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#smile

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marqle

I realized recently, I'm a small minority of people who don't smile in #photos.

My reason is this. Most of the time I don't smile as I go about my daily life, just as I don't cry or grimace.

Most of the time I have a calm relaxed straight face, or so I've observed in the mirror, therefore that seems like the most honest presentation of myself.

I saw a lot of psychological #theories ranging from #shyness to #assertiveness, but I didn't see any mentioning my case.

I've asked a few people why they don't smile and the most common reason I heard was they simply preferred a straight face over a made-up #smile that would probably look false.

I didn't see this one mentioned in the #psychology pages either. I sometimes wonder if #psychologists, much like the rest of us, want to tell an interesting story.

I understand that. The two reasons I cited are hardly going to grab people's interest in #books or #magazines.

##behaviour

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Marie 🇸🇪

A giant smiley face made of trees appears every fall on a hillside in Oregon, near the town of Willamina. The face was planted in 2010 by a pair of foresters who worked for the lumber company. They used a clever mix of larch trees, which turn yellow or orange in autumn, and Douglas fir trees, which stay green year-round.

Now each fall, as the larches change color, the smiley face appears like clockwork. It’s become a seasonal roadside attraction & a feel-good symbol.

A forest covered in trees as far as the eye can see & in the middle of the forest a smiley face appears in orange. The foresters used a clever mix of larch trees to create the face that appears every fall.
A close up picture of the giant smiley face created by two foresters.
#forest#smile#Oregon
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nemo™ 🇺🇦

Sehr traurig, wenn Menschen ein defektes Lachgetriebe haben. Wie bei vielen Dingen im Leben gilt: Use it or lose it. Man sollte niemals seinen Humor verlieren ;) #smile

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