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Re:Why Russians Are Not Smiling (2011) by vowelless on Monday November 18, 2013 @03:24PM (#6756718)
> As a Russian-American this comes off as complete BS. I've seen this written before and it's always in the form of "It's not us that smile too little, it's you Americans that are fake and smile too much!".

I agree and it always appalls me how these sweeping-generalizations make it to the front page of HN.

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Re:Why Russians Are Not Smiling (2011) by djm_ on Monday November 18, 2013 @03:43PM (#6756857)
or you know, into a top-ranked comment..

>It's because they are genuinely more cynical miserable people.

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Re:Why Russians Are Not Smiling (2011) by coldtea on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @02:56AM (#6759824)
>I agree and it always appalls me how these sweeping-generalizations make it to the front page of HN.

Agree because it's somehow wrong? Just 2-3 comments below yours:

"I'm from Prague and I was always baffled by this. How does the smiling thing work? In what situations do you smile? For example, if you're walking on street, do you eye-contact people going in the opposite direction and smile at them?"

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