I actually realized a few weeks ago that my friends and I do this weird side smile thing in a lot of our pictures, so I did some studies of it, with Fluther ladies, including me.
It might be the equivalent of hiking up your butt in tight jeans or men inflating their chest in the mirror, like in cartoons, you know. I denno.
I like showing myself my choppers in the mirror and making funny growly sounds at myself.
In photos maybe it’s because it’s easier to be a little silly than to smile, for those people who don’t like how they look when they’re smiling. One of life’s mysteries maybe, right up there with Jeebuss.
i dont understand this phenomenon either. it looks retarded. pardon my french. its really unattractive to begin with and most of the times the girls making that stupid face are caked with make up as well which was put on solely for the purpose of taking a thousand pictures of themselves in the mirror…doesn’t help.
maybe i just dont understand because i personally like making ridiculous faces and/or showing as many teeth as possible? hence…
It’s just a kissing face. It’s for fun. It doesn’t make any kind of statement about intelligence or anything, but the willingness of people here to judge people on things like that and make ridiculous assumptions doesn’t surprise at all. :)
Of the examples in @IBERnineD‘s pictures, I personally think they all look ridiculous EXCEPT for Allie. She’s just smiling naturally, it appears to me. The rest of them… stoooopid!
I want to know why this question was recommended for me? What exactly does that say about ME??? ;) (p.s. because they are trying to look either slutty or sexy. fine line between them, if you ask me.)