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If you watch other videos (please don’t) you can see she can only move her bottom eyelids, so they come up to meet the top, rather than anything normal a human does with their face. The Botox is too strong and the top third of her face can’t move.
Back in the day, as a teen, I used to open my eyes widely to quickly dry out my contacts so my eyes will tear up, and it looks like I’m crying. If I happen to stare at something bright, the better crying results I got. I did this to get out of trouble. Lol.
I’ve seen this eye look before, it’s generally the expression used when an antagonist/villain has realized one of their minions has fucked up or that that the hero or protagonist has done something that might stop them, it’s like the rage surfacing from behind a calm exterior before being hidden again.
Add the context. She does this at the end of every sentence that invokes the Supreme Power of the Christian Lord. She's mimicking the fury he shalt wroth upon thine cheeks. It's a whacko Christian grifter thing. He commands like this from above, so as a (self-appointed) Lieutenant I get to do it to people beneath me.
It says: you better fall in line or there will be trouble. Don't question authority!
I don't believe in demons, and am quite certain it's mental illness, but it's still kinda hard not to think "possessed!" I can totally see how people thousands of years ago would've seen that and come up with demons.
My working assumption is that a lot of the biblical teachings regarding demons/anti Christ were simply old warnings regarding particularly dangerous people converted into religious teachings.
I think it's fair to say there's some heavy overlap in that Venn diagram.
Or maybe you just never hear about the people with delusions of meekness, The ones whose imaginary friends are just telling them, "Cool it, man, you're nothing special, keep quiet, do not get involved, you have nothing worth saying or hearing, and don't be fooled by anyone who tells you different."
Early religious doctrine was an attempt to explain natural phenomena. Later the religious leaders figured out they could change the behavior of the masses so they did things like ban pork and say that making insane profit from interest was a sin. They got into socio-economics and helped the fishmongers by saying you have to eat fish on Friday. They did a lot of good to help advance society. Then they figured out that they could create power and profit by influencing society so it evolved into what it is today.
But honestly would you be surprised if these people turned out to be some kind of lizard people or demons or some shit at this point? It makes more sense than there just being that many horrible people.
This video triggered some primal terror in me...a kind of fear from a time when humans shared this planet with something which perhaps looked like us but was not us.
This is uncanny valley terrain. I don't think this chick is human. Or if she is, something very weird and wrong is happening.
I have done a lot of drugs. I'm willing to bet I've done more drugs than anyone posting on this thread. I have never seen anything quite like this in my life. No doubt they're all on uppers, I guarantee they all abuse ADHD medication (amphetamines) just like Trump does. But I don't think drugs are to blame.
Some psychopaths will practice facial expressions in the mirror. They realize that they aren't emoting like the people around them, so when they see someone cry because they watched a sad movie, they'll go to their room that night and practice crying in the mirror so that next time they watch a movie and others are crying, they can fit in.
I honestly think that's what we're seeing here. I think she's trying to show determination, sorrow, grief, some kind of human emotion. But she's not actually feeling those things, she's mimicking them. Poorly.
She's trying so hard to be human she's overthinking it. Honestly this looks like the moment in a horror movie where we get the first sense that character might be not what they seem.
You may even say, with hers and her cohorts clear lack of both conviction and lack of care, they would be anti-christian.
Doesn't help that every time they claim Jesus, the Lord, or the Holy Spirit that is on the verge of abandoning them as they have the Spirit, they speak in vain with flames of lies pouring out of their mouths.
One of the scariest things I've ever heard is the "uncanny valley" emotion that we all feel means that somewhere in our genetic past we encountered something that looked human but we developed an instinct that told us not to trust it.
That thing was just corpses (which might spread diseases) and people near death (who might be ill with contagious diseases). It wasn't zombies, aliens, or subterranean creatures.
I’ve done uppers, downers, and stay the samers, and tend to agree with you. She may be using something, but I don’t think it’s the reason for these faces. I think she’s trying to copy the emotions that some of the mega church pastors, like that Copeland weirdo.
Some psychopaths will practice facial expressions in the mirror.
I get the vibes, that she might actually meet a diagnosis for psychopathy. It used to be thought that psychopaths had a predominant expression in males (6:1). But old studies didn't factor in that female psychopaths use different tactics.
They often rely more on verbal manipulation, seduction, and social maneuvering (especially in workplaces) to achieve goals, rather than overt violence, leading to underdiagnosis. New studies suggest the ratio is closer to 1:1 or 1.2:1 instead.
She knows that her eyes are piercing, and she uses them as a way to draw focus, and make her points more pronounced. I 100% think she practices this in the mirror, this is all very Serena Joy. It's a great platform until they remind her that the values she preaches to young women also apply to her. Her next husband will be a power move.
I’ve experienced this with a former meditation teacher. He would do this weird movement with his head that gets you to keep looking at him, some form of hypnosis type trick. I found it super uncomfortable to talk to him. We later found out he was a child predator.
This kind of stuff is what makes me waver on the “body language analysis is bullshit” mentality. Like yes, much of the YouTuber content creators are definitely grifters…but surely someone is studying psychopathic behavior and their facial expression patterns??
Same with autism, they used to think it was 10:1 male to female. Have recently found it's closer to 1:1.
I really wish we did more brain scans and genetic testing for all these neurological differences. I really don't see how it's a person's fault to be born as sociopathic, or even traumatized into psychopathy. There should be obvious therapies in place to support these individuals. Hopefully one day.
Edit: sorry, I got psychopathy and sociopathy backwards! Thanks to the commenters who pointed it out.
I often feel that I have to fake many emotions, only feeling real and more powerful emotions when something directly affects me. I asked my therapist but he doesn't think im sociopathic because I show care and affection towards my kids and wife. Idk I just feel like there are tendencies.
This kind of shit drives me absolutely bonkers. Sexual dimorphism has been established science for CENTURIES, with the psychological aspect being studied for nearly as long. In all other animals. But humans are so far up our own asses we pretend something that applies to literally every other sentient species doesn't apply to us, because we're somehow too "special", to the detriment of the entire species. Women and non Caucasians are constantly under represented in medical text, testing, studies etc because the "default setting" of human is apparently 8% of the global population.
My younger sister did this frequently. She’d laugh in the mirror, cry looking in the mirror and as an adult, she is one of the most narcissistic and ruthless people I’ve ever met. Rules are meant for other people, if someone gets hurt because of her actions, she has no regret because she says “this was meant for them to experience on their life path, so why should I disturb this karmic order?” I responded asking if this is how serial killers should feel as well? She had no answer to that.
At first I thought you had no idea what you were talking about. Then I watched the video again with what you said in mind and, yeah holy shit, I think you are spot on.
She also literally cannot emote with normal human facial expressions expressions because of the Botox. None of her facial muscles move an inch which contributes to the creepiness.
I dont think botox would explain fully. We see Kim K and a lot of others cry and show emotions with botox freshly done, it creates a creep uncanny look... this is like Erika is trying to convey emotions completely with her eyes, like puppy dog eyes, but she isnt delivering it how she thinks.
Kinda like a certain someone who hated empathy but preferred sympathy instead. They were made for each other.
Sympathy over empathy is like the difference between just sending thoughts and prayers over actually helping someone. For the emotionally devoid, they can't even understand the concept.
That’s exactly what she reminds me of, someone performing the expressions or emotions they think they’re supposed to have in the moment. Don’t we call that a sociopath?
It’s the same thing to mega church preachers seem to do. Like the guy who brought a private jet because the Lord told him it was a good deal. Him and her are almost the same person.
Yeah, Kenneth Copeland made me question being an atheist. If I've ever seen a demon walking around in human skin, it's him. She definitely gives the same vibe.
Kenneth Copeland is just wearing a human skin suit. Kinda like Edgar in Men in Black. He also said God didn't want him to fly with all the demons that are in regular planes. That's why he needed his very own plane.
It looks like someone coached her to make eye contact with the camera rather than just stare at the script/notes. So she is trying to make eye contact but is way overdoing it to compensate from having to constantly look at her script/notes.
Looks like some weird shit that someone coached her on to make the wackos watching at home feel like she’s trustworthy or some crazy shit. That or she’s just regular old crazy.
Religious OCD is a thing but this isn't that.... It really looks like she's just grifting. She even had that grifting slip a few days ago. Most people can't tell the difference between genuine Christianity and whatever the Kirks were doing is
It's clearly this! It's one of the most basic tricks to shed tears or at least have wet eyes but, since she's not a real/good actress, it's not only noticeable but even disturbing.
She is a TERRIBLE actress that's why so much of her scenes are off putting. She does too much or too little at the moments when she should be doing less or more.
Yep, classic technique to fake tears. But a good actor can hide that they’re doing this. It would NOT involve looking directly at the camera over and over!
She's trying to make it seem like she's meaningfully looking to the camera, but it just ends up as glaring because she's evil and doesn't actually believe what she's saying.
I feel like they have someone telling them to turn it up.
Doesn't literally anyone else find it weird that there is a clearly immoral group being formed that is an extreme minority of the population that's also aligned with the State in the US?
Like, y'all, the government small enough to drown in a bathtub is here, and it's flaunting it's immorality like a red flag in front of the population.
Feels on purpose, is what I'm saying.
Edit: note to folks who get caught on this line of thinking. Dig at your own risk.
If you open your eyes too wide, especially if you look at a light like the ones on her to film, it makes your eyes water…shes trying to be able to whip those tears up easier
Oh my. Retired orinthologist here. This is a physical manifestation of Butterworth's Syndrome, a serious psychological disorder mostly associated with colloidal silver poisoning.
She clearly does this on purpose. The magats love this kind of freaky things. That's why JD sports eyeliner and that weird preacher looks like a demon with sharpened canine teeth.
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