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nemesis wrote:
> Chambers <ben### [at] pacificwebguy com> wrote:
>> nemesis wrote:
>>> Very hard times, no doubt. There was nothing to laugh about, thus, no
>>> smiles in old photos.
>> It's probably the vagaries of the written word, but I can't tell if
>> you're serious or sarcastic here :/
>
> Serious tone. No emoticon for serious tone exists AFAIK. I've commented on the
> lack of smiles in old photos before. Sure people laughed and smiled. But I
> guess far too less than in the 20th century if the photos are any indication.
Given the literature I've read (remember Mark Twain, for exampl - and
let's not forget, Shakespeare was a brilliant comedian), and the
accounts of people who actually lived at the time, I don't think they
smiled any less than we do.
Besides which, I can't imagine that mirth and frivolity are modern
inventions. People have been laughing for as long as there have been
people :)
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...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com
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