I… don’t get it.
this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2023
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personally i can’t stand it when it’s something i tune in for only for the content and they insist on putting themselves in there to build their own brand or whatever.
it’s like, “dude i came for the fucking spider, show me the fucking spider.”
the character’s chosen times to smile seems to match up with my pet peeve is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Ah. I see. Thank you.
I mostly watch vTubers.
Scrolling down there page when the host is staring at you so you can listen to them (and see the bug on the table) without the eye contact
I don't have autism but I've totally done this. No problems with most YouTubers but I find some of them....unsettling
A quick way to break eye contact is to scroll.
eye contact jump scare
YouTubers Stop Staring Into My Soul With Your Face Smooshed Against The Camera As You Talk About Computers Challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
Yea, fuck people and their layers interpersonal ulterior self-predatory bullshit, I can stare at spiders and ants... or most other animals for hours 🤓
Kinda. I do get uncomfortable when someone in a YT video makes eye contact but not to a point where I have to scroll down. Looking away is usually fine.
For me, I scroll so I can peak at the bottom of the video and wait for it to cut elsewhere.
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.
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