If their eyes do that, they might be autistic.
Source: am autistic.
Or socially awkward or anxious
Hell I’m generally fine with eye contact, but if I actually want to pause to put thought into an answer, I will absolutely look away so I can get in my head and think!
My eyes always do this and I was diagnosed with ADD as a child after an IQ test. Teachers before always accused me of being dishonest and I got into all sorts of trouble because of it.
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Try reading to the final panel.
They can’t. There were eyes in that panel, and therefore their eyes looked away.
I did. What I said still applies.
It’s a fun subject to talk about regardless. The final panel makes it funny, sure, but I imagine a lot of people like discussing their variety of social quirks with others… and this definitely provides the opportunity.
Alternatively, another social quirk that exists is responding before fully processing something… replying to an email / comic / thread before reading the content completely… THAT is typically a behavior seen in people with ADD.
What? This is technically written so it doesn’t apply to him.
Came here to say this. It’s so hard to look at someone in the eyes.
I don’t know where to look! It’s so awkward.
Look at their right eye. If you look at their left it’ll feel like they’re looking over your shoulder. Lol
Bridge of the nose, or just above it.
Then you notice how far apart their eyes are or there’s a zit there or they’ve a faint monobrow and you wonder if they’ve ever considered shaving it and you just missed most of the last five things they said.
I usually pick something on the wall just to the side of their head and then I get too focused on that and then the conversation is over and I have no idea what just happened.
And if their arms or legs are crossed, they’re probably feeling cold.
Source: am cold.
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Depends. Is it cute?
It’s actually both.
Allists! Your eyes are not that interesting! They’re boring to look at 10 minutes straight.
There’s a variety of reasons - some social, some have to do with memory. Brain wiring is weird. When recalling conversations with people I will ‘half insert’ them into the physical space and make eye contact with ‘them’ as I would have in the original conversation. For me it helps with recollection; for the other parties involved I may as well be addressing ghosts.
Had me ready to rant until the last frame… well played.
I’ve never heard averting eye contact means that. I do it all the time because I’m scared of making eye contact not because I’m disinterested or dishonest
In some cultures, direct eye contact is actually aggressive and disrespectful. Kind of jarring when it happens when you come from a culture where eye contact means you’re paying attention…
The thing about body language is that it’s always context specific. Yours is a common reason in a lot of people who avoid eye contact, especially with strangers. However, if someone who usually doesn’t avoid eye contact suddenly does it, then it’s often because they’re disinterested or dishonest. Or just nervous or stressed. I don’t know. Maybe I’m full of shit too, but I don’t call myself an expert.
I think that’s the joke
What’s disappointing is that body language can definitely help to determine how people are feeling or what they are thinking, but the people who are into it the most just seem to forget it’s not a foolproof method to completely determine the truth.
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What they won’t say is that it has nothing to do with any specific body language. You know how some people talk with their hands?
Well everyone has little things like that. In poker they call it a “tell” but that’s still inaccurate compared to what interrogaters are really doing.
They can’t actually tell if anyone bullshits or not. They have facts about the case, or in the CIA example they have intelligence. They use lie detectors and what not to create anxiety in the
victimsuspect/asset. When someone is in sufficient fear, they will let information slip because the brain literally loses control over itself. Too much fear, like in torture, and the brain will force the person to choose whatever answer it feels like will result in self preservation.Watching American true crime is painful when we are used to the UK system. Hang on you used a fucking polygraph? Are you actually serious? May as well just go “yeah that guy is giving me bad vibes, so I told him what to say to confess”. Meanwhile in the UK they look for actual evidence and can’t just tell you what to say to make a confession to something you didn’t do.
Stuff like "You said you were at home and have never met them, this evidence shows your DNA on the victim. How can you explain that? "
I just don’t know what to do with my hands most of the time and sometimes shoulder pain…
This comic is perfect. I was starting to get annoyed after the second panel and it did exactly what I was thinking.
What’s it mean if I never break eye contact and maintain a blank expression?
