Spotting fake smiles.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/

See if you can tell wether their smiles are genuine or not. I got 17/20, but I missed one so there's a possibility I could have gotten 18. It tells you how to differentiate after so it could come in handy. Post your scores!

Ps: Some of them have strange heads.

A mere 14. I think some of it can be attributed to whether you find them attractive or not though. But yeah, I guess I'm pretty bad at reading people's faces. Why doesn't PBS ever have anything interesting like this? :razz:

[edit] Attractive Brits exist! I read about them in my fairy-tale book. :smile:

They really did have some ugly people there though. Of course I'll think their smiles are fake. Except that guy with the giant gap in his teeth.

You may be crap at reading peoples faces, but at least you're honest. :biggrin: 14 isn't bad though, especially if you're not completely sure what you should be looking for. :smile:

[edit] Attractive? They're brits!

cowers

14/20

some of those people were damn uguly!

10/20

and most of these people were damn ugly

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16/20, but most of them were total guesses :biggrin: Like A_S I missed one, didn't realise you could only press play once!

What a freak parade- 2<SUP>nd</SUP> only to the Gallery Of Horror on this website At least I got the difference about monkeys right without even knowing.

Don't post how to tell you spoon :razz:

If it saves people the grief of seeing these freaks, then why not?! :razz:

I nearly choked on a cracker reading that. (A cream cracker as opposed to a white person). Looking at those people builds character and tests your gag reflex!

Why is the BBC showing people how to judge one another using very basic psychological/scientific principals?

UBER ISOLATIONIST RACIST FASCIST SELF CENTRED SOCIETY, ROCK ON!

16.

I didn't use any of the methods listed there, actually, and it worked pretty well. But I won't tell anyone unless you really want to know, since A_S seems to have issues with that :razz:

Obveously, since most people got better than 10/20 people have a natural ability to spot fake smiles without the aid of any specif ic ques. I just wnt on my gut feeling.

I've personally found it easier to tell whether a woman is faking or not (Don't even try it). Since I don't look at men smiling too often (or ever).

I've personally found it easier to tell whether a woman is faking or not (Don't even try it).

Bah. Spoil sport.

Oregon must be a pretty dismal place if the guys don't smile that much.

I wonder what the people in the pictures were actually smiling at...?

I had a gf once that when mad woude speak in a british accent.

And no she was not british and has never gone there.

I went with my gut, and got 18/20. One thing that I noticed, is when the smile seemed genuine, it looked like they had to fight a little to 'tuck' it back in; like the camera man cracked a joke, then said "ok..now stop smiling". The fake smiles just seemed like a smile 'switch' was turned on, then off.

Oh..and how spoiled we are by all the gorgeous people on television. Those people looked pretty average to me.

6/20, but then I had no idea what I was supposed to be judging - I thought I was picking between real and computer simulated smiles, not the way it really worked.

Most of them were fine finger, there were just a few oddities. Take the pineapple man for example. :smile:

Sweet avatar cat.

Finger said:
people on television. Those people looked pretty average to me.

Hey now! I think the Gallery of Horror actualy compares quite favorably to the mugs they showed in this smile thing.

And yes, Oregon is quite a dismal place most of the year. Probably much the same as england. it rains all the time.

Many were obvious. An obvious smile was when the clip started and ended with a slight grin or smile :razz:

Thx alien_sniper i have a sig to go with it but no place to host it.

I f**king hate sig images. Like I want to read a bunch of personal billboards about how cool some schmuck thinks he is

so is this a real smile or a fake smile? :smile:

Oregon must be a pretty dismal place if the guys don't smile that much.

Oregon isn't THAT dismal ... however, I've lived here my entire life and I'm used to (some times welcoming) the rain. However, summer and autumn are rather beautiful.

Secondly, I don't pay attention to smiling men.

I wonder what the people in the pictures were actually smiling at...?

YOU! Mwhahahahaha.

No, probably some guy making an ass out of himself ... or waiting for some guys cue so they can smile.

15/20

I'm in Vancouver, known for its drizzle and wet weather, but this year has been really, really dry. We're really screwed for water in the summer.

Its not that bad in Coquille Or

Was nice and sunny today I even mowed the yard.

Here in Wisconsin, we've had 7 thunderstorms in 16 days.

::crawls out of hole::

got 18/20...

its kind of hard when you're just looking at a photo... in a real conversation, its much different. especially with the context..!! i mean, shes not gonna give you a real smile when you tell you that you finally bought that ati 9800pro. what shes actually thinking... "omfg another $400 thrown down the toilet that could have been spent on me"

Bewbies said:
::crawls out of hole::

got 18/20...

its kind of hard when you're just looking at a photo... in a real conversation, its much different. especially with the context..!! i mean, shes not gonna give you a real smile when you tell you that you finally bought that ati 9800pro. what shes actually thinking... "omfg another $400 thrown down the toilet that could have been spent on me"

My lady supports my purchasing a 9800 pro (honestly, I got an income tax return worth enough to buy one :biggrin: ) Thank god I'm a good enough lover to keep her happy, I'm so damn poor otherwise. puts on the smooth

13/20

I got the first 5 ones wrong; after that I got used to it.

15/20not to shabby.

I wasnt even playing the video for most of them.. :razz: only cuzz i didnt relize you had video until like question 12

Alien_Sniper said:


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Exactly what i thought But only a mere 12/20

Kain said:
13/20

I got the first 5 ones wrong; after that I got used to it.

Pretty much the same, of the first line I only got one right, but that's because I misinterpreted the context. Then of all the last ones I only got one wrong.

I f**king hate sig images. Like I want to read a bunch of personal billboards about how cool some schmuck thinks he is

I hear you. Condensed view is your friend :smile:

Er, I am confused, you can't have sig images on this website, where did that comment come from?

What is a sig image?

Sig = signature.

When somebody has an image in their signature

10. I suck at social-ness.

11/20

rofl!!