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Do you ever instantly dislike certain people?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by JPC, May 8, 2013.

  1. JPC

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    This is something I've been thinking about for a couple of days. Sometimes when I meet people, they barely have to say two words before I decide whether I like or dislike them and whether I would like to pursue a friendship or not. I know it sounds weird and I probably sound like a bit of an asshole, but sometimes I just immediately dislike a person without them having given me any real reason to. Obviously I'm not outrigthly unfriendly to the person, but I just decide that I have no interest in getting to know them. Maybe it's something to do with body language or energy or something like that, I'm not really sure.

    Does this happen to anybody else?
     
  2. Vivarvoki

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    I do get this from time to time. Its more when its someone who has intruded in my life somehow. Like if my best friend comes over and some random person just invites themselves. Depending on their aura, it can either be accepted or denied. Its a reflex that I cant control....Im a monster :frowning2:
     
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    I don't necessarily immediately dislike people as such but I very definitely have strong and immediate feelings for whether I think I'll get on with someone or not, and oddly enough those feeling rarely seem to be wrong. Those feelings can sometimes come about before I've even spoken to someone so I think the body language/energy you mention is very much a part of it somehow.

    I'm always glad when I'm proved wrong and the person actually turns out to be lovely, but it's quite often weirdly not the case!

    Ah I dunno, I just think that's a very human thing to do. I don't think there's anything monstrous about it. :slight_smile:
     
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    I can relate to that. Anybody who smokes. I dont really like. Some with shaved heads who walk all cool. People who think that they just it. I like many people to by the way. I do judge some on how they act but sometimes they can be the total oppisite who you thought they were going to be.
     
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    Yes and then much later I realize they are actually very nice people and the ones I instantly liked are ...the not so nice ones. Though more often than not I'm right about people.
     
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    Yes, a million times yes. I think it's very normal for us human to do that. Like, let's say you just meet a guy/girl, sometimes you can just tell that he/she is a doucebag/b*tch. Like you say, the 'body language' and the 'energy' are big factors and first impression will play a huge part in it as well.
     
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    Not really. My criteria for disliking people is pretty all over the place. Like I don't care if someone is "bitchy", I think it gets stuff done, and maybe I just don't have a really good sense of first impressions. I can know within a (relevant) conversation or two if they're someone I'd have any interest in pursuing a friendship with, and if they're not I just go on my way.
     
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    Yes I am like that too. It is rare, but sometimes I get a bad feeling or they just rub me wrong. The last time was 2011 when my ex and I spent 7 months in a RV park at Daytona Beach for the summer and Ken would always seem to find any dirty old man around and get close to them. He had a serious attraction to old men, anyway this one pulled in to the spot next to us and I did not like him the first meeting. I told Ken my feelings and we fought about it (he did anyway) and they became best friends. I kept to myself and dealt with it. I told him my vibe was he was a perv. In September when we got home, Ken started talking on the phone with him and we went and met him for dinner at a buffet. The next day the FBI came to our farm and heald us in my kitchen questining us about him and took us to where he was and raided him arresting him for being a child poronographer. For over 10,000 pics, and porn with children as young as 8. He was on the run from up north where he was from and hiding in RV parks. Yes June's instincts were dead on! He was a perv! The FBI would not tell us anything, I read it online it that town's paper about the raid the next day. Right after that I knew Ken had to get out of my life before he got me into trouble, and though I was in love with Mike anyway and had been for years, I knew it was better to be alone than with someone who abused me and did not care about my safety. (which Mike at that point was a daydream since I thought he would never accept or love me) Within a month I sent Ken down the road So my advise is when you get those feelings go with them because that person might be bad for you in some way. It's like a warning! June
     
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    Oh my God, that's awful. Goes to show though that you should always trust your initial instincts.
     
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    Definitely. I'm a very intuitive person and sometimes I just get a bad or weird vibe from a person when I meet them. That's not to say that I won't eventually change my mind about them (because that has happened to me before) but more often than not I am right in my initial judgement of people. I don't think it's anything to be ashamed of. We all make judgements about people when we first meet them. Even if a lot of people are too cowardly to admit when those judgements are negative, everyone does it.
     
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    All the time. However, some of my closest friends are people that I instantly disliked when I first met them. It's good to acknowledge your immediate intuitions, but don't write someone off because of it.
     
  12. Most of the time no, but it does happen. It's probably worth mentioning that 9/10 times it's happened to me Its later been proved to be the right call.
     
  13. Rosemarried

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    I tend to dislike people very quickly, simply because I judge on actions and attitude. When some one acts ignorant and behave in an obnoxious manner- I will instantly dislike them. Hate them even... Also, hoity-toity people. The rich privileged individuals who are sheltered and oblivious.
     
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    I'm going to sound like a monster, but I pretty much dislike everyone on principle. As a friend of mine used to say, I don't discriminate, I hate everyone equally.

    You kinda have to prove yourself worthy to gain my attention. :/

    I'm a lot nicer online, though.
     
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    Since I don't trust anybody, I tend to dislike most (if not all) people, but some more so than others. Mostly depending on the way they talk and interact with people, how they dress, how they act, etc. I don't fully close people off though, I can still interact with people I dislike without really having a problem, and sometimes they end up proving me wrong. Rare, but it happens. Still don't trust them, but at least I don't dislike them as much at that point.
     
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    I can always tell within 1 minute of talking to someone whether or not I'm going to like them / get along with them.
     
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    Yes, definitely. I have a colleague at work who I just can't take to. Something about him doesn't sit right with me, I don't feel comfortable in his presence.

    I'm not judgmental but I'm a pretty quick judge of character. If I don't like a person I still try to be civil.
     
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    if someone has a creepy smile, but dead, lifeless eyes, yes, I instantly dislike them, because I have never met such a person that turned out to be a good person worth liking.
     
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    Whenever I am introduced to someone, there are qualities that I find (which might make them a douchebag).
    1. If they talk about what they have, with whom they slept, etc. excessively
    2. Let me say around 5 words while they dominate 97% of the convo
    3. Are REALLY LOUD IN A GROUP SETTING
    4. Wear certain clothing styles.
    5. Have a stupid ass grin that I want to punch into their face.

    But I can't judge them. It's hard not to, nonetheless :frowning2:

    Otherwise, I don't like smokers nor know-it-alls (or the ones that try to one-up everyone).
     
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    This. Exactly. :thumbsup:

    I feel like this because at the end of the day, I know I won't try to take anything from you since that's never been my style but I have no :***: clue what your intentions are.

    In the semi-words of Azealia Banks "What's your friends like homie, :***: are you into?!" :roflmao: