To ask how you become a "Body language expert"

[Anonymouseposter]

I'm not actually a huge fan of the monarchy but AIBU to be getting very irritated reading about the "body language experts" who appear in the press and on Facebook and seem able to deduce from slight clues exactly what people are thinking and who dislikes whom.
It's usually something negative and designed for maximum drama.
I do feel sorry for the Royal family, as people, for having to put up with this at a difficult time.
I would hate to be trying to cope with family tensions with this chorus of so-called experts running a commentary.
AIBU to think there is no such thing as a body language expert and they are just shit stirring tabloid journalists.

I saw one of those, saying the way Prince Harry stood showed he was destined to be a king and the way Prince William walked showed he was submissive, or some such shite! I guess everyone can be an ‘expert’ of anything, on the internet.

zero qualifications required. Also using this as my opportunity to point out that the title "psychologist" is not regulated and literally anyone with any qualifications (or none) can call themselves a: celebrity psychologist, consulting psychologist, behavioural psychologist, relationship psychologist, child psychologist... Etc etc etc. Thought it was relevant since you often see them as the quoted 'expert'

(For legally protected titles see here: www.hcpc-uk.org/about-us/who-we-regulate/the-professions/)

to become a body language expert, you read a couple of books from the 1970s (to get the lingo) and then start talking nonsense about body language.

there is very little science behind it and a lot of guesswork and saying things that seem vaguely plausible.

You have to know that when people cry they are unhappy or have been peeling onions.

It was the other way round I think but that's about the level of skill required - flip a coin and say words at a camera.