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TinyViolins · 31-35, M
It's a weirdly intimate act. It's supposed to establish closeness so that you can convey that you're listening or that you're committed to building trust, but most of the time you just don't want to get that close to strangers. We can listen just fine without locking eyes. It's an odd custom that feels completely unnecessary most of the time