In the moments before we are able to judge "what we think of a person", we are then totally reliant upon the things that we know about them. Our perception would be dramatically affected by what suppose that we know about them. If someone had told us things about this person that led us to believe that they were dangerous or arrogant or hilarious or eccentric or whatever, we are going to prepare ourselves to perceive the things that we are expecting. We look to confirm beliefs that we hold about the world, not to discredit them, so that leaves us primed to think things about something that we really have no business forming opinions about in the first place. Sure these pre-first impressions can be overcome if the reality is nothing like what we were told it would be, but I think that oftentimes it can impair us severely.
If I were to, say google items on Etsy that featured Rumi quotes, I would get a bunch of results like the ones in the picture. Actually, I would get exactly what is in that picture.
Now if I had to think about what kind of people would purchase items like the ones the ones above I would probably say a mix between
and the ever obnoxious white girl. However, that opinion isn't quite fair. Because I don't really know what "kind" of people would buy any of those products. No matter how much I believe that those smug, opinionated, and affluent people would cherish items like these because they fancy that they simultaneously display their artfulness and intellectualism, I can make no judgement calls about someone who pays $55 for a (poorly done) poster that features an a dramatic pile of typographical vomit.
At least not out loud.
~V 1.0~
