My SO always tells me I look worried while working. Used to ask me whats wrong, nowadays just accepts is as a sign that I 'm focusing.
My wife often asks if I'm angry or thinking.
Ask HN: Do you look angry while you work?
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Re: Ask HN: Do you look angry while you work?
#62I was finishing up some work with my camera on during group meeting. Someone had their young child on their lap, and the kid asked "Daddy, who's the angry man?"
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#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
Text anchors only work on chrome desktop fyi. It sucks. I once spent all night making a cool lisp tutorial based on text anchors, then realized 80% of the world won’t see it since that’s the percentage of mobile traffic.
It works on Safari / Mobile Safari from 16.1 onwards (the latest version).
Oh, finally. Thanks for pointing that out. Indeed I haven’t updated iOS in awhile.
Guess I’ll ship that lisp tutorial then.
Re: Ask HN: Do you look angry while you work?
#64Yes, but only because I am angry.
Ditto.
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#65When the eyebrows get closer, the pathways for neurons are cleared out and information flows easier. Of course, the consequence of that is you look angry. ok I made it up.
oh, like a series of tubes. i've heard of those before.
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#66I know I type angry. That noise isn't the switches, it's just me. I added rubber rings but it only helps a little.
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#67Resting Business Face. Yes. You can tell how hard I'm working by how hard I'm cursing.
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#68I've gotten this feedback from those around me for years. Even before I was a coder, when I was an ESL teacher in China, I had multiple students approach me (those I had made friends with, they were all 20-somethings and over) and ask me if I was OK, because I looked angry. I appreciated their concern but I didn't feel angry, so I had no clue what they were talking about. It was only later that I learned about the concept of a "resting ___ face", and that I might possess one.
This is a huge reason why I support WFH policies and personally take advantage of them. I don't personally feel the need to "fix" myself; doing so would involve putting on an artifice in order to placate people whose impression of me is founded on incorrect assumptions. It would make me feel like I was walking on eggshells, and it would take up precious mental bandwidth which would be better spent on the work problem at hand.
WFH means management of my facial expression is one less thing I have to worry about, since people can only see my Zoom avatar at best, and usually only see the section of the laptop screen that I'm sharing. Counter to what anti-WFH advocates say, it actually makes me more likely to form close bonds with my coworkers, since they're less likely to jump to conclusions about my demeanor and personality if they aren't privy to my facial expression.
Re: Ask HN: Do you look angry while you work?
#69Yes. It is my ADHD coping mechanism to being able to mad-code at breakneck speed.
A meek scowl is more than enough to keep water cooler longer-ongers away.
I compensate that with dazzling and addicting presentations at meetings coupled with colorful proses.
Re: Ask HN: Do you look angry while you work?
#70Yes. When I'm super focused on something my wife will walk in the room and ask my what I'm so angry about. I've also been told that my typing seems angry, usually when the words are flowing easily and I'm typing extra fast.