Eye contact when communicating

Fraggr · 6 Sep 2007 at 22:37

Angus-Higgins said:
But they are simple, you can mouse-over the ones you do not know (I think) for their meaning.

Angus Higgins

Facial expressions are easy as well, it's obvious if they are happy, sad, angry, etc. IIRC, you said you weren't austistic, so you shouldn't have trouble recognising them.

The_TailGunner · 6 Sep 2007 at 22:40

Moses99p said:
no confidence?

a fear of eye-aids.

Fraggr · 6 Sep 2007 at 22:41

The_TailGunner said:
a fear of eye-aids.

You get that from looking at penises when the photons bounce off one into your eyes. One more reason not to stare in the toilets.

The_TailGunner · 6 Sep 2007 at 22:42

Moses99p said:
Oh yeah!! How could I make such a schoolboy error and forget about that

I fail at life, shoot me now?

No, I shall have an eye-aids victim stare at you for hours.

The_TailGunner · 6 Sep 2007 at 22:43

Fraggr said:
You get that from looking at penises when the photons bounce off one into your eyes. One more reason not to stare in the toilets.

so its homophobia...?

wit...what...im confusing myself...

Mattus · 6 Sep 2007 at 22:43

Angus-Higgins said:
People cannot change the meaning due to some other factor as with speaking. Typing is simply text.

Fair enough. But if you ask me, you're missing out on exactly what makes social interaction so interesting.

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 6 Sep 2007 at 22:44

Moses99p said:
wtf??

How come people avoid eye contact so much? Horrific lack of confidence?

I wouldn't say I lack confidence as I can deliver speeches fairly well and I generally make folk laugh.

benjo plz. · 6 Sep 2007 at 22:45

Moses99p said:
damn, I wish I still lived at my mums. She would be able to tell me what condition you have, no offence intended.

agoraphobia? or SAD?

Fraggr · 6 Sep 2007 at 22:48

Moses99p said:
two different kinds of confidence really; doing speeches etc and then talking to one person. One's to loads of people and one is to one person.

/possibly the most incoherent post ever. (it makes sense in my head!)

1 on 1, and 1 on many are different socially.

Mattus · 6 Sep 2007 at 22:50

Yup, a big difference between a performance and an interaction.

Phnom_Penh said:
agoraphobia? or SAD?

SAD? It's summer! And that makes you depressed, not overly logical.

Agoraphobia? That makes you afraid of being exposed to the world, not overly logical!

Fraggr · 6 Sep 2007 at 22:52

Moses99p said:
that reads worse than mine

but yeah, i think we mean the same thing!

I disagree.

benjo plz. · 6 Sep 2007 at 22:55

Mattus said:
SAD? It's summer! And that makes you depressed, not overly logical.

Agoraphobia? That makes you afraid of open spaces, not overly logical!

oh dear

FYI, SAD, Agoraphobia.

The_TailGunner · 6 Sep 2007 at 23:00

Moses99p said:
but you don't know where I live, what I look like, etc. You shall never find me!

*runs*

logs ip...whois...address...prepare the AIDS-STARE™!

Mattus · 6 Sep 2007 at 23:01

Phnom_Penh said:
oh dear FYI, SAD, Agoraphobia.

Well I thought you were referring to Seasonal Affective Disorder - FYI, by far the most common meaning of SAD. How was I to know?

My bad on the agoraphobia. Still don't think it fits the symptoms though.

benjo plz. · 6 Sep 2007 at 23:03

Mattus said:
How was I to know?

common sense maybe?

Mattus · 6 Sep 2007 at 23:07

Phnom_Penh said:
common sense maybe?

Not when you've never heard Social Anxiety Disorder referred to by that acronym, no. This page seems quite authoritative, and it doesn't use that acronym, probably to avoid this very confusion

Glaucus · 6 Sep 2007 at 23:08

eye contact is over rated, I usually look at the mouth, it makes listening so much easier, especially if they have an accent.

benjo plz. · 6 Sep 2007 at 23:14

Mattus said:
Not when you've never heard Social Anxiety Disorder referred to by that acronym, no. This page seems quite authoritative, and it doesn't use that acronym, probably to avoid this very confusion

Fair enough, I blame Kitten Caboodle for that

. But you really thought I meant seasonal affective disorder?

Mattus · 6 Sep 2007 at 23:18

Phnom_Penh said:
But you really thought I meant seasonal affective disorder?

Yup! It was the only meaning I'd ever heard of for SAD. I knew of social anxiety but it didn't click that that was what you meant!

I have a good friend with Seasonal Affective Disorder, so that might have been why I thought of it!

NerveAgent · 6 Sep 2007 at 23:24

I dont really pay much attention to eye contact, The only times it is really noticable is when someone is shy and looks away more than normal but ALSO I think people who maintain non-stop eye contact are doing this very conciously as if they have some point to make. "Look at how confident and assertive I'm being" doesn't sit well with me.