Comment by rsj_hn
5 years ago
> WTF? I'm very often around Russian and other Slav people and many of them smile plenty.
Yes, but this is about smiling at strangers. Random people on the street, or in the subway. What to many slavs is a type of stupid grin is to many Americans a sign of "being nice". We are not talking about actually smiling, say when you feel genuine warmth towards a friend.
That's not what the article claims. It claims Russians laugh when something is funny, and that's not the case.
And - plenty of Russians smile during casual interactions with people they don't know personally.