What you say about others says a lot more about you than about them, my mother always told me, and it turns out scientists agree with her.

According to Scientific American today, researchers at Wake Forest, the University of Nebraska, and George Washington University in St. Louis found that students who generally rate other students as being trustworthy, nice, and emotionally stable reported greater life satisfaction and less depression, as well as better grades and test scores. What's more, a survey of their classmates showed they were more likely to be well-regarded, as agreeable, conscientious, and emotionally stable.

Conspiracy Theory's Theory

That being said, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. An internet user with the nick "Conspiracy Theory", apparently from over to York, writes:

I was shopping at the local supermarket where I selected:

A half-gallon of 2% milk
A carton of eggs
A quart of orange juice
A head of lettuce
A 2 lb. can of coffee
A 1 lb. package of bacon

As I was unloading my items on the conveyor belt to check out, a drunk standing behind me watched as I placed the items in front of the cashier.

While the cashier was ringing up the purchases, the drunk calmly stated, "You must be single."

I was a bit startled by this proclamation, but I was intrigued by the derelict's intuition since I indeed had never found Mr. Right.

I looked at the six items on the belt and saw nothing particularly unusual about my selection
that could have tipped off the drunk to my marital status.

Curiosity getting the better of me, I said , "Yes you are correct. But how on earth did you know that?"

The drunk replied, "Cause you're ugly..."

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