Is ILX run by NFs?

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Yes I know there's two at least two other MBTI threads but they were short and old and dumb. Since Vic had his day with the zodiac I'm going to see if I can make a similar seeping judgement. I think a lot of you are iNtuitive Feeling types (because I'm an ENTP and I think you're all hippies basically). If you know yr MBTI type then post it - if you don't then take the quiz.

Millar (Millar), Thursday, 13 February 2003 03:50 (twenty-two years ago)

FFS

electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 13 February 2003 03:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Sweeping judgement. ahem ahem.

Millar (Millar), Thursday, 13 February 2003 03:52 (twenty-two years ago)

INTJ

gygax!, Thursday, 13 February 2003 03:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm an INFP.

Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 February 2003 03:59 (twenty-two years ago)

INTJ, like the last time I took the test a few years ago-- I seem to recall the earlier version that I took had way more questions, though.

lyra (lyra), Thursday, 13 February 2003 04:03 (twenty-two years ago)

INFP too. Can't remember what it means though...

gaz (gaz), Thursday, 13 February 2003 04:05 (twenty-two years ago)

INFP also. I'm distressed at it calling me a healer straight off, considering my real first name.

boxcubed (boxcubed), Thursday, 13 February 2003 04:12 (twenty-two years ago)

INFP also.

Hunter (Hunter), Thursday, 13 February 2003 04:45 (twenty-two years ago)

INTJ though borderline J/P.

Leee (Leee), Thursday, 13 February 2003 04:45 (twenty-two years ago)

INTJ. very much so. and while i might be a liberal, i ain't no steeenking hippy.

Tad (llamasfur), Thursday, 13 February 2003 04:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm an E something, I had the test last week. I was terribly surprised to find out I *was* an Ewhatever, to be honest, could have sworn I'd be an Iwhatever.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 13 February 2003 04:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm INFP also.

Boxcubed is your real first name 'Nurse' or something?

estela, Thursday, 13 February 2003 04:59 (twenty-two years ago)

alternately INFP and INTP. Both of these write-ups suggest I might like to play chess, yet I know no one who hates playing chess more than I.

Aaron A., Thursday, 13 February 2003 05:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm an E something

you know, i love yer song "novocaine for the soul," E ... ahem, Ned.

Tad (llamasfur), Thursday, 13 February 2003 05:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I haven't taken this version of the test but back in the day I was an INTP. Don't think that would have changed much.

Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 13 February 2003 05:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Yup, still INTP: 89 44 67 33

Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 13 February 2003 05:18 (twenty-two years ago)

56 78 56 1

Tad (llamasfur), Thursday, 13 February 2003 05:23 (twenty-two years ago)

only if she's 5'3"

boxcubed (boxcubed), Thursday, 13 February 2003 06:12 (twenty-two years ago)

ENFP, surprise, surprise (on the results page, one analysis started with "ENFPs are both "idea"-people and "people"-people, who see everyone and everything as part of an often bizarre cosmic whole," with the other being more concise: "This type is found in only about 3 percent of the general population")

I still consider astrology "valid," as did, heh Mr. Jung hisself

Vic (Vic), Thursday, 13 February 2003 06:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm an INFJ (Introverted, iNtuitive, Feeling, Judging OR Counselor Idealist) - and the descriptions are quite on the mark for me - and the INFJ's are about 2% of the population. Very interesting (I've always been rather doubtful about such programs - now I am more inclined to think that there might be something legitimate to them).

I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Thursday, 13 February 2003 06:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm ENFJ

C J (C J), Thursday, 13 February 2003 06:45 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm ENTJ..
1% e
33% N
1% T
44% J

donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 13 February 2003 08:04 (twenty-two years ago)

ENFJ and proud of it.

Lara (Lara), Thursday, 13 February 2003 08:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Gosh, I'm actually close in results to Millar, only an F or P (FAP?) removed. Who'da thunk, or felt, it ?

Vic (Vic), Thursday, 13 February 2003 08:34 (twenty-two years ago)

ENTP! I used to always score high on introversion on these things, but suddenly I'm an extravert! Must be something that happens as you get older, or a result of enjoying rock tours (meeting all those people!)

'"Clever" is the word that perhaps describes ENTPs best... ENTPs are usually verbally as well as cerebrally quick, and generally love to argue--both for its own sake, and to show off their often-impressive skills. They tend to have a perverse sense of humor as well, and enjoy playing devil's advocate. They sometimes confuse, even inadvertently hurt, those who don't understand or accept the concept of argument as a sport... ENTPs tend to be oblivious of the rest of humanity, except as an audience -- good, bad, or potential.'

That's a troll's charter, not a personality analysis! Frighteningly accurate, and somewhat chastening.

Momus (Momus), Thursday, 13 February 2003 08:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Your bold italics describe Aquarians with an afflicted Mercury or Mars as well, though, dead-on.

Vic (Vic), Thursday, 13 February 2003 08:44 (twenty-two years ago)

INFP

I: 44
N: 33
F: 11
P: 33

Dan I., Thursday, 13 February 2003 08:45 (twenty-two years ago)

ENTJ: 44, 33, 11, 44.

suzy (suzy), Thursday, 13 February 2003 08:53 (twenty-two years ago)

My previous assertion that I was ENFJ was a result of doing a Myers Briggs session as part of my job. I've just done this one and the snapshot its taken says I'm an ENFP. Either way I'm an Idealist, which pleases me.

On the corollary my love life is *DOOMED* as I have the apparent tendency to strain my relationships by reading too much into my loved ones' behavior, by over-interpreting the hidden meanings in their words, and by overstating my own romantic views as apocalyptic revelations. Me? Hmm...

Lara (Lara), Thursday, 13 February 2003 09:19 (twenty-two years ago)

ISFP

i'm the only s so far!

the description is quite good i reckon, even if it does say i'm a brainless 'hipster':

Extraverted Sensing
ISFPs keep a finger on the pulse of here and now. They are more adept at doing than considering, at acting than reflecting, at tasting than wondering. As do most SPs, ISFPs keenly sense color, sound, texture, and movement. It is not unusual for ISFPs to excel in sensory, motor, or kinesthetic abilities.
ISFPs cherish their impulses. Some of the most beautiful, graceful, and artistic performances are the result of this drive for physical, sensate expression.

minna (minna), Thursday, 13 February 2003 09:20 (twenty-two years ago)

E/INTP. Whether I'm I or E seems very dependent on the questions in an individual test. I'm never more than a few percent in either direction though.

RickyT (RickyT), Thursday, 13 February 2003 09:23 (twenty-two years ago)

'The S.U.Z.Y has a natural tendency to marshall and direct.

The S.U.Z.Y'S TRADEMARK: -- "I'm really sorry you have to die."

When challenged, the S.U.Z.Y. may by reflex become argumentative. Alternatively (s)he may unleash an icy gaze that serves notice: the S.U.Z.Y. is not one to be trifled with.'

Momus (Momus), Thursday, 13 February 2003 09:26 (twenty-two years ago)

"Both at work and at home, N.I.C.Ks are very fond of "toys"--physical or intellectual, the more sophisticated the better. They tend to tire of these quickly, however, and move on to new ones."

You wanna play hardball, bucko?

suzy (suzy), Thursday, 13 February 2003 09:33 (twenty-two years ago)

ENFP, but barely E and barely F (low single digits).

Colin Meeder (Mert), Thursday, 13 February 2003 09:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Both at work and at home, N.I.C.Ks are very fond of "toys"--physical or intellectual, the more sophisticated the better. They tend to tire of these quickly, however, and move on to new ones

that describes afflicted Aquarians too! sorry, i should write a book or something, but i can't afford coffee right now

Vic (Vic), Thursday, 13 February 2003 09:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Afflicted? Explain.

suzy (suzy), Thursday, 13 February 2003 09:40 (twenty-two years ago)

What's your tree?

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 13 February 2003 09:41 (twenty-two years ago)

If the natal mars or mercury is weak, then Aquarians have a tendency to be troublemakers, stirring up argument for the sake of causing turmoil, upon which they thriveas they can emotionally remove themselves from it and indulge in it on a mental level, alone. All air signs (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius) play mind games, but Aquarians, while trying to hold on to an idealistic world-view, are so taken with the concept of Change, that they gleefully enjoy provoking Uproar, from which they assume can produce Progress. Sometimes, shock value overrides everything - these are the most obnoxious sorts (think Johnny Rotten). And as far as people go, they seem to vieew them more as either scientific experiments (playing tricks/games on you to guage your emotional reactions), or novelties, upon whom they lavish extensive attention and study.

Until the fascination stops, and they go on to the Next Novelty. The coldness the ex-Novelty can feel is indescribable, from an afflicted Aquarian who has decided that you are not as interesting as his or her latest find/study. They may just as well forget about you, and many do, based on how abstract and aloof and absent-minded they are!! (Triple A syndrome). The amount of genuine emotional involvement that the afflicted Aquarian experiences outside of family is usually nil - you (especially if you are a fire or water sign) are lying there, crushed on the floor, tears streaming, wondering what is wrong with you, whereas the Aquarian's classic response is "oh dear, you're being so very unreasonable," or "you are so melodramatic." Typically, Aquarians have many friends but prefer not one-on-one close/deep emotional intimacy, but impersonal interaction with as many people that they can meet. That's just the way they're built, but that doesn't excuse them from reprehensible conduct in relationships, and hypocrisy in terms of living up to some grand societal Ideal, whilst ignoring the Person right in front of you (whom you are causing suffering towards). They don't view all of this as a fault, though; emotions are pesty little things which drag us down (even though when they do get emotional they go nuts), intellectual pursuits are far more preferable. You don't Change the World through emotions, that would be quite "impractical." Aquarians with healthy charts, however, can be very loyal and steadfast friends, but still need an amount of space which might seem inordinate to other, more emotional signs.

It was funny, but I used to talk to this Aquarian kid online as we shared an interest in the Tarot. He would IM me eveyday, he was wild. Then all of a sudden, the contact on his end stopped. When I would try to talk to him, he was pretty aloof. Having enough Gemini in me myself, I gathered that he just got bored, and didn't take it personally. Air signs are like children, really, in their need for stimulation...they're guilty and innocent at the same time

Vic (Vic), Thursday, 13 February 2003 10:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Vic - are you trying to break your own 'Longest Thread' award?! Champion work.

Lara (Lara), Thursday, 13 February 2003 10:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll never beat that first book of Paradise Lost that mark s supposedly posted


and hey, it's not wrong to be posty around here, despite how ilx is slowly creeping towards AIM-land, right?

Vic (Vic), Thursday, 13 February 2003 10:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, oh, oh! That wasn't a criticism at all, Vic.

I'm not able to read long posts unless I'm at home and have time to concentrate. During the day I can just dip in and out. ILE can be stimulating if there is involved discussion just as it can be when people are shooting from the cuff.

I can't believe that Mark posted Paradise Lost: Book 1. Was he illustrating a point that he was having particular trouble explaining in his own words?!

Lara (Lara), Thursday, 13 February 2003 10:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I am eNFp. A Champion Idealist. Apparently

Ed (dali), Thursday, 13 February 2003 10:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh ok Lara Yeah I can't concentrate either, which is why:

" the Person right in front of you" - was meant to say, the Person right in front of THEM.

You'll have to ask Mark that ?

JBR - give me the degrees, since that is using the Tropical (western) Zodiac!! What DEGREE is your sun in Sag, moon in Aries, and especially, Asc in Cancer ?? Actually you could give me all of the degrees, just cut-paste all of the numbers, and maybe sometime I can email you a less automated, more uh, personal and peronally specific reading. That stuff is vry general too, in Western terms.

I love how the pedantic-ness of my post has increased inconceivably over the last 3 days

Vic (Vic), Thursday, 13 February 2003 10:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Your Type is
ENFP
Extroverted Intuitive Feeling Perceiving
Strength of the preferences %
33 56 44 22

gareth (gareth), Thursday, 13 February 2003 10:38 (twenty-two years ago)

yay more eNFPs ! We have "GREAT INFLUENCE BECAUSE OF OUR EXTRAORDINARY IMPACT ON OTHERS" we rule u loser introvert bitches

Vic (Vic), Thursday, 13 February 2003 10:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Planetary positions
planet sign degree house motion
Sun Sagittarius 08°53'19 06 direct
Moon Aries 06°01'36 10 direct
Mercury Sagittarius 21°49'39 06 direct
Venus Capricorn 19°49'31 07 direct
Mars Sagittarius 07°09'35 06 direct
Jupiter Taurus 24°26'24 11/12 retrograde
Jupiter is technically near the end of house 11 and is interpreted in house 12.
Saturn Leo 16°52'07 03 stationary (R)
Uranus Scorpio 09°22'22 05 direct
Neptune Sagittarius 13°30'27 06 direct
Pluto Libra 13°34'24 04/5 direct
Pluto is technically near the end of house 4 and is interpreted in house 5.
True Node Scorpio 03°07'19 05 direct


House positions (Placidus)
Ascendant Cancer 03°54'33
2nd House Cancer 23°39'00
3rd House Leo 14°48'19
Imum Coeli Virgo 10°53'52
5th House Libra 15°19'43
6th House Scorpio 26°26'12
Descendant Capricorn 03°54'33
8th House Capricorn 23°39'00
9th House Aquarius 14°48'19
Medium Coeli Pisces 10°53'52
11th House Aries 15°19'43
12th House Taurus 26°26'12

Major aspects
Sun Trine Moon 2°52
Sun Conjunction Mars 1°44
Sun Trine Saturn 7°59
Sun Conjunction Neptune 4°37
Sun Sextile Pluto 4°41
Moon Trine Mars 1°08
Moon Trine Neptune 7°29
Moon Opposition Pluto 7°33
Moon Square Ascendant 2°07
Mercury Quincunx Jupiter 2°37
Mercury Trine Saturn 4°58
Venus Trine Jupiter 4°37
Venus Quincunx Saturn 2°57
Saturn Trine Neptune 3°22
Saturn Sextile Pluto 3°18
Uranus Trine Ascendant 5°28
Neptune Sextile Pluto 0°04

Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 February 2003 10:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Fuck Placidus, that's what all WAs overuse,. i use equal house/whole sign. Anyway, i'll get back to you, probably via email - this was great since i didn't have to use my shit program- but not here, since this is Millar's thread and that would be blatant thread-hijacking

Vic (Vic), Thursday, 13 February 2003 10:48 (twenty-two years ago)

(Sorry, Millar!)

Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 February 2003 10:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I think it was INFP. That's the supercool one, right?

Mary (Mary), Thursday, 13 February 2003 10:50 (twenty-two years ago)

i think a perceptive dick is still a dick

stop grieving, it's only a chicken (darraghmac), Friday, 11 December 2009 12:25 (fifteen years ago)

ENTJ
Extroverted 22%, Intuitive 75%, Thinking 12%, Judging 22%

HUH? not appropriate (snoball), Friday, 11 December 2009 12:38 (fifteen years ago)

wait wait wait so this means that i'm not judgemental?

IN YOUR FACE NOODLE VAGUE & GRIMLY FIENDISH maddy's parents are bad people.

stop grieving, it's only a chicken (darraghmac), Friday, 11 December 2009 12:49 (fifteen years ago)

heh maybe it just means i have no judgement

stop grieving, it's only a chicken (darraghmac), Friday, 11 December 2009 12:50 (fifteen years ago)

So if I got ENTJ but only 1% J then maybe I am still ENFP after all? This is v confusing. All these years I thought I was one thing and it turns out I may be another. Why you confuse brain stupid test?

★彡☆ ★彡 (ENBB), Friday, 11 December 2009 12:53 (fifteen years ago)

INTJ
Introverted 67% Intuitive 25% Thinking 38% Judging 22%

kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 11 December 2009 13:05 (fifteen years ago)

We need 16 new boards, one for each of the personality types.

HUH? not appropriate (snoball), Friday, 11 December 2009 13:11 (fifteen years ago)

Erica, I thought you were "ENBB", not "ENTJ"?

Tuomas, Friday, 11 December 2009 13:16 (fifteen years ago)

Extraverted iNtrospective Ballsy Bored?

Tuomas, Friday, 11 December 2009 13:17 (fifteen years ago)

my result just said BALLA

Smokey and the S'Banned It (history mayne), Friday, 11 December 2009 13:24 (fifteen years ago)

ENTP as usual. Numbers are weird this time, tho: 1%, 100%, 1%, 11%.

stet, Friday, 11 December 2009 13:32 (fifteen years ago)

Extraverted iNtrospective Ballsy Bored?

Not so bored right now. Extraverted iNtrospective Ballsy Broad, maybe although not so sure about the ballsy part.

★彡☆ ★彡 (ENBB), Friday, 11 December 2009 13:43 (fifteen years ago)

Sorry, that was just a wild guess. Though I don't think "broad" is a descriptive word for personality.

Tuomas, Friday, 11 December 2009 13:52 (fifteen years ago)

So if I got ENTJ but only 1% J then maybe I am still ENFP after all? This is v confusing. All these years I thought I was one thing and it turns out I may be another. Why you confuse brain stupid test?

The test linked to above is hella problematic, and the questions are definitely leading. I retook and came up INFJ for the first time ever. Which is not terribly surprising, as I have a job which pretty much requires me to be way more J than I'm usually comfortable with. But I think the gist of MB is that the more you kind of straddle the bifurcating categories, the better. Like, if you're super I, you should strive towards becoming somewhat more E, if that makes sense? In a 'strive to become a whole and ideal person' sense.

Another way I've heard it described, and which makes a lot of sense to me, is that one end of the continuum (and it probably is better to think of each category as a continuum rather than as a dichotomy) gives you energy and the other takes it away. I get energy from solitude, and being around people too long is somewhat exhausting to me. That helps me reconcile the fact that I'm an 'I' with the fact that I don't think I'm necessarily an introvert per se, since I'm perfectly fine with people in the short term and can do stuff like improv with no problem.

Zoo Snickers (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 11 December 2009 14:00 (fifteen years ago)

so having nothing higher than 44% just means that i'm bland, essentially.

stop grieving, it's only a chicken (darraghmac), Friday, 11 December 2009 14:01 (fifteen years ago)

you're being too judgmental!

sarahel, Friday, 11 December 2009 17:13 (fifteen years ago)

so having nothing higher than 44% just means that i'm bland, essentially.

No, it means you're a paragon of psychological health, dude! Or something.

Zoo Snickers (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 11 December 2009 18:19 (fifteen years ago)

Seriously, I came up 100% introverted on this latest runthrough of the test. I know I'm not that bad, but I still acknowledge it as a problem. I'd rather be closer to 50%.

Zoo Snickers (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 11 December 2009 18:21 (fifteen years ago)

ENTJ
11-12-25-22

so evenhanded and chill I'm practically in a coma

WmC, Friday, 11 December 2009 18:33 (fifteen years ago)

INTJ 22,12,12,33. I am evidently a judgmental a*hole. Not really a surprise to me and certainly not to my co-workers. At least I can intuit that they know I don't like them, fat b*st*rds. Need a higher T score to think about how to get them to learn from the nutrition-nazi thread, and a lower I in order to care enough to make them.

soviet, Saturday, 12 December 2009 21:31 (fifteen years ago)

two years pass...

I finally quit lying to myself and came out ESTP. You know, the auto mechanic personality. Insensitive....well maybe. I'm getting too old to feel bad about that.

โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Ronald McDonald Donald McDonald (Mount Cleaners), Thursday, 6 December 2012 17:07 (twelve years ago)

it feels good to come clean about that sorta thing, doesn't it. i tested ENFP last time i took it, low e high n. still convinced this is like a multiple-choice test astrology.

Spectrum, Thursday, 6 December 2012 17:12 (twelve years ago)

I think I'm slowly turning into an E and it's freaking me out a little. I'm used to being okay on my own, so thirsting for company and feeling legit bereft when I haven't been around my people for a couple of days is taking some getting used to.

A-Holes Of The Reconstruction (Old Lunch), Thursday, 6 December 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago)

2 years ago:


ENTP
Extravert(22%) iNtuitive(12%) iNtuitive Thinking(38%) Perceiving(22)%

You have slight preference of Extraversion over Introversion (22%)
You have slight preference of Intuition over Sensing (12%)
You have moderate preference of Thinking over Feeling (38%)
You have slight preference of Perceiving over Judging (22%)

two minutes ago

ENTP
Extravert(22%) iNtuitive(12%) iNtuitive Thinking(38%) Perceiving(22)%

You have slight preference of Extraversion over Introversion (22%)
You have slight preference of Intuition over Sensing (12%)
You have moderate preference of Thinking over Feeling (38%)
You have slight preference of Perceiving over Judging (22%)

first u get the flower, then u get the honey, then u get the stamen (darraghmac), Friday, 7 December 2012 02:03 (twelve years ago)

hmm i've almost certainly c'd pver my own c&p there haven't i

first u get the flower, then u get the honey, then u get the stamen (darraghmac), Friday, 7 December 2012 02:04 (twelve years ago)

ENTP
Extraverted Intuitive Thinking Perceiving
Strength of the preferences %
11 12 38 44

result from 2 years ago

first u get the flower, then u get the honey, then u get the stamen (darraghmac), Friday, 7 December 2012 02:05 (twelve years ago)

getting less perceptive, huh well i coulda told you that

first u get the flower, then u get the honey, then u get the stamen (darraghmac), Friday, 7 December 2012 02:05 (twelve years ago)

i've tested as INFP and INTJ. i think INTJ describes me better.

mongo hulkamaria (get bent), Friday, 7 December 2012 02:25 (twelve years ago)

i still can't read that as anything but the journalist's union

first u get the flower, then u get the honey, then u get the stamen (darraghmac), Friday, 7 December 2012 02:27 (twelve years ago)

Yeah, I'd wager ILX is more NT-centric. I think us hippie NFs are much more prone to butthurtness than your average ILXor.

Out Of Thyme (Old Lunch), Friday, 7 December 2012 02:30 (twelve years ago)

p sure that ilxors have exhibited sensitive posteriors many many times over the years

first u get the flower, then u get the honey, then u get the stamen (darraghmac), Friday, 7 December 2012 02:31 (twelve years ago)

Was reading a thing not long ago indicating Myers-Briggs types are about as scientifically sound and reliable as astrology

mh, Friday, 7 December 2012 04:12 (twelve years ago)

Eh, that's kind of a lazy comparison. I wouldn't trumpet M-B as some paragon of scientifically-sound personality metrics, but it's based on actual questions that people answer so it has a little more weight than assessing personality based on what position the planets are in. It's a method of classification that, for me, helps me to understand some of the different reasons why some people interface smoothly and others butt heads. It facilitates a perspective that I think has utility, scientific merit be damned.

Out Of Thyme (Old Lunch), Friday, 7 December 2012 04:25 (twelve years ago)

utility is scientific merit

first u get the flower, then u get the honey, then u get the stamen (darraghmac), Friday, 7 December 2012 09:12 (twelve years ago)

M-B probably has much more appeal to particular M-B types than it does to others, is another thing to consider, as well.

Out Of Thyme (Old Lunch), Friday, 7 December 2012 14:01 (twelve years ago)

To me, it's interesting bullshit, but then again I don't know why I waste my time with such idiot fluff! Myers-Briggs helped many workplaces understand workplace dynamics. I mean, it helped me at work because I am just not an "F" or a sensitive "N" and my co-workers need to understand that!

It's still better than those idiot personality tests on Facebook!

โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Ronald McDonald Donald McDonald (Mount Cleaners), Friday, 7 December 2012 14:06 (twelve years ago)

Yeah, I mean, if you have some codified method of understanding the way in which another person views and processes and interacts with the world, that's a starting point for bridging communicative gaps and learning to understand people who seem otherwise almost impossibly different than yourself. I understand why you'd write it off if you're not interested in that stuff, but it definitely has utility for those who are.

Out Of Thyme (Old Lunch), Friday, 7 December 2012 14:18 (twelve years ago)

INFP for life

fueled by satanism, violence, and sodomy (elmo argonaut), Friday, 7 December 2012 14:27 (twelve years ago)

I think Myers-Briggs does reasonably well measuring the four traits it tests for. The only thing i find a fallacy is the notion some have that those are the only four important measures of personality type. Nobody I know with the same MBTI result as me (ENFJ) is anything like me.

For what it's worth, I last tested as - extroverted: 100% - intuitive: 50% - feeling: 38% - judging - 11%

Lee626, Friday, 7 December 2012 14:27 (twelve years ago)

^ was surprised when i pegged the meter on extraversion.... I definitely think like an extravert, but don't always act like one

Lee626, Friday, 7 December 2012 14:29 (twelve years ago)

i took this test last night for the first time and got Introvert(11%) iNtuitive(81%) iNtuitive Feeling(12%) Perceiving(11)%

i don't know what it means tho, or whether it aligns w/ how i think of myself

Mordy, Friday, 7 December 2012 14:38 (twelve years ago)

I can't remember if it's just alternative tests or if there's an actual variant of M-B, but I've done a workplace seminar where it was a handful of coworkers/friends who filled out surveys rather than me. M-B highly dependent on people having a good perception of how they actually interact, as opposed to how it appears to a third party.

mh, Friday, 7 December 2012 14:52 (twelve years ago)

The other thing about MB is people treat it as a thing you are, rather than a tendency you prefer. It's not an absolute like height -- it's a tendency, same as "being a grumpy bastard" doesn't mean you never smile or laugh.

Which is probably why I got INTP when I tested myself late last night, despite generally being a solid ENTP.

stet, Friday, 7 December 2012 15:06 (twelve years ago)

those are both what you'd rank yourself as, at least

^_^

mh, Friday, 7 December 2012 15:07 (twelve years ago)

accuracy of answers notwithstanding

first u get the flower, then u get the honey, then u get the stamen (darraghmac), Friday, 7 December 2012 15:08 (twelve years ago)

Your Type
ENFP
Extravert(67%) iNtuitive(88%) Feeling(38%) Perceiving(22%)

Still the same basic type as 3 and 9 years ago, but according to the test I've become more extroverted and intuitive, and somewhat less feeling.

Tuomas, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 10:33 (twelve years ago)

I don't really think I've become more extroverted though, I'm pretty sure I was a bigger extrovert when I was 24 than now at 33.

Tuomas, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 10:37 (twelve years ago)

I was ENFP when I did the test in 2006. I'd like to try again. Where's a link to a decent test?

besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 12:09 (twelve years ago)

infp duh

i used to be very very obsessed with mbti

worth mentioning that the tests aren't holy, it's probably better to just look at an indepth rundown of the 16 types and pick for yourself which one sounds most like you

THE NATIONS YOUTH DANCED TO THE MACARANA (innocent) (zachlyon), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 12:09 (twelve years ago)

I'm always INTP, strongest on the I and the P. With a good test, it's definitely not astrology, especially if you understand the terms as defined by MB and not the way people use them casually. As Old Lunch says, it's a good starting point. I've found it quite useful in the workplace. In relationships, not so much.

Cherish, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 14:05 (twelve years ago)


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