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nouveau  ·  4048 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Nothing Personal: The questionable Myers-Briggs test.

Great article, thanks for sharing. Fortunately my only experience with the MBTI has been the occasional lurk on online communities (like subreddits) where the "test" is taken far too seriously.





AlderaanDuran  ·  4048 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    (like subreddits) where the "test" is taken far too seriously.

http://reddit.com/r/intj

The INTJ subreddit on that website is laughable. They are the self proclaimed "Mastermind" subreddit. And they all sit around talking about what a burden it is to be the smartest person in the room at all times, yet not have the motivation to do anything with their intelligence. "Oh I'm the smartest, but I don't get things done and I don't like other people because they're dumb" seems to be the common sentiment of every post. Everyone who posts there has some kind of underachieving genius complex. "I'm lazy, antisocial, and play a lot of videogames, welp, must be an introverted genius."

Some people take that test way too seriously.

AnSionnachRua  ·  4047 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've begun to notice two things more and more: that a lot of people want to apply medical terms to themselves, and that mankind's capacity for inventing excuses is limitless.

thenewgreen  ·  4047 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not sure if you have the first New Green album, but this track is relevant to the MBTI discussion.

AnSionnachRua  ·  4047 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Huh, I have the album on my hard drive but that track's not on it.

thenewgreen  ·  4046 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm not sure that you have the first album. If you PM me your address, I'd be glad to send it out. We are about to get some new sitckers and I could send some of those too :-)

AnSionnachRua  ·  4046 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That'd be sweet!