The smiling thing is totally a cultural thing though.
I have a Russian friend, she smiles now, but I was talking with her and it was one of the weirder things that she had to adjust to was people smiling at her on the street.
And of course expecting her to smile.
So yeah, we're a strangely friendly bunch in at least the US/America's Hat
Swiss girl asked me yesterday about how all her coworkers/bosses at her internship tell her how great her work is and how well she's doing, and that she knows she's doing pointless busywork
Is America just always nice? She's like I'm not used to these compliments, it feels like everyone is lying
Is she gorgeous
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I wonder if Americans got really self-conscious following the 2000s where we were all getting dumped on for being obnoxious so we've tried to compensate for it.
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i have the premise of a joke that i like
but the setup requires talking about something that isn't very funny and kind of awful and i'm not sure how to go about it
I wonder if Americans got really self-conscious following the 2000s where we were all getting dumped on for being obnoxious so we've tried to compensate for it.
We've been getting dumped on for being obnoxious a lot longer than just the last decade and a half.
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I wonder if Americans got really self-conscious following the 2000s where we were all getting dumped on for being obnoxious so we've tried to compensate for it.
We've been obnoxious a lot longer than just the last decade and a half.
I don't smile at people in nyc but I definitely people watch as I walk down the street
If we make eye contact I stare blankly at them
Eye contact you get the barely perceptible nod.
If I make eye contact I give them a second hold and then the disinterested eye wander, to let them understand that I have judged them and found them unworthy of my attention.
If they continue looking at me then I refuse to look at them ever again.
I wonder if Americans got really self-conscious following the 2000s where we were all getting dumped on for being obnoxious so we've tried to compensate for it.
We've been getting dumped on for being obnoxious a lot longer than just the last decade and a half.
Yeah, but the 2000s was when we actually started hearing/paying attention to it.
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I don't smile at people in nyc but I definitely people watch as I walk down the street
If we make eye contact I stare blankly at them
Eye contact you get the barely perceptible nod.
If I make eye contact I give them a second hold and then the disinterested eye wander, to let them understand that I have judged them and found them unworthy of my attention.
If they continue looking at me then I refuse to look at them ever again.
if i make eye contact i start licking my lips and making nipple pinchy gestures with my index fingers and thumbs
I wonder if Americans got really self-conscious following the 2000s where we were all getting dumped on for being obnoxious so we've tried to compensate for it.
We've been getting dumped on for being obnoxious a lot longer than just the last decade and a half.
Yeah, but the 2000s was when we actually started hearing/paying attention to it.
or maybe that's when you started because you were coming of age then
hey lady why are you wearing a shirt your tits probably look so lovely <- literally exactly the same thing as telling someone to smile
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I wonder if Americans got really self-conscious following the 2000s where we were all getting dumped on for being obnoxious so we've tried to compensate for it.
compensated by... being louder and more obnoxious?
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If i make eye contact, i automatically start looking at the floor and mutter "sorry" over and over again.
I wonder if Americans got really self-conscious following the 2000s where we were all getting dumped on for being obnoxious so we've tried to compensate for it.
We've been getting dumped on for being obnoxious a lot longer than just the last decade and a half.
Yeah, but the 2000s was when we actually started hearing/paying attention to it.
or maybe that's when you started because you were coming of age then
I mean, don't get me wrong, that's entirely accurate.
But I don't think I'm wrong in saying that Americans as a whole have become far more aware of the rest of the world's perceptions of them. I think the pervasiveness of the internet has had a ton to do with that.
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I wonder if Americans got really self-conscious following the 2000s where we were all getting dumped on for being obnoxious so we've tried to compensate for it.
We've been getting dumped on for being obnoxious a lot longer than just the last decade and a half.
Yeah, but the 2000s was when we actually started hearing/paying attention to it.
or maybe that's when you started because you were coming of age then
I mean, don't get me wrong, that's entirely accurate.
But I don't think I'm wrong in saying that Americans as a whole have become far more aware of the rest of the world's perceptions of them. I think the pervasiveness of the internet has had a ton to do with that.
I wonder if Americans got really self-conscious following the 2000s where we were all getting dumped on for being obnoxious so we've tried to compensate for it.
We've been getting dumped on for being obnoxious a lot longer than just the last decade and a half.
Yeah, but the 2000s was when we actually started hearing/paying attention to it.
I wonder if Americans got really self-conscious following the 2000s where we were all getting dumped on for being obnoxious so we've tried to compensate for it.
compensated by... being louder and more obnoxious?
i thought the irish love america
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TavIrish Minister for DefenceRegistered Userregular
girl you should smile a bit more because your look of defeated indifference too closely resembles what i imagine you'd look like if we were in a relationship
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I wonder if Americans got really self-conscious following the 2000s where we were all getting dumped on for being obnoxious so we've tried to compensate for it.
We've been getting dumped on for being obnoxious a lot longer than just the last decade and a half.
Yeah, but the 2000s was when we actually started hearing/paying attention to it.
I feel like you're just making this up
Pretty sure Americans knew that Europeans thought of us as arrogant and obnoxious for decades and decades at least.
My dad has stories from his time in France in the late 50s / early 60s.
This is not new.
edit: and americans think the same about lots of other foreign peoples! Nationalism is fun!
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Let's play Mario Kart or something...
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I wonder if Americans got really self-conscious following the 2000s where we were all getting dumped on for being obnoxious so we've tried to compensate for it.
compensated by... being louder and more obnoxious?
i thought the irish love america
we love your tourist money and how quaint you find our accents
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It's weeks like this that I really miss Thantos.
Eye contact you get the barely perceptible nod.
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Is she gorgeous
KH3 confirmed.
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Love this thing so much. If you need to carry more than this holds, you probably need to reevaluate what you are doing.
but the setup requires talking about something that isn't very funny and kind of awful and i'm not sure how to go about it
So what's the deal with having abortions in concentration camps?
We've been getting dumped on for being obnoxious a lot longer than just the last decade and a half.
no
i said the topic was unfunny and awful
is it live kids?
ftfy
If I make eye contact I give them a second hold and then the disinterested eye wander, to let them understand that I have judged them and found them unworthy of my attention.
If they continue looking at me then I refuse to look at them ever again.
Yeah, but the 2000s was when we actually started hearing/paying attention to it.
if i make eye contact i start licking my lips and making nipple pinchy gestures with my index fingers and thumbs
Agh it's me
or maybe that's when you started because you were coming of age then
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"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
compensated by... being louder and more obnoxious?
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it is not as tasty as with sugar and milk
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just that i remember it in the 90s too
and it probably happened in the 80s but i was too young to notice
I mean, don't get me wrong, that's entirely accurate.
But I don't think I'm wrong in saying that Americans as a whole have become far more aware of the rest of the world's perceptions of them. I think the pervasiveness of the internet has had a ton to do with that.
Sugar in coffee. I am disappointed Skippy
but you're saving like 100 calories so it's totally worth it tasting gross
it'll take you from saturnine to saturnten
Sorry Chu
Skippy, I mean skippy. Sorry skippy
probably in a general sense, yeah
the best stuff.
I feel like you're just making this up
He said this to me in a very angry tone. He was not smiling.
Pretty sure Americans knew that Europeans thought of us as arrogant and obnoxious for decades and decades at least.
My dad has stories from his time in France in the late 50s / early 60s.
This is not new.
edit: and americans think the same about lots of other foreign peoples! Nationalism is fun!
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
we love your tourist money and how quaint you find our accents
someone get me a dr
I'm bleeding everywhere