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Ask HN: Is holding your head when you miss a goal a universal human reaction?
This seems to be very consistent across all world cup teams and spectators regardless of nationality.
- iamdave 16y agobaader meinhof, you saw Germany miss that goal and watched as six guys on the sideline all held their heads and leaned back slightly in disappointment. Meanwhile, in a (possibly) completely different part of the world, I asked myself the exact same question.
- asdf333 16y agoyes! thats the one that prompted me to post but i've been noticing it the entire world cup!
- coryl 16y agoSeems like a pretty obvious way to express frustration, although likely that it was also a learned cultural behaviour, popularized through television/media.
- philwelch 16y agoDid the North Koreans seem to do this? Of all the World Cup teams they're the most culturally isolated. Most of the European and South American players all know each other because they play in the same European leagues.