X Doesn't Change Facial Expressions

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2009-09-29T14:15:22Z

Something Awful / YTMND

2005

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active facial expressions, YTMND, prank, SomethingAwful

X Doesn't Change Facial Expressions <h2>About</h2> <p><strong>X Doesn’t Change Facial Expressions</strong> is the de facto name of an animated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Interchange_Format"><span class="caps">GIF</span></a> meme that involves compiling a series of individual’s stillshots (or celebrity photos) and producing a montage in loop sequence. Much like Noah Kalina’s <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/photo-a-day">Photo-a-Day</a> project, the resulting artwork reveals a surprisingly consistent facial expression for each subject depicted.</p> <h2>Origins</h2> <p>The meme initially began as an epic group prank in the notorious SomethingAwful forums. In January 2003, a SA forum user known as “Pitbull” created a thread called <a href="http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=1a3f8a1a286abce365091c9f32997535&threadid=1675856&perpage=40&pagenumber=1">Solve the Mystery of the Internet Whore, Win a Fabulous Prize.</a> <br /> Recounting his midnight encounter with a flirtatious stranger “KSwizzle” on Instant Messenger, Pitbull called for a group investigation to reveal the true identity of “KSwizzle.” To make the long story short, SA users dug up an impressive collection of KSwizzle’s photos, which was then compiled into a <span class="caps">GIF</span> animation.</p> Aptly titled <a href="http://girlface.ytmnd.com/">Another Girl Who Doesn’t Change Facial Expressions</a>, it was eventually uploaded as a <span class="caps">YTMND</span> site in October 2005. <h2>Lindsay Lohan Version & Interweb Feud</h2> <p>In October 2005, a <span class="caps">YTMND</span> user <a href="http://ytmnd.com/users/SpliceVW">SpliceVW</a> created “Lindsay Lohan doesn’t change facial expressions,” which remains one of the most popular “Facial Expression” montages to this day. In January 2006, Lohan’s version became the subject of interweb feud when eBaum’s World hosted and watermarked the Lindsay Lohan <span class="caps">GIF</span> file without crediting either SpliceVW or <span class="caps">YTMND</span>. Somewhat inevitably, this action led to an online feud between the two communities, allegedly through posting spams and launching denial of service attacks.<br /> <br> <div align="center"><img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/25095/original/lohan.gif" alt="" /><br /> <b>Lohan <span class="caps">GIF</span>: thiz is teh poker face?</b></div><br></p> <h2>Derivatives</h2> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cW4lCD3XhZc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cW4lCD3XhZc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p>Since becoming a notable fad in the <span class="caps">YTMND</span> community, spinoff versions of “X Doesn’t Change Facial Expressions” have been also created as flash animations and YouTube videos. Eric Prydz’ <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_fCqg92qks">Call on Me</a> is frequently used as the background music.</p> <h2>Notable <span class="caps">YTMND</span> Derivatives</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://lohanfacial.ytmnd.com/">Lindsay Lohan doesn’t change facial expressions</a></li> <li><a href="http://parisfacial.ytmnd.com/">Paris Hilton doesn’t change facial expressions</a></li> <li><a href="http://fryfacial2.ytmnd.com/">Futurama’s Fry doesn’t change facial expressions</a></li> <li><a href="http://facialscientology.ytmnd.com/">YTMND’s opinion on scientology doesn’t change facial expressions</a></li> <li><a href="http://obamadoesntchange.ytmnd.com/">Barack Obama doesn’t change facial expressions</a></li> <li><a href="http://laurafacial.ytmnd.com/">Laura Bush doesn’t change facial expressions</a></li> <li><a href="http://zoolanderfacial.ytmnd.com/">Derek Zoolander doesn’t change facial expressions</a></li> <li><a href="http://legoface.ytmnd.com/">LEGOs don’t change facial expressions</a></li> <li><a href="http://disneychange.ytmnd.com/">Disney doesn’t change facial expressions</a></li> <li><a href="http://han-dcfe.ytmnd.com/">Han Solo doesn’t change facial expressions</a></li> </ul>

2009-11-13T03:47:58Z

1017

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