what are you smiling about-?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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A smile is a smile

When a wolf shows his teeth,.,./,./.,.,

.,.,.,…,.He means business

When we humans show our teeth it’s called a smile

Is the difference an evolutionary thing and once upon a time we smiled for the same reason wolves smile today-?

is a smile universal-? Just asking (:-

Dada smile:

http://tinyurl.com/kpsv7cj

Now this IS a smile–

http://tinyurl.com/p2pzhs3

What are you smiling about-?

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Well, we are not wolves; we’re primates. And as Dwight said on the Office, “Showing one’s teeth is a submission signal in primates. When someone smiles at me, all I see is a chimpanzee begging for its life.”

Wait. What was the question again?

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Again, not a General Question. Moved to MPSIMS.

samclem, moderator.

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Please tell me what “MPSIMS” IS-?

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I found it

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Discussing whether humans are primates or not is not the point of this thread… The point I was trying to make (and failed) is that smiling is unique to humans.

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I often thought that my pet cat smiled a lot at me though (certainly from what I have managed to interpret). Though I may not be a good interpreter, who knows?

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I spend most of my time smirking, rather than smiling as such. I’m just enormously smug. I expect that smarmy self-satisfaction is unique to humans. Possibly shared by horses.