WHATS ALL THAT SMILING ABOUT? : HUNGARIAN STEREOTYPES

 

Are you a "smiley-smiley" person? Smiling at strangers you walk past?  (You don't even know them.  You're not even in a conversation with them!) Do you feel the need to act like a welcoming committee?  When you're around sour people, do you think cheering them up is important?  And you don't work in entertainment or tourism?

Well, then, you are NOT a stereotypical Hungarian.

Hungarians do not understand all that smiling, all that showing of teeth.  YOU'RE ONLY SUPPOSED TO SMILE WHEN YOU ARE HAPPY. Smiling when you are not happy is gratuitous.  It's phoney.  It's being someone you are not.  A people pleaser.

Save your smiles for when you really feel them.

(And that goes for your emoji's too!)


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SUSPICIOUS OF THAT BIG AMERICAN SMILE?

THE ATLANTIC : WHY DO AMERICANS SMILE SO MUCH

EXCERPT: It turns out that countries with lots of immigration have historically relied more on nonverbal communication. Thus, people there might smile more.

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Are you one of those people who finds people who don't smile suspicious?

Have you gone into big debt to perfect your own big smile?

I find that when I am relaxed my smile just naturally forms, and I don't have to grease my teeth to make it comfortable.