• taladar@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    That is not really what that phrase means though. That phrase refers to people whose neutral facial expression makes them look like someone unfriendly when the person behind it is not. In Vance’s case this is not true, his inside is just as ugly as his outside.

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      13 hours ago

      Yep the resting face is not a good judge of character, the active one is much more telling, and in Vance’s case it’s “self-righteousness without contentedness to back it up”. You can’t be discontent with yourself and at the same time think yourself to be the pinnacle of insight, at least not without a hefty dose of neurosis, that is.

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      15 hours ago

      No, the phrase doesn’t have anything to do with being misleading or not. It just means they look like a shitty, bitchy person on the outside. It may or may not be accurate. It definitely sometimes is not.

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        14 hours ago

        It specifically is about looking unapproachable, angry etc, when the person doesn’t feel any of those emotions (hence the “resting” part, like resting heart rate). It means someone who is having fun but looking differently too. Bitchiness or shittiness doesn’t factor in at all - the “bitch” in the name is a metaphor.