XiXiDu comments on Build Small Skills in the Right Order - Less Wrong

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Comment author: XiXiDu 18 April 2011 09:11:02AM *  17 points [-]

Ask a Korean!: When is it OK to Make Eye Contact?

Never, never, NEVER look into the eyes of someone who is in a superior position than you are. This includes everyone who is older than you, even by one year, family or not. This also includes people who are higher than you in a workplace or social hierarchy, regardless of age. (For example, your boss, a judge, etc.) In practical terms, this means that you are pretty safe with not looking into anyone's eyes when you are in Korea.

Comment author: Vladimir_M 18 April 2011 03:12:08PM 8 points [-]

Also, in places with a lot of ne'er do well young men roaming around and where the enforcement of public order leaves something to be desired, making eye contact with strangers in public can be seen as a challenge to a fist-fight (or worse).

Comment author: novalis 20 April 2011 06:35:20PM 2 points [-]

"Coming from Dunfermline, if someone looked at you squint, you went across and battered them. That was it. I just done it."

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