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What's the most baffling thing about neurotypical people?
hedgie:
Quite true. At least in my case, though, I come from a culture where it’s expected, and am terrible at it.
sitnspin:
In my experience it isn't literal direct eye contact that people want, just looking at them in the general face region periodically to demonstrate your attentiveness.
hedgie:
Aah, that is useful to know.
Tova:
Yeah, sustained direct eye contact is pretty aggressive. That's not a social thing -- it's a basic, animal instinct.
hedgie:
That’s one of the things that frustrates me to no end with the pandemic. I learnt how to lip-read in the bars/clubs/venues that were loud as fuck, and I’d rather do that than have someone shouting in my ear. I also found it as a way to approximate non-threatining eye-contact.
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