The people's stares in Germany

[cyan geyser]

The people's stares in Germany

[tawny canyon]

is it possible that you feel like you had a big change in appearance, which maybe affects your perception of yourself, and are to some extent imagining this or 'only just now' noticing when people look at you or (over)analysing supermarket interactions?

[cyan geyser]

Ok, I'm not going crazy 😅 Jokes aside, this is not my first time to have this haircut. I can definitely tell there's something. I just don't know what and I know the difference between look and stare. It is ofc difficult to say something here, but I just wanna know the meanings of the stares

Basically, I can't tell if it's good or bad

[tawny canyon]

maybe someone else knows something I don't. All I can say is that it's an extremely nondescript haircut. So I cannot imagine it has anything to do with that.

[cyan geyser]

What I can think of is that maybe I look like someone who lives or lived in the past ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[winter lichen]

I think I get it now. So... unless you're trolling: just shave off that moustache -> no more stares.

[cyan geyser]

I am not trolling, and my beard and moustache is like in the image but longer, not newly shaved

I gotta do a bit more test to find out what's wrong

[winter lichen]

Yeah. That's what I meant. Shave off that moustache - trust me, that's the problem (in combination with the haircut).

If you look the way I imagine - no, those are most definitely not friendly stares.

[proud crescent]

Well it depends on the culture. It's not uncommon for people to stare Ionger at people they find attractive in most cultures. But I don't know if that's the case here.

[sour basin]

I think I have the same association as Susana had. Hallö_hierchen is correct that the photography is fine and would not subject you to stares. But with the described differences, it sounds like a mimic of a certain style that went out of fashion decades ago for a very specific reason, which would have to be discussed in #1025098221653073940 . So if my suspicion is correct, you and/or your hairdresser would have made a major faux-pax, which would definitely warrant stares from most people.

[proud crescent]

Also I've generally heard that Germans have a tendency to stare longer and more intensely. So it's really likely that you are just noticing it now since you got a haircut that you feel suits you. You may believe that you've always been observant but you can't truly be aware of your level of awareness.

[cyan geyser]

The haircut is not the way I wanted, yes, but it doesn't really look too bad compared to my old short hair style. Btw, I cannot access the channel you sent somehow. It says No Access 🤔

[cyan geyser]

The thing is that even the smile on the face of the people who were smiling when I enter the shops is gone. Idk

I gotta do more testing, I guess

[proud crescent]

We really can't know at all unless we see what you look like.

If they were smiles then yeah it could have been admiration

But they could have also been laughing/trying to stifle laughter

[cyan geyser]

Yea, I know and that's something I don't wanna do

[proud crescent]

We'll never know

[proud crescent]

Yeah I assumed so. I was just stating that you'd probably not get a useful answer otherwise.

[sour basin]

You'd have to join the channel via #850404908946423828 .
It's not important how you think about it, if its culturally problematic. I mean - I could be wrong with my assumption.

How about this picture:
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/real-life-heroes/images/a/a0/Charles_de_Gaulle.png/revision/latest?cb=20180412000721
(That's a former French head of state by the way and unrelated to the possible reason of staring.) Ignore the moustache for a moment. Would the hairdo look somewhat similar to yours?

[cyan geyser]

No, not at all 😄

[sour basin]

It has less volume and lays down on one side... then you should explain some more.