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You both haven't hit it on the head. People have to trust what you say and what you do. How you present yourself partly determines how people perceive and trus
by alaskamiller 15y ago
You both haven't hit it on the head.
People have to trust what you say and what you do. How you present yourself partly determines how people perceive and trust you.
- pjscott 15y agoAre people who dress in spiffy clothing more likely to be trustworthy?
- unimpressive 15y agoNot necessarily. But people who look good benefit from the halo effect. So they get the trait of trustworthiness attributed to them.
- pjscott 15y agoAh, so it's a trick to exploit people's unreasoning instincts to your own ends. Cool!
- DrJokepu 15y agoI know this might sound shallow but the first time I meet someone, I actually judge that person based on the way he or she dresses (if I suspect that he could afford dressing properly). It tells me whether they care about themselves, whether they have a good taste. Ultimately yes, in my experience, there's a correlation between "spiffy clothing" and "trustworthiness". And I'm convinced that most people do the same, whether they admit it or not.
- rbarooah 15y agoPresumably this means that bankers are, for the most part more trustworthy than programmers.
- nknight 15y ago"Properly"... What is "properly"? How was "properly" determined? What qualifies you to judge whether someone is dressed "properly"?
- DrJokepu 15y agoFashion is clearly very subjective but it is also a visual language. If the way you dress within a context is communicating that you don't care about yourself, you aren't dressed properly.
- nknight 15y agoI wear what is comfortable precisely because I care about myself. By your logic, dressing in any manner other than shorts and t-shirts would either be communicating that I don't care about myself, or would be a lie. See how ridiculous this is?