A book’s cover really only has two functions:
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Protect the book
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Tell you little bit about the book so you can judge whether or not to read it
Precisely. Some folks role play ‘normal’ people in public to make it easier. Others rp as ‘crazy’ people to make you keep your distance.
When a book stops just being a ‘book’ and instead becomes ‘lord of the rings’, that’s when cover-judging no longer applies.
In that same way, a person becomes a friend/coworker/family. Until that happens, the only thing you have is the cover.
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The rule that the way you go into the interaction reciprocally influences the way people interact with you might be more important here. So if you treat ppl with the expectation that theyre gonna be dicks, guess what, theyre gonna feel that and probably wont be too pleased about it and behave accordingly.
…oh my god it’s a fat white guy with gas station sunglasses and cargo shorts…
“Hi asshole, what can I help you with today?”
You can gauge a book by its cover, but until the story in known, judging should be reserved.
So no judging, just gauging. Got it.
I’m gonna call my judging gauging then.
I’m surely just deranged, but I wholeheartedly believe I can tell someone’s political leaning without even having to speak to them, just from their appearance. So far I’ve had incredible accuracy.
“If they have hair that isn’t a natural human hair color, I know they’re a liberal.”
So, this is usually true for a lot of women, but oddly a lot of conservative men have colored hair, I wouldn’t use just hair color of course.
You guys can get super butthurt, but I’ll bet I could guess you guys out in public too.
There’s a lot that people give away about themselves from the way they walk to the faces they make to the gestures they use.
I found the shitlib final boss. I can just smell the smugness over the wireless connection. Imagine being white enough to write this.
Republican
You’re Republican?!?! 🤣🤣🤣
Why would you be against bots as a mouth-breathing Republican?!!! Now I’ve seen everything.
Ew, not even just Republican, but an Elon Stan, you’re so gross.
Elon stan? No. In fact, I started the anti Elon musk community.
So one of your favorite topics is the man, the myth, the musk, Elon Musk.
Inasmuch as anyone’s favorite topic is the fascist cancer sucking the life out of society.
You shouldn’t judge a book only by its cover, but the cover can give you a lot of information about the book.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
SOON TO BE A MOVIE
Judging them by the first 5 minutes of interaction is the cover. As a fast food employee you’re not going to learn that they just got fired from their job and the divorce was just completed today and the wife gets all the kids.
With exposure to neurodivergent posts online, it became apparent to me that even interacting with people is an unreliable way of discerning someone’s character.
Some people are highly anxious, which can manifest in all sorts of ways, from seeming like an asshole, to being erratic and sketchy.
I’m sure we’ve all had situations where we said something, later realizing how it could be misconstrued.
Then we’ve got people with autism, schizophrenia, ADHD, depression, etc.
And that’s without mentioning the personal circumstances of the day, week or month.
Just don’t judge people if it’s unlikely to cost you anything.
Choose compassion, patience and respect. You will never know the plight of a stranger.
I think the phrase has the same basic problem as a lot of common advice… the real truth is more nuanced than any pithy phrase could ever be. At best, it’s a quick way of reminding someone who already knows better but has temporarily forgotten.
Anon is just too stupid to understand a saying, or even ask for an explanation
We judge, it’s what we do. Anyone who says otherwise is lying
Anon is being sloppy, with hoe hr treats people no less
Customer facings roles can do that, it’s almost necessary.
