Smiling at people

[fredwiggy]

  On 8/3/2023 at 8:21 AM, bignok said:

Been more places in 12 months then you have in 5 years.

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One of the many who assume things here.

[bignok]

  On 8/3/2023 at 9:25 AM, fredwiggy said:

One of the many who assume things here.

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If you say so.

[bignok]

  On 8/3/2023 at 9:21 AM, ICU Kid said:

Not sure about that.

 

Thais are arguably world champions at faking it till they make it (your cash in their account)

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Only with super dumb farangs. Thais are easy to read.

[ICU Kid]

  On 8/3/2023 at 9:31 AM, bignok said:

Only with super dumb farangs. Thais are easy to read.

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Exactly.  We'd never get fooled like that eh

[fredwiggy]

  On 8/3/2023 at 9:31 AM, bignok said:

Only with super dumb farangs. Thais are easy to read.

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There's that assuming again.

[Gottfrid]

  On 8/3/2023 at 8:21 AM, bignok said:

Been more places in 12 months then you have in 5 years.

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Assumptions are the M of all <deleted>´s

[Happy Howard]

  On 8/2/2023 at 12:59 AM, bignok said:

If you smile at people in Thailand they think you are friendly. In the west they think you are creepy if at woman and gay if at man. The west isnt a friendly place anymore.

 

It's a different world.

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Not my experience of living in Australia for 48 years

[bignok]

  On 8/3/2023 at 10:02 AM, Gottfrid said:

Assumptions are the M of all <deleted>´s

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Well tell us what u been up to

[steven100]

  On 8/2/2023 at 1:04 PM, Lacessit said:

I smile at people I know, or see daily. I don't see a good reason to do it with random strangers.

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a smile at random strangers will insinuate a kinky or nutcase job possibly.

[1FinickyOne]

  On 8/3/2023 at 9:19 AM, fredwiggy said:

the smiles here have been known to be deceptive many times, not only to me but to others I know.

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I don't doubt that is your experience - 

 

  On 8/3/2023 at 9:19 AM, fredwiggy said:

you can not always tell what someone is thinking

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Agree - nobody is right 100% and sorry if that was implied anywhere...  but you should be able to read the intentions of a smile more often than not... 

[Don Chance]

If you smile at people you don't know too much it can mean you are a narcissist trying to love bomb them.

 

[bignok]

  On 8/3/2023 at 10:53 AM, Don Chance said:

If you smile at people you don't know too much it can mean you are a narcissist trying to love bomb them.

 

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He looks creepy

[save the frogs]

  On 8/3/2023 at 2:31 AM, NorthernRyland said:

There's a lot of Russians in a bad place right now. Maybe smile and try to be nice would be the right thing to do?

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Russians don't care about your smile.

They're very pragmatic people and they know your smile won't solve their problems. 

[thailandsgreat]

Could it be that the strange smiling beings that the honorable members here do not understand, have found peace in life, temporarily or for longer time. Maybe you should ask the Buddha?

 

Or are they just smiling to irritate Pita since neolibs build on adversity and anger ????

 

Except for phoney smiles maybe every smiling person has his/her own reason to smile? Maybe they are just on a good roll in life, for the time being.

 

Smiling at a girl in crazy town Pattaya can hardly be misinterpreted, at least not by much.

[BusyB]

  On 8/3/2023 at 8:53 AM, steven100 said:

what's the signal?  

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It varies with the type of smile and situation. And I acknowledge that I don't know enough to interpret it most of the time so I can't answer your question.

 

But fake it is not. It's telling you something if you are able to read the signal. Thais most certainly can.

[steven100]

  On 8/4/2023 at 7:25 AM, BusyB said:

It varies with the type of smile and situation. And I acknowledge that I don't know enough to interpret it most of the time so I can't answer your question.

 

But fake it is not. It's telling you something if you are able to read the signal. Thais most certainly can.

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maybe there's one that say's   ' i'm gunna fleece you as much as I can '    

[BusyB]

  On 8/4/2023 at 7:52 AM, steven100 said:

maybe there's one that say's   ' i'm gunna fleece you as much as I can '    

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Some fairly similar ones in this list: they even have names apparently:

 

1. Yim thang nam taa: The “I’m so happy I’m crying” smile.
2. Yim thak thaai: The “polite” smile for someone you barely know.
3. Yim cheun chom: The “I admire you” smile.
4. Fuen Yim: The stiff smile, also known as the “I should laugh at the joke though it’s not funny” Smile.
5. Yim mee lessanai: The smile which masks something wicked in your mind.
6. Yim yaw: The teasing, or “I told you so” smile.
7. Yim yae-yae: The “I know things look pretty bad but there’s no point in crying over spilt milk” smile.
8. Yim sao: The sad smile.
9. Yim haeng: The dry smile, also known as the “I know I owe you the money but I don’t have it” smile.
10. Yim thak thaan: The “I disagree with you” smile, also known as the “You can go ahead and propose it but your idea’s no good” smile.
11. Yim cheua-cheuan: The “I am the winner” smile, the smile given to a losing competitor.
12. Yim soo: “smiling in the face of an impossible struggle” smile.

 

I assume 'yim' means smile, but I stand happy to be corrected.

 

[Gottfrid]

  On 8/3/2023 at 10:20 AM, bignok said:

Well tell us what u been up to

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Why would you or any here be interested in that?