Tics, Body Language

[luka]

malelesbian is constantly fingering his own bum-hole. he can't help it. it's a compulsion.

 

[shiels]

I now notice a few a lot more because I can see myself on zoom at work. Biting the side of my finger while I think really smart stuff really hard, brushing my hair back. I sometimes see myself do something and then I realise I use that to semi consciously communicate something to people. I do think we’re giving these signals off and picking them up all the time yeah

 

[sufi]

it pisses me right off when i notice my pose is mirroring someone else's that i'm talking to 😡 cease that submissive behaviour worm

 

[shiels]

I think that you can learn to read these things and pick up real information, I also think that easy, generic, super-legible rules like "crossed arms = x" are gonna be wrong more often than not, because most gestures can mean a lot of different things depending on context, and fluent reading is about this really complex, almost sub-conscious computing of how the whole fabric of interknit gestures forms a coherent whole.

It’s a very vague and variable language but you’re always taking some meaning from it

 

[luka]

it pisses me right off when i notice my pose is mirroring someone else's that i'm talking to 😡 cease that submissive behaviour worm

youre probably just trying to manipulate them it's not really submissive at all

 

[linebaugh]

I get it with words and phrases too. Version got me stuck on the word 'nonce'

 

[sufi]

youre probably just trying to manipulate them it's not really submissive at all

it's true there's a whole interplay of communications that happen in a convo thru those movements and gestures and i'm not even talking about waving your hands about when you speak, though that is a good tactic to demonstrate that you are imparting visionary wisdom, or groping

and you can do it on zoom calls too, push up your specs and everyone else follows suit

 

[sufi]

on zoom noone can see your manspreading 🤮

 

[Clinamenic]

You're a nutter. You're like a comedy skeleton who pops out of the grave in a film and hounds the protagonist.

 

[Clinamenic]

This threads a real winner.

 

[version]

I get it with words and phrases too. Version got me stuck on the word 'nonce'

This other American guy we know picked it up and was using it for ages thinking it just meant 'idiot'. He'd be leaving comments and Letterboxd reviews calling people nonces with no idea.

 

[luka]

i can't stop looking at myself when im on zoom. totally transfixed.

 

[shiels]

waving your hands about when you speak, though that is a good tactic to demonstrate that you are imparting visionary wisdom

Oh fuck! I start to make a lot of gestures the more abstract I get, I thought I needed dynamic visual cues to illustrate my points but turns out I’m just trying to seem like some kind of wizard

 

[linebaugh]

This other American guy we know picked it up and was using it for ages thinking it just meant 'idiot'. He'd be leaving comments and Letterboxd reviews calling people nonces with no idea.

It works great for that purpose too though. Its a great word. Im 'soft launching' it into my irl vocab

 

[version]

Critical theorist's hand is a classic.

 

[version]

 

[shiels]

I love it when people talk with their hands tbf it’s captivating, especially with well articulated technical stuff

 

[luka]

it blows my mind that shiels works in an office and participates in meetings. people nodding sagely as he just says any old bollocks

 

[sufi]

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[shiels]

Why?! I’m a respected professional!