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Anyone here simply not want to be perceived? (hexbear.net)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Not related to online interactions but IRL i want to be an actual ghost. A creature living in the walls. Burrow a collection of interconnected tunnels to scuttle around in. Live in an underground bunker never to be found again.

I've been considering getting a really remote and lonely job just so I don't have to deal with being seen in my work hours.

Sometimes i daydream about being able to just slip into a pocket dimension where its just me and walk around the world just looking at things with no one else around. Or even just being a ghost would be rly cool. Just float anywhere and look at stuff

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Go to Japan. Apparently it is considered rude to look at people so people all go around not looking at each other. You’ll never feel more alone!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

And if you're foreign you'll be perceived even less than the locals because they just generally don't like you.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

But if looking is rude, you might get looked at more because they dislike you, right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uACGSiN3ZkI

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

??? It is not rude to look at people in Japan. Anymore so than it is elsewhere in the world.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

To look people in the eyes

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is it socially acceptable to stare at people in the eyes anywhere? I genuinely don't understand.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Stare? What?

Where I’m from people look at each other and say hi as they pass on the sidewalk.