this facial expression

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http://i36.tinypic.com/2rpz713.jpg

more examples, plz

mensrightsguy (internet person), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:24 (seventeen years ago)

good call. also, is it made by women and animals?

harbl, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:25 (seventeen years ago)

...>:[

Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:26 (seventeen years ago)

despondent

cutty, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:26 (seventeen years ago)

"caught"

Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:26 (seventeen years ago)

omg this needs to be in ILNFL
eli manning, wade phillips etc

k3vin k., Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:26 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00653/news-graphics-2007-_653628a.jpg

Matt #2, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:29 (seventeen years ago)

^ this is ok, but his bottom lip needs to be pushing up against the top one a bit more.

mensrightsguy (internet person), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:30 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.bivingsreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/3.gif

Nothing beats the original.

burt_stanton, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:31 (seventeen years ago)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/215000/images/_216224_clinton_150.jpg

velko, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:32 (seventeen years ago)

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00492/Kevin_Keegan_492123a.jpg

Matt #2, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:33 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.mockpaperscissors.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/chimpy-frown.jpg

jaymc, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:33 (seventeen years ago)

is this also the "i'm a man and i'm trying to choke back tears" look?

La Lechera, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:35 (seventeen years ago)

i saw a photo of Mikheil Saakashvili that was a primo example of this, but can't find it anywhere.

mensrightsguy (internet person), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:36 (seventeen years ago)

sometimes, sometimes it's just bemusement.

mensrightsguy (internet person), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:36 (seventeen years ago)

the eliot spitzer one is classic, bill too

mark cl, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:47 (seventeen years ago)

http://electricityandlust.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/will-arnett-amy-poehler-gap-ad.jpg

Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:55 (seventeen years ago)

it's like when smug backfires and turns inward on itself

a better command of the mummy language (joygoat), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:56 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.daemonstv.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/nup_116909_0111.JPG

Sara Sara Sara, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:57 (seventeen years ago)

in the spitzer one he looks like he's trying to actually suck his face into itself, thus making it disappear (and it seems like it's almost working!)

Manchego Bay (G00blar), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:59 (seventeen years ago)

in the first few, the corners of the mouth are going down, which indicates disappointment
in the last two, the corners are going up, which indicates...sheepishness?
not the same

La Lechera, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:04 (seventeen years ago)

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v341/110/26/549466400/n549466400_1467059_3712.jpg

Bob Six, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:05 (seventeen years ago)

in the first few, the corners of the mouth are going down, which indicates disappointment
in the last two, the corners are going up, which indicates...sheepishness?
not the same

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yes, let's stay focused, people

mensrightsguy (internet person), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:11 (seventeen years ago)

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/alingbert/4square.jpg

Lingbert, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:18 (seventeen years ago)

I think Brits can't quite do it...
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45274000/jpg/_45274987_sport_megson512.jpg

Holden McGroin (Ned Trifle II), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:24 (seventeen years ago)

http://static-p4.fotolia.com/jpg/00/00/37/37/400_F_373754_nxmbCI2DB3AGeb4tUaX0SvN7RXebCS.jpg

La Lechera, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:24 (seventeen years ago)

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=man+frowning&imgurl=4033b25e624f81ad

La Lechera, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:26 (seventeen years ago)

http://shoppingblog.dallasnews.com/US%20NEWS%20NJGOVERNOR%201%20PH.JPG

velko, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:27 (seventeen years ago)

oops i think that was too large
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=man+frowning&imgurl=4033b25e624f81ad

my dad makes this face all the time
i am invested in this thread

La Lechera, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:28 (seventeen years ago)

^^thought about posting that one myself (xp)

jaymc, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:28 (seventeen years ago)

lineker_after_gazza_started_blubbing_Italia_90.jpg

which the internet is strangely failing to give up for me.

bidfurd, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:30 (seventeen years ago)

good call. also, is it made by women and animals?

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http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z4/palladiate/Politics/tard.jpg

Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:30 (seventeen years ago)

i think it is called a grimace
http://blog.kir.com/archives/jeff%20skilling%20grimacing.jpg

La Lechera, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:30 (seventeen years ago)

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0avU7Cpf3W68l/340x.jpg

La Lechera, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:34 (seventeen years ago)

http://neveryetmelted.com/wp-images/JimmyCarter.jpg

velko, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:35 (seventeen years ago)

http://lizarrasmith.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/grimace1.jpg

Ca-hoot na na na oh oh (HI DERE), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:35 (seventeen years ago)

blago's face ^^ in there pls

La Lechera, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:36 (seventeen years ago)

Lineker! (at a different moment though)
http://www.topnews.in/sports/files/Gary-Lineker.jpg

Holden McGroin (Ned Trifle II), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:39 (seventeen years ago)

Damn, mouth going up the wrong way...

Holden McGroin (Ned Trifle II), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:39 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.dukemagazine.duke.edu/dukemag/issues/050604/images/lg_dwf15-314682.jpg

velko, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:41 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.glamorati.com/celebrity/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/michael-jackson-mugshot.jpg

"I'd cry if I could, but I can't. Botched facelift".

Trayce, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:42 (seventeen years ago)

im doing this right now

homosexual II, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:44 (seventeen years ago)

lineker_after_gazza_started_blubbing_Italia_90.jpg

which the internet is strangely failing to give up for me.

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3004/3095854301_ee391bed25_o.jpg

Holden McGroin (Ned Trifle II), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:49 (seventeen years ago)

I'd pull that face if I turned into an oompa-loompa too.

Trayce, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:52 (seventeen years ago)

ha ha no-one can ever find that. i myself had to grab it from youtube a few weeks back. football is a goldmine for this face yes.

Yentl vs Predator (blueski), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:52 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah, you can get loads of Gazza crying but Lineker's (rather touching) response, no!

Holden McGroin (Ned Trifle II), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:55 (seventeen years ago)

They're feeling it in Illinois today:

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081209/capt.ed1520fd3e98416493cb1a7fae9a4db5.blagojevich_corruption_probe_dcsw106.jpg

өөө (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:56 (seventeen years ago)

oh man, that's a good one

La Lechera, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:59 (seventeen years ago)

BUUUUSSSSSSTED

Lafayette Lever hi wtf (ice cr?m), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 23:00 (seventeen years ago)

Ed Miliband needs a bit more practice at this expression.

Bob Six, Thursday, 24 April 2025 18:09 (one year ago)

idk looks like he has been practicing in the mirror

Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Sunday, 27 April 2025 15:39 (one year ago)

one month passes...

Tasmanian edition
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/74c1136a33d9180d165bcaf6b391551f85998aca/436_0_4359_3488/master/4359.jpg

assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 10 June 2025 22:20 (eleven months ago)

hegseth again
https://komonews.com/resources/media2/1x1/683/1440/171x0/90/0ce2e603-389d-4fe6-a5db-459a4c505d36-AP25161600883783.jpg

Kim Kimberly, Wednesday, 18 June 2025 17:32 (eleven months ago)

enough Brylcreme?

Minty Gum (Latham Green), Wednesday, 18 June 2025 20:33 (eleven months ago)

damn he’s going to break this facial expression

z_tbd, Wednesday, 25 June 2025 19:19 (eleven months ago)

looks like someone cut the cheese

Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 25 June 2025 19:32 (eleven months ago)

looks like he stabbed the cheese thousands of times and it’s obliterated now

z_tbd, Wednesday, 25 June 2025 19:36 (eleven months ago)

that's really a different expression.. it's more pure, unbridled disgust rather than 'welp, what can you do?'

Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 25 June 2025 19:40 (eleven months ago)

it’s this facial expression but it’s with an even stronger dose of bitterness - someone will pay. whether it’s himself or someone else, someone will hurt for this

z_tbd, Wednesday, 25 June 2025 22:11 (eleven months ago)

lacking the sucking-in-lips aspect of the usual tfe.

visiting, Wednesday, 25 June 2025 22:40 (eleven months ago)

i struggle to replicate this facial expression even if i try, no clue how all these people manage to do it instinctively and reactively. maybe it's a rich person thing

ciderpress, Wednesday, 25 June 2025 22:51 (eleven months ago)

it's a "they fucked up" thing.

visiting, Thursday, 26 June 2025 00:23 (eleven months ago)

they fucked up but also they know they deserve some of the blame, but also, you gotta show some resolve with the look

z_tbd, Thursday, 26 June 2025 05:45 (eleven months ago)

'Mistakes were made,' gotta go full passive tense

Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 26 June 2025 19:22 (eleven months ago)

Ups were fucked.

Briania, Thursday, 26 June 2025 19:37 (eleven months ago)

johnson, yet again
https://images.axios.com/HBbboRGLvc25ENQwSkwXG6ce43s=/0x0:6000x3375/1920x1080/2025/07/01/1751393588918.jpg

Kim Kimberly, Thursday, 3 July 2025 06:18 (eleven months ago)

his face is literally getting stuck like that
what a coward

Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Thursday, 10 July 2025 18:59 (ten months ago)

https://defensescoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2025/07/GettyImages-2225422021.jpg

Kim Kimberly, Wednesday, 23 July 2025 18:38 (ten months ago)

https://i.imgur.com/s2G6pSy.jpeg

z_tbd, Thursday, 31 July 2025 17:23 (ten months ago)

iconic

budo jeru, Friday, 1 August 2025 03:10 (ten months ago)

looks like he's being blown

conspiracitorial theories (stevie), Friday, 1 August 2025 10:54 (ten months ago)

being blown, communing with a tripartite/infinitely just/infinitely merciful god, no doubt similar

mookieproof, Monday, 4 August 2025 03:43 (ten months ago)

one month passes...

Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker, claimed Mr Trump may have been helping the FBI
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/politics/2025/09/05/TELEMMGLPICT000438369970_17571155615930_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqgsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdP4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg

visiting, Saturday, 6 September 2025 01:52 (eight months ago)

one month passes...

the off-duty pilot that was on mushrooms and tried to grab the controls and then open the emergency exit

https://www.oregonlive.com/resizer/v2/VVOZTPRHRRAFJK2C6QVR7P54CQ.jpg

Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 24 October 2025 17:43 (seven months ago)

drat

Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 24 October 2025 17:43 (seven months ago)

Are people coached on this expression as part of their PR training? I feel like I've never seen it irl.

jmm, Friday, 24 October 2025 17:47 (seven months ago)

before this thread existed a guy i used to know made this face a lot (he was prone to making mistakes) to the point of his gf pointing it out specifically.

Kim Kimberly, Friday, 24 October 2025 18:08 (seven months ago)

same guy
https://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AP23341700787590.jpg?w=1440&q=75

Kim Kimberly, Friday, 24 October 2025 18:11 (seven months ago)

it's the expression people make as they watch their arrogance being publicly humiliated

more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 24 October 2025 18:13 (seven months ago)

I mean it's an expression you make when you get caught lying or otherwise caught for some wrongdoing, of course it's going to be mostly people involved in politics

silverfish, Friday, 24 October 2025 18:37 (seven months ago)

yeah! that's the shroom pilot... if anyone should be employing this expression, it is he

Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 24 October 2025 18:46 (seven months ago)

how is it that “mushroom pilot” and “shroom pilot” both result in zero hits on discogs.com

trm (tombotomod), Friday, 24 October 2025 23:34 (seven months ago)

seeing this facial expression expressed over and over is truly one of the only delights in this hellscape

Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Monday, 27 October 2025 15:15 (seven months ago)

three weeks pass...

The shroom pilot walked! He's out of jail already

Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 18 November 2025 18:06 (six months ago)

three weeks pass...

not quite *this* facial expression, possibly sui generis but deserving of notice:

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:njhuquor23vkkeamltaxdsnz/bafkreifkxmyx6fka5wtgcvk7bwzsrdmvr6ecwqzwrli3xdvbvs5rzmplj4@jpeg

rob, Tuesday, 16 December 2025 16:25 (five months ago)

v. star trek alien-of-the-week

mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 December 2025 03:41 (five months ago)

that’s a big fur hat she’s wearing

Modollno Kahn (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 17 December 2025 07:41 (five months ago)

One for the Celtic fans among us

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e81a022913fe6a4f293b9cba71903da6fbcee002/204_0_3135_2509/master/3135.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none

oh the traffic around here (Matt #2), Thursday, 18 December 2025 01:09 (five months ago)

three months pass...

Mike Johnson caves on Senate’s DHS deal, paving way to end shutdown
https://www.ms.now/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/260401-mike-johnson-zz.jpg

(Photo from February apparently but it's what MSNOW are going with today.)

visiting, Thursday, 2 April 2026 03:14 (two months ago)

Can't believe that guy can make any other face at this point

underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Thursday, 2 April 2026 03:29 (two months ago)

deeply want to punch this guy in his face, which is not a feeling i've experienced too often

mookieproof, Thursday, 2 April 2026 03:40 (two months ago)

three weeks pass...

because we have this https://t.co/xPhGl1ODkK pic.twitter.com/H8EcAH6mJp

— Conor Rogers (@conorjrogers) April 23, 2026

piscesx, Friday, 24 April 2026 17:31 (one month ago)

OK, which one of you is @conorjrogers?

underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Saturday, 25 April 2026 00:36 (one month ago)

https://i.postimg.cc/g2VNC5Zv/bafkreibeal7ibx2p7hz344lf22ihlxfpdhkebcxbxurn6bjgmjse5a65mi.webp

mookieproof, Saturday, 25 April 2026 00:50 (one month ago)


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