also at their avatars.??????????
2006-08-21 02:31:05 · 31 answers · asked by Ã?â?¥Ã?ÄPixie Queen~* 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
You tell me.
I think you're into rock music, teenage, a bit gothic, and really bored. Am I right?
Don't trust anyone on 'tinternet paedo's abound.
2006-08-21 02:39:31 · answer #1 · answered by le_coupe 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes!
Certainly I think you can tell SOMETHING about them.
On lots of different levels - their energy, their style, and perhaps even the cast oftheir features - their physiology, or Fizzog, as we used to call it in college.
Just from the face, I think its possible to tell mood, and something or the personality. When you can see the whole person in the flesh, and hear their voice, that is even more revealing.
However, first impressions can be misleading - and so we can be open to surprises!
From the avatar - yes, I think you can tell some things! Certainly basic colouring for example. Not having a picture at all reveals - shyness or lazyness...depending on the person. And a certain amount of paranoia, because identifying someone on YA is virtually impossible with an avatar!
Of course you can't always tell the age of an avatar....because they don't come with wrinkles, which is great!
2006-08-21 02:41:35 · answer #2 · answered by Suzita 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes!! There's a great book called "BLINK" the power of thinking without thinking by Malcolm Gladwell that will tell you a lot about first impressions, how we formulate them and why they can be wrong sometimes with some great real life accounts. For example the first chapter tells the story of a Kouros statue that was thought to be fake by some but real by others - the truth was discovered just before a US museum paid a huge amount of money for it.....it's really an intriguing book. He would have a lot to say about the two guys that were voted off the Monarch flight at the weekend.
2006-08-21 02:43:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. If a person looked at me, they'd tend to think I was some kind of freak, with all my piercings and body art and wearing black all the time, and covered in chains, just waiting to beat up on some 90 lb. weakling.
Yet, if they get to know me, they'd see that I was gentle, caring, and self-sacrificing. They would know that, despite the outside, I am a devout Christian on the inside. They would learn that everything about me has a special meaning, a reason for the tattoos, a reason for the piercings, a reason for the chains... and it's all Biblical (The black is simply 'cuz it looks good on me. ^_~).
And even though my avatar looks a little like me... it does not portray who I am in real life in the slightest.
2006-08-21 02:44:51 · answer #4 · answered by seraphim_pwns_u 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, its an unfair assumption that, believe me I have thought in the past that I could just judge a person by one look at them and ended up with egg on my face for been so thoughtless, I was very young and very foolish at that time and thought I knew it all, a lot of people who appear standoffish are really just very shy, a lot of people who are mouthy are lonely and people who are cocky are insecure, the best thing to do is to get to know a person before passing judgement of them.
2006-08-21 04:19:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
By the avatars, no. But if I'm physically in someone's presence, there's a pretty good chance I can. I'm quite an empath.
2006-08-21 02:51:44 · answer #6 · answered by Jylsamynne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes...if you are looking at a person in real life (not photos)...most probably you will be able to judge how he/she behaves and what's his/her personality will be to a certain extend.... but by looking at the avatars...you won't be able to tell what they like...especially their avatars are just some cartoons....
2006-08-21 02:38:56 · answer #7 · answered by jims_bong 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No because I am gorgeous on the outside but a complete b***h!
Avatars are how people perceive themselves...I've never seen a fat one!
2006-08-21 02:41:29 · answer #8 · answered by CARRIE-ANN F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it in fact depends on whether a oerson is open-minded or not,because some people do pretend to be having that what they dont have exatly.but its possible to some extent to realize what others are like by just looking at them.I do really hope lots of obinions from world arond.
2006-08-21 02:46:24 · answer #9 · answered by Ragu Pathy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. That would be judging a book by it's cover. I do however get a "vibe" or a feeling about someone sometimes. That's my instinct and intuition talking so I listen to that and it usually turns out to be right.
2006-08-21 02:42:28 · answer #10 · answered by PaganPoetess 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋