Guest Post by Hardscrabble Farmer
The other day I stumbled onto a series of clips of comics being heckled on YouTube. As I was scrolling through the screen caps of each clip I noticed one face and inside my mind I heard a voice tell me, ‘He’s English’ and I clicked on the link. Now I had never seen this person before, the image of him was a close up of his face half obscured by a microphone and no other clues to his location or identity. The title was something ambivalent like “comedian shuts down heckler” or something like that.
The first words out of his mouth were in a rich British accent and the rest of the clip was almost an afterthought. I dwelt on that phrase I’d heard though, clear as a bell, “He’s English”. We sense these things all the time. Our mind has a lifetime to assemble the myriad interactions and observations we encounter, and to create some sort of order from it all, a means of cataloguing and indexing every bit of data, each impression upon our senses. For the most part we benefit from this innate hard drive we possess without ever really being aware of it.
All the subliminal nudges we receive that tell us not to go there or to listen to that, to wait just a fraction of a second longer at a dangerous moment, or to move just a bit faster to avoid some impending collision all take place how many millions of times in our lives without our ever being cognizant of its organized and highly accurate nature when assessing probabilities? It is impossible to refute almost as surely as it impossible to prove. We are either hip to what the voice is telling us to do, or we suppress it in order to continue down some certain path that ends in our destruction or dissolution.
I have no idea how I knew that the guy I saw in that half inch by half inch square on my computer screen was British. I’d never seen nor heard him before and I am not an expert on English faces, at least consciously, but the voice knew with complete assurance. We know a great deal more than we think we know but we lack the ability to trust in our own well of knowledge, to rely on the instinctual nature that has been gifted to us and hardwired into our central nervous system as surely as muscular reflexes or our unbidden heartbeat.
I spent the better part of my own life forcing myself to tamp down my inner voice in social interactions because I had been raised to be polite, to accept every single person I met with complete and unrequited equanimity and to behave as a fair person. While good fortune often protects children as an adult I slowly began to notice that the voice was extremely accurate in it’s microsecond analysis of new faces and that my previous altruistic nature was often wrong in placing trust where it had yet to be earned. I noticed it not in myself at first, but in my wife.
She has what can only be described as a gift intuiting the nature of new people we have encountered in our lives. At first I would either dismiss her concerns out of hand or later, the more often she’d been proven correct, to shame her into denying her instincts because it ‘wasn’t Christian’ to prejudge. Of course it was reason that finally won the day for me when I realized that my wife’s track record for picking winners and losers was often in the 90’s range while I was lucky to be at the level of the flip of a coin. Since I learned from her to pay attention to the inner nudges my record has reached parity with her own, and I no longer dismiss things I cannot readily explain, but which remain remarkably efficacious.
The following publication, Machine Learning Models Are Capable of Predicting Sexual Orientation From Facial Images, written by John Leuner is a study which will likely be heavily suppressed. Much like the AI models Google launched that immediately turned into racists or the Twitter AI chatbot that did the exact same thing, both of which were pulled from the public for their failure to not do what they were designed to do by learning from experience, the study proves what should not be and does so in a manner that contradicts The Narrative very effectively.
Both the Introduction of the study and the Motivation page indicate that the purpose of the study was to find out why people were able to identify readily something that should be- at least according to our current social models- either imperceptible or deliberately ignored because of the effect it has on those who have been noticed. An odd premise from which to launch a study, but the results made it worthwhile by completely flipping the script on those who funded it. If a computer model can accurately identify a gay person from looking at their features, why exactly is that wrong? Science was predicated upon discovering what is, not what ought to be.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1902.10739.pdf
Physiognomy is real. It is neither perfect- as nothing in the natural world is- nor is it politically correct. While it remains a risky discipline in tense times, it is also a fairly reliable indicator of what to expect from the majority of interactions that are based on it’s fairly simple principles. What you choose to do with the cues you receive are completely up to the individual and ought to- unless one is of a criminal bent- help to make each interaction beneficial rather than resulting in diminished returns for everyone. We have an obligation to be moral in all of our dealing, but we do not have obligation to remain ignorant of reality, no matter what message it may send.
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Hard Farmer,
I take you as a serious thinker and read all your posts carefully, and you’re on to something with the physiognomy thing. In reading the news this morning, and thinking of some photos from the articles, it seems that I read the information first, which gives me an idea of what I think about them, then their photo confirms my belief.
Jaime Dimon. Rich self-righteous phkr who as a leader of the 0.01% thinks he knows best what’s for the rest of us.
Bill Barr. Don’t really know what to think until I see more of what he does. Potentially a real problem.
AOC. What a mess, and certainly an idiot. But dangerous never-the-less.
I’m curious what their faces tell you without my admittedly preconceived notions? I think you could do a very popular post by picking a few faces from the current news cycle and writing a paragraph about each.
Hope your leg is healing well and you get to enjoy the spring season, after a long winter. The snow is nearly gone here on the northern tribal plains.
It’s obvious. How many times have you seen a guy, and said to yourself: There’s a queer if there ever was one. Then they say something, in a faggot voice. Hilarious.
Then too are the photos of the criminal kneegrows. They all look dumber than a box of rocks.
I have that impression of Yokes, if anybody actually hears his lispy falsetto at HF’s campfire sing-along, please send me a recording.
AG: Artificial Gay-dar. What a time to be alive.
Here’s the thing, with way too many gay men they broadcast their sexuality as if it’s their only characteristic. How many straight men do you know (besides Stucky) tell you within 5 seconds of meeting them that they like Big Tits or Big Asses or prefer redheads? Any? Because for most straight men, sex is not the primary/only characteristic that they want to put out in the world. In fact, they want it to remain a private thing, which it should fucking be!
One thing I like about Dave Ruben is that I probably had watched at least 20-30 hours of him interviewing guests before I found out he was gay. And by then, my reaction was very much “meh”…I like his podcast, this new piece of information is in no way relevant. Which is how I would respond to anyone who was not right in my face with their supreme gayness.
As I said in the last post on the topic, of course Physiognomy is real. How many times are we told that some 90-plus percent of all communication is non-verbal. Uhh…What is Physiognomy Alex? It’s just a fancy term for a process our sub-conscious does every second we’re with other humans. Some people are better than others at masking their “tells” either consciously or unconsciously. Some people are great at reading people, some simply suck at it. In any case, it is a very useful social tool and a good thing to carry around with you as you move among the other meat-sacks.
I still wonder if exterior physiological malformations originate internally (like weak character bringing about a lack of discipline and then garbage in until garbage out)?
Or, do any character flaws emanate from outward malformations (like those who are physically unattractive getting socially rejected and isolated until internal character defects formulate and magnify)?
Maybe a little of both but for sure contingent on environmental context and free will; especially depending upon how each individual chooses to either overcome or surrender. And, of course, there are always those who aren’t self-actualized enough to even decide.
In any case, in my experience, it seems conservative-minded folks age better than those of the liberal persuasion; even when young. But that is based only upon observation and circumstantial evidence.
Because we are human and have multiple levels of existence; physical, spiritual, cognitive, emotional, whatever we haven’t discovered yet, we manifest these different levels based on the harmony or chaos that exists within. You’ve seen the comparisons between a girl prior to college and then after feminist indoctrination. The internal becomes external. And by the same token there are some people who have such beautiful and healthy interior lives that even though they may appear visually unattractive, something enables them to transcend that perception and radiate that inner balance and health.
So, yeah.
You said a mouthful. Joan Rivers said it better – Show me a girl with big bazooms and I’ll show you a slut.
Cat ladies aren’t promiscuous like beautiful girls are. But we aren’t interested in cat ladies, are we?
The new paradigm is to seek out the hot tramps. It’s not offensive to ask for sex on the second date; it is insulting to her to ask if she can cook and clean house.
that is a thin line, does the face reveal the mind, or does the mind make the face…
I’ve wondered this as well.
The girl on the left above has a wonderful mind.
Unfathomable, you are so shallow, you macho shithead. I almost look up to you.
I’m imagining…more than just no liberals.
“Matthew 5:28 KJB… “But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.”
No Kingdom for you…!
End snark…
yeah, like no lust and then, no babies….
Think about survival adaptation. Making split-second decisions on other humans (Friend/Foe, Trustworthy/Criminal, etc.) and then being mostly correct about those decisions is obviously a positive trait that we have been selected for over millennia. That’s why we don’t like diversity (strangers are inherently less trustworthy than our immediate tribe). A useful rule of thumb is the correct position is always the exact opposite of the socialist SJW left.
I’m curious as to what we can learn about ourselves from looking in mirrors. 😉
You learn that as the exterior ages the interior had better well be able to survive on intellect rather than looks….
Some of us were born to be hotties no matter what, my girl. I bet you are one too. Or One Two, if you like the uncola around here.
Hello, Onnie.
I can’t tell you what you might learn from looking in mirrors, but I will tell you what I’ve learned from staring into one off and on via a medium called “Old Photographs.”
By a strange twist of fate, Onnie, an old family photo album fell into my hands as if by intentional accident. I tried to turn its tattered black pages carefully, knowing how the un-coated and un-protected pages of twine-bound albums would lose their photos carefully tucked into slits on the pages meant to hold little black and white photos of tiny size framed with a white border to stand out on the black page. But the photos began slipping out and so I closed the pages to prevent further damage until I could determine what to do with what I held. I picked up the photos that had fallen to the floor and knew without a doubt I had found a picture of my Aunt Martha roughly the same age as myself in this photo. And the woman standing beside her at the Women’s college in Murray Kentucky looked like someone who wrote a poem I liked.
Photographs once told stories. Some still do.
I’ve seen your comments from time to time.
How’s this for a physiognomy moment… I can’t read the one about the dog. Nick and I had the discussion again about how he is NOT going to let me have Jacob stuffed by the taxidermist up the road, even if he did offer me a deal. Sigh.
Be careful claiming science proves anything. Lots of things science has proved or claimed that in the end just ain’t so.
Brits form their words differently within their mouths. Even if you teach them how to do an American accent, they will still “look British” when speaking. Hugh Laurie on “House” is a good example.
Well am not sure this is relevant. But my family were the Normans. When I hear an English accent the hair stands up on my neck and I smell blood.
My mother believed in physiognomy. She sure didn’t trust people whose eyes were set too close together! She was a wise, tough, determined woman!
Spoiler alert: It is jewish “intellectuals” who have been pushing the idea that stereotypes and things like physiognomy have no basis in reality because THEY are diversity and do not want the majority to kick them out.
I’ve pondered this greatly for many years, particularly in regard to Secondary Inspection crossing the 49th. I’m so good at it (being sent to Secondary, even with a Nexus Trusted Traveller Pass & zero/ nil transgressions ever) that I seriously believe that I could market myself as an aide to criminals.
Specifically, I go 1st – you’re #3. The Guard gets busy with me- questions/ scribbling indecipherables on a slip under the wiper blade/ typing furiously – & off to Secondary I go (where they find nothing ever).
You’re #3 because the Guard is flustered/ trying to catch up/ act normal/ process his interaction with me, & automatically calls ‘Next!’ for #2. That gives him a few seconds to de-escalate, calm down/ complete his notes/ look around.
Obviously, his line is now a little behind & you, the next guy, #3, are so banal that the Guard barely glances at you. Yes, of course we thought/ practiced beforehand – my hesitations, your nice upper middle class casual dress for that Bandon Dunes Golf Dream. Once past the 49th we settle up – you passed = you owe. No pass = no owe. Tyrone & Leroy await their new cellmate.
The facts on lying are consistent- the pro’s (cops/ 49th guards) maintain 54% success. Only Us Treasury agents hit 60%.
So what HSF is describing has relevance: the pro’s are highly trained in ‘useless’ (eye contact/ fidget/ slow response…)- go with your gut/ initial millisecond impression.
I’ve also been to lectures – kids go with the gut – adults do what HSF said – ‘can’t be prejudiced’/ ‘act rational’/ ‘learn’. The lecturers advice – be a kid.
‘But Mummy, the Emperor has no clothes.’
Wonder what it says about these shitbags? https://bongino.com/fmr-border-chief-warns-massive-surge-in-gang-members-coming-to-u-s/
Why is it so hard to not just put a bullet in animals like this?
If you do it, just don’t get caught….the reason it’s so hard to bullet riddle the above is because the law frowns on it and you will go to prison. Those two pioctured about actually look reasonably clean, no tats, piercings or do-rags. MS 13 rhey ain’t. Those f*ckers are evil, and they have been imported just like ISIS was brought to Syria.
Let’s test your physiognomic abilities further; what does The Voice in your head tell you about THIS fine man’s origins?
How about this dude?
I’m trying to figure out if that is photoshopped or just the ugliest cone-headed baby ever born.