Post #3361749
2026-06-11 12:45 UTC
God damn. This is the term my wife and I have been looking for. I know everyone is dealing with their own shit, but that dead-eyed stare in the face of simple questions or observations is one of my biggest gripes with talking to folks ’out in the world’.
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@wheezy@lemmy.ml 2026-06-11 21:12
Yeah. I didn’t coin the term. Just an Internet meme. I don’t think it’s really fair to pick on Gen Z in my opinion. I just think they get attributed to it more often. It’s more of a “post pandemic stare”. Like, I really think isolation and long COVID symptoms did something to our society. Sometimes I have to ask myself “am I invisible?” when I’m looking someone in the face saying “excuse me” and they just stare like a robot. Like, they don’t even have to say something. I’m literally just trying to pass them in the aisle they are blocking. It’s kind of creepy. I get this as a 6’3" guy with a deep voice too. It’s not like I’m hard to see or hear.