Do You Judge?

als463 · #1 01-05-2010, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by knight_shadow

I'm not sure how long you knew that guy. If you'd known him for a while and built a friendship before he revealed his beliefs, would you have stopped talking to him?

Hmmmm...that is a good question. I would have to say, maybe. I only knew him a little. He was in my Army tech. school with me. I didn't really know him that well. I will say that I dated a guy my Freshman year in college who I later found out was an Atheist. I tried to get over it. I just couldn't do it. He was so pissed that I broke up with him for that reason. I just couldn't date him.

knight_shadow · #2 01-05-2010, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by als463

Hmmmm...that is a good question. I would have to say, maybe. I only knew him a little. He was in my Army tech. school with me. I didn't really know him that well. I will say that I dated a guy my Freshman year in college who I later found out was an Atheist. I tried to get over it. I just couldn't do it. He was so pissed that I broke up with him for that reason. I just couldn't date him.

I think dating is a little different. If you're trying to build some sort of life with someone, it makes sense to have similar belief systems.

One of the perks of friendships (in my mind) is being able to interact with people with different backgrounds. If I was only interested in talking to people that were EXACTLY like me, I'd have no reason to talk to anyone else -- I could hang out with myself.

Again, as long as people realize that others may or may not share their beliefs, I don't have a problem with them.

cheerfulgreek · #3 01-05-2010, 05:38 PM

Yes, I do it. It's just that there are certain people I don't like to associate myself with. I don't feel about it, though, because everyone is biased about something or someone to some degree.

sceniczip · #4 01-05-2010, 05:40 PM

I judge people who put out professional ads with glaring misspellings. I'm not talking about small things, I'm talking about things that if you had bothered to hit the spell check button, it definitely would have caught the mistakes. I refuse to do business with people like that.

I'm pretty judgmental about grammar and spelling in general and have to fight the urge not to correct some people (like professors when they're writing on the board in class) but my grammar and spelling isn't perfect by any means so I try not to let it influence me too much.

Sorry if that wasn't as deep as religion and race and such

thetygerlily · #5 01-05-2010, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by sceniczip

I judge people who put out professional ads with glaring misspellings. I'm not talking about small things, I'm talking about things that if you had bothered to hit the spell check button, it definitely would have caught the mistakes. I refuse to do business with people like that.

I'm pretty judgmental about grammar and spelling in general and have to fight the urge not to correct some people (like professors when they're writing on the board in class) but my grammar and spelling isn't perfect by any means so I try not to let it influence me too much.

Sorry if that wasn't as deep as religion and race and such

That's a good one too. I used to be a recruiter and you'd be amazed at what people will put on their resumes. You get 1-2 pages to promote yourself and you choose crap? Awesome. I also have an aunt who believes that all plural words end in apostrophe-s. Thank's, your's, cookie's, anything goes. Is it THAT hard to learn possessive and plural rules? Or basic spelling? I suppose I interpret that as either not detail-oriented or not caring.

sceniczip · #6 01-05-2010, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by thetygerlily

That's a good one too. I used to be a recruiter and you'd be amazed at what people will put on their resumes. You get 1-2 pages to promote yourself and you choose crap? Awesome. I also have an aunt who believes that all plural words end in apostrophe-s. Thank's, your's, cookie's, anything goes. Is it THAT hard to learn possessive and plural rules? Or basic spelling? I suppose I interpret that as either not detail-oriented or not caring.

Yeah... That basically sums it up. Or people who think it's appropriate to use the letter "u" for you in a paper that's worth half your grade. REALLY?! REALLY?! Feels good to get that off my chest lol.