But when, especially in selfies of women, did someone decide that the "duck face" was even remotely attractive? To me it looks either ridiculous, cheap, or both....
Am I missing something? Serious question.
No,you don't😉
shareSorry, croft...the language thing...do you mean I'm not missing something, or I don't get it?
shareYou're not missing something,napsdufroid...I don't understand either...i'm good on puzzles,though...but,this...
shareLet me know if you ever figure out why women like looking ridiculous in them....
shareSee, this is only one reason of many...that I never envolved,so far,in a relationship😉
shareI don't think so, croft. You're a guy, right? If you choose not to date someone who insists in making that idiotic face constantly, that shows your good taste, not a lack of it.
shareApparently I am at "that age".
I had to look up what this was.
After looking at some of the pictures I actually chuckled at some of them.
Hopefully that answers your question.
Yeah, it's kind of an age thing, as it's mostly younger women doing it, but I've also seen it with a number of older women too, who one would think are sensible enough to know better.
shareWow! This one takes me back to our IMDb days. I use to frequent the Big Bang Theory board. There was this troll who use to criticize Kaley Cuoco and her character, Penny for everything. This troll was always going on and on about her doing the Duck Face thing. For a long time, I had no idea of what that person was talking about until it was explained to me. I guess she does sort of do that with her mouth, but I just assumed that was a natural thing with her.
Personally, I think it looks a bit stupid. Maybe women screw their mouths up that way in order to accentuate their cheek bones??? Who knows? I think it looks silly.
It looks way beyond silly (IMO, of course).....
shareMy idea of sexy or alluring is way different than this.
Are those older women the same ones who want to be their daughters best friend instead of being a mother.
Some of them look cartoonish.
More than likely, they are indeed. And yes, most do look cartoonish. Although, to be 100% honest, I have seen the rare situation where the mom actually looked way sexier than the daughter. But as I said, it's rare.
shareI think it looks like they've been punched in the mouth. Or stung by a bee.
shareYep. I just can't figure out when some "beauty guru" declared it as attractive and/or sexy....
shareThe first I knew of this was watching the show The Affair, and noting how odd it was both female leads cast had naturally protruding upper lips.
One of them would often appear to accentuate it, and I couldn't figure out why. Now I know it was an actual trend! Strange. It's not attractive, but I remember wondering at the time if someone, in some universe, thought it was.
I just read that as of 2015, duck-face selfies are now considered passé, and has been replaced with fish-gape selfies [laugh]
So they replaced one stupid look with another....Jesus
shareJudging by the few examples I saw, fish gape isn't nearly as ridiculous as duck face, if that's any consolation, Naps!
I'm amused facial expressions have now become trends :D
True, but still contrived-looking.
shareFor a while there, sticking the tongue out (like a money shot from a porn shoot) was popular, mostly in Europe, usually coupled with a sideways "V" sign done with the fingers.
Kinda like this:
https://thumb7.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/2237975/326882549/stock-photo-young-blonde-hipster-woman-making-selfie-showing-tongue-funny-face-posing-at-countryside-at-326882549.jpg
Miley has a lot to answer for.
shareYeah, I remember that...thank God it was short-lived.
shareThat's even more bizarre than duck face!
shareNot that i ever did it myself, but I thought this was "out". Too funny that it was ever in. haha
shareI think that the sucking in of the cheeks to create a pout is supposed to make the lips look plumper and therefore "sexy" or like bj lips to be crude!
It was adopted here by the idiots on a reality show called The only way is Essex,who posted selfies like that and became like a plague!
I don't really get the selfie thing anyway.
"I don't really get the selfie thing anyway."
That's a whole other discussion for another day....
It's attractive... for other women. Didn't you know most of the time women pose, dress and put on make up not for other men but for other women? Men also do that when flexing muscles and driving big trucks. It's psychology, man!
shareDon't think it's attractive to anyone with good taste, including other women. Witness what several posted here...
shareI agree it looks dumb, but I sometimes wonder if people do it because they are self-conscious about just smiling\posing naturally and ham it up to overcompensate.
shareThat's a possibility, but I think most do it because "everyone else does."
shareWhich of course goes against the individualism that everybody wants.
Everybody want to be treated as an individual but then they all look and act alike.
The classic "you don't know me" argument.
Looking at some of those pictures I think I can make a good estimate on what kind of person you are.
Oh, most definitely. And it'd likely be a pretty good estimate.
shareI think it happened in the 1990s, as a result of the popularity of the Olsen twins. No joke, I still feel like today, a lot of women want to be the Olsen twins, and back then it was even more obvious - everything they did was copied, from hairstyles to fashion to yes, the duck face look, which requires you to pull in the cheeks and gives you a slimmer looking face.
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