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Maraya1969

(23,302 posts)
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 04:38 AM Aug 2012

I don't want to offend anyone but what about Ryan's upside down smile?

I know I have had friends with upside down smiles before and they were nice enough. Never had a close friend with one though. The point I am making is when I saw Ryan speaking yesterday I made the same face with my face and it automatically created a negative feeling in me.

What say you DU? Do you think these types of smiles can be indicative of something or just facial structure? I looked up other pictures of him and his smile is up. So maybe he is just depressed at his situation. He looked like this most of his speech.



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B Calm

(28,762 posts)
3. It's a look of uncertainty. He just
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 04:54 AM
Aug 2012

made a decision that could end his political career and he knows it!

Maraya1969

(23,302 posts)
4. I also think in this picture he looks a little sad. I looked up images
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 04:57 AM
Aug 2012

for him and he earlier pictures are happy and smiling normally and his later ones his smile goes down more and more.

Quantess

(27,630 posts)
8. Will anyone be offended if I call him a butterface?
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 05:08 AM
Aug 2012

His body is attractive, but, that face. Yeesh.

Maraya1969

(23,302 posts)
9. A butterface? Never heard of that one. But sure.
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 05:16 AM
Aug 2012

I don't like his look either and when they call him young and handsome I cringe.

Quantess

(27,630 posts)
12. It is usually in reference to women,
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 05:36 AM
Aug 2012

which describes a hot body with an ugly face.
The term is a few years old.

Prometheus Bound

(3,489 posts)
11. I think it needs a caption.
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 05:31 AM
Aug 2012

1. It's a grim situation and you need a grim man to deal with it.
2. I'm really fucked.
3. So this is what it feels like to be Sarah Palin.

Maraya1969

(23,302 posts)
13. I like #3
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 05:36 AM
Aug 2012

1. "I will not cry. I will not cry."
2. "I wish I had a horse"
3. "I wish I had a car elevator"

hlthe2b

(110,590 posts)
14. Has anyone noticed how poorly his suits fit him? I know he's fit.
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 07:05 AM
Aug 2012

But his suit jackets look like they are swallowing him. His shirt collars often are too large as well. But, those jackets make him look like a child wearing his Dad's jacket in a "dress-up" game. While he seems to have broad shoulders, it still seems like he buys shirts and suits that extend beyond his shoulders, making the collars and torso swallow him.

Romney better shower some Palin-type RETHUG $$ to tailor his suits.

GreenPartyVoter

(73,298 posts)
15. Some of the people in my family, including myself, smile like that sometimes. It's
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 08:11 AM
Aug 2012

no big deal.

Editing to show that other people do it too: ?1308706785

Maraya1969

(23,302 posts)
16. That's what I meant by I hope I don't offend and I know
Mon Aug 13, 2012, 08:04 AM
Aug 2012

people who smile like that too. Maybe it is just the venom that comes out of Ryan's mouth makes it seem as if it has something to do with it's position. And you can see in previous younger photos he smiled open mouthed and big and now he smiles closed mouth and down or straight across sometimes.

I bet you always smiled the same way.

GreenPartyVoter

(73,298 posts)
17. Yeah, I have pics of me and my bro smiling like that at Disney World. LOL Maybe Ryan has
Mon Aug 13, 2012, 08:38 AM
Aug 2012

become more of a cynic, or maybe he did smile like that but was more conscious about cameras catching him at it?

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