# Spot the fake smile **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 16, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/415848 "2007-08-16T19:51:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/415848/41 "2007-08-17T06:35:23Z")
20/20. This was pretty easy. Iunno. ---
**Author:** ![mhairi2222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@mhairi2222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhairi2222)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/415848/42 "2007-08-17T13:29:34Z")
I got 16/20 right. I thought one fake one was genuine. and the other 3 were genuine but I thought were fake. Although I agree, it was hard to judge, because they all seemed so fleeting, and vanished so quickly. Not a very well designed test IMHO. And bloody hell, what was with #3 and #13’s foreheads!! Holy Jeebus!! ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/415848/43 "2007-08-17T13:36:22Z")
17/20 for me. If found some of the people quite scary looking. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/415848/44 "2007-08-17T13:45:35Z")
13/20 corect. I was surprised to see the ones I had wrong. #13 really scared me. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/415848/45 "2007-08-17T13:54:38Z")
16 out of 20. This was kinda weird. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/415848/46 "2007-08-17T13:57:26Z")
Another 13/20 here. Which flies in the face of what I’ve always been told, that I can read people better because my hearing loss compensates by picking up more nonverbal clues. ---
**Author:** ![HerbalTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f9ae1b/32.png) [@HerbalTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerbalTea)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/415848/47 "2007-08-17T14:21:13Z")
I only got 10/20 which really doesn’t surprise me at all. I don’t look a person in the eye when I’m talking to them. I’m usually looking at my shoes, the wall behind the person I’m talking to, or whatever. I always feel uncomfortable when I look people in the eye. In fact, I try to avoid social contact where possible and have more than once been called a hermit. It’s just a weird thing I have. #13 _was_ creepy. In fact, most of them looked a bit odd. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/415848/48 "2007-08-17T14:28:23Z")
Hey, you guys look a bit weird to us too, OK? 😃 (sorry about exposing the teeth there) ---
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/415848/49 "2007-08-17T16:15:40Z")
15/20. I fake smile all day long… I thought I’d be better at spotting other fakers. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/415848/50 "2007-08-17T20:08:51Z")
18/20. Missed two early on that were genuine and I marked fake. The test was a bit weird to take but a couple of the smiles were so genuine they made me giggle. Those were fun. There weirdest part was that a few of the faces could pass for siblings of people I know. I guess I know people with some heavy British ancestry. and yes #13 is freaky looking! ---
**Author:** ![fuffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuffle)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/415848/51 "2007-08-17T21:08:05Z")
16/20. The ones I got wrong were when I was second-guessing myself. #13 was really genuinely unsettling. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/415848/52 "2007-08-18T12:50:50Z")
Twenty out of twenty right. Look at their eyes. You can tell easily. People who are really smiling crinkle up their eyes. Fakers don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/415848/53 "2007-08-18T15:15:10Z")
I did badly - 10/20. What a weird looking set of people. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/415848/54 "2007-08-18T15:48:27Z")
I missed the Asian lady, which is weird because we are descended from relatively recent common ancestors. The rest seemed easy. ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/415848/55 "2007-08-19T01:32:02Z")
13 out of 20. I feel like a failure. And I _was_ looking at the eyes, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/415848/56 "2007-08-19T02:10:54Z")
19/20. I messed up on the older guy with grey hair. Poker, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Barrington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Barrington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrington)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/415848/57 "2007-08-19T18:08:28Z")
[QUOTE=missbunny] Look at their eyes. You can tell easily. People who are really smiling crinkle up their eyes. Fakers don’t. [/QUOTE] People keep saying that, but I took the test twice (with sufficient time in-between to forget which was which), and the first time got 17/20 by looking at the whole face. Later, when I tried just looking at the eyes, I only got 14/20. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/415848/58 "2007-08-19T19:57:13Z")
16 of 20. Wow, Smiling Bandit’s not so hot today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile/415848.md?page=2)