And Then Suddenly A Type Changes

[Crispy]

Well hello erryone. I have just come across the realization that I am not, have never been, and will never be INTj. After reading every description over and over again from multiple sources and asking for outside opinions from family and such, I have determined my preconceived Mirror type, ENTp to fit myself much better than INTj. If you are itching to know why I have not realized this sooner (besides not realizing the descriptions fit better), I have identified the biggest obstacle as my previous interpretation of what the Introversion / Extroversion dichotomy represents, especially with regards to Breadth v Depth. Sorry to everyone who I have misled in the past with my long-ass duration mis-typing and I would advise to disregard every type diagnosis I have made in the past up to one month from now (I figure I'll be on the right track in a month). If you have any questions regarding this decision feel free to interrogate me here, or gloat, or rage, or be skeptical, or whatever else people do when this happens.

[Gilly]

Any chance you're 6w7 sp/sx? You've always seemed too light for a 5 to me, personally.

[Crispy]

My brains too confuzzled to determine e-type with this new information at the moment but if I'm not 5, 6 something is the best bet.

[woofwoofl]

Welcome home to ILE!

Introversion/Extraversion is a far trickier dichotomy than it seems on the surface, and there's no shame in mistyping as a Mirror (I suspect it happens a lot, and I suspect more than a few "Introverts" to be shy Extraverts) - I like Depth/Breadth a ton, by the way, never looked at it like that before

[Korpsy Knievel]

Your being non-LII explains why I never felt an urge to feed you into a wood chipper. Congrats on choosing an unshitty type.

[Crispy]

Yes the breadth vs depth issue was I thought I had trouble making friends in general, but realized that my definition of friend was too narrow and that I just had trouble forming deep friendships, not multitudes of acquaintances. Shyness is also a confusing trait I carry as well.

Your being non-LII explains why I never felt an urge to feed you into a wood chipper. Congrats on choosing an unshitty type.

Hahahaha thanks I think

[rat1]

You are less pesty than most LIIs

[EyeSeeCold]

I don't think I've really had a chance to evaluate your typical mode of operation. I admit though that I had a somewhat forced impression of LII.

Are you sure of Alpha NT? But just confused on LII and ILE?

I'm certain of / at least.

[woofwoofl]

Your being non-LII explains why I never felt an urge to feed you into a wood chipper. Congrats on choosing an unshitty type.

I said that a lot out loud in regards to people I didn't care for much at all, though my wording goes more along the lies of "force-feed him/her feet first into a wood chipper"

*duality high-five*

And yep, ILEs are just easier for me to get along with too

[Crispy]

I don't think I've really had a chance to evaluate your typical mode of operation. I admit though that I had a somewhat forced impression of LII.

Are you sure of Alpha NT? But just confused on LII and ILE?

I'm certain of / at least.

My entire typing history consists of me being torn between ILI, LII, and ILE. ILI was due to me being Sure I was introverted and Sure I was irrational.
With the exception of a 20 minute time period where maritsa convinced me I was SLI (lulz), I have never found any reason to doubt I'm in the NT club.

[EyeSeeCold]

My entire typing history consists of me being torn between ILI, LII, and ILE. ILI was due to me being Sure I was introverted and Sure I was irrational.
With the exception of a 20 minute time period where maritsa convinced me I was SLI (lulz), I have never found any reason to doubt I'm in the NT club.

I heard the SLI typing indicated she wanted to boink that person.


Nothing else to do though but wait and see.

[Krig the Viking]

My general impression is that you get along better with the Betas than with the Alphas, Crispy. I haven't really looked any closer than that, though, so what do I know?

[ashlesha]

omg, must be β then like apparently 80% of this forum.

mhm

[Crispy]

My general impression is that you get along better with the Betas than with the Alphas, Crispy. I haven't really looked any closer than that, though, so what do I know?

Idk what getting along with people who self type Beta than those who self type Alpha has to do with my true type, but to each his own I guess. I've never put much stock in determining type based on forum relationship anyway (See my incident with Aleksei if you wanna know what I mean).

IME I get along with Healthy people, and usually butt heads with Unhealthy people (jk of course)

[Krig the Viking]

omg, must be β then like apparently 80% of this forum.

I can tell you're trying to be sarcastic, but I'm not really sure what you're referring to. Are you saying that 80% of the forum actually is Beta, or implying that I incorrectly believe 80% of the forum is Beta? Since neither is true, it doesn't really make much sense either way.

I don't know much about Crispy, but I've noticed that he tends to come down on what I think is the Se-valuing side of things in the debates on forum moderation policy, and seems to get along better with people I think are Beta than with people I think are Alpha. Not having analyzed him more closely, I can't tell if that means he's actually Se-valuing himself, or if there's some other factor at work here, hence the inconclusive tone of my previous post. I'm not sure why this observation warrants sarcasm...

[woofwoofl]

In my experiences, and when I ran the data for the actor/celebrity typing list, the Merry/Serious dichotomy was the most striking and dramatic - an Extraverted Alpha with HA getting along with Betas makes tons of sense to me

[Krig the Viking]

I can tell you're trying to be sarcastic, but I'm not really sure what you're referring to. Are you saying that 80% of the forum actually is Beta, or implying that I incorrectly believe 80% of the forum is Beta? Since neither is true, it doesn't really make much sense either way.

Having thought about it further, you must be implying the latter. When I stop and think about the various instances in the past in which I've disagreed with someone's self-typing, it does seem like I type them mostly as Beta. I'd never really thought about it that way before, as I try to consider each person on a case-by-case basis.

Man. Ni-based thinking is weird and foreign to my brain, and very hard to follow.

In my experiences, and when I ran the data for the actor/celebrity typing list, the Merry/Serious dichotomy was the most striking and dramatic - an Extraverted Alpha with HA getting along with Betas makes tons of sense to me

I haven't noticed the Merry/Serious dichotomy being particularly more pronounced than the Judicious/Decisive dichotomy, myself. Theoretically, an Alpha should get along equally well with Betas and Deltas, and get along with Alphas better than either. Of course, theory and practice are not always 100% the same.

[woofwoofl]

I haven't noticed the Merry/Serious dichotomy being particularly more pronounced than the Judicious/Decisive dichotomy, myself. Theoretically, an Alpha should get along equally well with Betas and Deltas, and get along with Alphas better than either. Of course, theory and practice are not always 100% the same.

I've always looked at specific parts of the theory that I can get to work most, moreso than the theory as a whole - / valuing sent my way, at absolute worst, might be a bit pesky at times ("isn't it cold out? don't you want to put a jacket on, like a windbreaker or something?" ), but mishandled / can make my blood run cold

I also look at where the HA and where the Polr is at - Betas value and won't bump up against an ILE's -Polr (the "Which quadra do you prefer?" thread weighed in that direction generally too, with people favoring quadras that valued their HA and disvalued their Polr)...

I also notice that the Alpha presence here would heavily be an ILE's Mirror, possibly moreso than Identity, Duality, and Activity combined

Also, message boards and their exchanges aren't very Sensory in nature, so the perceptive mismatch between people could be very pleasing in an manner for an ILE, and with very little drawback...

[Krig the Viking]

I've always looked at specific parts of the theory that I can get to work most, moreso than the theory as a whole - / valuing sent my way, at absolute worst, might be a bit pesky at times ("isn't it cold out? don't you want to put a jacket on, like a windbreaker or something?" ), but mishandled / can make my blood run cold

I also look at where the HA and where the Polr is at - Betas value and won't bump up against an ILE's -Polr (the "Which quadra do you prefer?" thread weighed in that direction generally too, with people favoring quadras that valued their HA and disvalued their Polr)...

Yeah, that's something I've noticed as well. As an LII, I find Deltas non-threatening (due to the lack of Se) but somewhat boring (due to the lack of Fe), and I find Betas fun (lots of Fe) but sometimes intimidating (too much Se). ILE would be the opposite -- Beta would be unthreatening (lack of Fi) but fairly uninteresting (not enough Ne), and Delta would be fascinating (lots of Ne) but sometimes uncomfortable (too much Fi).

In general, I am both drawn to and repelled by Beta quite strongly (like a moth drawn to a flame), while Delta is a fairly steady neutral. An ILE would be the reverse. I'm not sure you could say one would get along "better" with one or the other, but certainly it's easier to get along with people who aren't always hammering on your PoLR.

[golden]

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[Krig the Viking]

No, it wasn't a personal slight against you. Just a sarcastic observation that β gets overtyped here in general, and tends to be attributed to anyone perceived as confrontational or crazy.

Oh. Well then, pretend my somewhat passive-aggressive tone in my previous two posts was slightly more passive.

[krieger]

you will return to the INTj typing within one year.

[Crispy]

I take it you have personal experience with this incident

The only way I see that happening is if I feel so strongly introverted that I can accept being rational as well.

[Pa3s]

Oh, wow. I didn't expect that since you always were pretty stable regarding your type. It also wasn't questioned much by everyone, afaik. But yeah, I got no problem with that, you should choose your best-fitting type.

Your being non-LII explains why I never felt an urge to feed you into a wood chipper.

Do you really think this is a reliable indicator?

[Absurd]

Hey Crispy, you old terrorist, does this mean every typing you contributed to or otherwise made a final, non-alterable decision is and was nothing ?

[rat1]

Crispy has some beta blood in him. I say he is LII-SLE

[Crispy]

Hey Crispy, you old terrorist, does this mean every typing you contributed to or otherwise made a final, non-alterable decision is and was nothing ?

Yes

[Absurd]

Yes

Keep up the good work, then.

[Korpsy Knievel]

Do you really think this is a reliable indicator?

Rethink your question.

[Pa3s]

Rethink your question.

Why?

[Korpsy Knievel]

Why?

Because it makes faulty assumptions.

[Jarno]

If you have any questions regarding this decision feel free to interrogate me here, or gloat, or rage, or be skeptical, or whatever else people do when this happens.

you sound fair, i won't be harsh.

also i've always understood what you said really well, i have this indeed more with ILE's than LII's.

[The Ineffable]

The fact Crispy openly (and suddenly) dismisses everything before, instead of trying to reformulate in order to make it fit somehow with the new view, or sweep it under the doormat, makes me rethink his Te-ness :|. He may make part of the superior race of Fi-PoLRs, actually.

Crispy, I'm curious about your triggering reasons. And what's that Breadth/Depth, a dichotomy or something or an earlier discussion on the forum?

you will return to the INTj typing within one year.

I put my money on SLE.

[krieger]

The fact Crispy openly (and suddenly) dismisses everything before, instead of trying to reformulate in order to make it fit somehow with the new view, or sweep it under the doormat, makes me rethink his Te-ness :|. He may make part of the superior race of Fi-PoLRs, actually.

Crispy, I'm curious about your triggering reasons. And what's that Breadth/Depth, a dichotomy or something or an earlier discussion on the forum?

I put my money on SLE.

[Gilly]

omg, must be β then like apparently 80% of this forum.

Seriously? Half the forum are self-typed LIIs.

You just have beef with Beta because your EIE daddy hit you.

[Azeroffs]

@OP
makes sense to me

[Krig the Viking]

Oh, I didn't notice the PA tone or anything lol. You have to be more obvious. Sure, you're forgiven.

Haha, I must have toned it down in the final version that I actually posted.

[Gilly]

Crispy has some beta blood in him. I say he is LII-SLE

If he has any Beta in him, it's of the IEI variety. He has the same coy smile as Nick.

[Krig the Viking]

If he has any Beta in him, it's of the IEI variety. He has the same coy smile as Nick.

Interestingly, that's what I was leaning towards. Right now, ILE, IEI, and "some other type entirely" are competing for first place in my mind for which one I think Crispy most likely is.

[Gilly]

Honestly my first impression of him was something like H-IEI-Fe. He's definitely a Harmonizing subtype IMO. ILE-IEI could work as a dual type.