🚀 go-pugleaf

Eric Pepke wrote:
> 
> In article <4n7srb$2ih@ravel.seattleu.edu>, onnie@bach.seattleu.edu (Onnie
> X. Granados) wrote:
> >       And this is the only point I'm trying to make -- if people decide
> > stuff about you *before* the fact, based *only* on the limited
> > information your car provides ... then I think that's a grievously
> > limited way of getting to know another person.  This is the realm of
> > stereotype, and it doesn't do any good for anybody.
> 
> I agree with you, but it doesn't matter--people will do it anyway.  Whether
> you walk into a business meeting wearing jeans and faded T-shirt or a crisp
> suit, and you WILL be treated differently.  This treatment will have
> absolutely nothing to do with what you have to say.
> 
> >       Thus my argument is aimed at those who would make a *blanket*
> > statement, such as "I don't think I'd date anyone who drove an old truck,
> > we wouldn't have much in common."  I believe that it would be worth your
> > while to learn more about *anyone* before deciding how much you have in
> > common.
> 
> I agree with you again, but I don't think that pointing it out is going to
> make anybody change their behavior.
> 
> For that matter, I'm not convinced that the statement "I wouldn't date
> anyone who drove X because we wouldn't have much in common" is an accurate
> description of motivations.  It's much more likely that the real motivation
> is something like, "It's politically incorrect to admit that I'm just as
> superficial as anyone else, so I'll present a rationalization that will
> make my superficial motivations seem like something deeper and more
> honest."
> 
> -Eric

But it is rather satisfying to know that when those "I'll never date 
anyone who..." people do find themselves falling for someone who "is 
nothing like my 'type'", they will (probably subconsciously) kick 
themselves for being so small-minded.  You know, back in the 60's when 
many netists were not even born yet(this is a bedtime story) there was 
this philosophy going around that clothes DO NOT make the [man] (we were 
still very sexist in the sixies).  What in hell happened??  All those 
former hippies are now the guys running the companies and making the 
decisions and running for political office.  Was it all just a transient 
phase they were going through?  Or did they decide to get mean when they 
started losing their hair?