Do you care about what strangers think of you?

[Nihilego]

See title. Whenever we go out, we usually see people who we will never see again and who will have no real effect on our lives. Do you try to make an impression on them for the sake of being thought well of, or does it not bother you at all if strangers think positively or negatively of you?

 

[Sydian]

I don't really care what they think of me. Unless they are attractive. Then I care. Hotties cannot think badly of me. I must be grand.

 

[Palamon]

I couldn't care less what strangers think about me. I don't know them, so I really don't care. Same thing for people I know.

 

[Overlord Drakow]

Majority of the time I don't care about what other people on the street think of me.

 

[Broken_Arrow]

Nah,i don't give much care but sometimes feel curious to know how they see me?

 

[Sammi]

Assuming that these strangers aren't going to come eat at my store? I don't care. That's why I don't take the time to look absolutely amazing; 9 times out of 10 if I'm not at work I'm just going shopping and as long as I don't look like a complete mess, I don't care. Not like I'll see them again.

(At work I care a bit more, but even then I could look better. I save makeup for special occasions, not day-to-day wear.)

 

[PlatinumDude]

Yes, I do care what strangers think about me because I'm paranoid that they might talk about me behind my back.

 

[Ho-Oh]

I care, yes. It's why I actually put in effort into how I dress etc and try to act friendly because I feel like I'll somehow see them again and it'll pay off. There's also the fact that I want to make a good impression because of the career I want in the future: journalism. Journalism basically involves talking to random people, etc, so if I don't make a good impression now it may not be helpeful for me in the future, or at least that's my mindset.

 

[Eucliffe]

Unless they're strangers online, I don't really give a damn about what others think. I do what I do whether they like it or not. Only exceptions I make are when visiting places like colleges or working.

Online, I care a bit more about what people think. I don't want them seeing me in a bad way; in fact, I hope they would see me as an acquaintance at the very least rather than as an annoyance.

 

[Yoshikkko]

I catch myself caring sometimes and then I try to say to myself that 'I don't know those people anyway and I'll probably never see them again' and that really helps sometimes. I agree with Roswell though that online I think I care a bit more than offline. And with Sydian on the hotties lol.

 

[Binary]

No, can't say I really do. I don't try to make an impression on every stranger I meet while walking to the grocery store. I act myself. But this does not mean that I don't care when strangers think negatively of me, given there's a good reason or I am at wrong for doing something bad. This doesn't happen all the time, but still.

 

[Dawn]

I don't really care what anyone thinks of me until they've actually at least interacted with me.

 

[Juicy]

I'm much more likely to be self conscious when I'm alone or in a large group than when I'm hanging out with a small group. If I'm with a small group I tend to have a lot more confidence and not care as much about what anyone thinks as a result.

 

[Ryan203]

I used to bother people earlier, but now, I don't even care what my colleagues or nearby people think. I only bother what those people think of me, whom I care about.

Just keep improving yourself and make yourself proud of you. That's all that matters. Life is too short to bother what others think, or to keep them satisfied ;)

 

[Zeffy]

Strangely enough, I do. Although, rarely do I care to fix what I look like for them to think better about me. Who cares what they think, they ain't tappin' this. =P

 

[Nick]

I only care about what strangers think of me when I'm with my friends. With family I could honestly care less. But if I'm walking around in public I'll try to look cool. xD I think strangers' opinions are more important than the opinions of the people I'm close to. =\
Strange, but it's true for me.

For me it's the opposite. I don't like being seen in public with my family, even if it's going to the super market with my dad. Mainly because I feel like, because of my age, I should be alone more often than with my family. Plus I am a little self conscious about being home right now, when I should be at college. Otherwise, whether I'm with friends or when I'm by myself, I don't care what strangers think of me.

 

[Esper]

I do care. I generally want people to think well of me, but I don't go out of my way to make people want to hit on me or anything like that. That ain't what I mean at all. If I seem interesting or attractive I'm more approachable and it makes it easier to talk with people who I might want to talk with, but can't find a way of approaching myself so it makes them come to me.

 

[Sheep]

Yes. I want to be thought of as at least decently attractive so I try to make sure I don't look like I just got up from my cavebed when I go out. If people are going out, I think they're obliged to at least put a little bit of work into their appearance (don't mean make up or anything fancy, just pants that don't fall halfway down your behind) since they're going to be in the presence of others. Not giving a hoot about that is just barbaric to me.

 

[Razer302]

I am me all the time regardless of what people think. Most of the time the person I am really holds me back with girls though. They tend to hate how outspoken and confident I am. I mean it gets me a lot of dates and stuff but they all seem to get jealous how much attention I get from being me and we end up not working out.

 

[2Cool4Mewtwo]

Not really. If I don't know them nor care about them, then I don't see why they would care about me.