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why do americans seem to always have thick necks in photographs? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Both men and women. Is it to do with the way they smile/pose for the camera or something? Seriously, I can almost tell someone is American by the way their neck looks in a photo

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 11 months ago (2 children)

This is interesting. Even skinny Americans? I've never heard this, but I have heard you can tell someone is American because people from elsewhere don't lean on things when standing.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

People from other countries also usually don't expose their entire set of teeth when smiling...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Two jokes I can make out of this. Which could dig at either US or EU/UK

I paid for it, I'm gonna show it off.
Have you seen the British?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

dig at either US or EU/UK

Seems like that's the whole point of Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Well, it is federated and the main lemmy.ml site is full of tankies in disguise. So I imagine it spreads.

If we could get rid of the corruption and feel some sense of duty and control over our countries again instead of land mattering more than people when it came to the voting process, and getting fucked every which way from Saturday in the process, maybe people would feel less apt to dig.

[–] TopShelfVanilla 4 points 11 months ago

I rarely smile at all, but I sure will lean when the opportunity presents itself.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They don't lean on things? Even if there's a perfectly sturdy horse or fence.right next to you?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Horses, cows, fences, houses, nothing. They stand on two legs like bipedal humanoids.