Dichos

What Do I Agree More?

Some people say “what you see is what you get" (meaning what you look like is what you are) while others say "never judge a book by its cover" (meaning outward appearances don't reflect what is inside the person). I personally do not fell with the authority to say what is right and what is wrong, but in my humble opinion I think that both sayings have a little of truth and is important to recognize those points.

Some people have the gift of show to the world how they fell inside and you have no difficult in know the kind of things that they like or enjoy or even do, that is how I think the urban tribes are configured in the first place. Some years ago when the urban tribes where “a thing”, we all could be able to recognize them easily, just with a little look we know what kind of music they like, the kind of words, the kind of programs that they like to watch, etc. And even when they can have different characteristics, they still follow a pattern of behavior.

But, what about those who like to dress that way, but do not act like the common way? There is the exception of the rule, even if there is only one case, the theory of the say “What you see is what you get” can be refuted and of course the say “never judge a book by its cover” would appear as a more proper say, one more inclusive.

As an example, we can take the case of the commonly call in my country “los flaites” who are mostly named and distinguished as not very clever kind of person, with very few morals, with no education and mostly with no sense of work and the value of the same, etc. But we have so many other cases that actually do not fit with any of those characteristic, meanwhile in fact they are people that work a lot, people, with education (meaning education as manners), but they are seen that way because of the zone they live or the school they attend or even the accent, which is a product of the stigmatization that we, as a society have with ourselves and our neighbors.   

In any case, is important to be aware of as much cases as possible to have an inform and more accurate opinion and be, as possible, without the prejudice; which in this dispute would be preferring in the most of the times the saying “never judge a book by its cover”.