QOTD Thread II - 420 - Favourite question so far?

[MercyWalk]

Of other people? I tend to think positive of most and they for the most part pull through

[Integrity]

first-interaction impressions are completely unreliable

i'd say that tops half of my first impressions hold

EDIT: case in point, my first impression of noted serenes forest dot net poster nightmarre

Edited September 2, 2014 by Integrity

[peener weener]

I used to have almost only negative first impressions and now i have almost only positive first impressions

I say it works out for the best this way, accuracy notwithstanding

[Original Alear]

I get lots of negative impressions from people but I try and shrug them off, because I think I'm just being bitter. I think I'm mostly off the mark in that regard.

[Phoenix Wright]

generally, first impressions are not reliable. i don't trust anyone to accurately infer the way someone is based off of an initial meeting. and again, i mean this generally. one may of course come across people who are, for whatever reason, very easy to read.

[Lance Masayoshi]

I usually see someone as either a bad person or good person ect, depending on how they act

But when I get to know some people, they actually are good people(well most of them.)

[peener weener]

generally, first impressions are not reliable. i don't trust anyone to accurately infer the way someone is based off of an initial meeting. and again, i mean this generally. one may of course come across people who are, for whatever reason, very easy to read.

i know a couple of people experienced in psychology who can fairly accurately "read" someone after some conversation

[Phoenix Wright]

that's true. i wasn't really thinking of professionals (though i should have been), just the average joe.

i'd probably trust specialists in human behavior, psychology, and the like in that case haha.

[Makaze]

Inaccurate on quiet people. Moderately accurate on talkative people.

[DreadFighter]

Accurate when not tired. So like 40% of the time. Maybe less.

[Moira]

I'm pretty good at knowing who I'll get along with and who I won't in real life but I have a really hard time getting impressions of people online

[euklyd]

there's still no better first impression than

I looked the man in the eye. I was able to get a sense of his soul

imo

[peener weener]

there's still no better first impression than

imo

to have any semblance of an idea about what the fuck you're talking about, i googled it. for reference, he was talking about putin. this is what he said about the russian man-cannon:

"I found him to be very straight forward and trustworthy and we had a very good dialogue. He's a man deeply committed to his country and the best interests of his country and I appreciate very much the frank dialogue and that's the beginning of a very constructive relationship."

[euklyd]

to have any semblance of an idea about what the fuck you're talking about, i googled it. for reference, he was talking about putin. this is what he said about the russian man-cannon:

"I found him to be very straight forward and trustworthy and we had a very good dialogue. He's a man deeply committed to his country and the best interests of his country and I appreciate very much the frank dialogue and that's the beginning of a very constructive relationship."

yeah that's the one

whenever I think my first impression of someone was hella off the mark, I remember that

and suddenly everything is alright

perspective is magical

[NinjaMonkey]

Terrible, unless it is completely obvious that they are a complete arsehole.

[eclipse]

I can tell two categories: RUN, CLIPSEY, RUN! and Okay. I'm learning how to make better judgments in the latter one (as it's a giant lump of People Who Don't Creep Me Out At First Sight).

[Parrhesia]

Question 346. What language do you most enjoy listening to? What about speaking in?

[MercyWalk]

I enjoy listening to arabic

Speaking English is favoured

Speaking Canotnese makes my voice all nasally and higher

Edited September 4, 2014 by Alb

[Passionfruit Cappuccino]

I love listening to arabic too, especially the Arabic soccer commentating. that stuff is gold to watch

I enjoy speaking Italian most as i'm currently learning it at school, so i enjoy saying what i am learning in a fluent manner

[Specta]

everything

everything

but I like listening to Russian most, if I had to pick

I like speaking English most because I don't have to think too hard to get RESULTS, though I really do love the sense of accomplishment when I manage to properly communicate with someone, however basically, in a language I'm trying to learn.

Edited September 4, 2014 by Specta

[Original Alear]

English...

[Freohr Datia]

Gaeliiiiiiiiic~ Probably out of several different biases

And I also like to speak English =3

[Kon]

Japanese for listening

Like, even before I knew what anime was I loved listening to Japanese songs and I dunno I guess I'm just a natural weeb ~o3o~

Also Gaelic

And English for speaking, I suppose, given that it's the only language I speak :c

[Junk]

Italian or Arabic IMO for listening and English for speaking.

Edited September 4, 2014 by GO WITH YOUR GUTREAD GUY

[Thor Odinson]

I prefer speaking Chinese to English overall but it depends on the subject matter; I would not want to talk about professional stuff in Chinese for example because most of my formal education is american and if I knew Italian better I'd like to speak it more than English too but right now I only know how to speak simple sentences

I do prefer dio mio to oh my god though

I like listening to Italian and Latin and Icelandic

Edited September 4, 2014 by Thor Odinson