Scientists Predict Marriage Failure from Family Photos

news.softpedia ^ | 14th of April 2009 | Elena Gorgan

[JoeProBono]

[pnh102]

The sheer stupidity of this study suggests that it was paid for by an earmark.

[driftdiver]

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

A little off-topic, but I actually think that this is why so many "moderates" bought into the Barack Hussein Obama myth - he has such a big, infectious smile that it puts people at ease, and they figure that all that bad stuff that is said about him [Frank Marshall Davis, William Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, Jeremiah Wright, Edward Said, etc etc etc] can't possibly be true.

For me, the big question is whether Obama's smile is sincere [in which case he's just a blithering idiot] or whether it's forced [in which case he's a little more duplicitous].

Personally, I tend to lean towards the idea that Obama is simply a blithering idiot.

[a fool in paradise]

After analyzing the cases of 650 adults and the pictures these provided from their childhood, researchers at the DePauw University in Indiana determined that those with the brightest smile were also those most likely to have a happy marriage.

RESEARCH FAIL

[BuckeyeTexan]

This is the biggest bunch of hogwash I've ever heard in my life! This study is just another ridiculous libtard agenda to marginalize the sanctity and commitment of marriage.

It's not your fault. You don't have to try so hard to keep it together. You were destined to fail. Just look at your baby pictures. The writing was on the wall. /sarc

Praise God that Jesus Christ has already given us victory over this evil.

[Hatteras]

[pieceofthepuzzle]

It's really hard to determine the sincerity of people. Some are very, very adept at appearing sincere, even if they're lying though their teeth or are trying to manipulate you for their own gain. That's why people like Ted Bundy could so successfully find victims. I personally think that these kinds of people who are good at feigning sincerity are attracted to and over-represented in politics.

[Vor Lady]

Toothy Gleam ping!

[kitkat]

I hope DePauw didn’t get a government grant for that bit of nonsense. There are so many flaws in their method, at least as explained in the article, that I don’t know where to begin.

[a fool in paradise]

Speaking of which, didn’t women find Mr. Bundy (Ted, not Al) to be a charming man?

[JoeProBono]

[rbg81]

I’m one of those people who don’t smile much. Just don’t and never did. However, it oesn’t mean I’m not happy or satisified—just don’t feel a need to advertise my emotions. It never ceases to amaze me how uncomfortable that makes certain people. About 4-5X per year, someone comments on it. I have actually had people get angry at me for now smiling. I used to be concerned, now I’m just amused. Frankly, people who walk around with a smile pasted on their face gives me the creeps.

And....I’ve been married for 23 years.

[rbg81]

Numberous typos corrected:

I’m one of those people who don’t smile much. Just don’t and never did. However, it doesn’t mean I’m not happy or satisified—just don’t feel a need to advertise my emotions. It never ceases to amaze me how uncomfortable that makes certain people. About 4-5X per year, someone comments on it. People have actually gotten angry at me for not smiling when they think I should. I used to be concerned, now I’m just amused. Frankly, people who walk around with a smile pasted on their face gives me the creeps.

And....I’ve been married for 23 years.

[trisham]

LOL!

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

Yeah, see my problem is that I think that Obama might NOT have a phony smile - I think it might be a legitimate smile.

I honestly think that Obama might be so stupid that the doesn't realize what he's doing.

[JoeProBono]

[Tammy8]

I always had bad teeth- so bad I was the poster child for a redneck, so didn’t smile in photos. I would have fooled these researchers since I have been married almost 30 years. I smile now in photos, since I have had my problem teeth taken care of.

[MHGinTN]

I like this one for the plain similarity ...

and this one 'in protest' ...

[Tammy8]

I have never seen more dour faces than in most of my old family photos of ancestors- even the children yet nearly all were married for their entire adult life.