Is it wrong to be shallow?
Judging people by their jobs, their looks, their popularity and not their interests and personality.
| Yes it is wrong to be shallow. | 56 | |
| No it is not wrong to be shallow. | 44 |
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admirer
I don't see the need to get all upset over this one. I think it's kind of funny, actually.
Wrong? No, no, it's not.
It's common is all.
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Saycheese
The ugliest person you meet could be the sweetest most caring person you would ever meet. Did you ever think about that?
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[Old Memory]
Does it matter? In all honesty, you and I both know that the person could be the nicest in the world but without looks, no one's interested.
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Saycheese
That is true, but at the same time it shouldn't "always" be looks. If they are really fun to hangout with and have an awesome personality of course someone would be interested in them. Plus I'm not just saying romance relationship wise, I'm also talking about a non-romance friendship too. But everybody does have a different view on attractiveness. I might think one person is rather ugly and you might think that person is cute.
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Anonymous Post Author
Why would I take the time to find out when there are 6 billion less ugly people that could also be the sweetest most caring person I would ever meet?
Just because someone is ugly or attractive it doesn't make them caring. But it does make them ugly or attractive! I'll take the attractive one each time.
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moonstruck
I have just been totally turned off by you as a person after reading this post, I don't care if u are attractive or ugly now. Perhaps it goes both ways? since your personality is ugly i equate you to being extremely ugly. Sucks huh.
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Dudewheresmyweed
I hope you get hit by a car and your face gets smashed to pieces and then we'll see what you think you lowlife piece of shit I hope all your attractive friends leave you to die in a ditch
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taciturn
I don't personally think like that, but I don't think it's "wrong". If money or good looks is all it takes to make someone happy, then so be it! I'm not one to tell them what to do or who to love. I'm not content with those things alone and I'd much prefer someone with compassion and intelligence and intrigue, but I wouldn't call it morally WRONG to like someone for reasons you think are shallow. For them it isn't shallow, because for them it's enough.
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[Old Memory]
Job, looks, personality, mannerisms are all faulty reflections of a person's inner character.
But they can be a reflection regardless. So yes, it's right to be "shallow".
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thecoldhardtruth
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Sometimes it's the best reflection of a persons character. You talk to someone and they have good moral beliefs, a motivated attitude, and friendly personality. You look at their job and they hunt sharks for necro-shark-porn (girls having sex with dead sharks, probably doesn't exist) and you realize that actions speak louder than words. Their choice of job and development on the career ladder is a due to their actions, and can be a much better judge of character than sitting down and getting to know them.
Hitler managed to convince a few million that he was the best person in the country. He must of had a nice personality. On a reflection of his job...maybe not so much.
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But Hitler was popular! Popular=awesome, right? See, there's one flaw in your thinking.
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Anonymous Post Author
Obviously there is no flaw in my thinking! You are just using dirty tactics (made popular by politicians) to make it appear that there is. My statement is that SOMETIMES a shallow characteristic is better judge of character and are arguing against the statement that a shallow characteristic is ALWAYS the best judge of character.
All in all I think people (who are generally a bit shallow) are a good judge of character. A person face/smile can say a lot, their personality, their job, their body, their sluttiness... I just don't like how common it is for people to think shallowness is awful and think that a persons personality is the ONLY thing that should matter.
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But that's precisely the flaw...people use appearances and such other shallow traits to fool people into thinking a certain way about them. Or as a distraction. And people sometimes create a false appearance for someone else (starting rumors, etc)
No, I don't see a problem passing up talking to an unattractive person when it comes to looking for a partner...but I do see a problem with automatically liking or disliking someone based on something trivial. It's stupid. Besides, how often are you relying on rumor? For the sluttiness example, do you KNOW he/she is a slut for a fact or did you just hear if from someone's uncle's brother's cousin's roommate? That's dumb. It doesn't sound like you're talking about being shallow, it sounds more like you're just trying desperately to fit in and follow the herd. Get a mind of your own and use it.
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ariannel
Just my personal opinion. People judge. That's a give-in. Shallow people judge and don't dig any deeper. And that's a shame. They may be giving attention to a jerkface and dissing people who could become their most trusted friend. Being shallow does a disservice to the judger and judgee. It's always best to make an informed decision.
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randomguy111
Sometimes being shallow can be a good thing, it just depends on the situation. But I think judging people by their looks or their intelligence or something like that is wrong, simply because they cannot always help it. I think judging peoples personality is fine in most situations.
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Aurora93
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I can think of some situations where it's necessary, if theres two lonely girls at a bar and only one of me, I'll talk to the hot one, since I have no more information to base my decision on.
For an excuse, how about this... There is a certain requirement for attractiveness in a mate required for my sexual drive to be effective. And excellent looks make my sex drive work at higher capacity. So no matter how lovely the fat chick with the moustache is, she is useless as a girlfriend. And the gorgeous girl who gave me a semi when I walked in would have to be one dog for it not to work.
Shallow, yes. But definitely necessary for finding a girlfriend.
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Riddler
Considering how worthless and self centered most of humanity I would not be suprised. Ideally everyone would be polite and considerate in all things but most just are not.
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missy18
Not wrong, just... normal. Human.
Certainly not an attractive trait though.Comment Hidden ( show ) -
[Old Memory]
I don't think it's wrong..Just frowned upon. We all have our likes and dislikes. There's no telling what it is that is "right" to like.
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LookSomeonesWelding
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[Old Memory]
Judging someone based on their looks is wrong. I think that it's unfair but sometimes looks are the only thing that a person has to go on in deciding that he wants to interact with her. Shallowness is unfair to people buts it's quotidian in everyday life for many people, so i just dont care.
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thecoldhardtruth
I would say its wrong to an extent. For example, if I had to choose someone to babysit my children between:
1)old haggard creepy dirty man who is homeless,
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2) a respectable, reputable clean nanny, I would choose the nanny. And that would be defined as shallow.Comment Hidden ( show )