Anon is eyemaxxing
Submitted 1 day ago by Object@sh.itjust.works to greentext@sh.itjust.works
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some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Dasus@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
ICastFist@programming.dev 16 hours ago
No no no, that’s too much eyebrow usage, it takes away from all the eye muscles!
bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
Real answer: practice holding eye contact
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 17 hours ago
I knew it was hopeless.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
when i go on dates i’m shocked how many women can’t hold eye contact, and yet on their profile they say how much they like men who can.
it’s almost as if people project their inabilities/insecurities onto their potential partners…
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 14 hours ago
To them, you can hold eye contact, so it’s working as they prefer.
Siethron@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
On the other hand I’ve met several girls who said they find eye contact (while having a conversation, not just random eye meet cutes) creepy. Granted we were teenagers when having these discussions, wonder if they still feel the same way.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
they like eye contact from hot people, and find eye contact from ugly people creepy.
miraclerandy@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Agreed. I tend to look people in the eye when they’re talking but somehow cannot do the same when I’m talking. Especially if I’m talking off the top of my head.
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 15 hours ago
If you look at screens a lot, you might be doing the wrong kind of blinks.
I learned this when I had to be seen at the dry eye clinic, but there’s two kinds of blinks you can do. When your eyes get overly dry or you get something in your eye, the way that you blink is more deliberate or forceful. You can tell if you’re doing this kind of active blink by gently placing your fingertip in the top outer corner of your eye socket, and seeing if you can feel movement there when you blink.
The position for each person is slightly different, so just try different positions for your fingertip and do deliberately strong (but not too forceful) blinks until you can feel the muscles underneath moving. It’s quite subtle. For me, the location is just below the bone of my eye socket, directly up from the outer corner of my eye.
The other kind of blink is more passive, and is what the vast majority of your blinks should be, and people who use screens a lot tend to not do enough of these because they keep their eyes open for too long while using a computer, drying out their eyes and necessitating those big blinks I described above. The small blinks are important because they stimulate the lipid secreting glands in your eyelid rim, which can lead to dry eyes.
Put your fingertip at the corner of your eye like I described above, and this time, try shutting your eyes gently and slowly, as if you’re trying to stay awake but you’re unable to stop yourself from drifting off. If you’re doing it right, you shouldn’t feel muscular movement as you blink. You might need to finetune your fingertip position by a few millimetres, because if you’re too far out, you won’t feel muscular movement even if you’re blinking wrong. Once you’ve got the feel of how to discern between the two kinds of blinks, then you can see if you can do the passive blinks but at normal speed, as if you’re just a normal person and not sitting there with your finger on your eyes feeling silly.
I find that I’m way less likely to get dry eyes if I make sure that I occasionally do “sets” of passive blinks when I’m taking breaks from screens. I do like 20 of the normal speed passive blinks, and then 10-20 passive blinks that take longer, with my eyes remaining closed for a second or so after each one. I’ve found that now that I have the knack of it and don’t need to feel with my fingers whether I’m doing it right, it can sometimes be a fun way to fill the time.
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Everyone reading this comment: Gif of white guy blinking
gmtom@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
We legit do eye exercises at training.
Hold a thumb up at arms length, then another at half way, then start by focusing on the far thumb, then the middle thumb, then your nose and back to the far thumb. Do that 10 times.
The hold your arms out to either side so you thumbs are right on the edge of your vision, then without moving your head look back and forth between either thumb. Then same for up and down.
lurch@sh.itjust.works 22 hours ago
5 crosseyes and 10 squints per day should do the trick
Agent641@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Then blink until failure.
Your eyes will be ripped in no time.
AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
They mean the guy looks them in the eyes and not at the ground when they’re talking.
blarghly@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
That, but also, having attractive eyes is a thing. Influenced by genetic factors, as well as lifestyle, mental, and cosmetic factors.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 22 hours ago
Squints til failure
Akasazh@feddit.nl 14 hours ago
Looking directly into the sun is damaging to the eyes
What doesn’t kill you makes it stronger.
Do sets of looking into the sun with ever increasing magnification to make the eyes stronger.
/// Spoiler
Don’t actually do this
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
Don’t actually do this
You’re just trying to keep all of the eye gains to yourself
Akasazh@feddit.nl 11 hours ago
Let me blow you away with the power of my wink ;)
ulterno@programming.dev 10 hours ago
Are my eyes too good, or your “Spoiler” isn’t spoily?
MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
the title is the type of thing the second guy would say in a “bro visited his friend” meme
dgdft@lemmy.world 1 day ago
A lack of eyes disqualifies a man as eastern Roman Emperor. It’s understandable that many women would find that a dealbreaker.
To train eye strength, I recommend looking at things. Reading picture books can help stimulate hypertrophy as well.
affenlehrer@feddit.org 1 day ago
Sleep with a lot of REM could help too. It’s basically HIIT for the eyes.
starchylemming@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
naeh, you can have a fucked up sleep schedule and slightly bloodshot eyes and still get eye pull if you do 1+2+3
so what do you actually need to pull the eye fetishists?:
you can do all of that artifically
the majority of people with bright blue eyes need contacts/glasses anyway so almost nobody can pull all 3 criteria naturally. so go ahead and do your lashes, my guy 😘