# Spot the fake smile **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/228329 "2004-02-09T21:29:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mdf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@mdf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mdf)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/228329/1 "2004-02-09T21:29:39Z")
[Spot the fake smile](http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/index.shtml) I got 18 - not sure what that says about me, but interesting anyway. -mdf ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/228329/2 "2004-02-09T21:57:02Z")
Hehe, I’m the man, 20 out of 20! We can tell if you are BSing us in Brooklyn. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/228329/3 "2004-02-09T22:11:06Z")
13 out of 20. No wonder I’m such a sucker! ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/228329/4 "2004-02-09T22:24:36Z")
15 out of 20. Not bad. I know a friend who would do better though. He’s the only person thats ever told me to knock it off. (A fake smile) ---
**Author:** ![Yamirskoonir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@Yamirskoonir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yamirskoonir)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/228329/5 "2004-02-09T22:30:06Z")
14 out of 20. Not my fault-! I was distracted by guy #6, HEL-lo hottie! How 'bout your piercings meet my piercings? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/228329/6 "2004-02-09T22:41:59Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > 13 out of 20. No wonder I’m such a sucker! Me too. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/228329/7 "2004-02-09T22:55:15Z")
15 out of 20. Not too surprising really, I can generally tell if someone’s not being honest. ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/228329/8 "2004-02-09T22:55:35Z")
18 out of 20, and I second-guessed myself on one of them. Eye crinkles! Eye crinkles tell you every time! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/228329/9 "2004-02-09T23:54:51Z")
15 out of 20. And I knew where to look and everything. These are British smiles, of course, so I was somewhat distracted by the horrible, horrible teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Peach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@Peach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peach)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/228329/10 "2004-02-10T00:25:54Z")
13 out 20. i was trying to focus on the eyes… ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/228329/11 "2004-02-10T01:13:15Z")
I didn’t think I’d do very well, but I got 17/20. It’s mostly in the eyes - I didn’t really look at the mouths that much. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Badger\_Racing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@Atomic\_Badger\_Racing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Badger_Racing)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/228329/12 "2004-02-10T01:17:12Z")
9 out of 20. Damn… ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/228329/13 "2004-02-10T01:23:30Z")
20/20. Playing poker and training to read faces is a big help. It’s all in the eyes and shoulder shrugs. ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/228329/14 "2004-02-10T01:28:56Z")
They all looked fake to me. ---
**Author:** ![wdcsmwscaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbce88/32.png) [@wdcsmwscaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wdcsmwscaa)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/228329/15 "2004-02-10T01:31:45Z")
20/20! woo! The eye crinkles, and often if it was fake, their eyes were still wide open. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/228329/16 "2004-02-10T04:35:57Z")
16 out of 20, with three of my misses being false genuines. I guess that means I tend toward the sucker side. The eyes we my main giveaway. ---
**Author:** ![Akaadji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Akaadji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaadji)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/228329/17 "2004-02-10T04:38:03Z")
…I got ten out of twenty…_sighs_ Of course, I tend to be really oblivious, so I’m not at all surprised… ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/228329/18 "2004-02-10T05:22:44Z")
14/20. Mainly guessed wrong by guessing genuine smiles were fakes. ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/228329/19 "2004-02-10T05:49:11Z")
14/20. At least most of the ones I missed were ones I wasn’t sure of. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/228329/20 "2004-02-10T12:49:29Z")
I got 13/20, but 6/7 of the ones I missed were genuine that I thought were fake. I’d think that labels me as more cynical than Diogenes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/228329.md?page=2)