Talk:Staring

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Staring at animals

If possible, someone could add a paragraph that staring at a dog can be an ill-advised idea, as many dogs consider it the biggest threat to them, and will often bear fangs and bite the person staring at them. Stopde (talk) 20:22, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

staring context drawing

Look at the hair on the person on the left, look at em so adorable :) Givethemahug (talk) 04:57, 16 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

staring versus fixating

Staring seems to be defined here as synonymous to fixating; in my opinion this is a serious flaw of the text. Staring is holding one's gaze direction and accommodation for a prolonged period of time. Staring as such, without the fixating quality, gives rise to a particular kind of attention that gradually diminishes awareness of one's physical body (escaping into the individuality of one's mind). Contrastingly, fixating is a social event. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.167.3.40 (talk) 09:46, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Llama

Unrelated, but that llama photo is too funny. 86.29.227.98 (talk) 08:31, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why is the example used from Superbad?

Was that the best thing to use as an example for staring being taboo? Rofl 2A02:C7C:90E7:3500:C552:4A5E:D9B0:CE (talk) 18:04, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]