I just read an article about how Americans are often seen as too smiley by people from around the world, so maybe it’s time I give up the happy emoji in my posts.
@viciousviscosity take a look. It's interesting to think about:
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/05/why-americans-smile-so-much/524967/
@jason Ohh, this study was done in 2015, before the dark times… 😉
It is enlightening about smiles and eye contact in other countries. Thanks for the share.
Smiling being taken as flirting, that seems to be too universal. 😐
@jason just remember, "if we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.."
@jason One option is to just replace them all with 🙃. More accurate for how I *really* feel about most things anyway.
@jason So after re-watching this clip he is indeed smiling haha, this YouTube video is how I always felt Americans are viewed throughout the world.
(swears a ton)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0dTG1_x-K8
I am ok being associated with this.
@kalaunu that is some pretty interesting imagery.
@jason Don’t you quit on me! 😃 We need those happy emojis! 😁
If anything, my personal experience is that American’s are too sour, the happiest, most free and certainly smiling-est folks have always been from somewhere else. 😆