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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, I lived in Europe for many years, in several countries. In my experience, eastern europeans are far far less likely to smile in photos and feel that it is corny. There are basically entire countries filled with family pictures of everyone constantly looking like a relative just died. Germany to some extent is similar - they do not like to put on a grin in their photo unless something overwhelmingly joyous is happening at the moment.[/quote]
Again. There is a different definition of a smile, clearly in the U.S. parts of the U.S. and in Europe and different parts of Europe. And even within one country, you have older people. My dad did not smile for photos for a long time. That was how you took photos. We also smile, what is a smile here, might look idiotic there. Imagine you grinning like a wolf about to chomp down a sheep, and all the rest in the photo having small grins?
Looking like a relative just died? See, the thing is, no they do not look like that. The pretty, insane culture in the U.S. is the cause that many people thing their lives are wrong unless they are laughing hysterically every minute of their lives.
1920 family portrait:
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1950
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2000
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Defensive much? The lady in that photo doesn't look like a relative just died, you're right. She looks like she's about to kill a relative! lmao[/quote]

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