lifehack.org ? Blog Archive ? Five Healthy Life Styles to Quality Life
"It takes about 17 facial muscles to smile, while it takes about 41 facial muscles to frown"
Pretty sensible stuff from this write-up on lifehack.org but man do I ever hate that phrase. What the hell does the number of muscles have to do with smiling or frowning? If you feel like frowning you're not going to care about the number of muscles it takes to do it. You should smile because life is too short to be a dick and if you're an asshole to somebody it's just going to come right back around on the karmic teacup ride and bite you, karmically.
