02 Oct 2011, 8:48 am
02 Oct 2011, 8:49 am
What do you think I'm here for?
I find it a bit full on. It's a rather 'in your face' photograph.
OT:
speaking of 'in your face' or rather around your face your avie sorta creeps me out, too, Moog. Here you have a non creepy guy, and non creepy kitties but together the whole thing makes my tummy kinda queasy. Which is probably why it appeals to someone to have such a thing below one's name. . .
Does it really?
02 Oct 2011, 9:08 am
I would be bothered by being hit in the face with a frying pan. I'm unbothered by pixels though.
have you tried installing AdBlock or NoScript?
AdBlock is installed ofc and I suspect noscript would break the forum...
Do you normally avoid eye contact with fleshy human types?
For me the reaction is exactly the same, I assume what ever mutant neurons I have that get triggered by normal eye contact also get triggered by when looking at an image of a face.
Not the sensation of physical pain but the extreme level of distraction, panic, confusion and brain shutdown that an event like being hit in the face by a frying pan or a smoke alarm going off next to you has. I literally can't hold eye contact and think enough to form a sentence at the same time.
yeah my eye contact sucks and I've stopped trying to work on it long ago as it was just too hard. I'm unbothered by "non-fleshy" eyes though - pics, videos, graphics and whatnot. sorry I didn't mean to imply that you were making it up, I just find it really strange, but I guess it depends on the individual.
I remember someone on one of the eye-contact topics mentioned some add-on for firefox made specifically for autistics that wiped off all eyes everywhere on the internet (only on your browser that is
) but I can't remember the name. you might want to try and search for that.
02 Oct 2011, 9:13 am
A face on the front page.....oh, look, cookies! Sorry, im easily distracted 
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02 Oct 2011, 9:24 am
04 Oct 2011, 7:50 am
04 Oct 2011, 7:59 am
Hey.. this gives me an idea..
I think Alex probably wants to draw people to the site, not drive them away
04 Oct 2011, 8:03 am
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04 Oct 2011, 8:37 am
Hey.. this gives me an idea..
I think Alex probably wants to draw people to the site, not drive them away
no one asked me, but I think Alex has a new someone in his life he wants to impress. . .
04 Oct 2011, 8:56 am
i find that she looks incredibly gorgeous, which is perfect for her article, which mentions twice how dating is easier for girls in some ways... i think that sustaining relationships is hard for anyone but in my opinion being intensely beautiful in appearance definitely adds initial opportunities. so the picture nicely highlights that.
the eye contact in the picture doesn't bother me too much. i have trouble *giving* eye contact straight to a lens, myself. but i don't have trouble looking at non-animated eyes. when i watch movies i don't look as much at the characters' eyes or faces, but it is less of an aversion than non-interest. the background is often just as interesting! in person i give very little eye contact and will even turn my body away when talking to people. 
04 Oct 2011, 8:57 am
Hey.. this gives me an idea..
I think Alex probably wants to draw people to the site, not drive them away
no one asked me, but I think Alex has a new someone in his life he wants to impress. . .
Did you read her blog?
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04 Oct 2011, 9:01 am
Hey.. this gives me an idea..
I think Alex probably wants to draw people to the site, not drive them away
no one asked me, but I think Alex has a new someone in his life he wants to impress. . .
Did you read her blog?
no.
( Is it a prerequisite for commenting
?)
04 Oct 2011, 9:16 am
04 Oct 2011, 7:03 pm
Hey.. this gives me an idea..
I think Alex probably wants to draw people to the site, not drive them away
no one asked me, but I think Alex has a new someone in his life he wants to impress. . .
Did you read her blog?
no.
( Is it a prerequisite for commenting
?)It's as Hale Bop noted, that blog entry addresses the question ... And chides those readers who think it. But read on ... She is connected
But, to be fair, I also have to mention she makes some good points about relationships.
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04 Oct 2011, 10:47 pm
Hey.. this gives me an idea..
I think Alex probably wants to draw people to the site, not drive them away
no one asked me, but I think Alex has a new someone in his life he wants to impress. . .
Did you read her blog?
no.
( Is it a prerequisite for commenting
?)It's as Hale Bop noted, that blog entry addresses the question ... And chides those readers who think it. But read on ... She is connected
I will forgo reading the blog article so I won't have the irritation of being chided for something I wasn't thinking, anyway.
I did not state that she was in any way involved in mutual feelings.
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05 Oct 2011, 1:37 pm
So it's not just me
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Every time I look at her pic, and I feel like kissing someone
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Anyways, it's all my fault, I am the trigger who made her post that last blog entry.
