People think I'm mean because of my physical appearance. I'm 6'2" and about 280 pounds, even though I don't look 280. I went to a weight guessing game at a carnival and they were like 30+ pounds off. I also don't walk around smiling 24 hours a day so that doesn't help. I've been told I walk like a gorilla too like I'm about to go bowling into people lol

It's great for keeping the schmucks away from me, but the bad part is that it also keeps the nice people away from me. I have had women tell me they thought I would be a jerk just from my looks until they got to know me. I mean I can still be a jerk lol

nicer as I look like I've been in the ring with ali for a round

I've been overlooked on jobs, lost friends, been talked down to by complete strangers... So yes, appearance matters. Especially if you are obese.
Strangers do not know that I am sick. Strangers see my crazy hair, tats, piercings, and fat, and they assume I'm worthless.
I'm actually kind, intelligent, and many other things. I had to tell myself a long time ago that caring about the opinion of others is like digging through the trash.

I was a senior banking exec 30 years ago, with hair down my back and a beard down my chest and I would not wear the corporate uniform. It cost me a couple of promotions, but in the end they promoted me quite nicely. Corporate clients would bring business associates to meet their long haired bank manager. Eventually things changed and the opinion became, "shit you must be good for them to put you in that job looking as you do". I was 22-23 years younger than anyone else who held the position. I think I refuse to keep up appearances partly because I don't care what people think, and partly to challenge myself.
Same with dating, if a woman isn't interested because of my appearance, she isn't into "me". At my age I am not into physical "chemistry" I have a good head for radio and an ideal match for a blind super model with an IQ over 150. People do often try and talk down to me which I find so amusing and I so love to see the looks on their faces when they realise how foolish they have been.

I am generally referred to as "sir" in public, much to my annoyance. I am approached as often as anyone else, but I hardly ever experience disrespect. Even among teenagers I get the "sir" handout. I am a firm believer that first impressions go beyond appearance, it has more to do with how you carry yourself.

I'm 5'9" and roughly 170llbs. I am not large by any means. I am athletic, but I am not "built". I have 2 visible tattoos that would not be construed with any specific "group" to influence a person's opinion of me. I am 31, and look 35, so age does not compute in the results either. There is nothing inherently intimidating about me.It has nothing to do with region either, as I have run into equal results in L.A as I have N.Y.

I am 6'4" and weigh about 255. I am sleeved with tattoos on both arms. I would say my appearance definitely influences the way people treat me. Generally, I am left alone. I am always extra polite, to offset my appearance (but it sorta comes natural...I am very aware how one act of kindness in a day can change an entire day). I don't get offended by people who make assumptions, it is human nature. But I can normally change that opinion quickly.

This is completely demonstrable and necessary. Imagine not knowing how to perceive someone as angry, could be dangerous. We learn to make judgements about appearence, that on the whole benefit our well being, creating stereotypes. But these are not at all perfect and in the constantly changing world, many things can be percievex as unadventagous or even dangerous, when they are simply a style, but remember reality has very little effect of feelings, and how a person feels about you dictates how they treat you.

Both. Split along genders.

Makes me hate people and stay indoors.

I am very prejudiced by appearance.

If I see someone in a "Make America Great Again" cap, with a side arm, wearing jeans and a flannel shirt, I tend to discount their assumed IQ and education levels by a few levels and assume they are racist, misogynistic, and xenophobic, and I'm usually right.

If I see an obese person wearing dirty sweat clothes and gobbling junk food, I assume they don't read much.

If I see someone wearing religious symbols and acting belligerently, I give them the same IQ rating as the Trump followers, and often they are in the same crowd.

So, yes, I'm judgmental and look at clothing and presentation.

Same as someone wearing hemp clothing, while holding a PETA sign or "save the ocean" sign gets an automatic boost in my IQ estimation because they are more like I am. Same for people I see reading, or hiking, or picking up litter.

So, people who are similar to me get the highest scores.

I'm pretty much a prejudiced person.

Charisma; it's real. It's also something that can be overcome, like a stutter or a learning impediment. Sometimes for better, sometimes for worse -- dependant on character.

Well it could depend on first impressions by people. Humans judge all the time based on not only appearance but on attitudes. Depends how they were raised.

OK.

studies have shown that obesity is frowned upon more than any other disability or flaw in appearance