Smile is considered as an “unnatural facial expression” by the polish government.

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  1. It isn’t natural so I don’t see the problem, also I think they allow a small smile

  2. ta kobieta widocznie ma jakis problem i chce wpierdol

  3. Ostatnio obczajalam te zasady i chyba zmienili
    >> nienaturalny wyraz twarzy np uśmiech
    Na coś w stylu mimika itp

  4. It’s not unnatural as defying nature but unnatural as non-neutral.
    If you want your document photo to look correct by govt standards you need to look like you’ve spent half your live in prison and now just don’t care about anything anymore.

  5. These photo instructions are exactly the same throughout the EU.

  6. A smile is by definition an unnatural facial expression – your natural facial expression is how your face looks with your muscles relaxed. A smile – which is an expression with several muscles flexed – is therefore considered an unnatural facial expression, although the phrasing is quite poor.

  7. It’s even in law. If you make passport photo, children under 4 (as I remember) can have unnatural facial expression. E.g smile

  8. Przyjdź z takim wyrazem twarzy do urzędu to cię uznają za wariatke. Nikt nie chce tam być. Nikt.

  9. Poles don’t smile. You are only allowed to be angry or sad around here.

  10. Co ci tak wesoło, z czego się tak śmiejesz powiedz to i my się pośmiejemy

  11. Because it is unnatural? You don’t walk all the time smiling.

  12. Everyone who has a passport knows that you can’t smile. This is a worldwide thing. 😆

  13. Whenever I show my passport / id to my foreign friends first question is: why so serious?
    When I tell them that’s the rule they think I’m joking.

  14. It clearly says “neutral facial expression” not “natural” and I don’t even speak polish

  15. This smile looks like an american trying to sell me something and leave me the fuck alone only after I give them my money

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