(Kanye, 2020!!!)
(Also, Killer Mike for VP with Bernie Sanders 2016)
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Isnāt that more You Will Die a Righteous Death face? Am I not really excited to see her story arc? Is this Questions, or has OtherMichael conditioned me?
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Go read a book about and by black womenā¦ a fiction book, a non-fiction bookā¦ Please.
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Hey Kanye, smile!
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Oh snap! That might be a better ticket than Sanders/Warren I was hoping for.
Mine is typically bemused resting faceā¦
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If ya just sit there with a perma-smile, Iām probably gonna call you Ralphieā¦
Which isnāt a bad thing, 'cause I love Ralphies.
However, please donāt call me out for RBF if I look like this whenever I am around you.
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Why do you think that is? Itās a reference to a female dog, in a negative way? What do you think?
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I just came up with that today, talking to my advisor about my dissertation, and we started chatting about the Iowa results and then Ta-Nehisi Coatesā critique of Sanderās and Killer Mikeās defenseā¦ and heās perfect - has political aspirations, heās from a different part of the country, he supports Sanderās economic policyā¦ Yeah. I love this idea the more I think about itā¦ maybe I should write a blog about it?
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Iāll be honest, here. Iām more āSad Danny DeVitoā. With more hair.
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Well if Sanders does manage to beat out Clinton, itās not like Clinton will want to be his VP, and the other choice floating around was OāMalley. It seems like kind of a step backwards to go from having the first black president only to return to two old white dudes.
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I am just guessing here, and using my own experience.
A cheap, vestigal insult that happens to roll off the palate in a pleasing way (similar to fuck, feck, arse, and bleee-atch) that we all know isnāt right. It isnāt meant to impugn the group it refers to, but it does.
I blame it on laziness, and lack of vision when it comes to insults. I am also guilty. And I think language, thoughts, and actions can changeāeven while we can still sling verbal arrows at each other 
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My goodness that resonates with me. Why in the ever loving fuck strangers think itās ok to tell me to smile if I donāt look āhappy enoughā to them is a mystery to me
It just makes me want to punch someone.
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Honest question. Why is āresting bitch faceā even a thing? Iāve seen this become more prevalent on the internets lately and I donāt understand why.
Am I just becoming too old for the internet?
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Damn! Look at the Pecs on that!
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Clearly youāre a crab, not an ant 
No wonder camels always look pissed off.
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Apparently women with RBF are better communicators, although a lot of that has to do with being constantly reminded of how your apparent mood doesnāt match your internal one (at which point, I imagine many women continue with the same expression but with their internal mood now in alignment).
Research has shown that people rely heavily on facial expressions and body language. Psychologist Albert Mehrabian, of the University of California, Los Angeles, conducted famous studies in the 1960s that found that interpreting someoneās communication is based mostly on nonverbal cues, like facial expression, body language and tone. Women confronted by a world that automatically attaches negative attributes to their non-smiling face must quickly learn how to communicate and also hone a finely-tuned awareness of both our own emotions and the emotions of those around us.
We must also quickly develop a strong sense of self-awareness. This self-awareness allows you to adapt quickly in volatile or unfamiliar situationsāan invaluable trait when presenting before a room full or strangers or superiors, for example.
And then thereās the empathy factor. Women used to being constantly misunderstood focus more on the words someone says, rather than their tone, body cues, or facial expressions, ensuring a more effective flow of information between both parties.
Having been told off for my RBF as a guy a few times though, itās a lot less evident if people let you get to where youāre going without expecting you to have your friendly face on all the time. Thatās when Iām usually lost in my thoughts and recharging, so letting me do that gives everyone a more pleasant experience in the end.
I like BBS because many threads are eye-opening* - quite literally, I observed consciously the facial expressions of my fellow social animals around me. Most of them at work (f/m ratio of about 60/40, wide range of ages between 16 (apprentices) and 60+ (last working years before retirement), about 800 persons, so we donāt really know each other).
No one here smiles all the time (or stares angry or shows another extreme [for lack of a better word] emotion), the normal expression is relaxed.
And this is the Default Face hereabout, no qualifier needed, strike the sour - and I donāt expect something different, this is simply part of life, be it at work or walking in the streets or visiting a pub. People show emotions when they are warranted [not the word Iām looking for, but whatever], but they are not some kind of 24/7 cloak.
But then I live in Germany, and weāre infamous for our rude and unfriendly coldness.
*) the strategic butt-covering thread is to blame that I look more at bumsā¦
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If the screen printing isnāt an iron-on made of glitter, it isnāt an 80ās t-shirt.
So says this oldz.
@onemanmob: If it reassures you at all, you have matured very well over the last year-ish of commenting here. Props, youāre doing great!
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