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4 Ways How To Avoid Eye Contact With Strangers
4 Ways How To Avoid Eye Contact With Strangers
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4 Ways How To Avoid Eye Contact With Strangers

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Lauren from Iguana Mouth has created an introvert survival guide which shows how to avoid eye contact with strangers. Even Carl Jung (a German psychoanalyst who came up with the term) would approve.

The first steps are quite simple and include things like pretending to text and faking a cough, but in some cases they turn out to be ineffective, so Lauren has a few more… radical ideas. If you love this comic, check out a list of introvert cartoons that Bored Panda has compiled earlier.

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    Rokas Laurinavičius

    Rokas Laurinavičius

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    Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

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    Rokas Laurinavičius

    Rokas Laurinavičius

    Author, Senior Writer

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    Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

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    robinrainbowz-xxx avatar
    Rainbowz
    Rainbowz
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't avoid eye contact, I just stare straight into their soul every time...

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    metkoera avatar
    Nini
    Nini
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But the last requires /eye contact/

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    superpiski avatar
    Spiski
    Spiski
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's actually have happened with me and my wife

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    blugeagua avatar
    blugeagua
    blugeagua
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You battled it out with swords and then decided to apologize?

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    katieanddustin avatar
    Katie Smith
    Katie Smith
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aw don't avoid eye contact. Wave and smile. You'll either confuse the heck out of someone or make their day! Either way, you win.

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    sumaeid1974 avatar
    MadameButterfly
    MadameButterfly
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol,sometimes I want to avoid eye contact with family not just strangers. 0.o

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    sarah-ann-mullins avatar
    SRAMLNS
    SRAMLNS
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better love story than twilight

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    frasersmith avatar
    Fraser Smith
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just stare into their soul and then I just take it

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    abigailpantigh avatar
    Abigail Pantig
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Considering I have anxiety this is me every day of my life.

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    Jasmine
    Jasmine
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awkwardly look at the sky as if something really unusual just flew overhead.

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    Sara Fina
    Sara Fina
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've been known to practice 1 and 2. Often. Maybe always...

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    Stephan Meyer
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Carl Jung was a Swiss Psychiatrist not German

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    Byron X.
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I avoid eye contact with familiar strangers, strangers that meet a lot. Seems I should say Hi, but I don't want further conversation.

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    the1andonly_92 avatar
    Roos
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funny and with a good plot twist at the end.

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    Wombat34
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that why people are always coughing?

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    Chuck Bartowski
    Chuck Bartowski
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is eye contact really that bad that that is all necessary?

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    robinrainbowz-xxx avatar
    Rainbowz
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't avoid eye contact, I just stare straight into their soul every time...

    19
    19points
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    metkoera avatar
    Nini
    Nini
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But the last requires /eye contact/

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    superpiski avatar
    Spiski
    Spiski
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's actually have happened with me and my wife

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    blugeagua avatar
    blugeagua
    blugeagua
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You battled it out with swords and then decided to apologize?

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    katieanddustin avatar
    Katie Smith
    Katie Smith
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aw don't avoid eye contact. Wave and smile. You'll either confuse the heck out of someone or make their day! Either way, you win.

    3
    3points
    reply
    sumaeid1974 avatar
    MadameButterfly
    MadameButterfly
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol,sometimes I want to avoid eye contact with family not just strangers. 0.o

    2
    2points
    reply
    sarah-ann-mullins avatar
    SRAMLNS
    SRAMLNS
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better love story than twilight

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    0points
    reply
    frasersmith avatar
    Fraser Smith
    Fraser Smith
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just stare into their soul and then I just take it

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    0points
    reply
    abigailpantigh avatar
    Abigail Pantig
    Abigail Pantig
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Considering I have anxiety this is me every day of my life.

    0
    0points
    reply
    maryjanemama1983 avatar
    Jasmine
    Jasmine
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awkwardly look at the sky as if something really unusual just flew overhead.

    0
    0points
    reply
    adoptam avatar
    Sara Fina
    Sara Fina
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've been known to practice 1 and 2. Often. Maybe always...

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    0points
    reply
    stephan_meyer avatar
    Stephan Meyer
    Stephan Meyer
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Carl Jung was a Swiss Psychiatrist not German

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    byron2010 avatar
    Byron X.
    Byron X.
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I avoid eye contact with familiar strangers, strangers that meet a lot. Seems I should say Hi, but I don't want further conversation.

    0
    0points
    reply
    the1andonly_92 avatar
    Roos
    Roos
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funny and with a good plot twist at the end.

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    liam-thompson026 avatar
    Wombat34
    Wombat34
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that why people are always coughing?

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    tannerhurst avatar
    Chuck Bartowski
    Chuck Bartowski
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is eye contact really that bad that that is all necessary?

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    0points
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