{"id":4179,"date":"2005-10-26T20:01:53","date_gmt":"2005-10-27T00:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/10\/26\/auto-judgment-and-self-esteem"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:27","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:27","slug":"auto-judgment-and-self-esteem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/10\/26\/auto-judgment-and-self-esteem\/","title":{"rendered":"auto-judgment and self-esteem"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"carCoupeG\"<\/span><\/span><\/font> <\/font><\/span><\/span><\/font>Ann Althouse asks<\/a><\/font><\/span><\/span><\/font> “Is she judging you by your car?” and<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/font> a bus-full of folk left comments for her.<\/span><\/span><\/font> <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

I’ve always:<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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(1) figured a woman who would be impressed by a<\/span><\/span><\/font> flashy or expensive car is not my soulmate, and<\/span><\/span><\/font> should preferably dump me early;<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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(2) felt sort of sorry for guys who need a blingy car <\/span><\/span><\/font>to feel good about themselves.<\/span><\/span><\/font>
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<\/span><\/font>(3) considered that the interior of a car can be a good clue<\/span><\/span><\/font> to a couple’s clutter\/litter compatibility potential. <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Naturally, I’m waiting for autophile <\/font>Steve Bainbridge<\/font><\/a> to weigh in. <\/font><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

[Related <\/font>NYT<\/em> article<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/a>, “SM w\/SUV ISO SF w\/Cnvtble for LTR, Poss <\/font><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Grg Share,” by Matt Richtel, Oct. 26, 2005.]<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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luxury car–
\na sparrow’s quiet
\nthump<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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checking the driver
\nas I pass a car
\njust like mine<\/p>\n

……………………. by John Stevenson<\/font><\/a> from <\/font>Some of the Silence<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/a> <\/font><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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cycle tour —
\nwiping up with
\nyesterday’s map<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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<\/font>Matt Morden<\/font><\/a>, <\/font>Morden Haiku<\/font><\/em><\/a> (Oct. 22, 200<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"pickup<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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traffic jam
\na plastic dog
\nkeeps on nodding<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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…………………………………………. <\/span><\/span><\/font>Yu Chang<\/strong><\/font><\/a>– <\/font><\/font><\/strong>Upstate Dim Sum<\/font><\/em><\/a> (<\/font>(<\/font>2002\/I<\/font><\/a>)<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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mud-spattered pickup-
\nfour dogs watch
\nthe tavern door<\/p>\n

………………………………. Billie Wilson<\/strong><\/font><\/a> – The Heron’s Nest<\/em> (Feb. 2001)<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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hitchhiking
\nan orange moth fills
\nthe emptiness of Texas <\/font><\/p>\n

………………………………..<\/p>\n

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ed markowski<\/font><\/a> – <\/font>Mainichi News<\/font><\/a><\/em> (Sept. 2005)<\/font><\/p>\n

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first date —
\nher eyes linger
\non the rusted fender<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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…………….. <\/font><\/em>by <\/font><\/em>dagosan<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/a> [Oct. 25, 2005]<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

\"trikeN\"<\/font><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

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Ann Althouse asks “Is she judging you by your car?” and a bus-full of folk left comments for her. I’ve always: (1) figured a woman who would be impressed by a flashy or expensive car is not my soulmate, and should preferably dump me early; (2) felt sort of sorry for guys who need a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2926],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pre-06-2006"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-15p","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12951,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4179\/revisions\/12951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}