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Constance
Constance

5mo

INFP

Pisces

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Judging a book by its cover

You can say whatever you want about not judging books based on their covers and whatnot but the truth of the matter is that you, a living breathing thinking human, are a visual creature. Who even started the whole shebang about judging covers as a bad thing? It's not. You're literally just passing preliminary judgement based on what you see first. If a book is titled "Rocks" but sports a really cool on-theme cover, you can bet your last shiny coin that I'm getting it. Hell, the cover could even be a blank white page with a little stickman standing in the corner looking at a glass of spilt milk on the floor. It's not as cool as a ménage of fire and flames but I JUDGED it as "yes, I want you". I judge, you judge, everyone judges the cover. It's not a bad thing.

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Sajith
Sajith

5mo

INTJ

Leo

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judging by the cover might not be a bad thing but stopping there is. judging by the cover is my first glance at someone, and I could have been* biased, grumpy, hungry, sad. besides they could've been some of that too. meanwhile, I also believe there's no "deep inside" - as in deep inside they're a good/bad person. what they show and act is what they are. (edited)

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Andrew
Andrew

5mo

ENTP

Taurus

Oh I'll definitely judge a book by it's cover. It just takes a few pages in for me to realize I wanna put it back on the shelf.

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Daniel
Daniel

4mo

INTP

I view it as a cautionary warning that solely relying on our first impressions may not be sufficient to draw conclusions from.

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Mar
Mar

5mo

ISTJ

Gemini

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Are we talking about books or anything superficially?

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MaT
MaT

5mo

INTJ

Libra

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1

Absolutely right. It only becomes a problem when you have already opened the book but are still just judging by its cover. People always confuse "superstitions" with "experience".

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Fadumo A.
Fadumo A.

5mo

INTJ

Sagittarius

8
7

I personally think its true. And matter of fact if it wasn't done by so many people the saying wouldn't need to exist "don't judge a book by its cover". It's also jst maybe some people are more visually inclined than others, I have on many occasions picked a book for its cover and I don't regret it.

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ruakh
ruakh

5mo

INTP

Virgo

The average time a person spends at the art museum or gallery staring at a painting is about 7 seconds. We are hard wired to judge as babies. Babies prefer good looking care givers over less attractive ones, and quiet down quicker with the more attractive care giver. I believe you might be on to something.

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