a soyboy smile. They'll cancel you for the chance of a woman's attention.

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I just love that it seems to trigger people who are probably miserable in their own lives LOL

Look up Soy Boy Switch if you wanna see some real horrifying shit.

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Open-mouth smiles always make me a little uncomfortable, but I'm the type to rarely even show teeth when I'm smiling. Gets me RBF accusations all the time.

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DarthAragorn posted...

The soyboy smile

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I think a lot of people actually do a controlled, slight version of this which makes their faces look better in photos. The problem in the op and all similar pics is that the people doing it are aggressively overdoing it and are just not good looking people to begin with.

Always found it weird that all the ugly right wing gamergate types used to project so hard on other ugly gamer types for doing this tbh, especially the assumed political/dietary stuff but whatever

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I find people obsessing over it weirder tbh

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they look like their possessed by demons or something...

https://imgur.com/N6u17sO


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for real tho, its hard for me to trust anyone who smiles as forcefully as that for some reason. its just an instinct i have. lol

Honestly, I think anyone that does a selfie like this is a moron.

I tried it once, before the whole "soy face" thing became a meme. I was like "Holy Shit, I look like a fucking pussy." and deleted the photo ASAP. Since then, I see people doing this face all the time. Not once have I not thought the person doing it didn't look like a gigantic fucking wuss.

What is it with these dudes having absolutely no concept of how they look?

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socially awkward unattractive gamers aren't aware of how they look nor how to present themselves, who'd have thought!

It's still stupid that people who look exactly like this only who have right wing views and try to use suffocating tryhard nihilism instead of suffocating tryhard faux happiness as a mask think they look or act any different

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NinjaBreakfast posted...

socially awkward unattractive gamers aren't aware of how they look nor how to present themselves, who'd have thought!

It's still stupid that people who look exactly like this only who have right wing views and try to use suffocating tryhard nihilism instead of suffocating tryhard faux happiness as a mask think they look or act any different

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lol soy face

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Imagine giving a fuck about how people smile enough to shitpost about it on Gamefaqs.

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Apparently other primates show their teeth this way as a display of submission and/or fear.

I don't really have a strong opinion about it, just another one of those weird passing fads.

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KillerSlaw posted...

Not once have I not thought the person doing it didn't look like a gigantic f***ing wuss.

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Ultima Dragon posted...

Apparently other primates show their teeth this way as a display of submission and/or fear.

Is there a source on this?

Cuz the only folks I've heard saying it are the same sort who thinks soy turns you into a woman

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shockthemonkey posted...

What bro topic hit close to home? Hahaha Im so fucking funny and tough

Yeah...that's what it is rather than the sheer absurdity of you choosing this one thing to bitch about in the world of real actual things to bitch about.

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Doom_Art posted...

Is there a source on this?

Cuz the only folks I've heard saying it are the same sort who thinks soy turns you into a woman

The bared-teeth display, also referred to as the fear grin, or grimace, is one of the most conspicuous and well-studied facial expressions in ethology and has been reported in a variety of mammalian species from canids to primates. Research has shown, however, that the communicative function of this expression can differ quite broadly depending on the species, their type of social organization and social context. In wolves, for example, retraction of the lips horizontally over the teeth results in a submissive grin which is used by cubs and subordinates when actively greeting adult conspecifics, or humans (Fox, 1969 ).

Antithetical to this expression is a vertical lip retraction which is given by dominant animals during aggressive interactions, very similar facial movements but with vastly different social functions (Darwin, 1872 ; Fox, 1969 ).

Among primates, the function of the bared-teeth also has different meanings depending on the species and their type of social organization. Among macaques species that have despotic social systems characterized by strict, linear dominance hierarchies, i.e. rhesus monkeys, the bared-teeth display appears to be a signal of submission, or rank recognition in that it is only given by subordinates to higher ranking individuals (van Hooff, 1976 ; de Waal and Luttrell, 1985 ).

https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/1/3/221/2362993

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it's funny because it triggers incel right winger types

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ScazarMeltex posted...

Yeah...that's what it is rather than the sheer absurdity of you choosing this one thing to bitch about in the world of real actual things to bitch about.

Did you not read what you quoted?

andel posted...

it's funny because it triggers incel right winger types

I genuinely wonder if they're angry at their own self-consciousness in life when they see people that are freely enjoying themselves LOL

Ultima Dragon posted...

The bared-teeth display, also referred to as the fear grin, or grimace, is one of the most conspicuous and well-studied facial expressions in ethology and has been reported in a variety of mammalian species from canids to primates. Research has shown, however, that the communicative function of this expression can differ quite broadly depending on the species, their type of social organization and social context. In wolves, for example, retraction of the lips horizontally over the teeth results in a submissive grin which is used by cubs and subordinates when actively greeting adult conspecifics, or humans (Fox, 1969 ).

Antithetical to this expression is a vertical lip retraction which is given by dominant animals during aggressive interactions, very similar facial movements but with vastly different social functions (Darwin, 1872 ; Fox, 1969 ).

Among primates, the function of the bared-teeth also has different meanings depending on the species and their type of social organization. Among macaques species that have despotic social systems characterized by strict, linear dominance hierarchies, i.e. rhesus monkeys, the bared-teeth display appears to be a signal of submission, or rank recognition in that it is only given by subordinates to higher ranking individuals (van Hooff, 1976 ; de Waal and Luttrell, 1985 ).

https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/1/3/221/2362993

I think you're confused because the "fear grin" in that article doesn't really look anything like the thing in the OP

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ArchiePeck posted...

I genuinely wonder if they're angry at their own self-consciousness in life when they see people that are freely enjoying themselves LOL

It's weird that you think making fun of something means you're angry or triggered.

again i think if it were just people laughing at how lame gamers are then everybody would find this funny but instead it became this conduit for ethnonationalist gamers who lack the self awareness to realise they are literally no different to these people to take shots at their perceived political opponents

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Shablagoo posted...

Those are genuine laughs though not forced smiles

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Shablagoo posted...

The difference is that these are not selfies, and they are also genuine laguhes/smiles. They are candid shots.

The "soy boy smile" is almost always a selfie, or at the very least very obviously staged. That is what I mean when I say "anyone who does this." Anyone who does this as in stages the smiles. It never looks genuine and it has a lot to do with the eyes I think.

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Living (and smiling!) rent free in your head.

Probably not a coincidence that everyone in this thread who is triggered by it is tagged as trash lmao

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KillerSlaw posted...

The difference is that these are not selfies, and they are also genuine laguhes/smiles. They are candid shots.

The "soy boy smile" is almost always a selfie, or at the very least very obviously staged. That is what I mean when I say "anyone who does this." Anyone who does this as in stages the smiles. It never looks genuine and it has a lot to do with the eyes I think.

https://giphy.com/gifs/lol-Ot6Il65ZDRtle

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Doom_Art posted...

I find people obsessing over it weirder tbh

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https://i.imgur.com/vzgL3CG.jpg

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MorbidFaithless posted...

Probably not a coincidence that everyone in this thread who is triggered by it is tagged as trash lmao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CBvUefHTMI

It's weird. The only people I see bagging on folks for this are other nerds.

Now let me go and prove my own point by saying the guys in the OP look goofy as fuck lol
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I miss smiles like this


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The rise of soybois and cucks brought many bad things

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It's just "Look at me I'm so zany and wacky!" type of humor certain nerds feel like they have to do.

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I'm not one to smile, much less do a full-on exaggerated open mouth smile, but why do people care about how others express happiness? Also, trying to tie it back to some selective "natural behavior" pseudoscience is laughable.
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Irony posted...

I miss smiles like this

That man is going to murder that old man for sure.

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KillerSlaw posted...

Honestly, I think anyone that does a selfie like this is a moron.

I tried it once,

lmao

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