IF YOU HAVE EVER FOUND YOURSELF WANTING TO SLAP
TED CRUZ IN THE FACE, YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
A NEUROLOGIST HAS AN EXPLANATION FOR WHY IT IS SO HARD TO LOOK AT
TED CRUZ'S UNSETTLING FACE.
THE DOCTOR, WHO IS A PROFESSOR OF NEUROLOGY, WHO IS ALSO A
REPUBLICAN, NO DEMOCRATIC BIAS
IN HIS RESEARCH, HE SAYS, " CRUISE IS A BRILLIANT ORATORY,
AS WELL AS A SHARP LEGAL MIND," SO HE ALREADY THINKS HIGHLY OF
HIM, BUT STILL SAYS THAT HIS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS LEAVE
HIM UNEASY.
HE DELVED INTO THIS PHENOMENON OF WHY WE ALL WANT TO HIT
TED CRUZ IN THE FACE, AND HE BASICALLY LOOKED AT THE
HUMAN FACIAL MUSCLES.
WE HAD FIFTY-FOUR DIFFERENT FACIAL MUSCLES IN OUR FACE,
AND A LOT OF THEM ARE INVOLUNTARY.
IT GIVES SOMEBODY WHO IS LOOKING AT US AN IDEA OF OUR
PERSONALITY.
THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT BIOLOGICALLY SPEAKING,
BECAUSE THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO WE NEEDED TO JUDGE A PERSON
BASED ON THEIR LUCK, IF THEY WERE A FRIEND OR A FOE, AND
MAKE A DECISION TO FIGHT OR FLIGHT.
THAT IS WHY BABIES SMILE, BECAUSE THEY WANT YOU TO
LIKE THEM AND PROTECT THEM.
THESE ARE REALLY INBRED INTO US, SO IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT
SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE FACIAL TICS.
THAT IS UNFORTUNATE, EVEN IF IT IS A GUY LIKE TED CRUZ THEY
DON'T LIKE, OR THAT THEY CAN HAVE A FACIAL STRUCTURE THAT
WOULD TURN PEOPLE ON OR OFF IN TERMS OF HOW YOU RELATE TO THEM.
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS ON THINK TANK TODAY, RESTING BITCH
FACE.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE THAT, THEIR FACE NATURALLY TURNS
DOWNWARD, SO THAT DOES TURN
PEOPLE OFF AND GIVES PEOPLE IMPLICATIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY
FEEL, AND THEIR PERSONALITY.
HE LOOKED AT TED CRUZ'S FACE ñ
RESTING BITCH FACE IS LITERALLY DOWNWARD.
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THAT IS FUNNY.
SO HE SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON TED CRUZ'S SMILE, AND HE SAID
THAT IS MOST TYPICALLY TIGHTENS INTO THE SAME STRAIGHT-LINE.
IF IT DEVIATES FROM THIS, THE CORNERS OF HIS MOUTH BENT
DOWN AND NOT UPWARDS.
ALSO, THE OUTSIDE OF HIS EYEBROWS BENDED DOWN TO WHAT
HE EMOTES, SOMETHING SO ATYPICAL THAT HE SAYS IT DISTURBS HIM.
WHAT DOES A DOWNTURNED FACE MEAN?
DOWNTURNED EXPRESSIONS USUALLY SIGNALED THIS AGREEABLENESS WERE
DISGUST.
LET ME DEFEND TED CRUZ HERE, WHICH IS NOT A SENTENCE
SPOKE OFTEN AT THE YOUNG TURKS.
REMEMBER, THIS IS JUST ONE GUY ANALYZING HIS FACE.
'S OBSERVATIONS ARE INTERESTING, AND IT IS ALMOST A
DEFENSIVE TED CRUZ TO SAY THAT THE GUY CAN'T HELP IT, THAT
IS HOW HIS FACE IS STRUCTURED AND IT WAS BOTHERING ALL OF US.
IN THIS CASE, THIS GUY, AGAIN, NOT A DEMOCRAT, BY HIS OWN
ADMISSION, HE SAYS, TED CRUZ IS IN THE BUSINESS OF TRYING TO GET
PEOPLE TO VOTE, SO HE WOULD WANT
THEM TO LIKE HIM MORE.
KEYS THAT THIS UNFORTUNATE PHASE, WHICH IS AWESOME.
YOU HAVE AN UNFORTUNATE FACE THAT TURNS PEOPLE OFF
BECAUSE OF THESE CLUES YOU DON'T MEAN TO BE SENDING TO THEM.
THESE BIOLOGICAL CLUES THAT ARE TELLING US THAT YOU ARE
DISGUSTING, OR YOU ARE DISGUSTED AND HENCE, WATCH OUT THERE
IS SOMETHING WRONG THERE.
US BEING LIBERALS, YOU SHOULD NOT HOLD TED CRUZ'S FACE
AGAINST HIM, ALTHOUGH IT IS HARD.
I TRY NOT TO JUDGE PEOPLE OFF OF THEIR LOOKS, SO AS MUCH AS I
DISAGREE WITH WHERE HE IS
POLITICALLY I DON'T THINK THAT IS HOW YOU SHOULD JUDGE SOMEONE,
IT IS LIKE WHEN PEOPLE TALK
ABOUT CHRIS CHRISTIE'S WEIGHT.
IN THIS CASE, IT IS REALLY INTERESTING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
RESTING BITCH FACE THIS MORNING, BECAUSE THEY CAN DETECT WHERE
DIFFERENT FEATURES ARE ON YOUR FACE AND HOW IT MOVES WITH
DIFFERENT EMOTIONS, AND FOR SOME PEOPLE IT JUST HAS THAT DOWNWARD
TURN, AND THAT INDICATES CONTENT, AND IN THIS CASE
DISAGREEABLENESS.
IT SUCKS FOR HIM, BECAUSE HE IS TRYING TO SAY
THINGS AND BODY LANGUAGE IS A SO
IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE DOING PUBLIC SPEAKING
ENGAGEMENTS.
BUT PEOPLE HAVE THIS BIOLOGICAL INSTINCT TO HIT HIM.