• Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    Hot take: it’s totally fair to judge someone based on their avatar as that’s literary what it is, a pictorial summary of what you’re all about.

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      10 months ago

      Counterpoint: sometimes it’s just a funny picture I like, and sometimes it’s some anime titties I like. Assuming it’s always going to be a meaningful representation of the user is unrealistic.

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          10 months ago

          Sure, just like it’s fully fair for people to clown on someone for judging them based on something as unserious as a social media profile picture.

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              10 months ago

              Or, and hear me out here, instead of escalating to a “immature schoolyard shouting match” for whatever reason, you could look at a person’s pfp, have your feelings about it, and then move on to something that actually matters

              But I am gathering that there are a lot of people who really enjoy schoolyard shouting matches and invite them because it makes them feel superior to fight others over trivial nonsense.

              The irony of you saying this is not lost on me

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        10 months ago

        I mean it tells me that you’re somebody who weighs levity over seriousness. Even if it doesn’t specifically tell me who you are, to imply that any choice is devoid of meaning is equally unrealistic.

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            10 months ago

            Bro do you think I typed this through clenched teeth or something? My comment was in exactly the same light tone as yours.

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              10 months ago

              Nope, just clarifying since you seemed to be confused. Anything else I can help with, let me know partner

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        10 months ago

        In my mind, some edgy-looking anime dude is very different from anime booba.

        While both remove validity of argumentation, the former probably means you’re a minor, and the ladder means you will never have a social life outside the internet.

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        10 months ago

        You’re judging them based off of what is ostensibly a first impression they have chosen for themselves. I can’t imagine a scenario where that’s not fair. And you don’t need to form an entire opinion, but the opinion starts there. If their picture was a sports team I didn’t like, some furry shit, or even MAGA, I’d form some opinions out of the gate.

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          10 months ago

          I do the same. I don’t have the time or patience to listen to every person on the internet to understand where they’re truly coming from. What I meant is if I did I would probably find out that more often than not my initial assumptions were too harsh or otherwise inaccurate.

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            10 months ago

            That hasn’t been my experience. My experience is that my first impressions are woefully incomplete, but rarely wrong.

            You aren’t reading the wrong book, you’re just only getting the prelude chapter.

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      10 months ago

      Obviously anyone is free to judge anyone based on whatever criteria they want.

      People are allowed to have whatever impression they want over something like anime pfps. That person who decides it’s some crazy negative red light or whatever, just won’t be my friend, which is fine. Sometimes people forget that not everyone has to be your friend.

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      10 months ago

      A lot of people don’t treat it as such though, and thus it becomes odd to assume so. But some things are just downright questionable, obviously.