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    The deltas are telling me that I dont sound too much like an ISTP. I have tested ISTP 85% of the time with the occasional ISFP and INTP. When I was young I could make tons of friends within a couple minutes but it seems im more conscious about it as an adult. Im a natural at computers and can learn it without reading books and only attending class lectures. in the past ive been into counterculture stuff like conspiracy theories and the occult. I only really feel alive if im doing something risky like driving really fast, smoking weed, and getting really hammered and out of control. I never make plans and always wait for others to make the plans. Im in and out of college and never really accomplish anything there. Im pretty easy going but once people push me far enough, everyone will back off cause i have the worst temper ever. i dont know let me know what you think...
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    Do you want to be an ISTp?
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    Quote Originally Posted by randomguy View Post
    The deltas are telling me that I dont sound too much like an ISTP. I have tested ISTP 85% of the time with the occasional ISFP and INTP. When I was young I could make tons of friends within a couple minutes but it seems im more conscious about it as an adult. Im a natural at computers and can learn it without reading books and only attending class lectures. in the past ive been into counterculture stuff like conspiracy theories and the occult. I only really feel alive if im doing something risky like driving really fast, smoking weed, and getting really hammered and out of control. I never make plans and always wait for others to make the plans. Im in and out of college and never really accomplish anything there. Im pretty easy going but once people push me far enough, everyone will back off cause i have the worst temper ever. i dont know let me know what you think...
    If you took an MBTI test, then the first thing that comes to mind is: J/P switch, you're likely an ISTj. (While there's some debate about whether it's normal, it's definitely common for your MBTI typing to be reversed on J/P from your Socionic type.) The information you provided here also fits ISTj better than ISTp - indeed I'd say that it fits ISTj best, with ESTp second.



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    I dont know about ESTP. For the first couple years of life, the doctors actually did deaf/mute tests on me cause i didnt talk. My mom said im not mute cause I would ask her to carry me and feed me all the time. Most of my life ive been shy around strangers and a big bully to co-workers, friends, and family.
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    Quote Originally Posted by force my hand View Post
    Do you want to be an ISTp?
    Its alright with me, but im hearing some static about it
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    Quote Originally Posted by randomguy View Post
    I dont know about ESTP. For the first couple years of life, the doctors actually did deaf/mute tests on me cause i didnt talk. My mom said im not mute cause I would ask her to carry me and feed me all the time. Most of my life ive been shy around strangers and a big bully to co-workers, friends, and family.
    OK, not ESTp. ISTj seems pretty certain...



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    Quote Originally Posted by Brilliand View Post
    OK, not ESTp. ISTj seems pretty certain...
    Im not to certain about ISTJ either. When I was young my dad use to say I was a grasshopper cause I wouldnt stop jumping off the bed and nightstands all the time. Looking at my youth, its showing more ISTP dont you think? Maybe not the most typical ISTP
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    Quote Originally Posted by randomguy View Post
    Im not to certain about ISTJ either. When I was young my dad use to say I was a grasshopper cause I wouldnt stop jumping off the bed and nightstands all the time. Looking at my youth, its showing more ISTP dont you think? Maybe not the most typical ISTP


    Take my ISTP test. Check all that apply:

    1. I'm outwardly polite. ___ Yes ____ No
    2. I'm inwardly critical. ___ Yes ____ No
    3. I like dogs better than most people. ____ Yes ____ No
    4. I wouldn't steal soap from a hotel. ____ Yes ____No
    5. I like wierd people. ____ Yes ____No
    6. I dislike authority. ____ Yes ____ No
    7. A pie in the face is not that funny ____ yes ____No
    8. I suck at reading people ___ Yes ____ No
    9. Conan O'Brien is Lame ____ Yes ____ No
    10. I like these icons :wink: ____Yes ____No
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cyrano View Post
    Take my ISTP test. Check all that apply:

    1. I'm outwardly polite. ___ Yes ____ No
    2. I'm inwardly critical. ___ Yes ____ No
    3. I like dogs better than most people. ____ Yes ____ No
    4. I wouldn't steal soap from a hotel. ____ Yes ____No
    5. I like wierd people. ____ Yes ____No
    6. I dislike authority. ____ Yes ____ No
    7. A pie in the face is not that funny ____ yes ____No
    8. I suck at reading people ___ Yes ____ No
    9. Conan O'Brien is Lame ____ Yes ____ No
    10. I like these icons :wink: ____Yes ____No
    LOL can you send me these answers so I can give this to guys I date? haha. I'm curious about some of these answers. I mean, some are obvious, but really not sure about #4.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jewels View Post
    LOL can you send me these answers so I can give this to guys I date? haha. I'm curious about some of these answers. I mean, some are obvious, but really not sure about #4.
    I think the answers for the ISTp are all "yes."

    The soap thing refers to the tread by Slacker Mom:
    Poll: Would you call this "stealing"?
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    I don't think you're ISTp.

    Beta ST seems very plausible and ISTj is my best guess at the moment.
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    Quote Originally Posted by randomguy View Post
    Im not to certain about ISTJ either. When I was young my dad use to say I was a grasshopper cause I wouldnt stop jumping off the bed and nightstands all the time. Looking at my youth, its showing more ISTP dont you think? Maybe not the most typical ISTP
    OK... you're saying you have to be P because you have that strange behavior? That's where MBTI differs from Socionics: in MBTI, J/P is about how you interact with the world, whereas in Socionics, j/p is about how you usually think. An ISTj's base function is , which is very structured, but doesn't easily interact with the world; his second function is , which is not very structured, but is very simple to apply to the world.

    I'm not sure whether jumping off the bed and nightstands should be considered evidence of Static... anyone else want to comment on this? (I can sort of see it from the Pe/Je divide... with the Dynamic types caring more about how they get what they want, and the Static types making a beeline for it.)



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    Quote Originally Posted by Cyrano View Post
    I think the answers for the ISTp are all "yes."

    The soap thing refers to the tread by Slacker Mom:
    Poll: Would you call this "stealing"?
    ok thanks! I missed Slacker Mom's soap thread. . So, ISTps wouldn't steal soap? What about the little personal sized ones? I think that'd be ok. But clearly not anything full sized or taking anything from the maid's cart! Taking towels would be a big no no.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jewels View Post
    ok thanks! I missed Slacker Mom's soap thread. . So, ISTps wouldn't steal soap? What about the little personal sized ones? I think that'd be ok. But clearly not anything full sized or taking anything from the maid's cart! Taking towels would be a big no no.
    I think that quiz has to be a joke...

    Well, the strongest opponent to walking off with anything that came with the hotel room (including the little personal-sized soaps) was an SLI.



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    Conan O'Brien is not lame.

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    I read the opening post and would guess that these types wouldn't surprise me:
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    1. I'm outwardly polite. _x__ Yes ____ No (until you get to know the real *ST*....hehehe)
    2. I'm inwardly critical. __x_ Yes ____ No
    3. I like dogs better than most people. ____ Yes __x__ No (I like cats more)
    4. I wouldn't steal soap from a hotel. ____ Yes __x__No (arent they free? doesnt it take 20 bars to equal 1 normal bar?)
    5. I like wierd people. __x__ Yes ____No
    6. I dislike authority. __x__ Yes ____ No
    7. A pie in the face is not that funny ____ yes __x__No (verrry funny)
    8. I suck at reading people __x_ Yes ____ No
    9. Conan O'Brien is Lame ____ Yes __X__ No
    10. I like these icons :wink: __x__Yes ____No
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brilliand View Post
    I think that quiz has to be a joke...

    Well, the strongest opponent to walking off with anything that came with the hotel room (including the little personal-sized soaps) was an SLI.
    Haha, only because people were so adamant about their right to it.

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