On the Nature of "Stoicism," or Perhaps Deep-Seated Angst

Because, after a while, that big, toothy grin really begins to not look so very much like a genuine smile anymore. And that's  because quite often, it really isn't. It's a mask. It's virtually the only socially acceptable ("politically correct") way to mask almost every one of the other dark, or even downright ugly, emotions that all created equal human beings everywhere experience - but are not necessarily forced by their draconian society to conceal with quite so much... passive-aggressive zeal.