<p>What are people's first impressions of you? </p>
<p>People generally perceive me as a confident and serious person. Then they will later discover that I am quite funny. Other people think that I am shy, but then they will learn that I just don't talk that much (I just don't do that many small talks). It bothers me how people generally associate quietness with shyness.</p>
<p>How contradictory.</p>
<p>to be fair, i do think the majority of quietness is due to shyness, so it’s not really a bad guess :p. </p>
<p>i would kind of prefer that people think my quietness is due strictly to shyness then to some other thing like ‘silent just because’. that opens the door to some poor first impressions i think.</p>
<p>Is quietness considered offensive in Western culture?</p>
<p>They usually stare at my hair… Everyone loves my hair. The rest of me is whatever. =P Beyond that though, they see me as quiet and polite… But after they know me for a couple of days, they generally see me as smart and never serious…=P And impulsive, sometimes.</p>
<p>People always think I’m so shy. Then they say, “OH MA GAWD, you’re the funniest person I know, you should talk more!” I get this so many times, you kind of get used to it, to the point where you just don’t care.</p>
<p>People probably think I’m arrogant… and if they don’t, they should. (nah, nah, half-kidding)</p>
<p>Anyone else think that first impressions are complete garbage and people should stop trying to make really fantastic first impressions? If people like you based off their first impression of you and continue to hang out with you, they’ll eventually realize your flaws anyways. If you try to make this perfect first impression, you’re just hiding your flaws and being dishonest.
Not saying you should just be a total jerk when you meet people, though.</p>
<p>I think first impressions are probably as important as they are made out to be, but a lot of the worrying over them probably doesn’t do any good.</p>
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<p>You have to describe your hair now :)!</p>
<p>Generally quiet and shy.
And a lot of people generally have an opinion about my hair as well; it’s kind of quite large and incredibly curly, so it stands out… doesn’t help much with the whole “quiet and shy” thing. </p>
<p>A lot of people I come across haven’t seen hair like mine before, so they always either like it, think it’s a mess and needs to be straightened, or think it’s interesting.</p>
<p>People always think that I am the quiet, shy girl. But, they soon realize that I am actually brutally (and sometimes cruelly) honest. And people always like to touch my hair, it’s kinda creepy…</p>
<p>People think I’m that awkward, funny, and nice girl. I tend to be quiet when meeting new people, but once I get to know them- BAM! Loud and proud.</p>
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<p>sometimes. unfortunately :(</p>
<p>hmmm…it seems like there’s alot of introverts on CC…</p>
<p>People think I’m loud, confident, talkative, athletic, random, bubbly, funny, etc. And then they get to know me and find out I’m really cynical and “deep”, like music that’s not always the most popular, and have a dry, sarcastic sense of humor.</p>
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<p>introverts? being quiet because you’re shy is not being introverted … it’s being inhibited :p.</p>
<p>people either think of me as really quiet or hyper or friendly. it depends on how I feel when I meet that person since mood affects my personality a lot, and my first impression always changes from person to person.
one of my good friends tells me that she thought I was incredibly weird and boring because when we first met, apparently all I talked about was my cat… ._.</p>
<p>People think I’m funny, which is ironic because I rarely talk whenever I meet a stranger.</p>
<p>When I first meet someone I always try to be extra nice, although I end up never knowing what to say…I am awkward around strangers. I guess I would just come off as kind and shy. My close friends know that I am actually strongly opinionated and heavily sarcastic.</p>