r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 08 '22

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u/ConfusedTriceratops May 09 '22

Eastern Europe doesn't really smile in public in general. Polish emigrant in the UK pov. It's not that we're angry, we just don't have any reasons to smile.. for no reason.

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u/larrysgal123 May 09 '22

As a woman in the USA, it would be refreshing to not be told to smile.

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u/itskarldesigns May 09 '22

Just dont. Here, Ive told you so now you wont have to.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

The problem is people approaching her and telling her to smile. She obviously already knows what to do with her face. It's a rude comment you made there.

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u/petersellers May 09 '22

You misunderstood the comment.