I've had drugged up white motherfuckers on the train staring dead at me where even staring back didn't 'wake them up'

had to wave my hand in their face maybe for 30 seconds before they snapped out of it and quit creeping me out

there's a lot of eye contact in NY and it took me a while to get used to it. you learn there's a lot of reasons for it. could be curiosity, relation, anger, recognition, familiarity, looking for cues, a lot of things.