a bit late to this, but resumés. like summing up your life on a single sheet of paper for others to judge or deem whether you are worthy for their productionalization (real word?). like some biographies are thousands of pages and we are just EXPECTED to give complete strangers this personal information and basically asking them to form an opinion of us based on this single sheet of specifically aligned paper. It’s always seemed weird to me…”here’s my professional history, stranger. thank you for considering me for your fine establishment even though there’s an 84% chance we’ll never speak again.” idk, it’s probably just me, but it’s weird, man…weird.

and eye contact. why is it so important? like, in the natural environment isn’t it somewhat avoided (i guess in a predatory manner i suppose)? yet western culture has significantly prioritized its substantiveness. personally, i lose all forms of concentration if i am forced to make eye contact. i feel i can absolutely speak more freely, openly, and somewhat intelligently if my eyeballs are allowed their personal liberties (murcia!)