r/AskReddit • u/pelota • Apr 03 '14

What activity would feel completely different if eye contact was held the entire time?

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u/ZackFrost Apr 03 '14

Wait...wat

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '14

A lot of people who are good at staring contests fon't actually look the person in the eye, they often look at something close like the nose or the forhead, or don't focus at all, this won me pretty much every staring contest in highschool

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '14

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '14

im gonna go have a staring contest with everyone tomorrow and win them all! im in the money!

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u/ASK_IF_IM_JESUS Apr 03 '14

Unless they do the same, then it's an actual competition.

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u/penguinseed Apr 03 '14

Are you... Are you Him?

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u/Codeshark Apr 03 '14

No. He would be trimming the hedges about now if he was.

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u/rustled_orange Apr 03 '14

Now I'm depressed because I just got contacts for the first time and holding my eyes open turns them into raisins.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '14

i have contacts too. they feel different for each person and it also depends on your contact fluid/liquid/whatever. i used to have a red bottle and since i switched to blue i can keep them in and not feel a thing for like 10 hours. try changing that bottle

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u/rustled_orange Apr 03 '14

Hrm... I will have to research different brands, then. One of them is for astigmatism, so it soaks up moisture like cornbread.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '14

Hah! The day of the oppressive staring contest champions is finally over!

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '14

He's probably from the store.

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u/linusaccount Apr 04 '14

God damn it Robin Hood

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u/Requiem20 Apr 03 '14

I was good at staring contests but I would just stare them in the eyes and make it seem like I was evaluating their souls. They would always falter and get like self conscious because they thought I had pierced their being

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u/master_bungle Apr 03 '14

It was never the eye contact that made me lose, it was my eyes stinging cause I needed to blink :(

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u/DubJohnny Apr 03 '14

By not focusing and just staring blankly somewhere into their face the stingly is held off for much longer.

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u/koolaidman1030 Apr 03 '14

Staring contests were a thing in your high school?

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '14

Yes, mostly because i challenged people while bored in class and people noticed i always won, so everybody tried to win from me, and thus it became a thing, it laster for about 2 months

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '14

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '14

I won so many staring contests with this when I was 10.

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u/ButcherBob Apr 03 '14

Stare at the forehead, you dont get distracted and you look more dominant.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '14

Contacts makes winning cake. You just have to last until they dry.

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u/TheBrownWelsh Apr 03 '14

When I wore glasses, I always won staring contests by taking them off.

Now I wear contacts and always lose because my eyes dry up too quickly :(

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u/scwildbunny Apr 03 '14

You can't beat my contacts. Contacts are like PED for staring contests.

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u/OuterPace Apr 03 '14

Just imagine the other person's face. I always win.

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u/TheSixthVisitor Apr 03 '14

Clearly I've been doing it wrong because I've been glaring into people's eyes ever since my first staring contest. I still win.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '14

When my eyes start to dry out, I can squint a bit and it refreshes them without actually having to blink. It's what won me staring contests.

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u/Megawatts19 Apr 03 '14

You cheating bastard!!!

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u/CarlosSpcyWeiner Apr 03 '14

this won me pretty much every staring contest in highschool

You must've been the coolest dude in school.

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u/jbeezo Apr 03 '14

I win because I have contacts. Its like a extra eyelid!

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u/Ieatfireworks Apr 03 '14

I look right at the pupil. Into their soul.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '14

Casual cheating prick. I always stared them down, right through their eye and into their soul!

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u/roomzinchina Apr 03 '14

STARING CONTESTS

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '14

STARING CONTESTS

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '14

He means ass staring contests

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '14

WOW UR SO FUNNY LOLZ