> how fake American smiles and “how are you?”s are Yeah, I wouldn't call it fake, just a different vocabulary, so to speak. You just need to mentally translate

> how fake American smiles and “how are you?”s are Yeah, I wouldn't call it fake, just a different vocabulary, so to speak. You just need to mentally translate it into your cultural equivalent (smile = neutral face, “how are you?” = "hello", etc.)