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Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]
I remember having a discussion with a polish girl as to why Polish dont show any emotion or smile. Instead of actually proving me wrong by showing some emotion or perhaps joking about it ( surely there must be some jokes about it by now ) she just became....well....polish and started getting grouchy and started bickering. When I told her that she just proved my point she just stormed off.
I wouldnt know how much emphasis to put on communism. From Germany onwards you're talking about some serious lifelessness and lack of emotion. Russians are perhaps as bad as any. They simply lumber along, communicating rather than expressing. I find it very cold and engaging personally. But if it suits them then we are all happy.
And people keep placing emphasis on the smiling. Its more than that, it the body language, the lack of colour and life. They seem like a they are chained up tight.
Im gonna get grief over this as has happened in the past but i dont really care, its often misguided anger.