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Given my stance on visual influence, it shouldn't surprise you to learn that I don't much care what people might think I "look" like.
My statement was simple (and without context) because I assumed (that's my bad, I know) that people wouldn't feel the need to pedantically extrapolate when they already knew what I meant from the beginning (especially considering the inherent "Beautiful ebooks" thread context). But some people can't help themselves--I know. It's still the internet, after all.
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We have all our flaws. I don't think what you meant was crystal clear in your head at the start of the topic, but that's not a flaw. Discussions, even pedantic ones, are there to sometimes have some fun and clear the air. Win win.
But it's silly to think your articles prove that no one could possibly be immune to their influence.
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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
People are NOT sheep.
Why are you insisting that DiapDealer must actively look or not look at covers?
He may just not notice them. They may have no influence on him.
Yes, many people are influenced by covers or they must have the latest and greatest whatever because "influential" person says it is the greatest.
That does not mean that ALL people are influenced by something.
Oh and you mentioned that you judged people on their looks.
That proves that you are a very visual person.
There are some of us who just really don't buy or judge on visual stuff. That doesn't make us abnormal or less than human.
Those studies were done with very select groups of people.
As far as visual goes, I know someone that didn't realize Liberace liked guys until she read Behind the Candelabra.
And I don't know of anyone more flamboyant.
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I think you are a nice person, and actually I wanted to respond to one of your previous post but I got a guest and I forgot which thread it was (I was agreeing with you).
I don't think DiapDealer need defending, and you are not convincing me (even if you bring some very good points, I think they are overall unrelated).
I do judge people by their looks, as do everyone. I know it sounds bad, but fortunately we don't judge people ONLY by their looks. And as we are aware of it, we can try to compensate. Plus I'm not quantifying how much I judge by looks. Perhaps there's some very visual people as you say (I know you are right), and some less visual, but everyone judge using our senses (and vision remains an important sense for most people). People who are less visual are indeed human aswell, but they remain visual to some extent (unless blind or vision impairment, or perhaps even brain impairment! I work with neuro-opthalmologists ^^).
Best regards.