reflections on the proper use of eyeballs

[newmistakes]

Eye contact is a lot like pooping. Some is good, but non-stop is not so good. I had to learn this the hard way, of course. I used to be painfully shy (whereas now I’d characterize my shyness as more of an intermittent dull ache, manageable but still sometimes unpleasant). The prospect of parties or social situations where I wouldn’t know many

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[el_hombre]

For some reason, when I started reading this post, I literally thought you meant physical contact with eyeballs>_<
Yeah I tend to not make a lot of eye contact unless I'm actually talking to someone or know them...

[newmistakes]

Haha that's grosser than my pooping analogy! I feel sooo lucky I have good eye sight, because I could never wear contact lenses - eyeball touching makes my insides all squishy.

You probably seem all cool though when you don't make eye contact! You musician types are probably even cool when making literal contact with eyeballs :P

[newmistakes]

Yeah it's a dilly of a pickle isn't it? When is eye contact too much? Is there a rule of thumb and, if so, why isn't this taught at school?! Forget Pythagoras and all that rot and tell me the eye contact rule!

Haha anyone who would think you were creepy is the creepy one - you are universally delightful!

[masobelle]

Oh it is very dangerous! I used to find it very entertaining to stare at the boys in my class because it freaked them out so much. But it's not as much fun when you aren't doing it on purpose and you realise you've been staring and that yes, it does make people uncomfortable. Some people have more intimidating eyes though - are yours intimidating? Because that might have contributed to the serial killer thing :P

[newmistakes]

My eyes are often freakishly expressive, but not intimidating. I can do an intimidating look for work though - a look that figuratively withers testicles (learnt from one side of my family tree who have that particular look down to a fine art), but that look has to be deliberately orchestrated. Mostly in social situations with strangers I think my eyes would be signalling boredom or panic, not intimidation :) Although hey I do appreciate you trying to help me figure out why I come off serial killer - I did note, however, that you didn't bother to come up with a theory why I might look unhinged!!

[badoinkle]

LOL i never would of thought you were shy this is really funny. im going to remember not to stare so hard at people now

[newmistakes]

Haha how dare you laugh at my shyness, you inhuman monster :P Yes, I would advise you to exercise extreme caution when using your eyeballs for prolonged periods, Kim.

[badoinkle]

LOL i feel real bad now i swear. i didnt mean to laugh like that

[zoefruitcake]

It's odd, I can make eye contact at work with little problem but actual social eye contact - forget it!

[newmistakes]

Definitely odd, our little eye contact quirks. I don't have any problem in class, but in meeting with intimidating higher ups I have to work to keep my eyes from skittering away still. I don't have as many eye contact problems with strangers these days, unless they are ludicrously hot of course, then I vacillate between blatant eye fucking and hyperventilatingly tentative glances.