Like i feel like languages diverge but like I feel like the worried/angry/happy facial expressions are universal. Are they? Am I right? why?

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    1 year ago

    I remember reading that, during the Vietnam war, there were many issues when American soldiers would confront Vietnamese soldiers or citizens who would be smiling during the confrontation. The American soldiers took it as a sign that the Vietnamese were screwing with them somehow. It turned out that, for the Vietnamese, a nervous smile was very common.