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TheVenerableCain  ·  3567 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski, what are your nerd horoscopes?

I'm very heavily skewed towards INTJ. It's really hard to empathize with other people and half the time I can't even pretend to care. It's hard to describe to someone else, but that's the most true way of stating it. It's not an "edgy" thing, it's just very draining to try and put on a mask of caring when you don't feel that emotion. That may not be completely related to being an INTJ. Might just be an asshole. I'm working on it, though. Someone mentioned "mindfulness meditation" the other day. Haven't had a chance to be alone, but I figure I'll give it a go. I'm actually surprised that I can sometimes at least pretend that I have social skills. Maybe that is a social skill? For whatever reason, I don't mind telling people about myself as long as they ask. Hopefully you're asking and I'm not being narcissistic. I also value truth quite a bit. I'd rather someone just tell me that I'm being an asshole than hint it or pretend that everything is fine, when they're secretly malcontent, for example.

I can very quickly determine the strengths and weaknesses of something and have a good ability to see both sides of a conflict. This tends to lead me to have weak arguments because I can understand where both parties are coming from. However, I tend to be blunt in real life because I can't write and re-write what I say in order to choose less harsh words (I assure you that I've done this about 10 times by now). Being that I can see both (or many) angles of a problem, I can essentially argue myself into inaction or, more commonly, neutraility. If any side can be right, then how do you choose?

Not a HP person, sorry. Probably Slytherin as well from the little I know about the series.

I'm "The Investigator" apparently. It says I fear the world but that's not true at all. I just have a general distaste for it. I deal with it because the alternative is dying or going insane. Most of the other stuff is somewhat accurate. I do tend to stay quiet, observe, and gather information. Emotions don't play a big part in my life, etc. I'm also a 6 wing? It says that they (we?) tend to be artistically inclined, but I struggle to color in the lines. I suppose that's a very broad statement, as there are near-infinite things that one could consider art. I'm sure that in some way, I'm an artist.

I don't put too much faith in these things, but they are interesting nonetheless. I like to look at them as a basic guide using very broad strokes for different kinds of people. I read up on other types in order to gain information on how to deal with them, but since people are people, there's no one-size-fits-all approach, unfortunately.