Does your physical appearance affect the way you....

I'm a thin 5'4" lady and I realized, if I was bigger, stronger, scarier looking, I would have no problem telling the big mouth behind me in the movie theatre to shut their trap, but since I am what I am, I sit there and take it. But online, ha, that's another story. If you're being an @$$ then I say so.

Does your physical appearance affect the way you interact with people?

 

I am a thin person who is getting fatter by choice, yes by choice.
If something is bothering me I deal with it, nicely then hostile.
If something is bothering you ask nicely to shut their trap and if you are not the only person who is being bothered others will most likely support you. Or you can tell them STFU and start something.

I am going to say you are a poser since you pretend to be one thing but are totally another.
RL and virtual should be the same since you are presenting yourself, but in here you can be anything and anyone, that's why I rarely trust people.

 

I'm a tiny girl... 5'2" and thin... but i'm a black belt in karate and i have no problem telling off people who are jerks

errr but i'm actually quite a nice person don't get me wrong.
just don't be an idiot...

 

In real life I'm other than on the internet too. I dare to express my opinion more times here.

 

Not really. I'm not afraid to speak my mind...ever. It's not like someone's gonna start beating me up or something, lol. If I have something to say, or someone's being dumb, they're going to hear it from me. There's no reason for me to be mistreated or to take crap from anyone just because I'm smaller than they are. That's not my style.

 

Kinda, that's why I got into karate 4 years ago. I'm no blackbelt like princessdracvla (I'm green belt) but I know some moves if I need to use them. I'm like 90% of the times peaceful until someone provokes me, but if that 'someone' is like 4 years older than me and also taller and gets to argue with me I don't argue back. I like staying out of conflict when I see I have no chance to defend myself. Other than that, I like stating my opinion too, and face the consequences. Oh and I'm also thin, but I guess being thin or fat doesn't really affect anything.

 

Yeah, I'm a total poser!



Anyway, in my experience, people tend to use their physical appearance to intimidate me. Normally I'm not intimidated if they're just there but if they have even the slightest problem with me they'll use their bigness to stand me up and stuff. Not that they'd ever hit me but whatever. Maybe I should just get over it and start speaking my mind (but not in an assish way). lol

 

Physical appearance does have an effect when you first see people, an initial evaluation of a person. A really big person could turn out to be really shy; a really small person could turn out to be aggressive. So, I don't think physical appearance has a substantial effect, but it still has a little one.

 

I say it kind of does. I mean if some guy is annoying me, but he's this huge dude, I would keep my mouth shut. If someone my size annoys me, they'd get punched in the face.

 

Yes, I've always been shy and clumsy because of my overweight. Now that I've a normal size I'm still shy, but I feel better with myself and I'm less gauche when there are other people.

 

Im trying to build my self up to build up a bit of my confidence. I think outward importance is quite important for other people's opinion.

 

I don't like to think so, I like to think that I speak my mind no matter what, but I know that isn't always the case. I think you'll be hard pressed to find somebody that doesnt take their appearance into account when interacting with other people in certain situations

 

Yeah I guess it kinda does.
If I was fatter I would be more self consious and wouldn't be the @$$ that I am to people sometimes lol.

 

Physical appearance certainly does affect the way i act around people that i am not familiar with . But with people that i know very well it does not affect me that much. I wish to change the way that i act in front of people that i am not familiar with because i feel that it is what is inside that counts. :yup: :yup:

 

I'm not even close to being big or tough-looking, but it never seems to keep me from speaking my mind. I kind of forget how I look a lot of the time, so I guess it doesn't affect me too much

 

i think the way you look does affect the way you act.

with myself the tattoo's and piercings make people weary. though i have always been an outgoing person. if someone is annoying me i'm more then happy to let them know.

 

I have admiration for you. I think that it is great that your feel and act this way.

 

not really...i'm about 5'6 and i tell everybody like it is. lol, i blatantly point out flaws in conversations with people.

I find it more intimidating, however, if the smaller guy sticks up to you instead of the 6'3 built guy.

 

Yes it does