I have a lot of these, frankly. Any adult gathers a list. What are your big ones?

My biggest? Someone who uses the term "micro-aggressions." Or who believes they are a problem.

Remember the poster of the cat hanging from a branch, and all the similar ones with sayings on them?

There is true wisdom to the simple saying "Don't Sweat The Small Stuff."

Why? Because you can't control it, and don't have the energy to deal with all of it. Ignoring small infractions is grease that allows society to function. But now we've got how many generations of soft, naïve, unchallenged whelps that would fold like a beach chair at the hint of real problems who think "micro-aggressions" are something we should all be concerned about. The key to why this is dumb, is in the first part. "Micro."

I do have a lot. Some aren't hard rules, for instance most of my cosmetic notes can be overcome by personality. Like:

Face and neck tattoos
Facial piercings (especially septum)
Those plates people put in their ears, whatever they are called
Dreadlocks
Pants low off the waist
Winter hats not in winter
Hats indoors
Skinny jeans
Pristine Carhartt
Spanx
Crocks outside your own property

I agree with all of them except the Spanx; not sure what the issue is there. Otherwise you're spot-on!

The use of hyphenated last names usually set off my
potential idiot alarm pretty quickly.

Anyone who starts telling you how smart they are is typically a dead giveaway.

Anyone who says the words:

"Sex assigned at birth"
"But that wasn't REAL Communism/Marxism"
"Latinx"
"Our Democracy"

I like your list.

Also, anyone that orders something like a "Venti Caramel Ribbon Crunch Frappuccino with extra caramel drizzle, extra whipped cream, extra Cinnamon Dolce Sprinkles, seven pumps of Dark Caramel Sauce, one pump Honey Blend, extra Salted Butter Topping, five pumps of Frappuccino Roast, and seven Frappuccino Chips, made with heavy cream and double-blended".

And lets not forget vocal fry ...

When someone says they believe in ghosts.

Or they have a "comfort dog"

I do however wear my crocs all the time running errands. But I don't particularly care either so...

Things that set off warning bells: purple or pink hair (not just highlights), uncommon hairstyles (spikes, Mohawk, etc), black lipstick, rainbow colored attire, fashionably torn pants, dressing in all black on a hot summer day.

People who are really judgemental sometimes give me the worries.

Males (I didn't say "men") wearing skinny jeans or "capri" - i.e., ending about halfway down the calf - pants, nail polish or "douche knot/saddle horn" hair buns. Females (and males, but it looks worse on them) with excessive tats or unnaturally colored hair. The latter is disallowed for employment at Buc-ees.

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Originally posted by WaterburyBob:
And lets not forget vocal fry ...

This is my #1. It immediately flips the OFF switch and I'm done.

Also:

- Otherwise beautiful women covered in tattoos. Clearly you have a pattern of making bad decisions and I'll not waste my time on you.

- Anyone uttering the phrase, "I know...right?. Conversation over, I'm done and walking away.

Wow, I guess I must get dismissed by a lot of people then. I routinely wear a hat indoors around family and acquaintances.

Not in sit-down restaurants or other peoples homes or situations like that, but shopping? Absolutely.

That's fine tho, if you're the type of person who gets all pissy about that sort of thing, we probably wouldn't get along anyway.

I agree with most of the rest of the stuff listed.

I'm with Paul on these. The hat thing is what it is. If it's gonna be windy I probably have one on. And this is in spite of Navy 'covered' or 'uncovered' habits.

I still keep a 'gig' line. That's a habit I will likely never lose.

"What's your sign?"

I have no idea what spanx is and don't care.
But when I meet new people early in the conversation they ask what I do for a living.
When I say I drive a truck, they look down their nose at me and the conversation ends pretty quick. Piss on them. I don't have a college degree but I have more common sense than most of them.

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Originally posted by Schmelby:
When I say I drive a truck, they look down their nose at me and the conversation ends pretty quick.

Haha, in my case it can be a handy tool for ending conversations I don't want to be in: "I work in a factory."

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
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Also:

- Otherwise beautiful women covered in tattoos. Clearly you have a pattern of making bad decisions and I'll not waste my time on you.
<<snip>>

I know... right?

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Originally posted by vthoky:

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Originally posted by Schmelby:
When I say I drive a truck, they look down their nose at me and the conversation ends pretty quick.

Haha, in my case it can be a handy tool for ending conversations I don't want to be in: "I work in a factory."

I knew one guy who was a multimillionaire, he did have a multimillion dollar house, but to meet him on the street
he wore tshirts cutoff shorts and flipflops and drove a Chevy. He treated me like a regular Joe. Sadly
cancer took another.

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Originally posted by vthoky:

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Originally posted by Schmelby:
When I say I drive a truck, they look down their nose at me and the conversation ends pretty quick.

"I work in a factory."

I delivered to about every factory in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky at one time or another. Met a lot of great people and some that would cut your throat for your wallet if you turned your back on them. Many people live sheltered lives and don't realize what the real world is like. Some factories weren't in the best neighborhoods.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:
Wow, I guess I must get dismissed by a lot of people then. I routinely wear a hat indoors around family and acquaintances.

That's fine tho, if you're the type of person who gets all pissy about that sort of thing, we probably wouldn't get along anyway.

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Originally posted by Schmelby:
I have no idea what spanx is and don't care.

Spanx are close fitting clothing, that most people shouldn't wear in public. I think you guys misunderstand what I'm cooking. I don't care what people do, generally, unless they're directly fucking with me or my family.

I'm simply saying, there are observable things about people, which tell me things. Also, don't discount what I said here: "most of my cosmetic notes can be overcome by personality."

If you routinely wear a hat indoors, fine by me. You're telling me something. We all size people up. We are social animals. People certainly do things expressly because they know people will surmise something.