Understanding Non-Verbal Communication and Facial Expressions

For many years I have been fascinated by how non-verbal communication, and furthermore facial expressions, can really tell you a lot about people. Even if those people are talking to you and saying something completely to the contrary. But in practice, observing strangers from a distance (not stalking you sick fucks, just people-watching in the mall maybe) is a pretty good way to hone your skills of understanding and recognizing non-verbal communication. For example, the next time you are in a public place and see a girl and a guy together... if you notice that the girl's feet are crossed at the ankles subtly swaying back in forth under the table, it is a likely chance she is relaxed or comfortable around the guy. Twisting back and forth in a chair (think of an office chair) while talking is also a pretty solid sign that a person is comfortable or really in to the conversation. Additionally, and in regards to facial expressions, some experts say excessive blinking is a sign of untruthfulness or nervousness in a setting. Of course it could just be a nervous twitch. Anyhow, let's get into some pictorial examples shall we? Indeed we shall.

The above is a great example of content. It is clearly evident by the man's expression in the picture that he is content with his lot in life. He is also in a seated position, likely indicating that while he might be at work, he is hardly being over-worked. Since the photo isn't zoomed in too closely, it is really hard to get a good look at his eyes, but if the picture could talk it would say, "yeah I'm a pretty happy fucking camper".

Now here is a great example of astonishment. The young man pictured is definitely in amazement that something he has eaten or will eat may possibly taste like a relative of his. What can be deceiving is that this picture is used in an advertisement for what appears to be an edible product. Many times advertisers would like you to believe something about the product based on what the label shows you. However, many of the retards in America have bought whole cans of Crisco, only to find out there is indeed, no fried fucking chicken leg inside.

This is a tough one, but a great example of openness. His face is actually quite readable, even taking in account he is wearing shaded spectacles. He is actually trying to play it cool but underneath is a man ready to openly share his talents and feelings with the world. He is definitely going places and you wanna meet people like him. Don't let the helmet throw you off, he is also a man who fears very little. He also appears to work well with his hands and is not easily distracted by semi-transparent floating bar charts.

Here we sample a picture from the moving picture technology known as the television. Normally, the people pictured on these television "broadcasts" have varying and sometimes well-rehearsed false facial expressions. However, in this case the man is certainly excited. It is hard to tell what the excitement exactly involves, but quite possibly given what appears to be his profession forecasting the weather, he appears excited that he is predicting something big that some people may experience in the future. Given the time frame provided on the photo, it appears that his excitement may also be associated with activities people may engage in at midnight on a Saturday. Such as playing their favorite board game, Apples-to-Apples.

The eyes searching, eyebrows slanted upwards , mouth agape, and hands in the air are tell-tale sign that the subject in the picture is in the groove and about to do the Humpty Dance. He also appears to like his oatmeal lumpy. What is going on off the camera is unknown, but likely given the surroundings and the white shirt the subject is wearing it is apparent that someone else in the room is limping to the side like their leg was broken, shakin' and twitchin' kinda like they were smokin'. Crazy wack funky indeed.

Here we have another picture from the television. Again, very tough. However, the slightly raised eyebrows, pursed lip with mouth open just a little, and tilted head show the man is quite confident. It also appears it is trying to tell us something. Maybe he is trying to tell us that the temperature tonight will be in the low forties or that the time on the clock reads the same forward as it does backwards. Spooky huh? Wait, I think I once wrote a story about stuff like that in Plan More Betterly America.

This woman is an idiot.

This one is actually the easiest of all the pictures. This man is conceded. If you look really closely, one side of his mouth is dimpled in. As conceit is the only human emotion/feeling that is displayed unilaterally on the human face (Educational Follow Up: anger, fear, happiness, deceit, uncertainty, etcetera are normally display on both sides of the face and are bilateral in nature), the dimpling by the corner of his mouth lets us know he is a stuck up son of a bitch. He is probably trying to tell us that he is head-and-shoulders smarter than us as he saved money by not buying a protective mask to filter out the toxic fumes he is undoubtedly working around and instead used a readily available household product. Yes, he may have gotten the best of us all today, but karma's a bitch.

This is me. I am awesome and you didn't really need a picture of me DOMINATING Rock Band on the drums to know this.

Well, I hope we all learned a little something today about non-verbal communication and facial expressions. If not, try reading some or all of my other postings on this blog. If nothing else you will learn that I am smarter, funnier, and better than you. And by all accounts, that is something we all should learn at sometime in life. Toodles.

Heart,

Ed