Speaking of Smiles, how well do you think you are at spotting the real deal? The BBC's Science department has a cool quiz that you should take if you're bored. You look at approximately 20 1-second videos of people smiling, and then tell whether you think the smile was genuine or fake.
While I took the quiz, I imagined each person at my table at Cafe Kopi, and that I had just regaled them a hilarious story. I mean knee-slapping hilaaaaarious, I am snorting and wiping away tears, and then THAT is the smile I got in response. Quick! Real or Fake?
I admit that I had little confidence when I placed most of my answers, but I still got 19/20 correct. I guess you shouldn't go around pretending that you think I'm funny when you don't think so. I will apparently be able to spot your insincere smile from 100 yards.
If you need any practice beforehand, here's a photo of MY fake smile, from a girls night out, last September:
Not real.TAKE THE QUIZ HERE, AND TELL ME HOW YOU RATED.
I got 12 out of 20 correct. OMG, all this time I thought people thought I was funny and 8 out of 20 were FAKING me out. *sigh*
ReplyDeleteGot 18 right... did better than I thought...di
ReplyDeleteTW: Those snots; they had no sense of humor!
ReplyDeleteDi: I did better than I thought also; I wonder if I took the same test again if I'd get the same results.
I got 15 out of 20 correct! Damnnit!! Thought I was better than that...it was tricky!
ReplyDeleteI think we should sign up as fake smilers! And laughers!
I'd throw my head back and do my deep, fake belly laugh...
I only got 14. This was funny! Thanks for the diversion :)
ReplyDeleteLove the smile!!! Even if it was fake.
ReplyDeleteYou can put one over me pretty much 50% of the time.I got only 13 on 20 right.
ReplyDeleteI only got ten right. I guess if someone's unhappy they had better just tell me.
ReplyDeleteGot 15 of the 20-better than I thought I would do.
ReplyDeleteI got 14 out of 20. Great quiz!
ReplyDeleteI got 13 out of 20... I got three wrong in a row twice. I am not impressed and I am not smiling!
ReplyDelete:-) LOL
16 ... not so good.
ReplyDeleteThat looks to me like a drunk smile, not a fake one. There is a difference, you know: It's genuine at the time, but not so funny in the morning...
ReplyDelete15/20 for me. And I'm the psych major, too...
ReplyDeleteI missed this one on the BBC site. Thanks -- great fun!
I'll let you know how John does! Assuming the 20 examples are all Brits, we'll see if he can identify the fakes better than I can.
Janet
Well, I got John to do the quiz last night. I wanted to test this maybe-Brits-are-better-at-detecting-when-Brits-are-really-smiling theory.
ReplyDeleteHe only got 12 of 20, blowing my theory completely.
And while I found it great fun, he found it very frustrating. At least the differences in our reaction to the quiz was interesting!
Janet