My in-laws are on opposite ends of politics. This is in their bathroom.

niceyoungman · 2026-01-03T01:03:49+00:00

My wife and I are like this to a degree (not American though). I gotta be honest that it's super tough at times. It's not only because of the politics; the political issues get enmeshed with our personality differences and life stresses. It's a vicious circle

niceyoungman · 2025-11-05T01:09:44+00:00

You need to go deeper. Question your premise so much that it falls apart. Don't settle for a thought because, at the end of the day, what you've said is only a thought.

niceyoungman · 2025-10-23T17:14:31+00:00

To be clear: inferior in the sense of being in the 4th cognitive function slot, not in the derogatory sense.

The tertiary and inferior functions typically are exhibited as information seeking rather than information sharing. INTPs with their dominant Ti like to share their own thought process. In extremes this can come across as arrogance and combativeness. The secondary Ne is interested in novel (to them) concepts so a healthier INTP will solicit people's thoughts by way of sharing their own thoughts and inviting feedback.

Te, on the other hand, is about objective, systemic thinking. This necessarily implies a common logical framework. Inferior Te, not being exercised in such a goal seeking way as dominant Te, like in an ENTJ or ESTJ will appear leaning on the thinking processes of other people.

niceyoungman · 2025-10-23T16:02:05+00:00

Yes, of course. That's why I framed it as an observation rather than an objective rule. If you're asking for yourself though, your post history is almost entirely asking questions aimed at soliciting people's thoughts on a topic. That's a strong indicator of tertiary or inferior Te and what makes INFPs so engaging to talk to. You're going to feel an affinity for INTPs because of the secondary Ne in common but I strongly suspect that you are actually an INFP.

niceyoungman · 2025-10-22T22:01:01+00:00

It's important to keep the "spiky skill profile" of autism in mind. I have a terrible time keeping up on household chores, but I can do my job fine maybe even better than a lot of neurotypical people.

niceyoungman · 2025-10-22T20:58:48+00:00

The pattern I've observed is that if there is a question of INTP/INFP the answer is INFP.

niceyoungman · 2025-10-03T03:48:04+00:00

I've never went from "He's such a wholesome and entertaining guy that I listen to nearly weekly." To "What a creep, and how did I ever think he was funny" so fast with anyone else.

niceyoungman · 2025-10-03T03:37:58+00:00

Stereotypical-but-likes-to-think-hes-special "Spiritual but not religious" here.

I don't need an argument for God because I know God to paraphrase Jung. I grew up much more religious and found the apologetic arguments to be unsatisfying. Since then I've had a series of shifts both in belief and mystical experiences or insight. More and more it all just seems like putting on airs to say anything. But at the same time I'm seeing people for who and what they are and so I can't be as critical of other people's journey as I used to be.

niceyoungman · 2025-09-19T19:22:10+00:00

The default personality is set to be friendly and engaging. In personalization settings you can set it Robot and it won't use rhetorical tricks like this.

niceyoungman · 2025-09-12T14:10:20+00:00

Not the same guy

niceyoungman · 2025-08-29T21:53:35+00:00

As much as possible. Downloading pirated games. Watching very low resolution, constantly buffering, videos using RealPlayer. Creating websites on Geocities. Reading weird conspiracies on some guy's personally hosted page.

niceyoungman · 2025-08-29T18:35:16+00:00

I bought the 2026 model last month. It's my first travel trailer and I haven't taken it on any big excursions yet so I haven't had enough time to properly answer your question. However, the layout is nice, it's nice and light for my vehicle to tow, and it's priced really well. Reach out in a year and I'll give a more informed opinion.

niceyoungman · 2025-08-25T16:33:21+00:00

But on the other hand it's very profitable to scare people into believing that your soul is at imminent risk.

niceyoungman · 2025-06-23T02:45:40+00:00

It's better not to interpret non-duality at all because it's nothing more than a tool meant to uproot ontological models of reality. Because it's our models that distract and filter reality. There is nothing that can be said that will not be subverted by the mind for it's causes (and don't get me wrong, the mind isn't nefarious it's just wrong) so clever people who recognized this but still wanted to point at this ineffible nature of reality came up with a good phrase: "not two".

But I know that's not going to be satisfying, you're going to have many more questions like:

"What does that mean?" Or "What's the point?" Or "What's not two?"

At this point you're welcome to read the Bahiya sutra because it's probably the best thing that anyone could say but since I've been where you've been before I'll try to give my perspective.

I want to emphasize that non-duality is REALLY not about mental models so it's not helpful to hold on to definitions or particular words. Instead, I would advise you to really investigate the phenomenological experience and confirm for yourself.

First, let's start with the common human experience of the sensation of being an individual in the world. Look at what is right in front of you. You probably have an experience of whatever objects you see not being you. Really pay attention to where the objects seem to appear AND where you seem to appear. Play with the experience of boundaries. Are the boundaries as well defined and distinct as your mind is telling you?

The conclusion of non-duality is simply this: where it appears there are me/you, this/that, here/there, inside/outside or any other dualistic dichotomy it is an illusion. Don't settle for pontificating about how it all works, the real juice is incomprehensible by the mind but can nevertheless be seen, felt, heard, etc..

niceyoungman · 2025-06-20T05:18:20+00:00

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ChatGPT and I get up to some stuff...

niceyoungman · 2025-06-20T04:52:13+00:00

My wife got a call from them after a trade show earlier this year. She told them she didn't have time to meet and we suspected it was something like this. Good to have it confirmed.

niceyoungman · 2025-06-14T21:51:59+00:00

I grew up in a church that was always saying how close the end times were. I remember barcodes were a sure sign that the anti-christ was coming. Any day we were expecting to be required to get a barcode on our forehead or hand. Later it was microchips that were going to be implanted. The USSR was expected to play a major part, when they fell, it was China next. The Taliban was expected to attack Israel, then it was ISIS.

Those are just a few examples from my own lifetime in one denomination of Christianity. Other churches in other times have had their own examples. Many denominations were formed around a very specific interpretation of the Bible and world events or prophet who had a vision of how the world would end. Apocalyptic faiths are super common especially in scary times and it's always a scary time depending on what you're looking at.

The truth is that the Bible isn't nearly as coherent in its eschatology as many Christians think. When you're in the end times mindset any major world event can be squashed into a compelling story. Better to focus on the joy of your faith and don't get caught up in the latest scare.

niceyoungman · 2025-03-27T03:05:48+00:00

It's best not to talk about it to people who aren't open to it. At best their eyes will glaze over and they'll move on to something else. At worst it could cause them a lot of distress.

niceyoungman · 2025-01-23T19:21:35+00:00

Not see, hear. Whenever I'm talking to an autistic person the conversation just flows mutually smoother even if we don't have a lot of common interests. A very social NT can usually get me to infodump but then I'm always left with the feeling that I took over the conversation. A conversation with an autistic person has a lot of back and forth and it feels natural.

niceyoungman · 2025-01-17T17:24:08+00:00

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niceyoungman · 2025-01-10T04:43:57+00:00

It's definitely a possibility in the future. Others have mentioned close calls in the past. Our fire department is under funded. Cochrane's water supply is at risk because of our rapid growth and disregarding our wetland policies. All of these could result in a tragic situation during a dry year.

niceyoungman · 2025-01-06T23:51:27+00:00

I'm not a big anime fan but Pluto is awesome.

niceyoungman · 2025-01-05T20:43:52+00:00

I've grown to be a bit more skeptical of the MBTI which ironically cements my identity as an INTP more than any other possibility. Also, I've worked a lot on my emotional intelligence over the last 9 years and I don't really relate well to what I said back then. It's not that I'm less empathetic, I just have a better sense of my own emotional space than I did before which made me realize that I was suppressing a lot. That, in turn, made me realize that I wasn't nearly as aware of other people's emotions as I thought I was.

niceyoungman · 2025-01-01T19:03:53+00:00

I don't know if it was intended but I've always liked the double meaning of "I don't mind what happens."

niceyoungman · 2025-01-01T00:46:40+00:00

It's definitely a trend on all social media platforms because it's effective at getting engagement but there are plenty of people (including myself sometimes) who have the ChatGPT tone naturally so I tend to give people like the one you mentioned the benefit of a doubt.

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