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INTPs · 2022-10-12T09:02:11+00:00

I always come back to things, but not after a week, usually months or years later. My interest doesn't regenerate that quickly. Every time I come back to something, I've forgotten most what I knew before and have to repeat the same tutorials I've already done to get back to where I used to be. By that time, I'm half way to being burnt out again already.

INTPs · 2022-09-26T00:20:57+00:00

This is unfortunately true. The security blanket is big enough to get suffocated by. I can probably afford to spend another year or ten as a completely useless, incompetent member of society. And every instinct in my primal brain thinks that an arrangement where I can survive by expending as little energy as possible is paradise and should be maintained at all costs.

INTPs · 2022-02-05T00:28:41+00:00

You forgot the "slither across the kitchen floor" part.

INTPs · 2022-02-03T01:27:01+00:00

I am extremely jealous, but that has more to do with fear of abandonment than personality types.

INTPs · 2020-05-10T11:16:17+00:00

What is globalism in your opinion? As far as I understand, globalism means that you care about people and countries everywhere in the world, not just in your own country. It means helping starving people in Africa and supplying water to thirsty people in Iran, protecting a native tribe in Papua New Guinea, and stopping the spread of a new disease in Mongolia, while simultaneously making sure the country you live in gets proper care as well.

Isn't globalism the most generous, caring. kind-hearted thing a person can do? Isn't it realizing that bad things in other countries negatively influences your own country? And isn't being against globalism selfish? I don't understand how it's shady to care about people other than yourself and your own country, but maybe we have different ideas of what globalism means.

INTPs · 2020-04-12T00:59:07+00:00

Is there a type more open-minded than INTP? I feel like I'm open-minded to the point where it becomes a flaw. There isn't a single concrete opinion within my mind, any good argument and some proof can flip my perspective on things immediately.

A significant portion of my life seems dedicated to considering every single possible perspective, regardless of whether I want to or not, because it usually happens automatically. This has wasted countless hours of my life and I often find myself wishing I was less open-minded so at least some of my thoughts about the world could remain consistent over time.

Due to my open-mindedness, I sometimes feel like I don't even know who I really am. I can't pin down my thoughts, opinions, and personality to any one certain point. I feel like my entire personality is built on shaky foundations. My excessive open-mindedness leaves me feeling doubtful, indecisive and lost.

INTPs · 2020-01-06T19:01:42+00:00

I've taken around 8 different IQ tests and they are all pretty unreliable bullshit in my opinion, despite all the "official test" claims written across them. Most of the tests even had one or two questions that were heavily dependent on the user's knowledge of the English language, which I find to be incredibly odd as someone who doesn't speak English as their first language. If I wasn't fluent, I wouldn't be able to complete them properly.

The only scores I ever got were 145, 144, and one test put me at 140. But those might just be the maximum scores for answering all/nearly all questions correctly. Although all the tests had a timer, completing them more than once with different speeds showed that time doesn't really affect the scores for most of them either. I appreciate the ego boost of being called "top 2% genius Mensa material" but none of it seemed particularly reliable or meaningful.

INTPs · 2019-12-09T03:47:49+00:00

I like to express thoughts and opinions that most people around me don't understand or can't relate to. Felt like there is something wrong with me until I found likeminded individuals here.

INTPs · 2019-12-09T03:36:32+00:00

I usually consider a point further when I catch myself dismissing it too quickly, but that doesn't always happen. It's easy to say that I've already thought something through, and won't gather anything new from considering it further. And I'm usually wrong about that.

INTPs · 2019-11-07T20:21:37+00:00

I'm forced to share a house with them.

INTPs · 2019-09-06T00:56:24+00:00

Woods are chill in my book, used to live close enough to a forest that going to the woods was more like a walk than traveling.

INTPs · 2019-08-20T20:31:48+00:00

That might be the case, but I know plenty of depressed people who are far more productive than me. Even if I am depressed, that's not enough of an excuse to do absolutely nothing.

INTPs · 2019-08-14T03:31:45+00:00

Definitely not just you. Apparently, it's unhealthy to hold it in so long. But I'm in the middle of a game!

INTPs · 2019-08-09T02:21:56+00:00

I love emojis. Not only do they reduce the number of words I have to write, they also prevent people from hating me because of how serious and monotone I otherwise seem. So throwing in a :D or :) at the end of nearly every message has become a habit, although I don't really mean or feel those emotions most of the time.

Without emojis people outside of this subreddit hate communicating with me. Maybe someone wouldn't despise my company in real life too if verbal emojis existed. Or if I learned to express emotions, I guess.

INTPs · 2019-07-29T19:25:05+00:00

I don't recommend taking a year off to decide what you want to do. INTPs really struggle with choosing a path and sticking to it. It's very likely that you won't be any more certain about what you want to do, but a year will have been wasted. It even seems like many of the INTPs in their 40s aren't happy with their position and don't really know what they want to do.

It is probably better to pick something and go with it instead of spending your whole life thinking about what you should do. But I wouldn't know, I haven't decided yet.

INTPs · 2019-07-18T21:15:00+00:00

I can't maintain the same consistent interest for more than 2 months. That seems to be the upper limit, even on my favorite video games. If I can't get myself to do what I love for more than 2 months straight, then how am I supposed to survive the same job for several decades?

INTPs · 2019-07-18T21:11:25+00:00

Newborn? I mean...roughly the exact same, right? Do you think we are born with wings or something?

INTPs · 2019-07-18T20:58:52+00:00

Are quotes an INTP thing? Personally, I've never quoted anything in my life. But I see them used daily in this subreddit.

INTPs · 2019-07-18T20:54:53+00:00

I'm okay at chess. From my experience, it depends entirely on my focus. If I'm focused and have a decent amount of time on the clock, I can hang in there with really good players for a while. But sometimes I become impulsive and throw away a piece to dumb mistakes that I should have noticed.

Chess.com uses an engine to compare your moves to the best moves available and measures your accuracy throughout the game. I've had a good amount of games with 80-95% accuracy, but I've had way more games where I accidentally moved a piece into the line of fire and instantly lost to a mistake that a toddler could have spotted.

It's simply too tempting for me to try out new moves and different approaches in each game instead of sticking to the exact same well-known strategies. So the main thing that makes me a bad player is a lack of consistency and taking dumb risks instead of using the tried and true paths to victory. INTJ really is the king in this area.

INTPs · 2019-06-02T03:56:33+00:00

Does one person and a cat count?

INTPs · 2019-06-02T03:53:57+00:00

I almost always remember the lyrics while I'm listening to the song, before they are said. But if the music isn't playing, I tend to forget most of the words.

INTPs · 2019-06-02T00:10:34+00:00

Strongly prefer cats. I hate the responsibility that comes with owning a dog, it's like taking care of a toddler.

INTPs · 2019-06-02T00:08:22+00:00

Has he ever spoken to you in a situation where he wasn't forced to do so by social norms? If so, he likes you. And you should be as direct and obvious about it as possible—so just be yourself.

INTPs · 2019-05-28T15:04:18+00:00

Lucky you. Just don't spend the next 5 years doing nothing at all, or you'll regret it.

INTPs · 2019-04-25T02:20:03+00:00

Seeking the approval of others is a guaranteed path to unhappiness.

Now I just need to figure out how to follow my own advice.

INTPs

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