You ever meet someone and after talking to them and getting to know them you think, “yeah, I sort of figured they would have this personality because they look like they would”?

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I think people’s looks and personality correspond in a few different ways.

One is that people’s choices for style and personal care reflect their personality, so having fancy clothes indicate a person who cares enough about looks to put in the effort.

People also can choose to associate themselves visually with different groups, and if they identify with that group they likely have similar values, including those around personality.

Even things someone can’t control, such as height, probably affect their personality because it changes the way others interact with them in society.

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Yes, because a person’s clothes, hair, accessories, etc matches their personality

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Most of the time someone walking around with a frown is a grouch, someone walking around with a smile is kind. I dunno.

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Tbh, not reliably.

You could maybe make an argument about how a person ages with the lines of their face picking up patterns, but that’s still only going to be viable for a decade or two of a lifetime.

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I think it’s an imaginary concept that reinforces itself. If you get to know someone and realize that they’re a kind person, their physical traits seem to reflect that.

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