Demographics -- Personality Type (2010-2011)

[RonPaulIsGreat]

Relates:46 & 2 Tool.

 

[BamaAla]

INTP's generally look to type themselves as INTJ's... but are rock solid INTP's.

Read the below description [purposely designed to be cutting] and it probably applies to a good bit of people who tested as INTJ on Myers Briggs online tests:

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You seem to know a lot about this stuff. Do me next!

Introverted (I) 63.89% Extroverted (E) 36.11%
Sensing (S) 63.64% Intuitive (N) 36.36%
Thinking (T) 79.17% Feeling (F) 20.83%
Perceiving (P) 58.06% Judging (J) 41.94%

ISTP

 

[eduardo89]

No sociopath option?

 

[Kludge]

No sociopath option?

INTP

I've only been able to snag 14 results from 4chan's /b/ (not sure what I'm doing to trigger mod deletion), but of those, INTP & INTJ are both the highest scores, 3 votes each.

 

[daviddee]

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[daviddee]

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[BamaAla]

Do you have a moustache (or have had a mustache for a large part of your adult life)? This is a real question as it will answer my above question pretty quickly.

No moustache, but I can't grow facial hair.

The rest of that seems fairly correct; however, I don't fancy myself miserable.

 

[One Last Battle!]

ISTJ. Hooray.

 

[axiomata]

Not a very good idea to post your personality type in a public forum.

These tests should not be confused with some "cool" "meaningless" "fun" test.

Your personality type should be guarded. It is much easier to manipulate and interrogate a person if you know their personality type. Professionals can discern it after a period of time of interaction, background/career dissection, relationship, and even looks/body characteristics.

If you are interested in this field I highly suggest going right to Carl Jung and avoiding "Myers Briggs".

This field is based on fact and should not be treated as a horoscope.

As a side note, the amount of xNTx (rationals) was expected. I would have assumed there would have been much more xNFx (idealists).

Lastly, if you are unfamiliar with this entire topic you should heed this warning: Do not get involved with any of this if you enjoy your current world of thinking that everyone is a unique snowflake, that all relationships can be worked on, etc etc. There is only one personality you will ever truly mesh with (you are not wired to find this person - vice versa), your existing partner is probably the wrong type, there are careers you are not designed for (don't try), etc etc. This field will break you... if you are not prepared for what you will find out. I do not recommend it for most people...

Though I'm aware of the existence of various books on how to manipulate various personality types, I'm not familiar with the details.

However, I would suspect the warning you present would have precisely the opposite effect.

 

[Fredom101]

If you are a REAL ISTp, the below applies. Myers Briggs sucks with Introverts as they sometimes botch the J/P. This is why INTP's mistype themselves as INTJs (aside from their mental issues).

Do you have a moustache (or have had a mustache for a large part of your adult life)? This is a real question as it will answer my above question pretty quickly.

As requested:

You can describe ISTp with one word - stingy, mean and miserable or you can do it with many - lazy. There are basically two generic variations of ISTp - happily greedy and unhappily greedy. The "happy" ISTp has slightly better developed social skills than the "unhappy" version.

The dream job for an ISTp would be the one where you can do nothing, get paid and don't have to give anything to anyone. An ISTp retailer would drive the prices up until it's just about possible to sell the goods for that price, whereas an ISTp shopper would often be seen at a car boot sale. However, this is not the only use of practical logic ISTp can be proud of. ISTps know how to do just about anything. Plumbing...sure, gardening...sure, brain surgery...piece of cake...Oops, never mind.

The most obvious thing that could give ISTps away is probably their obsession with pets. Sometimes it could reach ridiculous dimensions, turning ISTp's place into a zoo. This obsession is very closely connected with ISTp's hidden agenda. Since ISTps have unconscious need to be able to show their affection towards another, who could be a better suitable candidate for this than a pet, or better a dozen of them. People can reject your love and your good intentions, pets will never.

But here comes a twist. ISTps can often hurt the ones they love. Why would you want to do this? The one way to understand your feelings towards the loved ones is by hurting them and watching them suffer, only then you can be sure of how much you love them. Sounds cruel, but unfortunately this is the strange nature of this particular type of hidden agenda, which cannot be used as an excuse for such behaviour.

Funny. I've almost always tested as an ISTP, but none of that describes me. This reminds me of reading horoscopes.

 

[daviddee]

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[Kludge]

bump

 

[EndDaFed]

INTP

Introverted (I) 62.86% Extroverted (E) 37.14%
Intuitive (N) 55.88% Sensing (S) 44.12%
Thinking (T) 66.67% Feeling (F) 33.33%
Perceiving (P) 54.55% Judging (J) 45.45%

There I took the test. You were close in your guess. :O

 

[Kludge]

Hey INTPs, anyone else find storytelling dreadfully boring? Movies in particular (though books generally aren't much better). Unless there's biting criticism of something, I get frustrated at how much the meaning is hidden with shit that supposedly makes it "credible." Dramatic (but straight-faced) pauses, unbelievably serious tones of voice, and character building (which is pretty pointless because the movie's going to end in 2 hours and the characters DON'T EXIST, so why should I give a fuck?).

With non-fiction books, there're generally 1-5 great ideas which could have been fully explained in bullet-point format within 10 pages, but to make their ideas marketable, they hide the ideas in bullshit, usually either devoting 10+ pages for examples or writing irrelevant nonsense about why the opposition is wrong even though they've already made the case why they're right (basically just restating the exact same thing over and over).

With fiction, there's generally not even a meaty idea. It's just spectacle. It's a 30-second uninteresting story drawn out to 2 hours (or longer for books).

Almost all of these could be redeemed if the author/director didn't take appear to take himself seriously, as if people are really supposed to give a flying fuck that Brad Pitt's fictional wife is delusional to create conflict so the movie can be drawn out.

This image is more useful, entertaining, and thought-provoking than every movie I have ever watched:

Robert Anton Wilson & associates' Principia Discordia is, by far, the most insightful book I've ever read, it's a joy to read, and I think it's only something like 50 pages.

 

[speciallyblend]

ENFJ
Extraverted 78
Intuitive 50
Feeling 38
Judging 22

 

[MelissaCato]

Enfj

 

[Dreamofunity]

This image is more useful, entertaining, and thought-provoking than every movie I have ever watched:

I use the elevator hack daily since I saw this image (randomly on the internet, not here, although nice post).

Oh, and INTP.

 

[Johnnymac]

"ENFJ" yea I feel like I'm right in the middle of this and somthing else... some of the things I agreed with, "feeling"... basically told me i liked being a psychologist which is true im constantly trying to help or teach people even if a certain person annoys the fuck out of me, then it said " In healthier individuals, deft use of this awareness of the inner needs and desires of others enables this astute type to win friends, influence people, and avoid compromising entanglements." which I agreed with because I've noticed that i get along with everyone at work, so much that they all come to me bitching and complaining about others that I also get along with but I just give them the cold shoulder to avoid drama, damn I wish our country was more like that haha. A lot of the questions I was really unsure about and had to think about if i came into a situation that applied that question, I'm still young so I'm sure it might flop to something closer but different

 

[trey4sports]

Bump for ISTJ

 

[Freedom 4 all]

Bump cause this is a really cool topic and merits more discussion.

Its interesting to note that the majority of RPFers are INTJs (I'm one!) yet this personality type only accounts for 1-4% of the general population.

I am one as well. It's probably not a coincidence, as it's a personality type of activists and those willing to shake up the established order. Ron Paul himself is INFJ, and so was Thomas Jefferson. Other famous INJFs include Ghandi, Chomsky, and (unfortunately) Bin Laden and Hitler.