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ultrahamster64@lemmy.world 7 months agoWhat do you mean “cultural differences between smiling even in modern day Russia”?
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ultrahamster64@lemmy.world 7 months agoWhat do you mean “cultural differences between smiling even in modern day Russia”?
Num10ck@lemmy.world 7 months ago
western cultures use smiling to show friendliness and availability, etc. Russians feel it makes you look like an idiot, unsophisticated, childish, etc. Picture ‘keeping it gangster’, thats their world. it’s rough and dangerous and tragic.
ultrahamster64@lemmy.world 7 months ago
What? No… Where you even get that idea