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Binjaminou
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14 Nov 2024, 4:11 pm

hi can you help me to learn facial emotion because I'm the worst person at having the right reactions and emotions at the right time LOL



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14 Nov 2024, 5:14 pm

I spent a lot of time with a mirror learning to emulate the facial expressions of people I liked.
Some feedback would have been helpful, but I never told anyone.



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14 Nov 2024, 5:37 pm

Are you trying to learn them in order to recognize them, or how to emulate them?


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14 Nov 2024, 5:55 pm

Binjaminou wrote:
hi can you help me to learn facial emotion because I'm the worst person at having the right reactions and emotions at the right time LOL


What I found helpful was watching a show with a lot of facial emotions, Seinfeld. It helped that the show is funny.


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15 Nov 2024, 9:09 am

Gentleman Argentum wrote:
Binjaminou wrote:
hi can you help me to learn facial emotion because I'm the worst person at having the right reactions and emotions at the right time LOL


What I found helpful was watching a show with a lot of facial emotions, Seinfeld. It helped that the show is funny.


Seinfeld is a great show because it has an ensemble cast where each character is an exaggeration of real personality types. Like Peanuts. And Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I would also say Martin is a good example. I guess I'm dated in those references.

Now I'm wondering how much body language and facial expressions change over time.