Smiling for pictures is fucking weird
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fun with socks and jane — 3 years ago(September 30, 2022 01:21 AM)
I thought I was the only one. But I’ve always felt ridiculous putting on a cheesy, fake, smile, for photos.
Actually it’s a recent practice, as prior to the photograph, everyone looked appropriately grim and serious in paintings.
You’re right. It’s only a relatively recent trend in photography. Up until about the turn of the 20th century, exposure times were slow, so it wasn’t practical to pose with a smile for 5 or 10+ minutes or so. That, and a family photograph was considered a serious affair, so no one thought to smile. It was also expensive. So unfortunately, many photographs during the Victorian era, were
“Victorian Memento Mori”
(Depending on how easily you’re creeped out, you might not want to look that up)
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Vlad. — 3 years ago(September 30, 2022 08:22 AM)
Right.
Nature agrees with us. “It wasn’t practical” to smile for long, right? Nobody does that. The act of smiling for pictures corrupts the memory. You are not actually smiling like a doofus the entire time during whatever event you’re at. If you were, nobody would talk to you and everyone would hate you.
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P.Error — 3 years ago(September 30, 2022 02:21 AM)
People's teeth are pretty now and they want to show them off. How white they are, symmetrical, alignment ratio of bicuspids and molas to mouth opening, all play a role.
When you don't smile in photographs, it indicates to others you have bad teeth.
No one with great teeth doesn't not smile nor makes any excuses not to smile. Only people with bad teeth do that.
Just get your teeth fixed if you're that insecure. This is what teeth are supposed to look like when you smile. These are 2 of my friends:
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Vlad. — 3 years ago(September 30, 2022 08:24 AM)
Okay, agreed. Show off your assets.
I smile. I just think it’s ****ing weird that we do this fake smile solely for photos. And it is weird. No other animals do this unless they want to murder the photographer, like I do.
Stop.
Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. 
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