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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 7 years ago

An interesting thing is how good people are at avoiding eye contact with underclass folks (migrant workers, vagrants, homeless people, etc). Like, do parents teach kids to do this? How do people learn to do this

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 7 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

The elaborate social game of eye contact is overall fascinating. Who looks at who, who breaks eye contact first, how you’re supposed to react upon eye contact... there are so many rules

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 7 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

A picture I really like is Obama fistbumping one of the White House cleaning staff. It’s a sweet picture of what I believe is a genuine moment. But isn’t it also interesting how neither of them is making solid eye contact? It’s kind of “peripheral”. But maybe it’s just the photo https://t.co/pJLd3leVm8

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 7 years ago

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https://t.co/N8V0SvT8eq

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 7 years ago

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https://t.co/lQWQBhPgWN

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 7 years ago

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https://t.co/cK0cAIEf8y

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 7 years ago

Here’s an interesting comparison - high ranking military officials, by themselves, and in the presence of the Minister of Defence. Watch the hands https://t.co/BcwbxOnwTH