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comment by Kafke
Kafke  ·  3719 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is your MBTI Personality Type, and what are your functions?

    determining which pigeon-hole defines me? I spent my childhood being shoved in pigeon-holes, so now I should let a test pick my next one? No thanks.

You don't need to let the test determine your type. Go study up and learn why each type is defined the way it is. As I said, the quiz is just there to make this process easier.

    When you say "it's the typing that matters", how does it matter? What problem are you solving when you run this test?

Because I can see that you are an "S" person (focusing on practicality and problem solving, rather than theorizing) and thus I can understand how you think and relate to things.

    it seems like classification for the sport of it.

Perhaps. I find that it provides a framework for understanding people. Which is something I typically have problems with. Classifying and categorizing them makes it easier for me.

That's what the purpose is.