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[–] match@pawb.social 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

eye contact jump scare

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[–] webb@lemmy.sdf.org [S] 2 points 3 years ago

YouTubers Stop Staring Into My Soul With Your Face Smooshed Against The Camera As You Talk About Computers Challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

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[+] kapx132@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

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[–] Sketchpad01@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

It is! Bugs spread disease, and humans that kept away from bugs got less sick, so evolution being what it is, we are now afrade of bugs.

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[+] kapx132@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[–] Gsus4@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago*

Yea, fuck people and their layers interpersonal ulterior self-predatory bullshit, I can stare at spiders and ants... or most other animals for hours 🤓

[–] s12@sopuli.xyz 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

I… don’t get it.

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[–] webb@lemmy.sdf.org [S] 2 points 3 years ago

A quick way to break eye contact is to scroll.

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[–] Halasham@dormi.zone 1 point 3 years ago

Yep, I feel this. A few of my favorite narration YT channels have moved from being either colored captions or just background to the narrator standing in front of a camera and making 'eye contact' with it.