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		rdtsc on March 27, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why do Russians smile so little (and Americans so ... > When the default expression is "gloom", it's impossible to separate "default gloom" from "actually unhappy." What happened to neutral? Isn't it a false dichotomy to presuppose that you can only have one or the other.

wladimir on March 28, 2011 [–]

I guess we're in the middle here in Europe. We have both stereotypes: Americans with their fake artificial smiles, and the Russians with their unnecessarily gloomy attitude.

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