Do people often misjudge you based on your looks?

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people always tell me how laid back I come across, if they only knew how fucking worried i was half the time, I cover it by joking around and laughing
 
"You in the military?"

At least once every couple weeks.

Also, most people are pretty surprised by the type of music I listen to(hardcore metal) cuz I dress pretty normal and dont have a bunch of tattoos or anything.
 
DominoKid said:
Apparently I have an angry face.
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I've gotten that a few times as well.

jufonuk said:
people always tell me how laid back I come across, if they only knew how fucking worried i was half the time, I cover it by joking around and laughing
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Trust me, I feel you there brother.

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I don't know, I think my looks have held me back in some respects of life but they are what they are and you can't really immediately do anything about them. Just got to deal with them the best you can and accept what you have.
 
From what some people say to me, I've been 17/18 for several years now. Fortunately I haven't been getting that so much lately, but it still happens occasionally. Apart from that most of the misjudgements I receive tend to be ethnicity-based: eg I've been assumed to be Italian, Brazilian, or Vietnamese. I'm Anglo-Chinese.
 
I think some people get a little bit weirded out when they find out just how crude and vulgar I am.

I've also had people surprised by how cheery I act since I often go around sporting major bitchface.
 
I look like a relatively normal person except for the pink hair. People are shocked when I tell them I'm a metal head. And they're even more shocked when I say I don't do drugs because of this. Come on people, they're not mutually exclusive.
 
Also, fuck being pale. That shit sucks. I always think people think I'm some basement-dweller because my skin is the color of fucking paper. And no, I don't tan. I can't tan. I get burnt the fuck up in the Summer, and then I become a spectre in the winter. I've never tried one of those beds; don't think I can knowing so many people have developed cancers from them.
 
bjb said:
What are you worried about exactly?
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I got GAD, Panic attacks and Depression, beeb through a rough patch, getting CBT to help me out of it, but lets just say the expression I would worry about not worrying was me to a tee a few months back, I am trying to get a handle on it :)
 
I have been told I have boyish good looks. I see myself as sort of like a less attractive Brian Austin Green with longer hair. The misjudge part is that my boyish-ness hides the fact that I am an absolute freakazoid sexually and have extremely high standards.
 
In high school, I wore glasses to go along with being short. Kids would always cheat off of me, thinking I was a nerd.

Boy, did they realize that was a bad idea when they got their graded tests back.
 
Lucian Cat said:
I look like a relatively normal person except for the pink hair. People are shocked when I tell them I'm a metal head. And they're even more shocked when I say I don't do drugs because of this. Come on people, they're not mutually exclusive.
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In which country does being a metal head associate you with drugs? Not in finland I know that much.
 
People always assume i'm a drugsdealer apparantly. I get asked for coke/mdma at every party i'm at and bouncers always want to search me.
 
jufonuk said:
I got GAD, Panic attacks and Depression, beeb through a rough patch, getting CBT to help me out of it, but lets just say the expression I would worry about not worrying was me to a tee a few months back, I am trying to get a handle on it :)
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Like I said, I know how you feel, man. I'm not going through that same kind of stuff exactly, but it has been a tough year for me too. I'm glad that you're doing better now, and are continuing to do better. Sometimes it's good to remember everybody has serious problems, and are dealing with them everyday. There up and and downs in life, but you if you make it out the other side then you're still there.
 
Drazgul said:
My neighbors apparently think I'm in an outlaw motorcycle club, which is pretty funny.
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Do you look like this?

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"Hey man the Lakers are gonna take it this year!"

"Yeah I heard they've been making a lot of field goals from third base. Exciting stuff."

0_0......>_>......0_o
 
I look much more together and successful than I actually am.

Also people seem to think I'm angry when I'm neutral.
 
I get the wrong ethnicity all the time, which sometimes takes interesting turns. When i was part of a math club at my college, 3 isrealis came and talked to me for awhile then never spoke to me again after learning that i was of Lebanese descent. :(
 
Izick said:
Like I said, I know how you feel, man. I'm not going through that same kind of stuff exactly, but it has been a tough year for me too. I'm glad that you're doing better now, and are continuing to do better. Sometimes it's good to remember everybody has serious problems, and are dealing with them everyday. There up and and downs in life, but you if you make it out the other side then you're still there.
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Cheers yeah, it really does help to know you are not alone, but at the time you think you are all by yourself in your troubles, seeing the threads on GAF and just stuff happening in my life to change it around (slowly) is helping me get more posistive and well be my old self :)
 
I look much younger than I am due to my clothing style.

So a lot of people think I'm 26 or something, while I'm 34.
 
I rock a beard, look lighter than most south Asians, people think I am a super religious Muslim despite my non-belief in anything.

It is a shame because I love rocking a beard, I think it is one of manliest superficial expressions a man can do. But I know once I graduate, I am going to have to shave it and conform.
 
Anteater said:
People seem to like asking me for directions, I must look like a dude that knows the neighborhood well.
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Me too. I get singled out from tourists around Times Square all the time. I was with my coworker for lunch and it kept happening all in one day one time, I asked her WTF? She said I had a young clear face and I looked like someone people could trust.

I am a really nice guy too, always looking to help people out, I guess it comes across.
 
Bit unrelated, but one time I was walking and these young ghetto girls approached me for a cigarrette. I stopped and pulled out my box of Marlboro Menthol Lights.

One of those chickens said, these aint Newports... you white.

I was at a lost for words.
 
I'm an assistant manager at the store I work at, and every time I introduce myself as a manager, there's always that awkward moment when they have to re-evaluate me. That, or when I walk up with someone else who isn't a manager, but older than me, they start talking to that person over me.
 
I've being informed that I tend to look bad a people. Apparently I have a Mean Look, like if I don't like them or anything. I don't like this :(.
 
People always think I'm mad. My default face is somewhat... cold, I guess.

Like some of the other women on Gaf, I suffer from Chronic Bitchface. That's why I wear the box. :)


kisaya said:
People think I'm pretty conservative. I get a lot of assumptions based on how I dress and look, which is can be pretty annoying and frustrating, but because of the way a lot of Muslim girls put out themselves to be I can't really blame them sometimes.

I act pretty nice and I look really young so I'm also perceived as pretty innocent and naive as well, haha
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You aren't? *_*
 
People told me I come across as intimidating and not very approachable due to how I walk and my general facial expression. Not really sure how that is, but nothing I can do about it.
 
leadbelly said:
Does your mother know you're on these forums? :p
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Going places with my mum is the worst :( People think I'm even younger! If they were putting me at 15-17 before it becomes like 13-15 with her. Its all "has she started high school yet?" while I'm right there. Yes. Almost 10 years ago now.
 
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