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Why do Russians never smile?
Posted on 6/1/16 at 2:44 pm
Posted on 6/1/16 at 2:44 pm
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Here’s something that has always puzzled me, growing up in the U.S. as a child of Russian parents. Whenever I or my friends were having our photos taken, we were told to say “cheese” and smile. But if my parents also happened to be in the photo, they were stone-faced. So were my Russian relatives, in their vacation photos. My parents’ high-school graduation pictures show them frolicking about in bellbottoms with their young classmates, looking absolutely crestfallen.
It’s not just photos: Russian women do not have to worry about being instructed by random men to “smile.” It is Bitchy Resting Face Nation, seemingly forever responding “um, I guess?” to any question the universe might pose. This does not mean we are all unhappy!
Quite the opposite: The virile ruler, the vodka, the endless mounds of sour cream—they are pleasing to some. It’s just that grinning without cause is not a skill Russians possess or feel compelled to cultivate. There’s even a Russian proverb that translates, roughly, to “laughing for no reason is a sign of stupidity.”
Posted on 6/1/16 at 2:45 pm to RedRifle
because they live in fricking Russia.
Posted on 6/1/16 at 2:49 pm to RedRifle
k you need to calm down. you're out of control right now
Posted on 6/1/16 at 2:50 pm to RedRifle
because in soviet russia, happy face put on you!
Posted on 6/1/16 at 2:50 pm to RedRifle
This post was edited on 6/1/16 at 2:54 pm
Posted on 6/1/16 at 2:52 pm to RedRifle
We do smile. Just because we don't go out smiling because homosexuals can vote or use different portopottys doesn't mean we don't have joys of our own.
You Americans think we don't know emotion, that we can't appreciate beauty, comedy, art, life.
This is lie.
Our own leader smiles. You Americans are so foolish at times. America is the greatest country in the world, but that doesn't mean other countries are so inferior that we lack even basic human affects.
You Americans think we don't know emotion, that we can't appreciate beauty, comedy, art, life.
This is lie.
Our own leader smiles. You Americans are so foolish at times. America is the greatest country in the world, but that doesn't mean other countries are so inferior that we lack even basic human affects.
Posted on 6/1/16 at 2:54 pm to Chris Warner
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Communism
Thanks, Obama.
Posted on 6/1/16 at 2:54 pm to RedRifle
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Dr. Sternin explained that in Europe or North America, smiling is a sign of politeness. When you see people smiling at you in the USA or Germany, it doesn't mean anything other than an overall neutral attitude toward you. A smile is a “level zero” in communication. By contrast, in Russia, no smile is a sign of a neutral politeness, and a smile is always informative. A Russian smile is always personal. When a Russian smiles to you, he or she wants to say that he or she likes you sincerely. When Russians visit Europe or North America for the first time, they enjoy looking at smiling faces, because they (we, Russians) take it personally. We really believe that everybody abroad is very kind. After a few days, Russian tourists learn that a smile here actually means nothing and start blaming locals for insincere smiles.
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There is a popular Russian saying, “A laughter without a reason is a sign of stupidity” meaning that you might be very stupid or crazy if you laugh at nothing.
Posted on 6/1/16 at 2:55 pm to RedRifle
Because they're stupid Russians
Posted on 6/1/16 at 2:56 pm to meauxjeaux2
Posted on 6/1/16 at 2:56 pm to SabiDojo
da! very well spoken comrade!
Posted on 6/1/16 at 2:58 pm to 777Tiger
In my experience, Russians never smile until moose and squirrel have been found.
Posted on 6/1/16 at 2:58 pm to SlowFlowPro
Holy Sheet
Honeybees twerking
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Honeybees twerking
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That's not Winnie the Pooh, thats pedobear?
This post was edited on 6/1/16 at 3:01 pm
Posted on 6/1/16 at 2:59 pm to RedRifle
I never smile if I can help it. Showing one's teeth is a submission signal in primates. When someone smiles at me, all I see is a chimpanzee begging for its life.
Posted on 6/1/16 at 3:01 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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I never smile if I can help it. Showing one's teeth is a submission signal in primates. When someone smiles at me, all I see is a chimpanzee begging for its life.
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