Prejudices you can’t shake

[Skeptisk]

Kind, brave, loyal, funny, sympathetic, trustworthy, friendly. Some of the many adjectives I could use to describe qualities of people that I would rate as “good” and worth knowing. None of those are dependent upon their physical appearance. Yet I know that I unconsciously give preference to attractive people.

Similarly with really obese people I can’t help but feel disgust at some gut level when I see them. I can use my intellect to avoid treating people differently based on their appearance and can feel empathy but I don’t seem able to overwrite the instinctive, negative feelings. Highlights that despite our intelligence we are animals like other mammals and subject to emotions and whims over which we have no control, even if we can choose not to act on them.

Life would probably be dull if we weren’t subject to irrational desires, thoughts and prejudices but as a rationalist it is a bit frustrating.

[Tango13]

Men with beards, I read all the Fleming Bond books in my youth and in one of them it mentions 'M' not trusting men with beards. Since then I look at men with beards and wonder just what they're hiding...

[Skeptisk]

Tango13 said:

Men with beards, I read all the Fleming Bond books in my youth and in one of them it mentions 'M' not trusting men with beards. Since then I look at men with beards and wonder just what they're hiding...

In my case…just laziness. Can’t be bothered to shave every day.

[Steamer]

Tango13 said:

Men with beards, I read all the Fleming Bond books in my youth and in one of them it mentions 'M' not trusting men with beards. Since then I look at men with beards and wonder just what they're hiding...

Same here.. although in recent years I've now come to expect any man with a beard under the age of 50 to be a hippster cock-knocker that drinks fruity beer with cartoons on the can.

[untakenname]

Depends on what type of beard, it's uniformly cropped to a few mm then there's no issue but if so long that it's impractical then imo it's a bit pathetic like those females who have massive nails.

I don't trust men wearing chains worn over clothing or females with enhanced lips.

[M22s]

Neck & face tattoos, ‘man buns’ and people who use punch bags at the gym.

[shtu]

There's a few that I could best summarise as "crafting their outward appearance to hide their true nature"

Visible Chirstianity, crucifix on chain, etc., - Christian doesn't always mean "good" or "trustworthy".

Overly-slick "professionals" - would kill their granny to hit a sales target. Hide their incompetence behind a shield of suit and wristwatch.

The "Immaculate Beard and Sailor Tatoos" combo - desperately compensating for being an overweight data analyst from Peterborough.

People who weaponise minority - no, your manager is on your case because you're useless, not because you're <insert minority here>.

[Roofless Toothless]

Tango13 said:

Men with beards, I read all the Fleming Bond books in my youth and in one of them it mentions 'M' not trusting men with beards. Since then I look at men with beards and wonder just what they're hiding...

Women with beards.

[RayDonovan]

Not one of mine (as I am one of them..) but

Northerners being thick because you have an accent.

[Lo-Fi]

People with a unibrow. They're werewolves. I know this from 'The Howling'.

Or maybe it was 'The Company of Wolves'. Still, they aren't to be trusted because lycanthrope.

[ZedLeg]

Steamer said:

Same here.. although in recent years I've now come to expect any man with a beard under the age of 50 to be a hippster cock-knocker that drinks fruity beer with cartoons on the can.

Love to see someone use a homophobic insult in a thread about unconscious prejudice.

[jm8403]

ZedLeg said:

Love to see someone use a homophobic insult in a thread about unconscious prejudice.

me too

[Steamer]

ZedLeg said:

Steamer said:

Same here.. although in recent years I've now come to expect any man with a beard under the age of 50 to be a hippster cock-knocker that drinks fruity beer with cartoons on the can.

Love to see someone use a homophobic insult in a thread about unconscious prejudice.

Calm down dear:

cock-knocker (plural cock-knockers). (offensive) An annoying or despicable person.

[jm8403]

Steamer said:

ZedLeg said:

Steamer said:

Same here.. although in recent years I've now come to expect any man with a beard under the age of 50 to be a hippster cock-knocker that drinks fruity beer with cartoons on the can.

Love to see someone use a homophobic insult in a thread about unconscious prejudice.

Calm down dear:

cock-knocker (plural cock-knockers). (offensive) An annoying or despicable person.

Seems like a theme online everywhere these days for selective outrage. Even will smith was outraged at someone taking the piss out of him assaulting someone!

[dingg]

Anyone sporting a thumb ring is a

[ZedLeg]

jm8403 said:

Steamer said:

ZedLeg said:

Steamer said:

Same here.. although in recent years I've now come to expect any man with a beard under the age of 50 to be a hippster cock-knocker that drinks fruity beer with cartoons on the can.

Love to see someone use a homophobic insult in a thread about unconscious prejudice.

Calm down dear:

cock-knocker (plural cock-knockers). (offensive) An annoying or despicable person.

Seems like a theme online everywhere these days for selective outrage. Even will smith was outraged at someone taking the piss out of him assaulting someone!

What’s selective outrage. As far as I know that phrase is homophobic, always happy to be proven wrong when it comes to people being aholes.

[jm8403]

ZedLeg said:

What’s selective outrage. As far as I know that phrase is homophobic, always happy to be proven wrong when it comes to people being aholes.

You accused someone of being homophobic but it means nothing of the sort

[ZedLeg]

So what’s the origin?

[Steamer]

ZedLeg said:

So what’s the origin?

well think about it... Have you ever been 'knocked in the cock'?.. Its quite annoying!! Dogs, cats and children... what a bunch of cock-knockers.

[ZedLeg]

It’s possible I guess, it has been used against me as a homophobic comment though and I think there’s a general acceptance of it as a homophobic insult.