Why Skype Chats Are Never Not Awkward

It’s not the choppy connectivity, it’s not that your webcam is a blurry mess, it’s not that you keep mispronouncing “mauve”. The reason your Skype conversation is so awkward? We’d all rather look at ourselves than talk to someone else.

And you know what? You have every right, you handsome devil. I wish we could all just be honest about it instead of constantly worrying that a gremlin is darting in and out of the frame in the corner behind us. [The Doghouse Diaries]

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    Andrew Browne

    Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 7:43 AM

    I agree, Narcissists should not use Skype

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    LJ

    Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 9:12 AM

    I wish they would get rid of the little PIP screen image or ourselves. It’s distracting, I’m too good looking. Really though, it’s unnatural to a real conversation. I don’t think you can even turn it off can you?

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    Flux

    Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 9:18 AM

    I always have the issue that there’s no true eye contact in Skype because the camera is not in the middle of screen, where the other party’s eyes are. I feel like everyone I skype is a little bung-eyed, or looking over my shoulder… Awkward.

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    light487

    Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 10:31 AM

    Skype is good at what it was originally made for: VoIP.. anything beyond that is a purely subjective thing. I use Skype for calls to and from China for the simple convenience of it. Sitting in a China hostel with crap wireless internet connectivity and I can still have a very clear connection back to home..

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    Greg

    Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 11:47 AM

    Sure this isn’t around the wrong way? If I’m talking to someone, I’d rather look at them than myself.

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