Lots of tattoos & facial piercings! Yes, I know I’ve just offended several people here (but this time on something other than religion, politics, & sexuality). There comes a point where it just seems to me like self-mutilation.
I’m biased against smokers. Unless they are already “grandfathered in” it will take a lot of mitigating factors for me to make friends or plans with smokers.
I tend to dismiss overly religious people and overly zealous Republicans as being less intelligent.
I tend to avoid people that talk too much or seem to have too much nervous energy.
Big black men tend to frighten me a little. Although this is mitigated by other factors. A big black man in a suit with glasses or at a scifi convention or who has a friendly aura doesn’t scare me as much. But pretty much any large man who is frowny, jocky, testosteroney, or fraty will make me wary regardless of race.
Any man who is significantly more attractive than me, or who I find attractive but unattainable makes me wary.
Any overly friendly man who I am not attracted to and don’t know well makes me a little wary.
None of these things except smoking would cause me to act overtly unfair or prejudicially though. I wouldn’t be impolite either but I might be more shy.
-Overly (and overtly) religious folks, this applies to atheists too. I’ll admit I’m less biased against atheists, but anyone that goes on a 3 minute diatribe on their religion or against someone else’s immediately loses points.
-Anyone who is stereotypical. When people really fit a stereotype, i.e. the big loud, assertive, but really nice black woman, the ubernerd (complete with nasaly voice), the well-dressed douche immedately make me uncomfortable. I may even LIKE them, but the fact that I can classify them so easily as something I see in pop culture makes me uneasy and less likely to listen to their advice (probably some hardwire due to the results advice from typecast people in sitcoms give).
-People who are too “normal.” I befriend people who when you talk with them about topic A we’re already on topic Z in 5 minutes, and topic Z will have nothing to do with A, like following a Wikipedia article. Or maybe they’re really hyper or come up with really, really crazy ideas on the spot. Anyone who just feels “collected” all the time or focuses on entirely typical human interests and not, say, willing to spend 3 hours in the library a week digging up reference books to plan world conquest for a year and a half (guilty with a friend) or some other absolutely stupid but fun idea just strikes me as boring. They may give good “solid” advice, but I like to try stuff that doesn’t work to see if I can modify it to work. Yeah, it takes me a few tries to get stuff right, but it’s usually BETTER than their “play it safe” contraption. As such I brainstorm and conceptualize with people who are hyper, with little sense of linearity like me and tend to (probably unwisely) devalue the ideas of more “traditional” thinkers. I do make exceptions to this rule quite often however.
-Smokers, I tend not to like them due to the fact I feel they probably gave into peer pressure too easily, but it’s mainly because I think I’m allergic to tobacco because whether it be a cigarette or a cigar I have to get out of the smoke immediately because my lungs lock up so I can’t be around people when they smoke.
-Conspiracy theorists. I’m not too bad with the people who don’t ENTIRELY believe an official story, hell, I always believe there’s more to the story, but 9/11 troofers and their ilk make my blood boil.
-Paranormal believers, again, if they just think there may be some merit, hey, no problem I agree there’s a tiny, tiny possibility there’s a ghost or alien SOMEWHERE. But anyone who shoves paranormal books, shows, and “evidence” in my face loses my ability to listen to them. Look, I WAS there when I was 11-16 or so, I’ve probably researched that stuff more in depth than you have as well* so don’t take it personally when I already know what you’re talking about, exactly how to refute it and tons of books, websites, and other various citations that expand on your topic of choice.
-Anyone who whistles at girls from a car or generally heckles people like that, or is utterly OBSESSED with getting sex in general. I carpool with a few people every day, on the way home we were stuck in rush hour traffic and of course, being in a college town, some admittedly pretty girls pulled up next to us. Now one guy wanted to roll down the window and yell well… seriously think construction site stuff at them. I locked the windows, and the guy actually tries to get out a PEN AND FUCKING PAPER to write the stuff and communicate. Luckily he forgot his pen, if it wasn’t for the fact that I have to deal with him for the next 3 years he’d have been out on the street walking then and there, but my disapproval was made very clear. Look, I have no problems with pre-marital sex, or trying to “get some” but be a gentleman about it. I know manners are somewhat relative, but I have more female friends than male friends and whenever someone talks to them out of a car window it’s never “oh, hey, I wonder if I should go out with him,” it’s always “:rolleyes: douche.” And occasionally they get a little upset because it almost feels like being picked on, and if there’s one thing I won’t do it’s let them upset people from my car.
That was a bit of a mini-rant, but to shorten things anyone who is so obsessed with “scoring” that they can’t be civil and act like wild animals immediately get dropped to 0 credibility points and it takes them forever to get up to the point where I listen to them again, and I’ll probably never listen to relationship advice from them because now I KNOW what types of people they go after, and I really don’t want to know what issues may crop up from people who would fuck me before they even see or talk to me.
Any uses of “you” in this post are directed at hypothetical people that fit the bias.
*Okay, I know this sounds funny juxtaposed with the “11-16” part, but I’m not one to let my obsessions go half done. Not to mention I STILL dig up the odd alchemical text or Malleus Malefactorum and such because it’s genuinely interesting, if generally crap. Most people “into” the stuff just go on /x/ and listen to people’s scary stories, I get into the nitty gritty of everything. I find most Christians operate this way as well, most people think I’m deeply religious because I can rattle stuff off the top of my head they didn’t even know about, but then they find out I believe in the bible like I believe in the Iliad, or how the muggle net folks believe in Harry Potter, I know cool trivia and can remember really useless facts, but keep it squarely in the realm of fantasy.