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TodorokiHayato
09/21/23 3:59:39 PM
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I'm not asking for any pop culture reference from blogs and the likes of men's magazine, but I am looking for anecdotal clues as to how one could tell? I'd like to assume everybody here has gone through more "shit" than your average person, therefore garnering key wisdom into understanding the human psyche. Your insight could help the next person from getting pooped on.

I have the bad habit of associating people with neck tattoos to be degenerates. It's horrible I know and I shouldn't base my judgement on someone's exterior.

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Dreepapult
09/21/23 4:00:56 PM
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Dungeater
09/21/23 4:01:29 PM
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it's really not for me to say who's a bad person or not. but i do judge character based on stuff like:

if someone knows the right way to behave or thing to do, and doesn't, then that does rub me wrong

or if someone is obviously bigoted in some manner, then ill find them distasteful as well

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CoyoteTheGreat
09/21/23 4:02:15 PM
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I mean, I do think being tatted up head to toe with very ugly and amateurish tattoos would probably be a sign of at the very least poor self-control, and people who have poor self-control generally aren't great people. Neck tattoos specifically though? I don't think there is any particular significance in that. The content of the tattoo, and whether there seems to have been some effort that has gone into it or not, seems more important to me.

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Vokrent
09/21/23 4:02:32 PM
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i can usually vibe it.

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A_Good_Boy
09/21/23 4:04:24 PM
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Ask them if they like their spouse.

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EthanSilver
09/21/23 4:05:28 PM
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Hard question. And it's a "case by case sort of thing..."

I personally don't think it's "good" to judge someone by outside appearances alone... but seeing as you yourself are sort of self aware, I wouldn't call you "bad." More "good," then anything...

I guess what I'm trying to say it's more how open and receptive one can be, in a sense, then so much personal stances one might have. As nobody is perfect, and can be mistaken... I guess the point is having such a trait is a step in the "right" direction in terms of actually being "bad" or not.
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voldothegr8
09/21/23 4:10:37 PM
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I don't look at it as bad vs good, I look at it as those who I'd associate myself with and those I would not.

One big red flag for the would not column is a person that blames the world for self inflicted misery. Also people who refuse to own a fuck up.

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TodorokiHayato
09/21/23 5:21:59 PM
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voldothegr8 posted...
I don't look at it as bad vs good, I look at it as those who I'd associate myself with and those I would not.

One big red flag for the would not column is a person that blames the world for self inflicted misery. Also people who refuse to own a fuck up.
Ahhh interesting outlook. Are you referring to people that always play the victim and always take zero accountability for their actions? Sounds like all my exes.

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DarkChozoGhost
09/21/23 5:25:37 PM
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If someone gets mad if they hear someone listing their pronouns or asking for pronouns, then they are a bad person.

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EthanSilver
09/21/23 5:26:25 PM
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TodorokiHayato posted...
Are you referring to people that always play the victim and always take zero accountability for their actions? Sounds like all my exes.
Hey, you might be right.

But just think about how this sounds...

And in reply to taking "zero" accountability.
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TodorokiHayato
09/21/23 8:09:20 PM
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Doesn't that also depend on the culture too? Some cultures might find pronouns to be privy info that they don't want to share with others.

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Glob
09/21/23 8:11:31 PM
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If Im trying to gauge somebodys character, I normally look at how nice they are to people they dont need to be nice to.
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LSGW_Zephyra
09/21/23 8:13:22 PM
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Ask who they voted for/wanted to win last election.

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EthanSilver
09/21/23 8:13:57 PM
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TodorokiHayato posted...
Doesn't that also depend on the culture too? Some cultures might find pronouns to be privy info that they don't want to share with others.
True.

I'd say it goes back to how receptive one is of one another.

Or if you're asking, be considerate of the other's customs, but the in same respect, if you're being asked... take into account your different backgrounds. You can politely decline to share yours.
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EthanSilver
09/21/23 8:15:00 PM
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Glob posted...
If Im trying to gauge somebodys character, I normally look at how nice they are to people they dont need to be nice to.
This is fucking solid advice my dude!

Sorry for the bad word lol xP

But it is...

Sort of that saying, "want to see how good of a leader you have? see how they treat the least among you."
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09/21/23 8:15:17 PM
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Irony
09/21/23 8:45:59 PM
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Check their FB page

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Yawn_Master2
09/21/23 8:52:03 PM
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For me it is two things. The questions one asks, and the humor the person finds funny. I pretty much know everything about a persons character based on those two things.

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EthanSilver
09/21/23 8:52:53 PM
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Yawn_Master2 posted...
and the humor the person finds funny.

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Vicious_Dios
09/21/23 9:06:05 PM
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Can't speak for you or anyone else, but I avoid these types of people like the plague, or I've cut them off from my life completely for the better.

- Gossipers - If they talk shit of another person behind their backs like slimey bitches to you, then best believe that they're doing it about you too.

- Always asking for money, but it's a hassle getting your money back - An honest person will pay you back with you having to remind them or, worse yet, track them down and ask them what's up.

- Depressed, lazy, Woe-is-me, OPPRESSION OLYMPICS, whiners - Get rid of them. Sever all ties, and don't get sucked in to their bullshit drama. They are nothing but anchors.

- Sons/daughters who disrespect their family in front of company. - They're immature and ungrateful. Bad combo to invest in if you want to grow your friendship with them.

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EthanSilver
09/21/23 9:11:16 PM
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Vicious_Dios posted...
- Depressed, lazy, Woe-is-me, OPPRESSION OLYMPICS, whiners -

Aren't you a Red Cap?

Or am I thinking of someone else?
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A_Good_Boy
09/21/23 9:15:45 PM
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Vicious_Dios posted...
Can't speak for you or anyone else, but I avoid these types of people like the plague, or I've cut them off from my life completely for the better.

- Gossipers - If they talk shit of another person behind their backs like slimey bitches to you, then best believe that they're doing it about you too.

- Depressed, lazy, Woe-is-me, OPPRESSION OLYMPICS, whiners - Get rid of them. Sever all ties, and don't get sucked in to their bullshit drama. Theyare nothing but anchors.

- Sons/daughters who disrespect their family in front of company. - They're immature and ungrateful. Bad convo to invest in if you want to grow your friendship with them.
These ones for sure. I haven't ran into the money one, but these 3 for sure have resulted in relationships that were no longer worthwhile.

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DementedDurian
09/21/23 9:30:20 PM
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Some of them lurk on the Pokemon boards, geninunely engaging in Schadenfreude.

Seriously, those people are the worst. If your sense of worth is only made by bringing others down, you should have no right to engage with people.

I already have a racist grandfather who has to yell at drivers in a way where they can't hear him but me and my grandmother have to.

It isn't fair to us or the people on the Pokemon boards who want a positive environment to talk in.

And many of them say "Too bad, life's not fair.", mostly on cue.

Maybe life would be a lot fairer if those people simply stopped existing.

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gatorsPENSbucs
09/21/23 9:34:05 PM
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They dont hold the door open when someone is 2 steps behind them.

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Glob
09/22/23 2:13:55 AM
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Vicious_Dios posted...
Can't speak for you or anyone else, but I avoid these types of people like the plague

- Sons/daughters who disrespect their family in front of company. - They're immature and ungrateful. Bad combo to invest in if you want to grow your friendship with them.

That seems an odd one.

Can you explain what you mean by it?
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Kloe_Rinz
09/22/23 2:17:23 AM
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EthanSilver posted...
Aren't you a Red Cap?

Or am I thinking of someone else?
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Arcanine2009
09/22/23 3:04:42 AM
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TodorokiHayato posted...
Ahhh interesting outlook. Are you referring to people that always play the victim and always take zero accountability for their actions? Sounds like all my exes.
I've had coworkers like that. One in particular.
Yawn_Master2 posted...
For me it is two things. The questions one asks, and the humor the person finds funny. I pretty much know everything about a persons character based on those two things.
Can you go more in detail about the humor? I don't think sense of humor on its own determines if someone is bad (at least without context and more info on the person). Everyone goes through somewhat different to vastly different life experiences and finds certain things funny. Different humor is cultural, and a lot of humor (dark humor) also comes as a coping mechanism from trauma as well.

Nurses will joke about morbid stuff. But without knowing them really, you wouldn't know them.

What I do find to be one red flag though if a person tell someone making a joke that they aren't funny when they are giving a harmless joke (like a dad joke).

An obvious red flag is if someone jokes about killing or harming others.

Someone mentioned using humor to frequently put down others also

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Arcanine2009
09/22/23 3:09:04 AM
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Glob posted...
That seems an odd one.

Can you explain what you mean by it?
I hink I get what they mean. But you could extend that to anyone. It could be the parents, the significant other or a other relative that puts others down in front of everyone else


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Glob
09/22/23 3:14:55 AM
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Arcanine2009 posted...
I hink I get what they mean. But you could extend that to anyone. It could be the parents, the significant other or a other relative that puts others down in front of everyone else

With them there?

It just seems odd to single out parents as people who cant be criticised. Some parents really do deserve criticism from their kids.
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Cemith
09/22/23 6:11:19 AM
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Some easy litmus tests:

How they treat service workers
How they treat kids
How they treat pets

If they fail any of those three there's probably a deficiency of sympathy.

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reincarnator07
09/22/23 6:31:10 AM
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A combination of who they see as "inferior" and how they treat them.

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Ragtag28
09/22/23 7:06:46 AM
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Vicious_Dios posted...
Can't speak for you or anyone else, but I avoid these types of people like the plague, or I've cut them off from my life completely for the better.

- Gossipers - If they talk shit of another person behind their backs like slimey bitches to you, then best believe that they're doing it about you too.

- Always asking for money, but it's a hassle getting your money back - An honest person will pay you back with you having to remind them or, worse yet, track them down and ask them what's up.

- Depressed, lazy, Woe-is-me, OPPRESSION OLYMPICS, whiners - Get rid of them. Sever all ties, and don't get sucked in to their bullshit drama. They are nothing but anchors.

- Sons/daughters who disrespect their family in front of company. - They're immature and ungrateful. Bad combo to invest in if you want to grow your friendship with them.
Totally agree on gossips. I myself, is trying to teach to refrain from gossip as well.

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Akagami_Shanks
09/22/23 7:24:58 AM
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Ragtag28 posted...
Totally agree on gossips. I myself, is trying to teach to refrain from gossip as well.
Depends on the gossip

if its like workplace gossip, like so and so go in trouble, most people do it and it's not always negative so meh
if they are talking about their actual personal life tho that is nuts and they def deserve to be looked at

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Priere
09/22/23 7:31:22 AM
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If they bring up their political beliefs 30 seconds into meeting them, you're in for a ride

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TripleDouble
09/22/23 7:37:01 AM
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DarkChozoGhost posted...
If someone gets mad if they hear someone listing their pronouns or asking for pronouns, then they are a bad person.
This has never happened to you lol

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hockeybub89
09/22/23 7:40:43 AM
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Ragtag28 posted...
Totally agree on gossips. I myself, is trying to teach to refrain from gossip as well.
The person you're responding to has no right to talk about who is a bad person. He's just mad that no one wants to deal with someone who will never contribute anything positive to society in his entire life. He should be talked about more behind his back. Not like he'll do anything about it.

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Ragtag28
09/22/23 7:48:58 AM
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Arcanine2009 posted...
Someone mentioned using humor to frequently put down others also
Yah ots just straight bullying imo.

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Ragtag28
09/22/23 7:55:23 AM
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Akagami_Shanks posted...
Depends on the gossip

if its like workplace gossip, like so and so go in trouble, most people do it and it's not always negative so meh
if they are talking about their actual personal life tho that is nuts and they def deserve to be looked at
Not me. You can ruin innocent people's lives by doing something like that. Its why I refrain from doing it.

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Tom_Joad
09/22/23 7:57:36 AM
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The Golden Rule.

If someone talks about doing something and then, in the course of the conversation, you ask what they think about other people doing exactly the same thing around them...

... to which they respond negatively...

... then they're a shitbag.

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DarkChozoGhost
09/22/23 8:08:15 AM
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Another red flag is if someone pretends to hold beliefs they don't actually have.

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Vicious_Dios
09/23/23 4:37:38 PM
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EthanSilver posted...
Aren't you a Red Cap?

Who cares?

A_Good_Boy posted...
I haven't ran into the money one, but these 3 for sure have resulted in relationships that were no longer worthwhile.

You're lucky.

It's the same person who wants to borrow forty dollars from someone every time we go out in a group-trip because they always seem to "forget their wallets."

One actually cut ties with me because I drove us to their house and told them to go their wallet, but they never came out of their door again nor called me ever again. Good. Saves me the hassle of having to put up with their bullshit.

Won't be the first or last time that I remove people from my life.

Glob posted...
That seems an odd one.

Can you explain what you mean by it?


I'm saying if that's how they treat one of their closest relatives. Then you have to wonder how they treat complete strangers like waitresses, servicemen, etc. If they enjoy humiliating the people who gave then then I'll want nothing to do with you.

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Glob
09/23/23 7:47:31 PM
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Vicious_Dios posted...
Who cares?

You're lucky.

It's the same person who wants to borrow forty dollars from someone every time we go out in a group-trip because they always seem to "forget their wallets."

One actually cut ties with me because I drove us to their house and told them to go their wallet, but they never came out of their door again nor called me ever again. Good. Saves me the hassle of having to put up with their bullshit.

Won't be the first or last time that I remove people from my life.

I'm saying if that's how they treat one of their closest relatives. Then you have to wonder how they treat complete strangers like waitresses, servicemen, etc. If they enjoy humiliating the people who gave then then I'll want nothing to do with you.

That makes a bit more sense. So you wouldnt necessarily be judgemental if somebody made negative comments about their parents while they arent there?
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Vicious_Dios
09/23/23 8:04:33 PM
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Glob posted...
That makes a bit more sense. So you wouldnt necessarily be judgemental if somebody made negative comments about their parents while they arent there?

That depends entirely on the context of their comments. Even still, it's not my place to judge, but it IS a helpful indicator for me to spot on my trusty "continue-to-see-them' barometer.

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thronedfire2
09/23/23 8:05:50 PM
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my keen observational skills

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Glob
09/23/23 8:40:34 PM
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Vicious_Dios posted...
That depends entirely on the context of their comments. Even still, it's not my place to judge, but it IS a helpful indicator for me to spot on my trusty "continue-to-see-them' barometer.

So if I told you that my parents were scumbags that would make you less inclined to spend time with me?
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