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My favorite was working in a television control room and asking, “is that supposed to be on screen?” The panic as the director looks back and forth at the 20 or so screens in front of them always made me giggle!!!

What is it then if you get the same stare without saying anything at all?

The aggressor. Have you never been in a situation where you’re walking down a street and lock eyes with someone and they yell back ‘the fuck you looking at?’ Staring can be so much more than nothing. We’ve spent all our evolution as a species adding meaning to different looks and stares.

The eyes convey so much emotion. You can look at somebody and tell exactly how they’re feeling just by looking at their eyes. That’s the problem with the Gen z stare. There’s nothing behind it. It’s startling when you receive it. My immediate reaction to it is usually ‘is there something wrong here?’ Then to attach a judgment like you’re stupid to it by the person doing it is off-putting.

Maybe it’s a culture thing then. I grew up in a city where I was told if you look at someone the wrong way they’ll beat your ass. I’ve seen it first hand too. You get the wrong person at the wrong time, staring can lead to a fight.

What is it then?

I’m also an early 90s baby. It used to be you’d say something back when you caught someone staring at you. Like hey take a picture it’ll last longer. Then the one staring would snap out of the moment, crack a joke back, and be done with it. Now it’s that moment going on too long and the person engaging the stare doesn’t even acknowledge it afterwards. My brother’s girlfriend does it all the time. The other day I’m getting ready to leave and opened my door to go to the bathroom and the girl stopped what she was doing to glare at me. No hello, no good morning, no thought behind those eyes. Just nothing. I put my hands up like I got arrested and she snapped back to what she was doing without acknowledging my existence.

It’s almost as if nobody told them staring is rude. It’s weird. It sucks.

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Go to a midday matinee during the week if you can. Like a 12pm showing. There’s usually only a few people at those and you get the whole room to yourself.

Just saw Project Hail Mary at a 1230pm Friday showing. There was only 6 people in the whole room. At that point you go sit wherever you want.

Ncmpcpp. I’ve been using it for so long that using other cli music players is almost a no go. Learning a new muscle memory wouldn’t be worth it. Album art would be nice but I’m listening to music and staring at the album art for hours. The metadata editor is really nice. It’s old reliable.

You think that’s bad. You should try Ghostty and it’s +foo options.

Are they even still working on UT? Last I checked it’s been public alpha and looked really good. That was close to 10 years ago this point.

Why the hold up on unrestricted thoughts? Are you afraid someone will see it? Journals are as private as you make them. If the only person seeing it is you, let it flow. If you really feel ashamed of something you wrote you can always rip the page out.

If you’re afraid of what you’ll write then look at it like this. It’s better to get thoughts out than let them linger. Treat your brain as a refrigerator. You try to keep it full of fresh food. If something lingers for too long it gets moldy and disgusting and the fridge starts to smell. Whatever is rotten, you throw it out.