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Re:Criticism, Cheerleading, and Negativity by KevBurnsJr on Sunday December 06, 2009 @08:40PM (#980507)
Many indigenous cultures have evolved a natural distrust of people who smile too much.
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Re:Criticism, Cheerleading, and Negativity by fnid on Sunday December 06, 2009 @09:06PM (#980541)
That's interesting. I've noticed that over time, in pictures, people smile more. Compare pictures of people today with pictures of people from the 1800's.
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Re:Criticism, Cheerleading, and Negativity by rdoherty on Sunday December 06, 2009 @09:11PM (#980549)
That's usually because exposures took many minutes in early photography. Smiling for 5-10 minutes wasn't really possible :)

Some photographers even used metal rods to hold people's heads in place.

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