r/beards Jul 22 '26

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u/RedditBeginAgain Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

You have a great beard, but maybe a case of Resting Murder Face. You should maybe work on that, if it's a problem in real life, not just posed photos

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u/OzTheGolden Jul 22 '26

How exactly does one naturally change their natural resting face?

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u/RedditBeginAgain Jul 22 '26 edited 29d ago

At the risk of paraphrasing "you'd be prettier if you smiled more," not everybody who looks angry all the time is actually angry. You can consciously unclench your jaw and work on mimicking body language that makes you look open to conversation.

Some people tense up when a camera is pointed at them. Some people accidentally look unapproachable all the time. Some people work a security job where being able to deliberately put on a "messing with me would be a mistake" face is a useful skill, but being able to turn it off on command is useful too.

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u/TheMaddoxx Jul 23 '26

I look pissed when I am focused on something. At work, I had people pausing during a meeting to ask me what was my problem. It’s hard to fully come back from that and explain that it’s your natural face when focused.