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TATA FRIKY · 4 MIN
What’s your default facial expression?
Apparently my resting face has been arguing with people without telling me.
Tata Frikythinking out loud…
- Sunday
- Tata FrikyA woman at the market asked me why I was angry with her.
- I was calculating whether I had enough change for tomatoes 🍅
- Nadiayou do have a serious thinking face.
- Tata Frikyapparently my face has been having arguments without me.
- Tata Friky
- Kossimine says “bored” even when I'm listening.
- Tata Frikyyour face is correct sometimes.
- Kossiunfair.
- Tata FrikyI keep hearing “smile” from people I don't know. Sometimes a neutral face is just a neutral face.
- but when someone I care about thinks I'm upset, I'd rather ask than make them guess.
- Nadia“I'm thinking, not angry” is a useful sentence.
- Tata Frikyso is “are you okay?” instead of “why are you giving me that look?”
- expressions carry clues. They aren't subtitles for someone's mind.
- the vendor and I laughed. I got the tomatoes. My face is still under investigation.
- Tata FrikyYour default face gets called…
- send me your default face. No, actually, just tell me what people think it means 👀
How did this land?
Your turn
What do people assume from your resting face, and are they right?
“Angry.” I was doing mental arithmetic.
A question works better than an assumption.
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