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"
omg this needs to be in ILNFLeli 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.
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 disappointmentin 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 disappointmentin the last two, the corners are going up, which indicates...sheepishness?not the same
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:04 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest
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 largehttp://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=man+frowning&imgurl=4033b25e624f81ad
my dad makes this face all the timei 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)
― harbl, Tuesday, December 9, 2008 4:25 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
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 grimacehttp://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...
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)
― bidfurd, Tuesday, December 9, 2008 10:30 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark
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)
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081209/capt.5ef8bb68e6ed45ceb4556eeebd488369.obama_ilcd108.jpg?x=225&y=345&q=85&sig=V3aTxd5DsDXJQ0xCjwc6Yw--
― velko, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 05:59 (seventeen years ago)
https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2025/03/President-Trump-sits-next-to-Pete-Hegseth.jpg
― Kim Kimberly, Monday, 21 April 2025 19:49 (ten months ago)
does he have a 4th of July paper napkin in his jacket?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 21 April 2025 19:51 (ten months ago)
that's actually a beer. he was carrying a paper beer to chew on later
― z_tbd, Monday, 21 April 2025 21:12 (ten months ago)
american flag soaked in vodka
― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Monday, 21 April 2025 21:16 (ten months ago)
it's a beer koozie, he already chugged the beer
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Monday, 21 April 2025 22:18 (ten months ago)
https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/139/940x/secondary/ed-miliband-electricity-minister-6116335.avif?r=1745502891770
― Bob Six, Thursday, 24 April 2025 18:08 (ten months ago)
Ed Miliband needs a bit more practice at this expression.
― Bob Six, Thursday, 24 April 2025 18:09 (ten months ago)
idk looks like he has been practicing in the mirror
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Sunday, 27 April 2025 15:39 (nine months ago)
Tasmanian editionhttps://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/74c1136a33d9180d165bcaf6b391551f85998aca/436_0_4359_3488/master/4359.jpg
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 10 June 2025 22:20 (eight months ago)
hegseth againhttps://komonews.com/resources/media2/1x1/683/1440/171x0/90/0ce2e603-389d-4fe6-a5db-459a4c505d36-AP25161600883783.jpg
― Kim Kimberly, Wednesday, 18 June 2025 17:32 (eight months ago)
enough Brylcreme?
― Minty Gum (Latham Green), Wednesday, 18 June 2025 20:33 (eight months ago)
https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/63020d5a58234c4b60fa8c68/Federal-Reserve--Jerome-Powell--bitcoin--bitcoin-price--crypto--bitcoin-price/960x0.jpg?cropX1=0&cropX2=3073&cropY1=301&cropY2=2164
― Minty Gum (Latham Green), Wednesday, 25 June 2025 19:18 (seven months ago)
damn he’s going to break this facial expression
― z_tbd, Wednesday, 25 June 2025 19:19 (seven months ago)
looks like someone cut the cheese
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 25 June 2025 19:32 (seven months ago)
looks like he stabbed the cheese thousands of times and it’s obliterated now
― z_tbd, Wednesday, 25 June 2025 19:36 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven months ago)
lacking the sucking-in-lips aspect of the usual tfe.
― visiting, Wednesday, 25 June 2025 22:40 (seven 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 (seven months ago)
it's a "they fucked up" thing.
― visiting, Thursday, 26 June 2025 00:23 (seven 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 (seven months ago)
https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/ftcms%3Aa69ab81b-7459-479d-8b13-4260c92a49d7?source=next-article&fit=scale-down&quality=highest&width=700&dpr=1
― Minty Gum (Latham Green), Thursday, 26 June 2025 19:01 (seven months ago)
'Mistakes were made,' gotta go full passive tense
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 26 June 2025 19:22 (seven months ago)
Ups were fucked.
― Briania, Thursday, 26 June 2025 19:37 (seven months ago)
johnson, yet againhttps://images.axios.com/HBbboRGLvc25ENQwSkwXG6ce43s=/0x0:6000x3375/1920x1080/2025/07/01/1751393588918.jpg
― Kim Kimberly, Thursday, 3 July 2025 06:18 (seven months ago)
his face is literally getting stuck like thatwhat a coward
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Thursday, 10 July 2025 18:59 (seven months ago)
https://defensescoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2025/07/GettyImages-2225422021.jpg
― Kim Kimberly, Wednesday, 23 July 2025 18:38 (seven months ago)
https://i.imgur.com/s2G6pSy.jpeg
― z_tbd, Thursday, 31 July 2025 17:23 (six months ago)
iconic
― budo jeru, Friday, 1 August 2025 03:10 (six months ago)
looks like he's being blown
― conspiracitorial theories (stevie), Friday, 1 August 2025 10:54 (six months ago)
being blown, communing with a tripartite/infinitely just/infinitely merciful god, no doubt similar
― mookieproof, Monday, 4 August 2025 03:43 (six months ago)
Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker, claimed Mr Trump may have been helping the FBIhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/politics/2025/09/05/TELEMMGLPICT000438369970_17571155615930_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqgsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdP4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg
― visiting, Saturday, 6 September 2025 01:52 (five months ago)
https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/britains-prince-andrew-reacts-end-1032568972.jpg?w=637
― jaymc, Friday, 24 October 2025 17:40 (four months ago)
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 (four months ago)
drat
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 (four 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 (four months ago)
guessing this was the pilot photo?https://www.oregonlive.com/resizer/v2/VVOZTPRHRRAFJK2C6QVR7P54CQ.jpg?auth=65bf18da09d78a721c4c88db1a2c48a128e73a9d9016383c24afdadd6af7802b&width=1280&smart=true&quality=90
― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 24 October 2025 18:10 (four months ago)
same guyhttps://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AP23341700787590.jpg?w=1440&q=75
― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 24 October 2025 18:11 (four 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 (four 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 (four 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 (four 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 (four 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 (three months ago)
The shroom pilot walked! He's out of jail already
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 18 November 2025 18:06 (three months ago)
https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rbzy3issuaqfwgorq22z67aw/bafkreign7uejjsaklpic4qhgudx5dwrccwjjkpoklp5bnsltzgjesa3jsq@jpeg
― I said awfully coy u are. (stevie), Wednesday, 19 November 2025 16:27 (three months ago)
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 (two months ago)
v. star trek alien-of-the-week
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 December 2025 03:41 (two months ago)
that’s a big fur hat she’s wearing
― Modollno Kahn (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 17 December 2025 07:41 (two 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 (two months ago)