Stare at a stranger day

Get ready for October 15th, when the "World's Biggest Eye Contact Experiment" is scheduled to take place in cities throughout the world. The idea is that on this day lots of people will "share a minutes eye contact with strangers in public to rebuild our sense of shared humanity."

If you participate, you'll obviously want to stare into the eyes of someone who's agreed to do likewise. Don't pick just any random stranger on the street and start staring at them. Even though that would probably produce more interesting results.

For more info, check out the website for the event, or its Facebook page.

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Posted By: Alex - Thu Oct 08, 2015
Category: Eyes and Vision

Comments

Getting the masses to act in unison in matters that are (seemingly) safe and innocuous would be the 1st step of controlling them all.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/08/15 at 10:20 AM

I think it would more interesting if this were combined with the annual "Ride Pantless Day
' event.

Posted by KDP on 10/08/15 at 12:43 PM

I was going to say something smart ass too till I watched the video. It was touching to see how many people were moved to tears by the exercise. That would seem to indicate how alone many people feel in this big old world. Looking into the eyes of my friends on WU is not necessary, we connect through our posts and comments. 💋

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/09/15 at 05:37 PM

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