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24 June 2016

Friday Question NOT from the Book of Questions Is there one thing you tend to notice first when meeting another person?
posted by: bearwife at: 18:22 | 15 comments
I tune in first to age.
posted by bearwife 24 June | 18:23
Smile!
posted by thepinksuperhero 24 June | 18:47
Hair I think
posted by bluesapphires 24 June | 19:47
Teeth.
posted by senyar 24 June | 20:14
Like Senyar, teeth.
posted by msali 24 June | 20:15
I think eyes but I've never really thought about it before.
posted by amro 24 June | 20:36
It's really kind of a gestalt, isn't it? I guess I notice whether they remind me of anyone.
posted by miko 24 June | 23:16
For me, it depends on the gender. For women, I tend to take-in the entirety of their face, because I am really fascinated by the variety of faces women present to the world though their makeup. Once I take that in, I suppose I center on eyes, as that seems to be the area that receives the greatest amount of attention, makeup-wise, and seems to convey a lot about themselves.

For men, I think I tend to check their hands first. I think that's because, when meeting another man, it's pretty much a given we will shake hands, and I get squicked-out by unkempt hands and especially nails. Long nails on a man are especially unnerving to me. One doesn't have to go to a salon to keep your nails neat and tidy. And, there's also the matter of the size of their hands. I'm not blessed with big, burly man-sized mitts, so, if he has big hands, I know I'll have to adjust my grip a bit.
posted by thorzdad 25 June | 10:43
Whether they are more or less than 6'6'' tall.
posted by jouke 26 June | 06:45
I seem to notice the way they are carrying themselves: tentative, confident, downcast, aggressive or whatever.
posted by mightshould 27 June | 05:46
Eyes, I think. Unless there's something otherwise striking about the person, like excessive height. [peers upward at jouke]
posted by JanetLand 27 June | 07:03
Their voice, in particular any accent they may have.
posted by fig 27 June | 07:18
Posture, I think. I notice how people carry themselves, whether they seem confident in their bearing.
posted by gaspode 27 June | 08:35
Wat do yoe mien bay dat Fig?
Yoer talking about mie arrent yoe?
posted by jouke 27 June | 10:12
Chins.
posted by stynxno 28 June | 12:21

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