▲ 128 ▼ What's your 'old person' trait? (lemmy.world) submitted 11 months ago by Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 169 comments fedilink hide all child comments For example, mine is that I love watching Antiques Roadshow.
[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago (2 children) Oh no. I worked so hard to be able to maintain eye contact in conversations (autistic) and now I'm questioning it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago* Its almost like neurotypicals just think they know what 'normal' body language is, when in actuality they all disagree about almost all of it, each have their own plethora of weird quirks and ideas, and its just that they assume their standard is correct, because they hardly ever consciously, actively think about or analyze body language. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 3 points 11 months ago (1 child) Personally, maintaining eye contact during a conversation shows me that you're actively paying attention and processing what I'm saying. I mean you might not actually be doing that, but I at least feel you are. And it's a good sign. When I have some Alpha at work explain that bit about how their generation views that level of eye contact I audibly scoffed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago* Yeah thats big 'old man yells at clouds' vibes. Its not me that could be wrong, no, its the children. Kids have different body language norms than me? Pff, that's stupid, my illogical feelings and inaccurate, non-universal heuristics are what's important here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago* Its almost like neurotypicals just think they know what 'normal' body language is, when in actuality they all disagree about almost all of it, each have their own plethora of weird quirks and ideas, and its just that they assume their standard is correct, because they hardly ever consciously, actively think about or analyze body language. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 3 points 11 months ago (1 child) Personally, maintaining eye contact during a conversation shows me that you're actively paying attention and processing what I'm saying. I mean you might not actually be doing that, but I at least feel you are. And it's a good sign. When I have some Alpha at work explain that bit about how their generation views that level of eye contact I audibly scoffed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago* Yeah thats big 'old man yells at clouds' vibes. Its not me that could be wrong, no, its the children. Kids have different body language norms than me? Pff, that's stupid, my illogical feelings and inaccurate, non-universal heuristics are what's important here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago* Yeah thats big 'old man yells at clouds' vibes. Its not me that could be wrong, no, its the children. Kids have different body language norms than me? Pff, that's stupid, my illogical feelings and inaccurate, non-universal heuristics are what's important here. permalink fedilink source parent