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Jan. 23rd, 2010 04:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plumtreeblossomI enjoyed happening upon documentation of the growing trend of people smiling in their mug shots. Look at this gallery and try not to, you know, smile:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0525071smile1.html
A different article pointed out that people are aware of how increasingly public and permanent mug shots are on the internet. So since everyone is going to see it, why look mean?[citation needed]
Oh okay, here you go:
http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/05/more-people-smiling-for-mug-shots/
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0525071smile1.html
A different article pointed out that people are aware of how increasingly public and permanent mug shots are on the internet. So since everyone is going to see it, why look mean?
Oh okay, here you go:
http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/05/more-people-smiling-for-mug-shots/