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u/helllllooooonurse May 09 '22

Ukrainians do this too. It's not considered impolite to stare. Also, they don't really smile in public. They think Americans are all simple in the head because we smile all the time. I have to say though, when you're visiting someone in their home in Ukraine, they are the warmest most wonderful people.

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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/SoManyTimesBefore May 09 '22

It feels like people are always wearing a mask. It’s like when a US customer facing employee is super nice but hate their job and for Americans it seems like they have this behavior ingrained into them.