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When you are on a videocall do you also keep looking at your own thumbnail video? (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by netvor to c/showerthoughts
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When I speak, unless I'm sharing the screen I always keep looking at myself. It's kind of strange -- it clearly does not match a real-world conversation, but somehow I can't help it.

Edit: More context -- I'm wondering if others have it, if this is something that can be explained by some "brain" thing, and also how does it affect the conversation.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 83 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I try not to, but more often than not, it's pretty much exactly this (whether I'm talking or listening):

I get on a video call, and I basically turn into a bird with a mirror.