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PogMoThoin · @pogmothoin

2 followers · 6 posts · Server risky.af

#Seriously.
Just had an #interaction with someone I've #tooted back at previously at least a few times.
Apparently my light-hearted joke was taken as a potential attack.
Why? #WHY? Why? Why is it that we have #allowed ourselves , and by ourselves I mean almost #EVERYONE on the #internet to #devolve so far into digital "Cabin Fever" that a light-hearted joke is seen as a possible #attack?
When did we decide that being ready for the VERY low fucking percentage of #people who actually wish to do us harm means CREATING MORE #ANIMOSITY by not being open to a simple hello?
Another example of this...
Before #Christmas at an Outlet Mall I was walking with my #family into a #store, and saw a #cute #gay #couple walking to a different store. They crossed in front of us.
One of the couple was wearing some really cute/cool dangle X-Mas #earrings. I may have been staring, but only because the earrings looked cool to me. I could feel them #tense up and "hide" from me looking. As they crossed close enough, I said, "Cool earrings!" to them, loud enough that they could hear it.
They turned around a few seconds later and said, "Thanks!".
Their initial instinct was to #assume I was #staring out of #hatred.
Why?
Yes, there's #precedent, but hiding yourself away from the vast majority of people who will take you as you are, and even #PUSHING them #AWAY only makes it seem worse than it really is.
They WERE cool earrings (and I wanted to see them in more detail!)
There WAS an option missing on that poll (and I was injecting humor regarding that missing option!)
If you push the #good people away, you will only have the #assholes left to deal with, which self-fulfills your view that everyone's out to get you - and we're not.
Fucking stop it.

#seriously #interaction #tooted #why #allowed #everyone #internet #devolve #attack #people #animosity #christmas #family #store #cute #gay #couple #earrings #tense #assume #staring #hatred #precedent #pushing #away #good #assholes

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System76 :popos: :ubuntu: · @system76

3808 followers · 184 posts · Server fosstodon.org

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Caution: The Pangolin’s eye-catching magnesium alloy body may cause incessant staring. But don’t worry, we’ve got you coveted. Erm…covered. Covered.

Get yours here: https://system76.com/laptops/pangolin

#system76 #pangolin #eyecatching #magnesium #staring #laptops #computers #linux #envy

Last updated 1 year ago

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getmisch · @GetMisch

34 followers · 370 posts · Server masto.nyc

IFLScience - NVIDIA's New AI Makes You Always Stare At The Camera On Zoom Calls

Still in beta, but apparently anyone with an NVIDIA graphics card can test it out -
Makes it look like you're looking directly into the camera, even when you're reading to the side.
#eye #contact #creepy #maybe #beta #testing #video #graphics #effects #staring #stare at #camera https://www.iflscience.com/nvidia-s-new-ai-makes-eye-contact-on-video-calls-so-you-don-t-have-to-67221

#eye #contact #creepy #maybe #beta #testing #video #graphics #effects #staring #stare #camera

Last updated 2 years ago

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Ingrid Hoeben Ⓥ 🇧🇪 · @IngridHbn

960 followers · 4217 posts · Server mastodon.online

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I think there’s something she wants from me

#cats #staring

#staring #cats

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Terry Brooks Photography · @photo

41 followers · 53 posts · Server toot.wales

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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus
Close up head shot

#feather #bird #hawk #eye #predator #nature #peregrine #bill #fast #profile #stare #wildlife #face #wild #animal #beak #perched #closeup #hunt #hunter #raptor #staring #falcon #head #portrait #fauna

#fauna #portrait #head #falcon #staring #raptor #hunter #hunt #closeup #perched #beak #animal #wild #face #wildlife #stare #profile #fast #bill #peregrine #nature #predator #eye #hawk #bird #feather

Last updated 2 years ago

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PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh

127 followers · 1008 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

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Asher, #staring at a plate of #homemade #CharSiu #BBQ #pork .

He's pretty well behaved & doesn't try to steal human foods. He does enjoy staring at our foods & sniffing the air when we're cooking😹

That's his fave kitchen chair 😸

#MastoCats #CaturdayIsEveryday #CatsOfMastodon #LookAtMyCat

#staring #homemade #charsiu #bbq #pork #mastocats #caturdayiseveryday #catsofmastodon #lookatmycat

Last updated 2 years ago

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Ted Makes Games :astro: · @esdin

1669 followers · 2535 posts · Server peoplemaking.games

@juddium Hi there I'm @juddium and I've mostly been trapped in this void between realities for the last twenty three years.

I'm into #selfreflection and #staring, and have gotten really good at #sleeping and #waking and #sleeping and #waking ad infinetum.

I'm best friends with @thevoid@unrelenting.void.

#helpmeescapethisvoid
#pleaseitsbeensolong
#imsoalone

#selfreflection #staring #sleeping #waking #helpmeescapethisvoid #pleaseitsbeensolong #imsoalone

Last updated 2 years ago

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John Reed Pavan · @johnpavan

417 followers · 372 posts · Server photog.social

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Staring contest. The bad news is that you're going to loose, spiders don't have irises or eyeliids.

#spider #staring #arachnids #critters #macro #ultramacro #venusoptics #luminarneo #northwoods #centralpark #nycparks #canonphotography

#spider #staring #arachnids #critters #macro #ultramacro #venusoptics #LuminarNeo #northwoods #centralpark #nycparks #canonphotography

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Dachimotsu · @Dachimotsu

135 followers · 67 posts · Server baraag.net

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This image did not meet the requisite number of likes/comments on my SubscribeStar, so currently, only the regular public versions are available. Alternate versions are still available to paid subs, and there's a new public piece there now, as well!

#souleater #maka #makaalbarn #staring #nsfw #staring #embarrassed #begging #pantsu