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I would rather look at smiling people around me, even if the smile means nothing, than looking at sad faces in Russia. Everytime I go back to visit friends I no
by usaphp 8y ago
I would rather look at smiling people around me, even if the smile means nothing, than looking at sad faces in Russia. Everytime I go back to visit friends I notice how grumpy and angry most people look and you become to look like that too - the more you look at them.
- gandhium 8y agoThis. Having lived in Soviet Union (which was even grumpier) I cannot agree more with you.
- sattoshi 8y agoNot this. Having lived in Russia, this is something which is neither good nor bad. It just is. The faces are not sad or grumpy, they are relaxed. Nobody pretends to be happier than they are. You just got used to smiles everywhere. There is nothing more to it. At least in Russia, when someone smiles at you, it means something.
- majewsky 8y ago> The faces are not sad or grumpy, they are relaxed. Same for me. I sometimes make a deliberate effort to smile to appear more approachable, but smiling is far from the resting position ofy face muscles. (I'm German.)
- usaphp 8y agoWhen an average American is forcing his smiling just to make my day better it means more to me than a grumpy face of an average Russian, and makes my day better, and I don’t care if he is really happy or not, he made me happy, that’s what I like about American smiles