| REVIEWER | RATING & REVIEW |
 | Pretty Buffy (0)
06/22/2005 | A cheesey smile? Huh? Perhaps because we don't have socialised dentistry. In America, if the dentest does a bad job, he or she gets sued. Under socialised dentistry, they get paid weather they do a good job or not. When they smile at you, it looks like they have the Acropolis in their mouth.
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 | cutegurl (15)
05/20/2005 | Since when was there something wrong with smiling. Do the British not smile or something? Since when did the world view smiling as a cultral flaw. I don't so much understand.
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 | kattwoman (24)
05/19/2005 | i dont think this is just an american thing because i never smile and im red,white and blue blood until the day i die. maybe you need to smile more yourself and you could laugh at how ridiculous this list is anyway
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 | CastleBee (81)
05/19/2005 | Insincerity with a smile or a snotty self-satisfied sneer is still insincerity. As for this American well, whether you see a smile, a frown, exultation or disgust you can trust the implication.
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 | Mr.Political (18)
05/18/2005 | Cheesy smiles are to be encountered in any interaction with other members of the human race. After traveling abroad, though, most come back with the knowledge that a smile is reserved for more intimate and close relationships with friends or family. Whereas Americans are more likely to put less stock in a smile and use it simply to be polite. I'm indifferent to it all really.
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 | MissPackRat4Jesus (38)
05/18/2005 | I'm quite sure that there are so-called cheesy smiles worldwide.
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 | jamestkirk (23)
05/18/2005 | That's not as bad as it was at one time. I'll take the cheesy smiles anyday over the pretentious serious or angry looks that many athletes, recording artists, and actors are insisting on being posed as in photographs.
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 | earthbound (37)
05/18/2005 | I think what the listmaker may be implying is that people here smile at you a lot more than in other countries and it may be perceived as insincere. I think it is a cultural thing. I have found that smiling over here is seen, outside of friendhips, as a courteous way of encountering strangers or bridging an uncomfortable gap when you inadvertently lock eyes with a stranger in a store or something. In other countries, a smile might not be the usual way to do this, and a smile in these circumstances might be seen to imply some sort of existent or desired friendship with the person...So just put it in the right context and move on. Me, I find the 'insincere' smile more pleasant than the blank stare of genuine indifference.
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 | irishgit (138)
05/18/2005 | I've had more than a few cheesy smiles from Parisian hoteliers and maitre d's, and a few more from some English cabbies and bureaucrats. Of course, with the Brits, it was hard to tell how cheesy their smile was, given the state of their dental work.
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 | Jed1000 (72)
05/18/2005 | I was born in Europe and I've lived in other countries. Trust me.. American smiles are no cheesier than cheesy smiles all over the world.
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