What is the first thing you do when you see someone you don't know?
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What is the first thing you do when you see someone you don't know? You identify the person based on the way they look. The old saying, "you can't judge a book by its cover," doesn't have much effect on you. You start making assumptions about the person's identity by the shoes and clothes they wear. That's what I make my assumptions off of. After I look at the clothes and shoes I consider the person a skater, jock, preppy or a geek (brains), without ever interacting with the person. What is it that makes me identify these people into different groups? I dress according to what type of music and activities I do, so I assume everyone else does. That is why I make these assumptions about people. And there seems to be an association between their dress and their activities. Let's talk about the jocks and how I...

