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thenewgreen  ·  3826 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Mental state of looking at people vs. people looking at you(?)

It would depend fully on who was the person looking at me, how they were looking at me, for how long they were looking at me, where I was when they looked at me… There's no single answer for this. I sort of pride myself on being able to read people and what motivates them rather quickly. I'd like to think that for the most part I can assess someone's motives for making a connection with me.





Hell  ·  3824 days ago  ·  link  ·  

How did you pick up this ability to read people? I knew this guy in the city I used to live in, and he was phenomenal at it. Just by the way they were walking he could tell something about them. I mean, it wasn't tested to a fault, but there was a few instances where what he said proved itself to be more than just bullshit off the top of his head - and these were complete strangers.