What Is YOUR Definition of an "Airhead"?

This exchange in Presidente's Dating Profile Thread had me thinking about something I haven't thought about in a long time:

What is the definition of an airhead?




I guess one of the reasons why I hadn't thought of the term "airhead" and what it might mean is because I honestly haven't heard it used in a long time, whether towards myself, or towards anyone else.

I know the older I get, the more I come to terms with the subjects I think I have some grasp on (financial responsibility, savings) and the subjects I try to work on but don't hesitate to ask my much-wiser-in-that-area friends (technology!!!)

And of course, life is a never-ending learning process about everything, no matter how much knowledge or experience we have in any area.

But at what point does an entire person become brushed over into being seen as not knowing anything about, well, anything?

I'm going back through my own life, thinking about times in my life when I have been dismissed by others, and when I have been guilty of being the too-harsh dismisser myself.

Seeing as we are all made in the image of God, is there ever a time when this is right, whether we do it to others, or others do it to us?

This thread is just a simple musing in which I'm wondering, "At what point do we see dismiss an entire person as not knowing anything useful?"

What are your own thoughts? Experiences? Biblical viewpoints?

The term has a connotation of not having anything between your ears. And evidence shows that your head is very thoughtful.

Yup, exactly.

Beyond, that, I'm wondering what makes someone get to the point of declaring that judgment over another person?

Perhaps I should reword the thread... Unfortunately this is what happens when I just let my raw thoughts go.

I think we all know what an airhead is.

But what is used as "evidence" of having "nothing between the ears" that causes other people to define us as one, or for us to say that about another person?

As I amendment my original comment, "evidence shows that your head is very thoughtful" so you shouldn't take the referenced comment personally as it was a general statement without a complimentary qualification that, "not all divorcees are airheads" probably due to lazy scholarship rather than actual validity of the statement left as is.

A type of candy I'm not fond of.

Very insightful, Mem, thank you.

I enjoy your witty posts around the forum.

I don't write as many threads now, but many in the past stemmed from these kinds of situations...

Someone on the forum would get me thinking about a topic and then my head starts to dissect how said topic is seen/utilized throughout society...

And it gets me wondering what other people's experiences were with this topic.

Agreed.

I always felt Airheads were a waste of perfectly good sugar... that could have been used on something like chocolate instead.

Any man or woman who's not a Christian..
As a result, their heads are empty and demons will have them for breakfast-
"When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
Then it says, 'I will return to the house I left.'
When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order.
Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there." (Matt 12:43-45 )

Interesting.

So I'm just curious.

Since you believe that all the women you've encountered while trying to date are airheads, does that mean you're running into all unbelievers?

I don't mean that as a criticism at all -- it's happened to all of us -- even when we've been on so-called Christian sites trying to find a Christian spouse.

What tips do you have for us for trying to find a true Christian (and non-airhead) when dating?

All we blokes can do is keep trying to find somebody sensible..-
"A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
Her husband has full confidence in her
and lacks nothing of value.
She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life" (Proverbs 31)

But it won't be easy-
"While I was still searching but not finding,
I found one upright man among a thousand,
but not one upright woman among them all" (Ecc 7:28)

Good verses.

What's your perspective on women's side of dating?

Do you have any female friends or relatives who are having the same problems finding someone as you are?

When I hear airhead (which I never hear anymore) I always think of Chrissy from Three's Company. To me she kind of defined the term.

I have to admit, several years ago when I first heard of the term, "Himbo" (a male bimbo,) I laughed out loud.

I think a lot about how God seems to gift people to the extreme in some areas (in this case looks) and not so much in other areas.

And it's intriguing to me how people judge and are judged as being an "airhead" according to the traits society deems as the most valuable.

For example, I have a friend who, like me, gravitates towards creative hobbies. She is a true genius in that area -- she can create the most intricate articles of clothing you can think of, all from scratch, without any sort of pattern, right down to the last detail. Me, I like to joke that I am her henchman. I prefer the more mundane tasks, like the endless streams of mindless prep sewing you have to do before you actually construct a garment.

But the funny thing is that we are both completely useless when it comes to directions -- even if it's to the store that we always go to for every week. We have often talked about how it's as if God filled one part of our brain, and literally left the compartment for directions completely empty! Without GPS, we would literally be lost. And we have no idea why. It's not like we haven't tried. Before GPS, I used to print out and study maps of everywhere I needed to go.

Likewise, I have met people, such as at work, who could do almost every sort of math problem in their head -- but if you tried to talk to them about how you were sad because your beloved pet just died, they would look at you blankly and not say a word.

It might not be that they don't care, it could just be that they don't know how to respond to grief or express comfort.

To a person who considers directions important, my friend and I could easily be labeled as airheads. But what if they needed a pair of pants hemmed? Now this is an area in which we could be useful.

And to the person who needs a kind or comforting word, how do they see someone who simply isn't built to offer that? Do they see that person as empty or hollow? But what if they later need the solution to a problem at work that this person can easily answer?

These are the kinds of things I am thinking about...

The way we both define and are defined by other people -- usually according to what we/they need or see valuable at the time.

The term airhead is one of those terms that can mean very different things depending on who used it.

There seems to be one common thread though. Everybody I know who has ever used the term airhead has meant "someone who thinks very little about a subject I believe is all important."

A woman who reads every issue of us and people magazine would seem an airhead to those who don't care at all about celebrities. And they would probably seem like airheads to her, because they don't know anything about the celebrities she thinks are really important.

To me an airhead is "somebody who encounters something he needs to learn, he is aware he needs to learn it, he could easily learn it, but instead of learning it he deliberately avoids it because he just doesn't want to be bothered."

I need to give this post 300 green check marks. Why in the world am I only limited to one reaction per post!?

Funny thing that I didn't see your post until after I had put up my own last post.

Interesting to see that others have made this observation too...

The thing I find intriguing is that when we really break it down, the "airhead" label we give to other people... is actually a reflection of our own priorities, which we see as being superior to someone else.

Of course. Something I have decided is important in life is by definition superior to what you think is important, because I have decided it is important. QED.

Lol.

It might start to make up for the other 3000+ times we DON'T agree -- sometimes just in one week.

LuAnn from King of the Hill.

Anything above 15psi.