Snap judgements based on aesthetic characteristics?

krooton

krooton

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Racial and gender generalisations aside, are there things that cause you to think things about a person subconsciously?

I have automatically am weary of people with beady eyes, thin lips, or long hair on men. I don't know why, but my gut tends to automatically distrust them based on those attributes.

I also tend to think any guy wearing a hat to be a bit of a *******, unless over the age of 60.

I'm guilty of perceiving people with small chins and weak jaw-lines to be a bit simple. Ditto with people whose mouths don't close fully when in it's relaxed state.

Do you have any instinctual prejudices?
 
Skinheads who slouch, drag their feet don't appeal particularly positive to me.

Pretty women who are "pretty" in the head are immediately obvious, and I know I probably won't get on with them.
 
Girls with a pretty smile and a pretty pair of eyes are instantly awesome...

Urm talking about the main thing at uni earlier, like up here theres wearing a poppy=protistant/unionist and wearing a galic top=catholic/nationalist and conclusions drawn from that (damn stereo typing society)

Back on girls, ones who dont smile at all are just instantly NO fun at all
 
heheh I like this. one thing though with your (OP) ones - wouldn't having a protruding, caveman type jaw be a better suggester/indicator/whatever of low intelligence?

hmm for me...wearing a scarf indoors makes me think the person is a ponce...ditto sunglasses/hats indoors but that is a bit less common.

hats other than beanies in general I agree - bit of a *******...

trying to think of more...well fat people obviously I think of as weak/lazy/stupid, I often think if I was an employer I would discriminate against fat people, but I know this is generally a poor indicator, one of the guys in my team atm is a large fellow but an absolute great guy (haven't got enough experience to judge his job competence tho)

Boris Johnson's hair makes me hate him and think he is a buffoon.

oh people with 'designer stubble'...I assume they are vain/self-loving...

I'm sure I have more.

The trick is to recognise your instinctual prejudices so you can make a conscious effort to override them with reason...I think this applies to racial and gender issues too...I recognise my instinctual racism/xenophobia/sexism, I think a lot of people like to pretend they just dont have any (and I'm sure some better adjusted people than myself genuinely don't) when they just don't want to admit/recognise it...

But people can't change their race (well...mj aside) or sexuality or whatever but wearing a scarf indoors is a choice and should definately be discrimnated against :P
 
I tend to avoid:

People with tattoos from the neck upwards, or on their knuckles/hands.

People with wide faces.

Women who dress and walk like they take themselves too seriously.

Indian people who drive BMWs, or have a chin-strap (perhaps unfounded but they all seem to be heavily proud, selfish and materialistic people)
 
Since starting as a security guard I find I'm not instantly suspicious of people with narrow set eyes.
People with boss-eyes really put me on edge too for some reason.
 
If I see a girl with bleach blonde hair, wearing pink everything except her Ugg boots I generally think I wouldn't be able to have an intelligent conversation with them...

I also tend to think guys who have their jeans so low down you can see 80% of their backside are absolute morons, again with very limited intelligence :D
 
Blokes who wear really tight trousers tend to be a bit weird as well. So do Emo people act strange too.

Women who wear fake tan (especially around here) will soon be breeding more of their horrible kind.

Edit - people who wear scarves as a fashion accessory. Either wear it because it's cold, i.e. you have a coat and gloves on as well, or not at all. Wearing one round your neck with a t-shirt automatically gives the 'tardness away.
 
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DreadNiK said:
heheh I like this. one thing though with your (OP) ones - wouldn't having a protruding, caveman type jaw be a better suggester/indicator/whatever of low intelligence?
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Extreme underbites or overbites do get this from me, but I rarely see the former.

Waistcoats when not a part of a formal outfit make me think the same thing as a hat does.
 
Apart from the obvious like tracksuits, gold earrings on men, diamond earrings on men, tight jeans, loose jeans etc here are only some of mine


Women with cat like features: very high cheekbones, skinny, thin hands narrow eyes etc - I perceive them as hateful, bad tempered wenches.

Men with thin lips, kinda chubby (and as a points bonus, wearing light coloured chino's): PEADO!

One for you Krooton- People who listen to Afrikaans music sends chills down my spine. I see them as lower class buffoons, easily recognised also by their Blue-Bulls shirts they wear
 
fake tans = ompa loompa, and when coupled with peroxide hair = pint of beer
football shirts (despite knowing a lot of decent people into football), around here they're all skinheaded morons
bling earrings, again, got a friend with them, but he still looks like a thug
metrosexuals = obvious
jogging/sweat pants = lazy/ trampish, girls jsut end up looking slaggish, guys end up looking chavvy
facial tattoos= meth user
 
Supercow said:
One for you Krooton- People who listen to Afrikaans music sends chills down my spine. I see them as lower class buffoons, easily recognised also by their Blue-Bulls shirts they wear
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Lulz! :D

Patricia Lewis and Steve Hofmeyr fo life!
 
Sawell said:
I tend to avoid:

People with tattoos from the neck upwards, or on their knuckles/hands
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