Sometimes people we are talking to judge us real quickly and we feel taken aback. So instead of saying “don’t jump to conclusions” or “That’s not how it is” etc. what would be some good expressions or phrases to use? Any good comebacks are welcome as well.
Offhand, I would say things like “Another way to look at it would be…”, or “On the other hand…” which aren’t outright contradictions but are a gentler way of saying you have a different take on it. “From my perspective…”
“When you assume, you make an *ass *out of u and me.”
To be completely truthful, I hate that expression, but it does make the point.
The only good comeback to someone pre-judging you and leaping to their own conclusions is to use those against him and point it out afterward.
For examples: if you talk slowly, with poor grammar, or don’t look like you speak their language and they take you as stupid you can use that to your advantage when you negotiate with them. If you are well dressed/spoken and speak in a comforting way you can probably get 1 good backstab or massive fraud attempt on them before you go to jail (if you are good at it, your mark won’t even know you were the one who ruined his life, jumping to conclusions works both ways FYI. Be careful about anyone).
If you want to teach your kids about the perils of pre-judgment, have them read The Phantom Tollbooth and watch Zootopia
“When you assume, you make an *ass *out of u. I’m still fine. And I get to point and laugh.”
I was just gonna say: when you jump to conclusions, you usually have to swim back again.
I am sorry but it appears that you have incorrectly used inductive reasoning when there is simply insufficient data to prove that point.
In the words of Sherlock Holmes in Study in Scarlet:
“It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence."
Look before you leap.
For a really original phrase, there’s “don’t rush to judgment”.
Don’t judge a book by its cover?
When you consume, you make cons out of u and me.