I've been like this for a pretty long time, and now I'm finding it to be irritating when people prematurely judge others. I just don't see the point in passing judgment on someone you don't know. I mean, sure, first impressions go a long way, but who is to say that whoever you're judging is having an off day? As an example, if somebody on the highway is riding my ass and then blows past me the first chance he gets, I don't immediately assume he's an asshole. What if he was taking his pregnant wife to the hospital to give birth? I don't need that kind of guilt riding on my conscience. Likewise, on the same principal I don't go after women who are spoken for. If I don't personally know their boyfriend, I have to automatically assume he's the nicest guy in the world. If I don't know you, I have no right to judge you.
Because I have this train of thought, it annoys me when people assume things of others with no reasonable basis. Examples would be: assuming that certain girls are sluts simply by how they're dressed, or when it's assumed that international students are incompetent because they don't have the best English speaking skills. I just don't see the point.
On a related note, I also will not judge other people based on second hand knowledge. Just because you tell me that someone is a terrible person doesn't mean that I should accept that as true. The person you don't like might just have a personal grudge against you, which would most likely cause them to come off as less than friendly to you. What does that have to do with me? Nothing. And that's my point.
Question time,
Are you judgmental?
You can be honest - I won't judge.
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