it’s just a social way of showing respect, in America if you don’t it seems like you’re not friendly

I don't tend to smile at random people. If they say hi, i'll say hi back. Not for any dislike of them, I just never grew that habit, and yeah it does seem kinda forced to smile at them. Luckily this is the northeast so it's not really much of a thing anyway. I hear it's much more common a thing in the rest of the US.

@Frank LOL Живущий в США...Тем не менее, я счастливый человек, и часто я видел других, которые так же счастливы, как и я, и каждые пару месяцев случается, что я обмениваюсь улыбками с совершенно незнакомыми людьми..

My first Russian language teacher forty years ago told my class not to walk around smiling at people in Russia (then part of the Soviet Union). "They'll think you are either dangerous or an idiot."

Now I want to go to Russia, I feel like these are my people

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Given how capitalism is ruining the climate, we all might need an increase in melanin in our skins ASAP

@@denxero I think you jest? China is ruining the environment, and the climate will have summer and winter until the end.

Thank you so much for your kind words

@@billstiefel7384 China build the shit the west consume, we export our own pollution there...

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You have a very nice smile. In the USA we are also taught to smile on command.

@@GoLongAmerica I believe most of us Americans smile at people so they can go about their business. A lot like when asked "how are you" and the automatic response is "good" it's just a way of people actually avoiding each other without trying to upset the other party.

@@stephikarolyi8706 Black Americans actually don’t smile at strangers (I’m 1/2 black) and we consider most white Americans to have a fake friendliness. I believe Hispanic people don’t smile at strangers either.

@@stephikarolyi8706 if you ever meet a black person, and they smile at you…you can be certain that the smile is sincere. If a white person that I’m unfamiliar with smiles at me, I immediately become distrustful of their motives.

@@GoLongAmerica I think it heavily depends on the person and place. In south east Kansas all kinds of people will smile at strangers. The further you get in the cities people seem to smile a lot less, though I've never passed by a black person that didn't exchange a smile and kind words with but in Baltimore (my hometown) it is NOT the same. Smiles have a more flirtatious and different motive than in the Mid US for sure.

I also wanted to go to China as well, but after many research and time I realized that it’s very authoritarian and is run by an evil government. It’s a shame because it is such a beautiful country.

Ваш русский похож на переведенный через переводчик английский, забавно. Четвертое предложение совсем странное, по русский так не говорят

@@TarasLukashov Well we are most on this channel trying to learn 😁

@@TarasLukashov есть такой момент, что язык, который используется для торжественых и высокопарных пожеланий, немного вычурен и отличается от привычной разговорной да и не очень лексики. Например, в последнем предложении правильно будет сказать "желаю вам всяческого счастья и успехов". Ну и какой словарик посоветует такой эпитет? 😉

@@haroshea я не думаю, что существует какой-то специальный словарь для перевода торжественных мероприятий. В данном случае лучше будет искать примеры из практики, переводить тексты речей с русского, уточнять у носителей языка. П.с. "Всяческого счастья и успехов" тоже звучит неправильно. Счастье не может быть всяческим. Счастье всегда в единственном числе. Я бы сказал "Счастья и всяческих успехов!" или наоборот "Всяческих успехов и счастья!"

@@TarasLukashov ясно, вы либо не нэйтив спикер русскоязычный, либо читали мало литературы. В словарик толковый загляните за значением слова "всяческий" и не пишите глупости про единственное число

Much of USA same no smiling, yet still, often in US people see a what they feel is a like-minded person and offer up a smile every now and then :) been to HK and lol dont recall smiling at anyone

@@HappyDragon64 - Agreed - HK is not a smiley place. lol I think the US is relatively smiley. But in either, if you smile at someone they will crack and smile back. In Russia, smile at a stranger and you are more likely to be looked at as though you have mental issues.

They're in your country, so now THEY have to adjust to your customs!

In Russia they say - "do not go to someone else's monastery with your own rules." They are adults and understand that the order is different in another country.

I suppose it's just a different way of being nice and polite: In countries like ours, smiling and giving friendly greetings is the polite thing to do, maybe for the Russians the respectful thing to do is not distracting people (strangers) from their busy days while they are outside.

Horrible.

@@jaymylotto8134 ???????????

@@jaymylotto8134 Jealous?? :D

@@jaymylotto8134 Yes you are. glad you realize that about yourself! ✊🏾

@@jaymylotto8134 I agree

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Thank you for your comment!

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Well, the don’t drink with strangers don’t (who would ever do that btw?) and these two, do not speak in favour of your fellow Russians, do they. They lay down a pretty sad stereotype of drunken, untrustworthy, stealing, sexist, P-haters. I think more highly of all the Russians that I know. Why not just say that Russians are a bit more reserved about freely expressing their thoughts about personal convictions, than is habitual in the western countries?

@@waadfrelle Well, being Latin American, i would say what's wrong drinking with strangers? haha I had been living in Russia several periods of time last 5 years and I always meet friendly and fun people on bars or venues, even sometimes I ended at their homes. Nothing wrong with that. Of course you can't be naive and always should have a sixth sense about them, but in general Russians are curious about foreigners and they are very hospitable persons.

@@iwasthere01 right, that is what I am saying. I have the same experience, as far as meeting lovely en curious people. I’m just not a drinker I suppose :)

That's weird, considering Moscow has full coverage of 2G, 3G, and most of 4G bands, even in a subway.

I was always told to smile growing up. I am female and do not smile unless I feel like it. I do have rbf. What is up with Americans needing people to smile at them? It is nice but we should not be so emotional over whether someone smiles at us or not. It is really weird actually.

@@cer2299 Well, even as a kid I always felt forced smiling felt fake. For me, it’s more important to keep real happiness in one’s heart not what’s displayed on your face. Besides, I met plenty of people that look happy but aren’t.

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Yeah parts of london are shitholes.

London is fine. Wrong place wrong time Yeah ok but overall it's safe.

No offence but that is just silly. Russia has placed way more dangerous and poverty struck than any other place in England , let alone London

@@mrwetcloth4571 have you been in Russia?

@@mrwetcloth4571 really? Which ones though?

Europeans now can apply for the eVisa which is easy to obtain, technically you just register, pay 40 euro and after a few days u have your visa in your email. American , Canadian, UK, Australia, NZ citizens still need a visa to enter Russia.

Getting worse as for different restrictions

"У вас прекрасный дом."

@@minochenkovatn или "Ваш дом прекрасен"

@@lenadima5168 да, так тоже можно.

I can give you my two cents as a Russian who immigrated to USA in the 90s and traveled back for work few times over the years after the collapse of the soviet union. Somewhat complicated subject. Going to the days of the Soviet union people of African descent were viewed as revolutionary comrades suffering consequences of colonialism and fighting oppression of the west so in that respect there was not that much of KKK style hate towards people of color. USSR was heavily involved in establishing communism in Africa a lot of african exchange students were coming over to study in Russian universities etc. We had our own people to hate and stereotype jews, armenians,chechens, georgians,uzbeks :). You could probably put three white people in front of the average Russian and he'd be able to tell you their ethnic background, Russian, vs Belorussian Jew vs Ukranian Armenian vs Georgian even though to an american eye they are all white. To this day 20+ years after leaving USSR I keep my hair high and tight as to not have a jewfro so I can blend in with my fair skin and blue eyes :). That being said depending on the city and how far away you are from the central tourist and business hubs there may or may not be that many foreign people of color walking the street so you may draw some curious looks or people might come up to you and strike up a friendly conversation especially if you are a woman of color. When we traveled with my black coworker off the beaten pass people did come up to her wanting to know where she was from and how she liked russia and other general out of curiosity questions. It was all friendly no snarky comments, I pretended I didn't speak Russian and enjoyed people watching. Also depending on generation of the russian and the proximity to the major hubs you need to be aware of language nuances when it comes describing people of color. Obviously african-american is not widely used in Russia. Not every person of color walking on the city street in Russia is from America :). Word негр was absolutely perfect non offensive way to describe a person of african descent when I was growing up while words черный or чернокожий were pushing into the gray area of condescending to offensive. Nowadays, around the big cities they are becoming cognizant that негр sounds close to an N word to an English speaker so there is a flip flop now between the two. But on periphery or if speaking to the middle aged or older person you might hear it and normally it's not meant as an offense a slight or patronizing in any way.

@@TheKuritsa Thanks for giving such a detailed answer 👍 It's always interesting to learn about how history from decades ago can still have a significant impact on people's everyday lives today

@@TheKuritsa добавлю еще пару центов))). Английский я знаю не очень хорошо (читаю, но предложения формирую с ошибками). ИМХО, расизм 90х годов и далее это было частью развала СССР. То есть, СССР помогал африканцам, боролся против апартеида и сегрегации, помогал странам Африки (это вызывало нехорошие чувства, которые подогревались диссидентами) - значит быть расистом это было модно и правильно, несовково и по западному. Потому и многие российские оппозиционеры так отнеслись к недавнему БЛМу, в том числе Ксения Собчак, которая ехидно посмеивалась. В целом вы правы - африканцы вызывают удивление, но не агрессию (за исключением явных неадекватов), африканцы были у нас большой редкостью.

It seems you took the wrong Metro line 😀

Пока не было ничего негативного! По крайней мере нам в лицо ничего негативного не высказывали:)

@@BeFluentinRussian Приятно это слышать.

@@BeFluentinRussian ну а кто может что негативное сказать про такую красотку? Только какой-нибудь очень неадекватный человек. Надеюсь, вам такой не попадётся.

@@BeFluentinRussian ИМХО, негатива может быть больше в интернете, чем в реальной жизни.

@@Natashanjka такие явные неадекваты - редкость, мне кажется, чаще может быть удивление или интерес.

So you run away! Pay the darn tax penalities like everyone else!

Smiling randomly is weak, beta behavior.

@@jaymylotto8134 I am not suggesting randomly...I remember having a nice time with my husband on a Trolley bus and I was smiling because of the conversation I was having and I accidentally had my smile on my face when I happened to face towards a lady who was drunk I think. She said some strange stuff and my husband had to basically say something back to her. So no I did not mean randomly....but I smile when I am buying things at a shop to workers to try to bring some cheer to their days.

Russia is not closed what are you talking about Yes Kazakhstan is beautiful but youre wrong russia is open

that's how I imagine this report: he's a spy because he smiled! hahaha

I'd say this is universal advice. Everywhere, in any country do not drink in bad company. It's obvious.

I think they’re implying to be careful/aware, but I understand that thinking that way comes from being scared in the beginning

Thank you for the tips 🥰

В среднем, летом +25-35, зимой -10, иногда снег, холодный ветер. Но это все зависит от региона.

Есть регионы где и у нас лето такое же жаркое. Краснодарский Край, Дагестан, Ростовская область, Волгоградская область.

@@klyakh о, хорошо, я могу жить там

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