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RE: Eye contact and the failure of modern communication
its call being on the autistic spectrum.. nah but seriously..
yeah because we have our own little bubbles these days with the internet and so on, I think people don't even need to make eye contact to get through the day.. its also can be perceived as emasculating to look and smile at another man, so maybe that has somthing to do with it..
Great writing.
I'm positive that a fair number of the people I work with are on the spectrum. It's what makes them great engineers. You are right about not needing the skill of effective person to person communication to get through the day, its a dying skill, like starting a fire from flint or skinning and curing an animal hide.
I also think you might be on to something concerning emasculating men. This will make me sound like my ego could fill an arena, but here I go anyway. I can be an intimidating guy....I'm not huge about 6' 170, but I can be somewhat forward when I speak and I'm overly confidant, almost to a fault. I was never in the military, but you would probably assume immediately that I was. I've considered that I might be the issue of why I fail to make eye contact with people,, because maybe they just don't like the aura I put out.
Thank you very much for the compliment on my writing, I'm new to blogging/writing anywhere other than mandatory papers during school and never thought I would enjoy it as much as I am.
ah bro, you shouldn't be upset at yourself or the person who didn't look. its almost the fault of every person before you that made the world like this baha.
Yeah two people walking past each other in public is a fairly intimidating process, you don't know if the other person will reciprocate, you are filled with primitive brain signals telling you to check if he is going to kill you or offer you a gift for entering your hunting ground.. (we are still cave men aren't we? our brains haven't developed too much over the times).