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strokirk on May 28, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Russians do not smile (2002)

What? No, Swedes smile a lot and have a lot of polite set phrases. Although it's more rare to hear people say "good" to an "how are you", it's usually some variation of "jovars", "can't complain".

fogihujy on May 29, 2021 [–]

No they don't, when you compare them to people who smile a lot.

Neither Swedes or the Nordic peoples see themselves as gloomy as others do, though, so in that sense they're a lot like Russians.

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