And the survey said

[James Hong]

People have done experiments on HOTorNOT. Smiling apparently has a positive
impact on scores.

cheers,
james

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lucas Gonze" <lucas@gonze.com>
Cc: <fork@xent.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 2:35 PM
Subject: RE: And the survey said


> In my area the smiling rules are different for each demographic.  Older
italians
> have a conspicuously beaten expression, younger italians give you a little
nod
> if they know you.  Bohemian girls are smiley when they rise above
narcissism,
> bohemian guys mostly look vain.  Hassidics' field of vision doesn't seem
to
> register non-Hassidics.  Latinos give you big grins.  Young blacks work
hard to
> give the appearance of not noticing me, a middle class white male.  Older
blacks
> have about the same smiling rules I do -- don't initiate but do
reciprocate --
> very tit for tat.  Since the WTC, I notice that cops have started meeting
my
> eyes and generally being less defensive in their body language.  (A lot of
cops
> live around here.)
>
> New Yorkers in general smile more than Bostonians, I think because there
are a
> lot southern and western transplants in NYC.
>
> Males 15-30, all ethnicities (except maybe latinos) get and give the
fewest
> smiles, because they are the most dangerous people.  One thing I notice is
that
> as I age I get more smiles, and in general it's easier to talk to people.
This
> is a really good thing.  Just now I got in a good conversation on the
street
> with an old guy on my block, Duffy, who was out walking his daughter's dog
and
> drinking a beer in a paper bag.  In my 20's that would never happened.
>
> - Lucas
>
>
>
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