Do you judge a stranger's intelligence just by looking at them?

[progmom]

I'm not talking about hair color or skin color or clothing or height. I'm talking about the eyes.

I'm wrong sometimes (for instance, I really didn't think the guy who worked with me at the record store for two years was all that smart...and then I found out he was brilliant and I married him), but more often than not I find that that first impression is fairly spot-on.

[Midlodemocrat]

1. No. I judge their intelligence by whether or not they have

a shrub sticker on their car. If they do, they are an automatic moran.

[Magrittes Pipe]

2. So, did the acorn ever become an oak?

:shrug:

[progmom]

3. how do you think we spawned?

;)

[Magrittes Pipe]

4. You swam upstream and died?

That's what I always assumed, anyway.

[MrScorpio]

5. Sometimes first impressions are wrong

It's a pesky fact that most people can't overcome

Good thing that you did

[progmom]

10. you are absolutely right.

:D

[Lavender Brown]

6. You married one of these guys?

To answer your question, I try to avoid judging on appearance, unless there is something that blatantly gives away a lack of intelligence (a certain t-shirt slogan or something). Although I admit my prejudices can get the best of me sometimes, when it comes to physical appearance. I have a vacant look about me much of time, and I hope people don't take that as vacant mindedness. :P

[progmom]

8. you might try finding a different link

but yeah - i married one of those. and i kinda am the female version of them. that book was the reason i decided i had to stop working at that record store and move on. i realized i had become a stereotype. :)

[Lavender Brown]

16. I don't want to know

:scared: I fixed it, I hope.

[tigereye]

33. hell

didn't marry one exactly. But that would have been ok too.

[Magrittes Pipe]

11. That's a little personal!

I don't think the state of the progdork is any of our business! :o

[yvr girl]

7. It depends

What did you think when you met me?

[progmom]

9. immediately, the vibe i got from you?

intelligent and kind.

the best kind of person to know.

[yvr girl]

29. Are you sure it wasn't drunk and loopy?

btw, :loveya:

[Beware the Beast Man]

12. Let's test that: Insightful or complete dumbass?

[progmom]

15. i can't tell from looking at pictures

but i sure can from reading your posts. :P
























(and you know i think you're amazing, ya dingbat!)

[Beware the Beast Man]

22. I know, babe!

:D

I'm pulling a "you-know-who."

[Debi]

19. HOT!

I mean smokin :loveya:

[Beware the Beast Man]

28. Awww, shucks!

:blush:

[Magrittes Pipe]

21. Where's the option for "complete ass?"

;):hi:

[progmom]

23. you know you love his ass

isn't that why you're moving to be closer to it?

[Debi]

13. I wait for them to speak - then I judge them

I'm the terrible person :cry:

[progmom]

18. we all do a little of that

:pals:

[ewagner]

14. Psychology of clothing

What's the first thing you see? How the person is clothed.

If the person chooses to wear clothes that are "symbols" of a certain lifestyle, then you automatically react to those symbols. In a sense, you immediately make a judgement about the lifestyle, politics and even intelligence of the person based on your experiences with that lifestyle.....

[progmom]

17. as someone who is most comfortable in jeans and t-shirts

i stay as far away from that as possible.

[tjwmason]

25. It's not just what is worn.

More so how it is worn.

I know people who would look immaculate if they'd just finished diggin ditches wearing jeans and a t-shirt - other's who'd look a total mess after spending hours on bedecking themselves in finery.

And then I note strongly that some people who look immaculate are splendid, and some are ghastly - some people who always look a mess are splendid and some are ghastly. There's different types of just about everything.

[tjwmason]

20. I do make a lot of pretty quick 'judgements' BUT am always ready

to re-evaluate.

Mostly my instincts are pretty good (in real life - on-line they're crap beyond belief), but one should always keep an open mind about other folk.

B.T.W. the story sounds so sweet :hi:

[Heidi]

24. Good grief, no.

And I wouldn't want to be judged that way, either.

[progmom]

37. I wouldn't either.

And I am not proud of it.
But when I am totally honest with myself, I have to admit that I do it a little.

[chickenscratching]

26. ABSOLUTELY!

I don't even judge anymore, who wants to waste time on offal?
Tut tut! :*

[redqueen]

27. No...

I've learned not to judge based on anything superficial. I've met people whom I thought weren't so thoughtful, only to find out later that on their pet subjects they were very well read and knowledgeable.

[progmom]

39. i meant the eyes only

their gaze. does that make me less of an asshole?

[redqueen]

42. Hell, I dunno...

I'm a TERRIBLE judge of character, so maybe you can teach me this eyegazing thing. They are the window to the soul, after all.

If anyone really called you an asshole over this tell me who it is 'cause they need some sense knocked into 'em. x(

I can get sucked in by liars with beautiful eyes... you should write a book about it and make a mint! :)

[Dr.Phool]

30. Hell yes! Isn't Stephen Hawking about the dumbest

Looking person you ever saw? Always talking about this fisics and stuff. He probably even believes in this evolushun stuff two!

[progmom]

40. he has very intelligent eyes

:shrug:

[aeolian]

31. Yep. That vacant, bovine stare is a dead giveaway.

Of course, a better diagnostic is to wait until they speak. :evilgrin:

[patcox2]

32. Yes, and there is a scientific basis for it.

There are certain facial features that are tied with mental traits. Mouth-breathers, for example, often have a pout, what we call the "fly-catcher" face. Downs syndrome is too obvious, but there are others.

[uppityperson]

34. klutz double post delete

I figured out how to double post fast now. Click the button, wait 2 seconds, hit stop @ top of page, repeat. cool

[uppityperson]

35. I try not to, even once they start talking.

First impressions can be wrong for lots of reasons. People have bad days, have lots of influencing factors. Of course I judge people by looking at them, but try to not let that totally guide my behavior and thoughts about them.

People often think I'm uppity when they meet me, but really I'm just shy. online is different.

[GiovanniC]

36. Not Proud of It, But Yeah

For example





TOTAL FUCKING RETARD





INSANELY BRILLIANT

[Arugula Latte]

38. One time I was out with my kids

I'll admit -- at Burger King because it was rainy and we needed a place to run around (it was one of those tube climby areas). A guy walked by who sent shivers down my spine from just a split second glance. He had a look of stupidity/anger/insecurity all rolled into one. Then a few minutes later I saw he was wearing a "Promise Keepers" hat.

Then again, my husband works out at a place where there's a big muscle-bound, loud-mouthed guy. My husband always assumed he was a Freeper type. Then one day my husband wore a T-shirt that said "The Nation" (magazine). The guy came over and started talking politics and he was the biggest Bush-hating liberal you'd ever want to know.

[DS1]

41. Well, hearing them talk is much more valuable for judging smarts

and I don't mean because of accents. But yeah, I look at people and judge. I'm a bad liberal. Oh well.

[Rabrrrrrr]

50. I judge you to be not only an idiot, but a chicken-lover, too

:fool:

[DS1]

52. I wrap chicken skin around my pecker all the time

[Rabrrrrrr]

53. It's out of focus. You must be drunk on sterno again.

[DS1]

56. It's in perfect focus

What the hell are you talking about?

[Rabrrrrrr]

58. I hate to burst your baseball-cap- and gold-chain-wearing bubble,

but it isn't in focus. Or should I say phat phocus?

[barb162]

43. if they wear a baseball cap, yes

[progmom]

44. you judge their intelligence based on their eyes

if they are wearing baseball caps?

[barb162]

46. I didn't say anything about their eyes, just baseball caps

[progmom]

48. but my question was about their eyes.

:)

[barb162]

60. I KNOW you can tell nothing about a person by his/her eyes

[barb162]

47. PS I think nothing can be told by the eyes

I know too many liars who can look people straight in the eye and lie their heads off.

[Rabrrrrrr]

54. Especially if they're wearing it inside

and not at a baseball game.

[Blue-Jay]

45. Sometimes I judge their smarts by what they post.

Present company excluded, of course. :evilgrin:

[progmom]

49. hmmmmmmmmmmmm

so either you don't think i am as stupid as my posts are...

or.......

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..........

[Blue-Jay]

61. Not you, sweetie.

Anyone with an appreciation and knowledge of jazz such as yours is above reproach.

[JohnKleeb]

51. I listen to people have to say mostly

Then again I talk a lot of stupid shit and get the you're inteligentshit alot, maybe I am, maybe I am not.

[progmom]

55. THE EYES. I AM TALKING ABOUT THE EYES.

Just so we're clear.

[DS1]

57. Eyeeeees eeyyyyyyyesses

The castle of eeeeyyyyyesssss

no, that's probably not it

/Python
//Grail
///Cave scene

[Maestro]

59. I dunno, but I think this gal is, uh, well, you tell me.

[aeolian]

62. ROFLMAO!

[Maestro]

63. Glad you like it. -nt