Both men and women. Is it to do with the way they smile/pose for the camera or something? Seriously, I can almost tell someone is American by the way their neck looks in a photo
Can you share example pictures what you mean?
I was hoping for that comment. I’m lost.
I’m lost
See the problem here is that you aren’t aware the americabad
HEY OP, YOU CAN’T JUST ACCUSE AN ENTIRE NATION OF HAVING THICK NECKS AND DISAPPEAR WITHOUT ELABORATING. DO I HAVE A THICK NECK!?
As an american, I find this thread extremely entertaining but also perplexing. Now I want to see side-by-side comparisons of photos of americans and photos of non-americans. As others have said this is nothing I’ve ever noticed, but now I want to know if this is actually a thing or not.
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Picture of a freedom loving American and an illegal alien from New Mexico.
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This is interesting. Even skinny Americans? I’ve never heard this, but I have heard you can tell someone is American because people from elsewhere don’t lean on things when standing.
People from other countries also usually don’t expose their entire set of teeth when smiling…
I am an american and I have lived here my whole life, and I never got this. Almost every person I know IRL except me smiles with all their teeth out like a fucking demented shark or something, and if I dont show my teeth like Im about to bite someone then other people chide in like “come on you arent even smiling!”. For some reason americans just bare all their teeth like dogs when we smile and its disgusting and weird
Would it be wrong to assume you are self-conscious about your teeth (crooked, missing, etc)? This is the case with every American I know that doesn’t like to smile on photos, although sometimes they’re people who are happy to do full-burst laughter showing all in small trusted group settings.
Two jokes I can make out of this. Which could dig at either US or EU/UK
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I paid for it, I’m gonna show it off.
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Have you seen the British?
dig at either US or EU/UK
Seems like that’s the whole point of Lemmy.
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I rarely smile at all, but I sure will lean when the opportunity presents itself.
They don’t lean on things? Even if there’s a perfectly sturdy horse or fence.right next to you?
Horses, cows, fences, houses, nothing. They stand on two legs like bipedal humanoids.
Car culture is huge in the United States. Most folks I know drive everywhere even if it’s only a mile away. Add fast food drive-throughs like McDonald’s to this and you get obesity and thick “necks”.
This guy looks like the “if humans evolved to survive high impact car crashes” figure they made a while back.
Why not stretch him more?
Maybe it’s a focal length difference? Example
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It’s where we store our excess Freedom
The Freedom release mechanism on the B52 is activated by a flex of the neck.
Adds stability when firing.
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Yup, that’s your average American Tuesday.
Because my trapezii are fuckin’ jacked. Straight yoked. I’ve been working on my sternocliedomastoid form for years with some serious cervical reps. Glad someone noticed.
Guessing football and wrestling in high school, growth hormones in their meat, and an element of obesity. These are all guesses though, not shitting on the yanks.
When i was 16, two of my friends went to study in america for a year or so. They went individually and didn’t know eachother. One of them cam back obese and the other one was shredded and gained like 20kg.
They might like it.
This is me. Competitive swimming and wrestling as a youth, along with many years of rock climbing.
My upper back and neck is disproportionately larger than my lower torso and legs.
How many different populations have you observed this in? I’ve never observed this.
We’re really fat
You’re looking at football fans, who obsess over overeating and competitive sports. While the US has a lot of those, they are not the only demographic.
Cop phrenology
