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fat_hobbit

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Do you think that you can tell a lot about someones character just by the way they look?

Discuss. :wink:

Reply 1

Sithius

16

In what way? By the way they look body wise? No. By the way they dress? Possibly though hardly.

What a very general question.

Reply 2

fat_hobbit

OP

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Sithius

In what way? By the way they look body wise? No. By the way they dress? Possibly though hardly.

What a very general question.

By the way they look. Their facial characteristics. Surely you must have been in a situation where you have seen someone and have made judgements about him/her just by looking at their face - of what type of person they could possibly be.

Reply 3

Adhsur

15

*Deja vu*

Either I've made this thread before or I'm going mad.

Reply 4

Dez

20

Unless you're a trained psychologist, no.

Reply 5

lemonllama

I think you can see slightly from their body language, but obviously not totally.

Reply 6

fat_hobbit

OP

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Adhsur

*Deja vu*

Either I've made this thread before or I'm going mad.

You might be going mad :p:

Nah i dont think so

xyz2k6

By the way they look. Their facial characteristics. Surely you must have been in a situation where you have seen someone and have made judgements about him/her just by looking at their face - of what type of person they could possibly be.

Just by their face? No. By their body language. Sort of.

I can't look at a celebritys face and say 'oh they must be nice in real life.'

Reply 9

fez

yes definately.

see some fat lad with curly hair spots and glasses - loser.
see a guy, well trimmed, dressed smart, - probly good laugh as will probly be confident.

sweeping generalisation but, yes i do think you can.

Reply 10

Dez

20

fez

see a guy, well trimmed, dressed smart, - probly good laugh as will probly be confident.

Or he might be completley pig-headed and full of himself...

Reply 11

Ross_j

9

in some cases yes, definitely.

also body language can be a huge giveaway.

Reply 12

fez

Dez

Or he might be completley pig-headed and full of himself...

possibly, in which case ther probly 1 of my mates...

Reply 13

Dez

20

So we have to conclude that the answer is in fact no, since the person's personality could be considerably different compared to your first assumption.

Reply 14

Cano234

Well some people dress in a certain way to portray a certain charachter when in fact they are completerly different

Reply 15

Ross_j

9

i don't think you can say no outright.

Reply 16

dede

11

Dez

So we have to conclude that the answer is in fact no, since the person's personality could be considerably different compared to your first assumption.

I wonder why first impressions are so lasting then. Unless the impression is made more on clothing etc. Hm.

Reply 17

Dez

20

Probably a topic more suited for D&D Psychology than here. For the sake of simplicity, we can say that any assumption about a person's character based on their appearance cannot be relied upon as conclusive without supplementary evidence.

In some cases, of course, such supplementary evidence may be trivial enough to ignore, or may be a part of the person's appearance anyway.

Reply 18

dede

11

I don't think most people analyze their first impressions of people so rationally, if at all. Or at least, I don't.

Reply 19

saoirse

10

so...fezz, somebody is a loser because they have spots and wear glasses? Dont be so utterly ridiculous! i know loads of people who are like this and some of them are really nice and some of them are bloody arrogant pigs who think theyre the dogs bollox

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