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#REDIRECT [[Talk:Staring]] |
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"Although they are less inclined than mammals to participate in such a contest, a fish would be impossible to defeat in a first-to-blinking staring contest as they do not have eyelids." |
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brilliant <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:ThrBigD|ThrBigD]] ([[User talk:ThrBigD|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/ThrBigD|contribs]]) 01:47, 6 May 2005 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> |
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A staring contest with an animal??? That's just goofy, people. |
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I often start to laugh when having a staring contest. Is this common? [[User:JIP|— <font color="#CC0000">J</font><font color="#00CC00">I</font><font color="#0000CC">P</font>]] | [[User talk:JIP|Talk]] 06:38, 6 September 2005 (UTC) |
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*Laughing is an instinctive way to defuse tension. I think your subconscious is probably saying "I don't want to fight this person". --[[User:Last Malthusian|Last Malthusian]] 11:29, 2 December 2005 (UTC) |
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last malthusian, thats a cool idea, if you can cite it, throw it on the page?[[User:Spencerk|Spencerk]] 04:59, 11 April 2006 (UTC) |
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== Animals and staring contests == |
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Most of this section seems to be nonsense. A "staring contest" with an animal is always done as a joke, as animals do not comprehend the purpose of such a "contest". Yes, dogs and cats sometimes stare at people — there is nothing competetive about it. There is some decent material about the differences between how humans and animals perceive stares, and this is the only thing preventing me from blanking the whole section. ~ [[User:Booyabazooka|Booya <sup>Bazooka</sup>]] 21:14, 9 July 2006 (UTC) |
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== More references == |
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Big Train ran a regular staring commentary, eg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWgg20IqibM |
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Also, somewhere I found an international/world championship staring competition, with official rules and everything! The rules stipulated a 3' circle with footplaces, and two umpires looking over the shoulders of each competitor. [[User:125.62.64.155|125.62.64.155]] 10:58, 12 January 2007 (UTC) |
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: Found it! http://www.prostaredown.com/ [[User:125.62.64.155|125.62.64.155]] 11:05, 12 January 2007 (UTC) |
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== Image? == |
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Is the image really necessary? [[User:Davidhorman|David]] 08:33, 12 July 2007 (UTC) |
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yes [[Special:Contributions/172.143.43.91|172.143.43.91]] ([[User talk:172.143.43.91|talk]]) 22:14, 27 March 2008 (UTC) |
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== Viral relevance re: Jimmy Wales being left aligned == |
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I've personally been sent links to this page several times now, with the joke being Jimmy Wales left-aligned photograph staring at you next to the word "staring contest". Possibly worth a mention in the references section? <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/89.206.161.251|89.206.161.251]] ([[User talk:89.206.161.251|talk]]) 14:20, 22 November 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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:Too "meta" for Wikipedia, I think, but it is pretty funny. [[User:Spudtater|Spudtater]] <small>([[User talk:Spudtater|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Spudtater|contribs]])</small> 09:32, 24 November 2011 (UTC) |
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:: I believe you mean something like http://weknowmemes.com/2011/11/jimmy-wales-staring-contest/ ? [[Special:Contributions/142.229.80.40|142.229.80.40]] ([[User talk:142.229.80.40|talk]]) 18:03, 17 August 2012 (UTC) |
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== Missing Something? == |
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I feel this page is missing something, because it fails to address the reasons that mammals do not look each other in the eye for extended lengths of time. This is a fundamental expression of aggression, a challenge to the dominance hierarchy of an established group, in many species. Also, between humans, prolonged eye contact is a preamble to sexual activity. I would not pretend to be qualified to address this topic, but I hope someone who is could add to the depth of this aricle. <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Hlocnw|Hlocnw]] ([[User talk:Hlocnw|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Hlocnw|contribs]]) 19:48, 23 October 2012 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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