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theworld · 26th Jan 2009, 10:46 AM

I was always taught to smile when having my picture taken but now it seems like nobody from our generation does anymore.

What happened???

**Ben** · 26th Jan 2009, 10:53 AM

I used to grin widely until I got braces. Now I just clothed-mouth-smile most of the time. But I will grin again when they're taken off

Brandford · 26th Jan 2009, 11:01 AM

I have to be happy to smile, i suck at trying to smile when im depressed, which is all the time

partietraumatic · 26th Jan 2009, 11:02 AM

*looks at his pic. Sheepish grin. Remembers not to grin. Sheepish powt*

lol

theworld · 26th Jan 2009, 11:05 AM

a little self-confidence guys...common.

your grin is fine.

myra · 26th Jan 2009, 11:29 AM

i always smile. i've only noticed guys not smiling for pictures and i think thats a masculinity/macho thing.

theworld · 26th Jan 2009, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by myra

i always smile. i've only noticed guys not smiling for pictures and i think thats a masculinity/macho thing.

if that's the reason guys don't anymore, that's totally ridiculous :P

jazzrawr · 26th Jan 2009, 11:46 AM

I smile for some pictures, and make strange faces for some pictures. It all depends on my mood really. XD

Most people I know smile, except the ones who think they're too cool to smile for a group shot.

myra · 26th Jan 2009, 11:46 AM

^ its always been that way though. I mean...look back at the old pictures of the 60's and before that. Even way back, civil war era pictures. no one smiled. but i think that was due to the duration it took to get a picture.

lodiug · 26th Jan 2009, 11:58 AM

I smile, but without showing my teeth! Smiling with my teeth shown always ruins my face in pictures.

Mickey · 26th Jan 2009, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by myra

^ its always been that way though. I mean...look back at the old pictures of the 60's and before that. Even way back, civil war era pictures. no one smiled. but i think that was due to the duration it took to get a picture.

I was going to say the same exact thing that you did! I guess if we had to wear the clothes that they did,years ago,we wouldn't be smiling,either!

singtoh1 · 26th Jan 2009, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lodiug

I smile, but without showing my teeth! Smiling with my teeth shown always ruins my face in pictures.

Yea thats me to. If I show my teeth, I look like one of those Japanese Anime characters....quite scary.

Markio · 26th Jan 2009, 03:53 PM

My face has craters from the carnage of the Accutane War, so I always look bad in pictures where the lighting isn't just so.

I don't take pictures of people, anyway. If a landscape is pretty, why plop someone in front of it? I don't understand why people have to get in the middle of every picture--I trust people have been the places they say, they don't need to prove it with an obstructed view of the Parthenon.

Courtneyyy · 26th Jan 2009, 06:38 PM

I always smile in pictures. With teeth. It bothers me when people have non teeth smiles.

**Maddy** · 26th Jan 2009, 06:40 PM

I look shocking when I try to smile in photos. Mouth shut at least means I don't look quite as ugly.

26th Jan 2009, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Invisible

I used to grin widely until I got braces. Now I just clothed-mouth-smile most of the time. But I will grin again when they're taken off

Me too. Plus I hate fake smiles and cameras (or should I say soul-stealing devil boxes?) aimed at me.

JoeSchmoe · 26th Jan 2009, 07:23 PM

I tend to look mentally ill most of the time when I smile. I prefer not to unless its for school photos or something.

theworld · 26th Jan 2009, 08:46 PM

weird, for me, I prefer to see a pic of someone smiling, even better with teeth, to get a feel for that person instead of one where he is not.

starfish · 26th Jan 2009, 09:34 PM

I can't smile to save my life. So I try to avoid it in pictures.

missmelancholy · 26th Jan 2009, 09:38 PM

I have dreadful teeth. And I've been teased - even, rather especially, by family - about this. My parents never could afford braces and when they finally could, medically I could not get anything done. So I just hide my teeth. It actually pisses me off when people tell me to relax about it. Deal with my family, then say something.

26th Jan 2009, 10:46 AM	#1
theworld Well Known Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Oregon Age: 21 Posts: 209 Join Date: Jan 2009	random question I was always taught to smile when having my picture taken but now it seems like nobody from our generation does anymore. What happened???

26th Jan 2009, 10:53 AM	#2
Ben Was Invisible. EC Moderator Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Age: 20 Posts: 3,704 Join Date: Jul 2008	Re: random question I used to grin widely until I got braces. Now I just clothed-mouth-smile most of the time. But I will grin again when they're taken off

26th Jan 2009, 11:01 AM	#3
Brandford Friendly Misanthrope Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: everyone that asks,my mom (i think) and my sister Location: Woodbridge, VA Age: 19 Posts: 6,656 Join Date: Apr 2008	Re: random question I have to be happy to smile, i suck at trying to smile when im depressed, which is all the time __________________ "I find nothing more depressing than optimism." --Paul Fussell

26th Jan 2009, 11:02 AM	#4
partietraumatic A gay heteropolitan? Full Member Gender: Male Out Status: Enough for now Location: Oxford and Birmingham, UK Age: 20 Posts: 1,300 Join Date: Jul 2008	Re: random question looks at his pic. Sheepish grin. Remembers not to grin. Sheepish powt lol __________________ 'Im not your toy and this isn't another girl meets boy'

26th Jan 2009, 11:05 AM	#5
theworld Well Known Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Oregon Age: 21 Posts: 209 Join Date: Jan 2009	Re: random question a little self-confidence guys...common. your grin is fine.

26th Jan 2009, 11:29 AM	#6
myra EC Addict Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Pansexual Out Status: Out to everyone Location: BTown, Ohio Age:* 22 Posts: 449 Join Date: Jul 2008	Re: random question i always smile. i've only noticed guys not smiling for pictures and i think thats a masculinity/macho thing. __________________ David's and Bryan's #1 Fag Hag!

26th Jan 2009, 11:46 AM	#8
jazzrawr Lover of Loony Lovegood Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesimbean Out Status: I scream it from rooftops Location: Ontario, Canada. Age: 19 Posts: 3,391 Join Date: Feb 2008	Re: random question I smile for some pictures, and make strange faces for some pictures. It all depends on my mood really. XD Most people I know smile, except the ones who think they're too cool to smile for a group shot. __________________ <3 You can love people so much... But you can never love someone as much as you can miss them. (...and the lesbians.)

26th Jan 2009, 11:46 AM	#9
myra EC Addict Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Pansexual Out Status: Out to everyone Location: BTown, Ohio Age:* 22 Posts: 449 Join Date: Jul 2008	Re: random question ^ its always been that way though. I mean...look back at the old pictures of the 60's and before that. Even way back, civil war era pictures. no one smiled. but i think that was due to the duration it took to get a picture. __________________ David's and Bryan's #1 Fag Hag!

26th Jan 2009, 11:58 AM	#10
lodiug EC Addict Full Member Posts: 500 Join Date: Oct 2007	Re: random question I smile, but without showing my teeth! Smiling with my teeth shown always ruins my face in pictures.

26th Jan 2009, 03:53 PM	#13
Markio EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Family, friends, and staff! Location: California Age: 21 Posts: 1,139 Join Date: Oct 2008	Re: random question My face has craters from the carnage of the Accutane War, so I always look bad in pictures where the lighting isn't just so. I don't take pictures of people, anyway. If a landscape is pretty, why plop someone in front of it? I don't understand why people have to get in the middle of every picture--I trust people have been the places they say, they don't need to prove it with an obstructed view of the Parthenon. __________________ Celebrate diversity!

26th Jan 2009, 06:38 PM	#14
Courtneyyy ColbieMarie Full Member Gender: GIRL Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: Mom, brother and close friends Location: Flagstaff, AZ Age: 23 Posts: 975 Join Date: Jan 2009	Re: random question I always smile in pictures. With teeth. It bothers me when people have non teeth smiles.

26th Jan 2009, 06:40 PM	#15
Maddy Free Hugs EC Admin Gender: - Orientation: Into girls Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 21 Posts: 7,702 Join Date: Mar 2008	Re: random question I look shocking when I try to smile in photos. Mouth shut at least means I don't look quite as ugly. __________________ how strange it is to be anything at all [Victor] 2:09 pm: and then halloween happened and I was outside in a skirt.

26th Jan 2009, 07:23 PM	#17
JoeSchmoe Member Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Lost Count Location: Illinois Age: 19 Posts: 64 Join Date: Aug 2007	Re: random question I tend to look mentally ill most of the time when I smile. I prefer not to unless its for school photos or something.

26th Jan 2009, 08:46 PM	#18
theworld Well Known Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Oregon Age: 21 Posts: 209 Join Date: Jan 2009	Re: random question weird, for me, I prefer to see a pic of someone smiling, even better with teeth, to get a feel for that person instead of one where he is not.

26th Jan 2009, 09:34 PM	#19
starfish This space for lease. Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: I like guys Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Hippie Town, Alberta of the US Age: 31 Posts: 2,108 Join Date: Nov 2008	Re: random question I can't smile to save my life. So I try to avoid it in pictures. __________________ All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work. --Thomas J. Watson

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26th Jan 2009, 09:38 PM	#20
missmelancholy Resident Fairy Mary Regular Member Gender: Female Orientation: Just Sexual Out Status: Some people Location: LaVergne, TN Age: 23 Posts: 222 Join Date: Dec 2008	Re: random question I have dreadful teeth. And I've been teased - even, rather especially, by family - about this. My parents never could afford braces and when they finally could, medically I could not get anything done. So I just hide my teeth. It actually pisses me off when people tell me to relax about it. Deal with my family, then say something. __________________ "Then you can eat your children (cannibals) without any legal ramifications!"