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Originally Posted by Plato
The symbol means what it means to ME.
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That's fine, but there are ramifications. I don't believe "off the record" exists in nature. People will form perceptions of you, most of whom don't know you based on your appearance, actions, job, vocabulary, etc, and once an impression is formed, deserved or not it will affect and follow you.
Consider someone who locks their keys in a car three times in one day, most of us would think that's pretty dumb. Say perception is Sarah Palin is an idiot, and Einstein was a genius. If each of them locked themselves out of their car three times in a day, people for this very same act would cite this as evidence, that " wow that Palin sure is dumb" but "wow that Einstein is such an absent minded genius".
or put another way on the " Common Sense Tips for Life List"
"Unless you are cool being associated with Nazis, don't get your picture taken posing next to a flag with SS runes."
falls somewhere between,
"flossing is a good idea"
and,
" don't get your wife a vacuum for Xmas."
