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Occasionally I agree with orthonorm and this is one of those times. I can't explain exactly how, but there is a difference - maybe it's the style of clothing, maybe posture, maybe less of a mixture of ethnicities* - just one of those things that you know but find hard to explain. Is it always accurate? Certainly not, but often enough.
*I know that American, Canadian, etc. can be named as particular ethnicities as well but they have formed as a result of the mixing of (mostly) European ethnic backgrounds. Compare the stereotypical Norwegian, Russian, and Spaniard and you'll see what I'm talking about.
There is some truth in this, the same as what mabsoota has claimed (but maybe her thesis is a bit more stereotyped ). However, in my case, this argument about mixture of ethnicities does not work, as I am such mixture - Serbian, Montenegrin and Polish for sure, probably some Ukrainian and/or Belarussian too. But, generally, people claim I look as typical Serbian, in Poland many people at once notice I'm not Polish (or "pure" Polish) If I comment on another picture of yours I will sound like a sycophant.
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« Reply #1311 on: December 28, 2012, 10:56:29 PM » |
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« Reply #1315 on: December 29, 2012, 01:16:32 AM » |
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« Reply #1317 on: December 29, 2012, 09:09:15 AM » |
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I doubted that it was possible for you to look prettier, but you managed to do so in your Christmas picture. Now I need ZZ and Hiwot to post pictures so I can compliment them too and it doesn't look like I'm hitting on any one particular OC.net beauty. Thank you for so nice words!  Haha so they indeed should post some pictures Prepare to be disappointed by the wrath of skinny American jerk who refuses to smile because he refuses to brush his teeth
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Exceptions make the rule So interesting how you've manged to post it upside down Well, actually when I visited USA it was so nice that everybody was asking "how are you" with smile. But as with everything, too much it's not a good thing. Smile should be natural, show our true emotions. However, people (what's interesting to note, especially priests), say that I smile too rarely (and most time look so serious) and that's also not good. I can imagine, how I would be perceived, if I lived in USA. |
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« Reply #1323 on: January 07, 2013, 07:08:47 PM » |
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How? Occasionally I agree with orthonorm and this is one of those times. I can't explain exactly how, but there is a difference - maybe it's the style of clothing, maybe posture, maybe less of a mixture of ethnicities* - just one of those things that you know but find hard to explain. Is it always accurate? Certainly not, but often enough. *I know that American, Canadian, etc. can be named as particular ethnicities as well but they have formed as a result of the mixing of (mostly) European ethnic backgrounds. Compare the stereotypical Norwegian, Russian, and Spaniard and you'll see what I'm talking about. Seconded. Likewise, can't explain it. It's simple. The smile. Americans smile immediately on cue for "candids" (not me). And Northern and Central and Eastern Europeans simply do not for the most part. (Americans didn't when photography first came around.) This and a few other things of course. But that is a cultural difference that has held up in spite of the Americanized onslaught of social media. That might be part of the reason why you look like you should be British. |
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How? Occasionally I agree with orthonorm and this is one of those times. I can't explain exactly how, but there is a difference - maybe it's the style of clothing, maybe posture, maybe less of a mixture of ethnicities* - just one of those things that you know but find hard to explain. Is it always accurate? Certainly not, but often enough. *I know that American, Canadian, etc. can be named as particular ethnicities as well but they have formed as a result of the mixing of (mostly) European ethnic backgrounds. Compare the stereotypical Norwegian, Russian, and Spaniard and you'll see what I'm talking about. Seconded. Likewise, can't explain it. It's simple. The smile. Americans smile immediately on cue for "candids" (not me). And Northern and Central and Eastern Europeans simply do not for the most part. (Americans didn't when photography first came around.) This and a few other things of course. But that is a cultural difference that has held up in spite of the Americanized onslaught of social media. Wait a minute. I distinctly remember you smiling in the picture of you that you posted in here many moons ago. HMMMM>?!?!?!?! |
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KBN1 - very nice picture,, what you were yelling/doing while it was been taking?
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You have no idea what a hipster is if you think this is a hipster. You THINK you know what a hipster is, but you would be wrong. Those who self-identify as "hipster" would look at this and say, 'square'. Then they would look at your picture and emulate it. If anyone in this thread looks like a hipster, it's you. It takes a hipster to hate a hipster. Stupid tryhards. |
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