They’re trying to judge if you’re a member of the enemy Germanic tribe 2km away and therefore a threat. Deeply ingrained.
Sympathisch!
Willst‘n Bier zischen gehen?
I remember as a child it was a competition of who can hold the stare for longer. still fun to this day.
What happens if I stare back?
They are just thinking, “If we do one more world war we will definitely win next time”
We’re just confident. Sorry not sorry.
Hier kommt die Sooonnneee!
Just look at the shifting eyes. How can you tell that a disgustingly dishonest person is close to you? That someone has terrible plans, is a criminal or simply insane? Their eyes shift.
Then, refreshingly, an honest and upstanding person just looks straight at the world.
Easy!
I hear that quite often here as well, and apparently it’s the same with us, but I honestly wouldn’t even notice. When standing at the checkout in the supermarket you tend to look at who else is waiting. Should I really just stare at the ceiling instead?
you are either very ugly or very good looking.
If someone stares at me I like to look them in the eyes until they get unconfortable. Its pretty amusing.
To intimidate beta cucks like you
Having studies the German “mensch” (questionable if they count as it) for quite a while, I have come to the conclusion that they actually aren’t staring at you knowingly. They are staring in to the void, thinking about work, not walking against a red light and so on. You just happen to stand behind the void, and thus believe that they are staring at you.
he’s staring into your soul
If more than two Germans are staring at you simultaneously then you might have misbehaved.
Spent 4 weeks working in India. I can confirm Indians == Germans.
I actively practiced looking at people because my social anxiety made me bad at it
Is that something we Germans do to troll tourists? I have lived in Germany all my life and have never experienced this.
Staring is caring
And you are in germany. Not a great start of the day. Hans is staring. You look back. No emotions. No breathing. U think. Should I say hi. I mean maybe a nice warm moment. But it is in the bus that would be so Danish or something to make stuff awkward like that. So I just give a friendly smile. And this whole minute or so Hans stares. Then Hans looks away. Instantly. Making me feel ashamed as if the whole bus knows I was smiling for no reason at nobody. I leave the bus not knowing if I even should exists anymore. I feel the jokes slipping away. As the German families supress jokes as their favourite weekend free time activity. If theres no horrific accidents to watch.
I sit there alone in the German park. Thinking. Why did I go here. Even if its in thought. It asks too much. Im mind traveling to germany ! Argrhhgghh!!!
Even young kids are tought here to look people into the eye if you have a conversation with someone. Somewhere along the line, Hänschen/Hans forgot to switch off the state-into-you-soul mode and just keeps doing it on all social situations “Aber Mama hat es mir so beigebracht!”
One COULD blame german autism for that, but usualy autistic people are even more adverse to eye contact, so maybe its more that we Hans dont know when to stop following an order.
It’s the Autism coming through.
Tbh sometimes I just stare into the void and if you are in the path I will stare your way but don’t even really see you, but most of the time I try to stare out the window. I usually read something though
Love how this implies germans aren’t normal people
I do it to assert dominance. I feel amazing when I win the staring contest, bonus points if I make tourists cry. Sometimes however I do encounter worthy opponents who stare back menacingly. After 3 minutes or so of staring we share an intimate moment:
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Because we hate you. Yes, you. Personally.
They’re trying to judge if you’re a member of the enemy Germanic tribe 2km away and therefore a threat. Deeply ingrained.
Sympathisch!
Willst‘n Bier zischen gehen?
I remember as a child it was a competition of who can hold the stare for longer. still fun to this day.
What happens if I stare back?
They are just thinking, “If we do one more world war we will definitely win next time”
We’re just confident. Sorry not sorry.
Hier kommt die Sooonnneee!
Just look at the shifting eyes. How can you tell that a disgustingly dishonest person is close to you? That someone has terrible plans, is a criminal or simply insane? Their eyes shift.
Then, refreshingly, an honest and upstanding person just looks straight at the world.
Easy!
I hear that quite often here as well, and apparently it’s the same with us, but I honestly wouldn’t even notice. When standing at the checkout in the supermarket you tend to look at who else is waiting. Should I really just stare at the ceiling instead?
you are either very ugly or very good looking.
If someone stares at me I like to look them in the eyes until they get unconfortable. Its pretty amusing.
To intimidate beta cucks like you
Having studies the German “mensch” (questionable if they count as it) for quite a while, I have come to the conclusion that they actually aren’t staring at you knowingly. They are staring in to the void, thinking about work, not walking against a red light and so on. You just happen to stand behind the void, and thus believe that they are staring at you.
he’s staring into your soul
If more than two Germans are staring at you simultaneously then you might have misbehaved.
Spent 4 weeks working in India. I can confirm Indians == Germans.
I actively practiced looking at people because my social anxiety made me bad at it
Is that something we Germans do to troll tourists? I have lived in Germany all my life and have never experienced this.
Staring is caring
And you are in germany. Not a great start of the day. Hans is staring. You look back. No emotions. No breathing. U think. Should I say hi. I mean maybe a nice warm moment. But it is in the bus that would be so Danish or something to make stuff awkward like that. So I just give a friendly smile. And this whole minute or so Hans stares. Then Hans looks away. Instantly. Making me feel ashamed as if the whole bus knows I was smiling for no reason at nobody. I leave the bus not knowing if I even should exists anymore. I feel the jokes slipping away. As the German families supress jokes as their favourite weekend free time activity. If theres no horrific accidents to watch.
I sit there alone in the German park. Thinking. Why did I go here. Even if its in thought. It asks too much. Im mind traveling to germany ! Argrhhgghh!!!
u/savevideo
https://preview.redd.it/45yswcui3rmf1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dc9ddcecd1d765722fef9db8cde16fa47cce1f98
I’m very sure it’s training gone wrong.
Even young kids are tought here to look people into the eye if you have a conversation with someone. Somewhere along the line, Hänschen/Hans forgot to switch off the state-into-you-soul mode and just keeps doing it on all social situations “Aber Mama hat es mir so beigebracht!”
One COULD blame german autism for that, but usualy autistic people are even more adverse to eye contact, so maybe its more that we Hans dont know when to stop following an order.
It’s the Autism coming through.
Tbh sometimes I just stare into the void and if you are in the path I will stare your way but don’t even really see you, but most of the time I try to stare out the window. I usually read something though
Love how this implies germans aren’t normal people
I do it to assert dominance. I feel amazing when I win the staring contest, bonus points if I make tourists cry. Sometimes however I do encounter worthy opponents who stare back menacingly. After 3 minutes or so of staring we share an intimate moment:
https://preview.redd.it/xgjr0qh56rmf1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8ecb9260bb4b8a3f0e9c689bcd8211b2d1416e7
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