what is the normie secret to walking around in public and passing people without awkwardly making eye contact or sheepishly smiling or waving because im so nervous about existing in the same space as another person
cuz i'd love to go for more walks but i hate passing other people
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in reply to @sofia-drawsmore's post:
wear blindfolds and a mask so nobody knows if you're smiling or making eye contact
(being unfunny aside, im not a normie so i dont know how to avoid doin this sorta thing)
I oddly feel a lot more comfortable when I’m wearing my face mask in public than when I’m without it, like hiding half my face is some sort of shield I can be safe behind
yea i feel that! i used to wear masks all the time at the job i used to work at
I learned this from Good Mythical Morning actually; just nod your head if you make eye contact with a stranger. It feels natural enough, they'll usually just nod back and it feels resolved.
it's not endearing, but i personally just walk with either an affected disregard for people around me as though they were not there, or laser-focus in front of me like i am slowly walking towards a mission objective and no force on this world can sway me
but this is from the perspective of a brit where that kind of thing is more common in the rest of the populace. i mean, i guess if i get a friendly stranger saying "good morning" i do return it, but such encounters are seldom and few. i am unsure how i feel about this
You feel the need to do something. Just nod. Either a nose up nod or a head down nod. Nose up is "usually" in black and brown communities. Caucasians usually do a head down nod. You can always do the other person's nod like a "I know and accept your way".
I pretend that I'm in a video game. It helps that I listen to game soundtracks usually when out and about.