I’m a judger.

[The emperor has no clothes]

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[Patrick]

Now now, how can that be !  A good liberal that judges people !


Just kidding of course, but, couldn't resist. I don't think there are many that don't judge. I find myself doing it more often, not sure whether its age or just the times we now live in.

[John Schmidt]

I guess I fit the description as well. I attended a granddaughter's wedding this past Saturday. Lovely girl, about 29, new hubby is a few years older which is not an issue for me. What bothered me was when they started taking pictures following the ceremony, there she was with her new hubby, holding a darling little great granddaughter(to me) that just turned 1 yr. old last month. Guess I should be thankful mom & dad did get married...13 months later. I said nothing about it, I guess it's more and more tha norm these days. Young couple living over me in these apts. just recently celebrated their 3rd anniversary...living together. They also have a beautiful little girl the same age as my g-granddaughter.

I've been told I'm old-fashioned, I usually reply "yes, and I wear the badge proudly." A grandson told me this past summer that "a piece of paper(referring to the marriage license) doesn't mean anything as long as you love each other. If we have a problem we can just walk away without needing a divorce." Well bub, if you love someone enough to live with them why not take the next step. And by the way, you've been living together for about 10 yrs. and have three kids together. Laws say you can't just "walk away."

[Valkorado]

Getting fat just means you're livin' large.  At least she didn't say you got uglier.

[Wizzard]

It's kind of like I am fat and you are ugly but I can loose weight. 

[Rams]

Anyone that thinks they don't judge is lying to themselves or very foolish.  
It's what we do with that judgement that matters.

Rams

[Patrick]

Its what we do with that judgement that matters.

Rams
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[Willow]

Anyone that thinks they don't judge is lying to themselves or very foolish.  
It's what we do with that judgement that matters.   

Wouldn't one have to judge himself to decide whether he was or wasn't a "judger"?

Incidentally "anyone" is singular while "they" is plural.  That makes the message of the sentence ambiguous at best.

Yes, I am.  If one isn't one has no real use for his mind.

Often in our anxiousness to avoid judging we are falling back on Jesus' command, do not judge.  It's an unfortunate translation.  It would more clearly be translated "do not condemn".  Judging to us is simply determining what we believe something or someone is.  To the ancients of Jesus' time the practice of "judging" included determining whether someone was right or wrong, guilty or not guilty.  Judging most commonly called for determining a debt owed.

[Patrick]

I think 'anyone' fits just fine.

[f6john]

I’m not judging but every time I think of you, Rob, that picture of you and your nephew pops up in my brain and I have been trying desperately to curtail that circumstance! 


A dear friend of mine , in reference to judge not lest you be judged, says he doesn’t judge. He says he’s a fruit inspector, in that if you are a Christian your life and devotion to God will bear fruit. I think he does a fair amount of judging as do I but I usually leave the door open to the possibility I could be wrong.

[semo97]

It is humbling when you make a judgement about someone and it turns out you are completely wrong in the judgement. I do not think making a judgement is wrong if you keep to yourself and just forget about it, we all do it. If you try to get others thinking your way that is wrong. If you have been a boss and working people you judge them all the time, there performance, there drive, are they an asset to the company, promptness to work, are they slackers, trouble makers, push the limits of regulations and many more judgements. It will come down to your judgement when that that person gets fired or stays. Good judgement you have the facts, bad judgement is guessing and just being a grumpy old man. Not saying any one here is a grumpy old man.

[Rams]

Anyone that thinks they don't judge is lying to themselves or very foolish.  
It's what we do with that judgement that matters.  

 That makes the message of the sentence ambiguous at best.

Ambiguous?   Maybe.   If the message was received then, that's really all that matters.
I'm thinking as ambiguous as it may have been, it was still received by those who would seriously consider it.  

Edited:  

A little bit of research seems to leaves this a slight bit less ambiguous.

Here is a quote from Merriam Webster:

In an 1881 letter, Emily Dickinson wrote "Almost anyone under the circumstances would have doubted if [the letter] were theirs, or indeed if they were themself." People have used singular 'they' to describe someone whose gender is unknown for a long time, but the nonbinary use of 'they' is relatively new.

We will note that "they" has been in consistent use as a singular pronoun since the late 1300s; that the development of singular they mirrors the development of the singular you from the plural you, yet we don’t complain that singular you is ungrammatical; and that regardless of what detractors say, nearly everyone uses the singular they in casual conversation and often in formal writing.

Anyone is singular non gender and, in the case you used it, they is also singualr non gender.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/singular-nonbinary-they

Rams

[cookiedough]

15 lbs. is not much in over 1 year not being as active daily.  I bet she meant uglier but wanted to be nice and sad fatter....    but who am I to judge I am plenty fat for the both of us....   

[scooperhsd]

We went to an ice cream parlor this evening. There was a fine looking family of color. I complemented him on his fine looking family. He said thank you, and we wished each other a good evening.

[f6gal]

I more interested in your mailbox being fattened than you.

[Rams]

(I really should proofread)

That doesn't always work.   Don't ask me how I know.   

Rams