Anyone else creeped out by Alex staring at you?

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22 May 2013, 9:30 pm

When there's no advertisment at the bottom of a thread, a black and white photo of Alex appears as a place-holder.

He's staring at the camera.

Anyone else feel the need to look away?

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22 May 2013, 9:37 pm

When you have a browser that supports add-ons (like Mozilla Firefox) you can get an advert killer.

I don't see Alex because he isn't there - it seems my add on sees him as an advert.

Beyond not seeing Alex I don't see ads of any sorts anywhere I go on the net. Love it.

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22 May 2013, 9:40 pm

Nope, the opposite. Alex's stare is mesmerizing, and I have to scroll the page so he's hidden or I have this compulsion to stare back at him.

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22 May 2013, 10:00 pm

Not really creeped out. It's an aspie stare, but that reinforces the theme. If it's a problem, stop coming to Wrong Planet.

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22 May 2013, 10:03 pm

Alex who?

j/k

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22 May 2013, 10:15 pm

CaptainTrips222 wrote:

Not really creeped out. It's an aspie stare, but that reinforces the theme. If it's a problem, stop coming to Wrong Planet.

It was a question. No need to get hostile.

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23 May 2013, 12:05 am

No.
I think he's good looking.

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23 May 2013, 12:27 am

I know what you mean. Kind of, creepy but not too bad. its a very daunting picture to look at. mainly cause its black and white. the colour of it hurts my eyes more than the actual image or anything. maybe thats your problem too? I also dont get his picture on Google Chrome.

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23 May 2013, 3:20 am

Yes. But I get creeped out by eye content generally, nothing personal.

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23 May 2013, 5:04 am

No, I see NTs stare worse than that.

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23 May 2013, 7:28 am

Yeah shameless self-promo. I think he's going to run for Pope of AS some day.

PS - If you use firefox just install Adblock Plus and you won't see it anymore.

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23 May 2013, 12:34 pm

Initially, I was "creeped out". It was like: "Who is this person staring at me"? Now, I largely ignore it.

The more interesting question is whether it is common for an Aspie to want to have his/her face plastered at the bottom of every page (like this).

My strategy has always been to not call attention to myself.

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23 May 2013, 1:10 pm

Install Adblock Plus if you're using google chrome. It blocks all ads.

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23 May 2013, 1:18 pm

Not really and maybe at first, but anyone staring at me kind of creeps me out. Today there is an ad at the bottom of the page. I need to install something to block ads and that would be wonderful.

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23 May 2013, 1:34 pm

he's good looking. there I said it,
but if you don't want to see him there are ways around it.

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23 May 2013, 2:13 pm

oceandrop wrote:

Yeah shameless self-promo. I think he's going to run for Pope of AS some day.

PS - If you use firefox just install Adblock Plus and you won't see it anymore.

This is his website, if it wasn't for him you wouldn't be here. He can do with it what he wants, he needs to promote himself somehow.

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