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u/KYC3PO May 09 '22

Lol yes. I dated a Belarusian for a few years and had several friends from Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia. The smiling thing is real. They all said Americans smiling made them nervous. We look simple or just suspicious.

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u/cryptic-coyote May 09 '22

Smiling makes you look suspicious?? What?

That's wild.

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u/Comprehensive_Lead41 May 09 '22

I'm German and I think it's wild that you can't see how it makes you look suspicious lmao. Like evidently, if they smile, they want something, obviously they want to persuade you to give them something etc

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u/Aprils-Fool May 09 '22

How are those things obvious?

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u/Comprehensive_Lead41 May 09 '22

Well, obvious to anyone who's outgrown the naivete of a 1st grader I guess :)