Maverick wrote:Yeah, I can't see it either.
To me, the American girls look happy. But even if it is a "fake smile", they're posing for a picture. So they're not going to be smiling as if someone just told them a joke. In other words, it might look more fake because of the situation.
The foreign girls look pissed off, in my opinion.
I'm a bit surprised to see you guys defending these American women on HA. And it's not just Winston who sees it, but many others too who've had plenty of experience. When I showed Rock some pictures of Asian-American women, even he could instantly tell that they have that "fake American smile", and so could Monkro. AiB is a former boxer who's used to being tough and hanging out around tough, macho people, so that's why he isn't as sensitive to those subtler facial expressions.
Happy? Yes, American women in customer service are notorious for looking so-called "happy" with their "Hi, how can I help you?" and cheesy grins when they're expected to do so. A courtesy smile doesn't mean that much. On Facebook, whenever these Asian-American women post pictures in which they're not putting on their fake smiles that much, they get bashed with comments such as, "Why so serious?" or "Aw, you didn't smile!"
In many rural third-world areas, people don't smile unless they are genuinely happy on the inside. They often actually consciously avoid smiling in photos to not look like grinning fools. "Pissed off?" That's the authentic look. At the end of the day, they'll be much friendlier, warmer, more open than the American women with superficial smiles who'd just say they're busy and have to go.
I've been around these Asian-American women for more than two decades, and have traveled many months among the rural hills tribes of southern China. The latter can often be more serious at first sight, but they're far more soulful and not hollow and empty at all like Americanized people.