Do you make eye contact with strangers?

kevthecelt

Just curious, when youre walking down the road and you pass people by, do you look at them? Or are you completely focused on the direction youre headed? I feel i almost have to look at them!!

KingOfFairview

kevthecelt wrote: »

Just curious, when youre walking down the road and you pass people by, do you look at them? Or are you completely focused on the direction youre headed? I feel i almost have to look at them!!

Or you'll die?

I tend to on the LUAS, sometimes you get a smile but more often than not people look intimidated

moco

Only if they're good looking and male!

leninbenjamin

tend not to usually.

Oswald Osbourne

If her boobs aren't impressive, then sure, I might give her eye contact.

whiskeyman

Do it with everyone... even the dodgy feckers. Can be interesting seeing if they stare back, or are making an odd face or just looking down at the ground themselves.
A lot of people are definately uncomfortable with it. I guess it depends on your own 'face' - I'd always be neutral or perhaps friendly, depending on the person. If you get someone with a right threatening scowl on their face making eye contact, it's not too plesent.

KingOfFairview

Lean forward unblinkingly until your nose is touching theirs and say "I just want to get involved with your molestables"

6th

I make eye contact using my thumbs and their eyes.

admiralofthefleet

only if she gives me the eye first

LadyJ

Usually look them in the eye. Looked some hot guy in a tux in the eyes the other night...Then he stole my taxi!

Cathmandooo

I dont have great eyesight for long distance, I find if I look at people and miss seeing someone i know when walking past they think im blanking them, I tend to just concentrate on where I'm going

ScumLord

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

only if she gives me the eye first

But how do you know she's giving you the eye if your not looking at her eyes.

I take it one step further and give everyone the country nod, it has gotten out of control in the past when I've visited cities so I've Reduced my nods to every 5th - 10th person depending on crowd density. I can't help it, I think it's just a side affect of being a muck savage I can't help but acknowledge the presence of other people.

It gets worse when I'm stuck in the same place as other people for an extended period of time. I feel this terrible compulsion to strike up a conversation and I'm not like that at home at all.

j_lennon

Im working in India at the moment and over here i think its rude not to stare at people. I get it all the time because im white and even more when im with an Indian girl so i just give them a friendly smile and a nice big wave!! They usually get embarrassed and turn away.

Oswald Osbourne

LadyJ wrote: »

Usually look them in the eye. Looked some hot guy in a tux in the eyes the other night...Then he stole my taxi!

Ah but did he also steal your heart?

humanji

Only when I masturbate.

LadyJ

Oswald Osbourne wrote: »

Ah but did he also steal your heart?

No, just my taxi. In fact, guy in tux, if you're reading this then screw you! Nice outfit though!

Dave!

I don't look every single person in the eye, but every so often I will. If there's a dodgey looking chap or knacker kids walking in my direction I'll usually scowl and make eye contact, just in case they felt like passing a comment or robbing me Works a treat!

humbert

I often do, usually people look up, accidentally make eye contact with you and then look away guiltily. Then for the rest of the train/bus journey there's that occasional furtive glance to see if you're still looking, and if you happen to be looking in the general direction you catch their glance, making things even more awkward

hottstuff

Yes!.
And if it's female , i always do the derogatory smile (wink sometimes) , then the afterlook , ie look back to check those hipswings & ass obviously.
:cool:

Cheeky_gal

kevthecelt wrote: »

Just curious, when youre walking down the road and you pass people by, do you look at them? Or are you completely focused on the direction youre headed? I feel i almost have to look at them!!

I hate people like you.

Agamemnon

Only with good-looking women. No interest in anyone else.

Cheeky_gal

humbert wrote: »

I often do, usually people look up, accidentally make eye contact with you and then look away guiltily. Then for the rest of the train/bus journey there's that occasional furtive glance to see if you're still looking, and if you happen to be looking in the general direction you catch their glance, making things even more awkward

haha! Happens all the time, especially in the evening on the dart when it's dark and you're looking out the window but can't see anything apart from the person's reflection in front of you. Thats very akward when you both catch eye contact through the window....

hottstuff

Cheeky_gal wrote: »

I hate people like you.

Why's that?

Dragan

I make eye contact with everyone pretty much all the time.....i have millions of eyes.....

in all seriousness, if i'm taking to you then i'm looking you in the eye

ibh

I'm a culchie and working on a site sorta in the middle of nowhere at the minute, so not only do i make eye contact with every person i see, but i also wave at them and in most cases i'll stop for a chat as well.
Some old dude spent an hour and 15mins yesterday talking to me about the war in Iraq. Opinionated old fcuker, so he was. He also seemed to think that all of Africa was in South Africa, for some reason.

KingOfFairview

ibh wrote: »

He also seemed to think that all of Africa was in South Africa, for some reason.

this type pf **** form the elderly is classic... got told by an aul one earlier this year that there were 5 million "coloureds" in the country.... just had to laugh at her


(incidentally she said she didnt mind them, there were just too many)

ibh

KingOfFairview wrote: »

this type pf **** form the elderly is classic... got told by an aul one earlier this year that there were 5 million "coloureds" in the country.... just had to laugh at her


(incidentally she said she didnt mind them, there were just too many)

Oh yea he had lots of other gems like why Aids is so rampant in Africa (South Africa obviously), how in 50 years there will be no 'proper' white people, only darkies, why Iranastan(I kid you not, this is what he called Iran!!) needs a big fcuking bomb dropped on it and that'll sort it all out. Too many other perils of wisdom to remember.
I have to say, i thought it was hilarious, and i did burst my hole laughing a few times while he continued on, deadly serious...

azezil

I wink and make kissey faces at everyone I see, all of the time!

admiralofthefleet

ScumLord wrote: »

But how do you know she's giving you the eye if your not looking at her eyes.

if i look at her and catch her looking

arybvtcw0eolkf

I like to give the ladies the Jap eye

Goodshape

Yes, I tend to make eye contact.. and when I'm home (Donegal) it'd be the country nod and probably an "a'right" aswell.

Friendlier people in the country. Do that in Dublin and you'd be lucky to get any reaction at all.

Cheeky_gal

hottstuff wrote: »

Why's that?

I tend to feel very uncomfortable when people stare/look at me. [Shivers]

KingOfFairview

ibh wrote: »

Oh yea he had lots of other gems like why Aids is so rampant in Africa (South Africa obviously), how in 50 years there will be no 'proper' white people, only darkies, why Iranastan(I kid you not, this is what he called Iran!!) needs a big fcuking bomb dropped on it and that'll sort it all out. Too many other perils of wisdom to remember.
I have to say, i thought it was hilarious, and i did burst my hole laughing a few times while he continued on, deadly serious...

Other ones I've heard:

england is at the mercy of Al Qaeda because there are some many blacks working at the airports (from an English bloke)

All Immigrants get free cars as soon as they get here

"We" (from an old Irish bloke) should "take out North Korea" (it'd be interesting to see how we'd fare in a war against a fanatical, ideologically-driven nuclear armed nation with as many soldier as we have people)

Jews keep gold under their caps (told to my sister by a bloke who was unaware our Ma is Jewish)

and so on... racists have the funniest anecdotes

Call Me Jimmy

LadyJ wrote: »

Usually look them in the eye. Looked some hot guy in a tux in the eyes the other night...Then he stole my taxi!

wow lol that was me! I was in a tux and stole some boweler's taxi!

hottstuff

Cheeky_gal wrote: »

I tend to feel very uncomfortable when people stare/look at me. [Shivers]

ah i see , so i take it your a hottie then?
They say eye contact shows your mental strength and confidence.

Cheeky_gal

hottstuff wrote: »

ah i see , so i take it your a hottie then?
They say eye contact shows your mental strength and confidence.

Either a hottie and I would...
or a minger and ugh...

lol Idk! I never look at people on the street, far too uncomfortable!

Lux23

moco wrote: »

Only if they're good looking and male!

Me too. I am always looking at girl's clothes too which must look like I am checking them out.

KingOfFairview

Cheeky_gal wrote: »

lol Idk! I never look at people on the street, far too uncomfortable!

Sounds like you have some severe psychological problems

hottstuff

Cheeky_gal wrote: »

lol Idk! I never look at people on the street, far too uncomfortable!

I understand , plenty of weirdos out there.

The Chessplayer

Goodshape wrote: »

Yes, I tend to make eye contact.. and when I'm home (Donegal) it'd be the country nod and probably an "a'right" aswell.

Friendlier people in the country. Do that in Dublin and you'd be lucky to get any reaction at all.

Would you get off the stage! They're not more friendly in Donegal - they're just nosier. You'd swear you were Crocodile Dundee saying "alright" to ever person you walk past on O'Connell street. The reason you nod at people in Donegal or wherever, is because there's only you and him on the road, not thousands of people milling up and down a city street. Only a complete halfwit would say hello to everyone they walk past in a city.

Cheeky_gal

KingOfFairview wrote: »

Sounds like you have some severe psychological problems

Eh I'm sure you'll find the majority of people would rather walk to work/college without every second person staring at them...:rolleyes:

LadyJ

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

wow lol that was me! I was in a tux and stole some boweler's taxi!

Oh, no, you must be mistaken. I'm a filthy ride!

hottstuff

LadyJ wrote: »

Oh, no, you must be mistaken. I'm a filthy ride!

Result!!!!;)

Goodshape

The Chessplayer wrote: »

Would you get off the stage! They're not more friendly in Donegal - they're just nosier. You'd swear you were Crocodile Dundee saying "alright" to ever person you walk past on O'Connell street. The reason you nod at people in Donegal or wherever, is because there's only you and him on the road, not thousands of people milling up and down a city street. Only a complete halfwit would say hello to everyone they walk past in a city.

pfft.. Donegal is the most friendlierist place in the whole wide world.

Anyway, not every street in Dublin is populated by thousands of people at all times. People in Dublin / cities in general just tend to have more going on.. no time for exchanging niceties with random passers by.

Plus, chances are, in Donegal you either know the person or they know you, or they know your family, or you think they might... so you don't want to be rude

But I stand by my observation, whatever the reasons behind it :: in Dublin and you'd be lucky to get any reaction at all.

JCDUB

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

wow lol that was me! I was in a tux and stole some boweler's taxi!

Touché Jimmy, touché, pissed myself:D:D:D

KingOfFairview

Cheeky_gal wrote: »

Eh I'm sure you'll find the majority of people would rather walk to work/college without every second person staring at them...:rolleyes:

Its not a problem for the majority of people, as every second perosn dosent stare at them... besides, how do you know someone staring at you unless youre looking at them?

hottstuff

Goodshape wrote: »

Anyway, not every street in Dublin is populated by thousands of people at all times. People in Dublin / cities in general just tend to have more going on.. no time for exchanging niceties with random passers by.

.

Agreed.

Dinxminx

Always catch their eye. Sometimes smile, sometimes say hello. Guess I'm just one of those annoyingly friendly people!

hottstuff

Dinxminx wrote: »

Always catch their eye. Sometimes smile, sometimes say hello. Guess I'm just one of those annoyingly friendly people!

Goddamn!!!
I'm jealous.;)

Cheeky_gal

KingOfFairview wrote: »

Its not a problem for the majority of people, as every second perosn dosent stare at them... besides, how do you know someone staring at you unless youre looking at them?

Ha thats actually a very good question...!

You just do the aul looking through the side of the eye trick...you can see them but they cant tell you can them too!

KingOfFairview

Cheeky_gal wrote: »

Ha thats actually a very good question...!

You just do the aul looking through the side of the eye trick...you can see them but they cant tell you can them too!

Or you could get sunglasses! Maybe there a whole new world of staring about to be opened up to you, Cheeckygal!