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Pat
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Right here.

I got 10 out of 20 correct. And there's an interesting explanation at the end.

FYI -- make sure and push the play button, I got confused with that at first. The play button displays the smile in which you're supposed to rate.

[ October 08, 2003, 10:49 PM: Message edited by: Pat ]

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Damien
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I was also confused by the play button thing, hehe. I got thirteen.

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Primal Curve
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Seventeen.

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Happy Camper
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I got 15. Interesting. And I was split about evenly for the ones I got wrong.

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Emperor Palpatine
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I got 17 out of 20.

Most of the time you could tell if it was genuine by whether or not their head bobbed, since the genuine smiles weren't smiles as much as they were laughter.

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Pat
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I guess this means that people can pull the wool over my eyes pretty easy.

[Grumble]

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Icarus
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I got 13 right. I pretty much thought they all looked phony. After about a half dozen, I picked up on the head bobble thing, and finished strong.

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Icarus
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It's OK Pat.

[Big Grin]

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sarcasticmuppet
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I only got nine. sadness.

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Pat
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I think I'll do the Ickey shuffle.

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Jon Boy
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I got 16, and I got the last 14 in a row correct. I think that after the first few, you get better at looking for signs.

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Damien
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there were some ugly people on there.

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Shigosei
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17. I think it's partly the eyes. They crinkle more when it's a real smile.

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Hobbes
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15. I got four in a row wrong. [Eek!]

Hobbes

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Maccabeus
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I got only 10. I'm surprised I got as many as I did. Unfortunately, I'm not sure which ones I missed because there was no chance to play them again afterwards. I did consider a lot of the ones that showed an unhappy face before and after to be fake.

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Icarus
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quote:
Woods is not bitter, even though injuries ended his football career prematurely, leaving him to make a living hawking frozen foods door-to-door in Cincinnati.

Dang. That sucks. I mean, to a point, anyway.

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Rappin' Ronnie Reagan
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I got 17 as well. I mainly watched the eyes. I marked two that were genuine as fake, though. I think I thought that there hadn't been enough fake ones. I do that on multiple choice tests, too. "Hmmm....there hasn't been an A in a while. I'll pick A."

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Shan
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18.

And I rated myself at the beginning as not being able to do well at identifying the different smiles.

When WILL I learn to trust my instincts?

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Jeni
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I only got 12 out of 20... and all the ones wrong were in the first half.

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Pat
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Dang. That sucks. I mean, to a point, anyway.

You mean, that's not you?

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Brinestone
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18, and I totally suspected the old guy who wouldn't open his mouth. Boo yah!

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Pat
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there were some ugly people on there.

But what would you do if they needed a hug?

And I'm waiting for the inevitable Dobie. Who will be smart enough to think like me?

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Icarus
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Yes, it is. Would you like to buy an autograph? I could mail it to you.

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rivka
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Wow! I knew I was pretty good at reading facial expression . . . but I didn't expect to get 20 out of 20. [Cool]

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hansenj
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How sad! The smiles wouldn't play for me. I even clicked the play button and everything... [Frown]

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mackillian
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damn, I only got sixteen. I marked a couple genuine as fake, but they were close calls. *mutter grumble*

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Maccabeus
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Shan, if your instincts actually _work_, you're better off than I. [Grumble]

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Amka
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I got seventeen, and two of them I got wrong I almost went the other way on.

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Da_Goat
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I got thirteen.

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Narnia
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Only 11. It was hard to tell.

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JonnyNotSoBravo
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14. I thought length of time they smiled was s'posed to be an indicator, but maybe the people running the thing told the subjects something really harsh to get them to stop smiling.

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MaureenJanay
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I got sixteen. And I only started getting them wrong after reading all the advice about head nods. Crazies. [Smile]

I think they looked fake when people would just suddenly stop smiling, as if someone said "Stop smiling now!"

[ October 10, 2003, 07:10 PM: Message edited by: MaureenJanay ]

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Teshi
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I got fifteen. I thought I would be worse, I'm really no good at tell sarcasm and I figured this would be the same.

I look at the eyes. If they twinkle, it's a smile.

[Big Grin]

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celia60
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16, i didn't think i'd do that well.

did any of you see this special on TLC? we caught parts of it.

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:Locke
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Nine. I knew it; I'm a robot.

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Nato
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Fifteen for me. I got the first six right, then four in a row wrong. (But then I got the last eight)

This was a really cool link, Pat.

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wieczorek
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I seem to be among the minority here...I got eight... [Big Grin]

<------ that could be considered genuine

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Nato
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I was considering using this as a Dobie.. but it's already been done.

SPOT THE FAKE SMILE:

And here's the requisite link: Image (36k)

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Yebor1
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18 of 20

I only missed the third and the 10th one.

Once I started looking at only the eyes and not even paying attention to the rest of the face i was fine.

Eyes have always been the most important aspect of the face for me. I have a pretty good understanding of people and one of my key hot spots for interpreting people's emotions and actual attitudes is the eyes. They dont lie.

[Hat]

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Nato
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Friday nights are so depressing on Hatrack. I guess everybody has a life beyond the Internet.

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Shan
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Well - my 9 year old got 10 out of 20. Hmmm.

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Megan
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I'm floored. I got 20 out of 20. It was the eyes for me, as well, Yebor.

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rivka
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*high-fives Megan*

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Julie
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I got 15 of 20. I know I got 6 wrong because I was like, ah who cares, eenie meenie miney moe! I liked how the thing at the end told you how to figure it out.

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