The idea isn’t that you shouldn’t learn anything from first impressions.

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Mar 28, 2025
7:54:43pm

bluesloth Truly Addicted User

The idea isn’t that you shouldn’t learn anything from first impressions.

It’s that you shouldn’t pass final judgement based on them.

That is true for book covers as well.

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bluesloth

Bio page: bluesloth
Joined: Nov 19, 2005
Last login: Apr 12, 2025
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“Don’t judge a book by its cover” became a misnomer and pretty dumb about

East_is_up

Mar 28, 7:23pm

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gwalker

Mar 28, 7:29pm

Uh excuse me ma’am, this is a BYU sports fan website.

East_is_up

Mar 28, 7:50pm

Deleted.

gwalker

Mar 28, 7:57pm

You are being overly sensitive and sanctimonious. I didn’t and have never

East_is_up

Mar 28, 8:05pm

Deleted.

gwalker

Mar 28, 8:08pm

I’ve been too hard on you. Sorry. I do believe what I said in general, but you

gwalker

Mar 28, 8:31pm

Fair enough. I believe what you said in general as well brother.

East_is_up

Mar 29, 1:33am

Confused by your statement that that saying is a misnomer. It’s an idiom

bluesloth

Mar 28, 7:38pm

Because it’s not true. You absolutely can and should judge a book by its cover.

East_is_up

Mar 28, 7:51pm

The idea isn’t that you shouldn’t learn anything from first impressions.

bluesloth

Mar 28, 7:54pm

Which is why I stated that. And covered it pretty well in the OP. And Catchings

East_is_up

Mar 28, 8:00pm

Yeah. So that’s why I’m confused you call it a misnomer. That’s not what a

bluesloth

Mar 28, 8:04pm

It’s literally the definition.

East_is_up

Mar 28, 8:07pm

The key is “designation”. Look up examples of misnomers.

bluesloth

Mar 28, 8:14pm

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