I never bought that analogy. The primate fear grimace has the mouth closed, lips pulled up. This is almost the opposite. The human equivalent of a fear grimace is an uncomfortable smile.
This is just faux excitement coming from people who are so dopamine-fucked from consumerism that they don't actually feel positive emotions any more and can only pretend to be happy.
It's called the cuckface, an epidemic among woke soyboys.
Fear grimace
https://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/331/414/cd2.jpg
https://psichologyanswers.com/library/lecture/read/95657-what-is-fear-grimace
I never bought that analogy. The primate fear grimace has the mouth closed, lips pulled up. This is almost the opposite. The human equivalent of a fear grimace is an uncomfortable smile.
This is just faux excitement coming from people who are so dopamine-fucked from consumerism that they don't actually feel positive emotions any more and can only pretend to be happy.