Originally Posted by
jason_m
I'm just curious as to why I can touch base with the Si of SEIs but not SLIs. In other words: are there qualitative differences between their use of functions as well? (Why are two leading functions not always used the same way?) I'm guessing some people here have experience with both types so maybe someone can explain...
Good observation! That's because those qualities are unrelated to Si, but more to Fe in SEI. Pleasant/unpleasant, good/bad paired with Si. I vomited my lungs over this forum insisting that Si is little related to feeling good, seeking comfort and aesthetics, and I specifically compared Alpha SFs to Delta STs, just no one gives a shit. That does not mean Socionics is Alpha-centric or inconsistent, but the herd is (including some Russians).
Si as an Ego function is something else, that type of psyche is what
all Si Ego types have in common, nothing more. Some of my explanations:
http://www.the16types.info/vbulletin...066#post754066
http://www.the16types.info/vbulletin...745#post777745
Originally Posted by
consentingadult
This is because Dutch culture is mainly Delta, and Deltas typically go for cheap deals, so they couldn't care less if their tomatoes are tasteless waterbombs, especially since they do not know how a good tomato is supposed to taste. Tomatoes don't have to taste good, they just don't have to taste bad!
That's an interesting connection and in fact a good observation on Delta VS etc (not sure about the Dutch). Note how it actually comes from Fe VS Te, rather than "two versions of Si", Betas are the opposite of Deltas in this respect (if you agree), even more so than Alphas.
The Delta mentality is you eat/use something edible/something that "just works", the better/less tasty issue is not even applicable (talking of the quadra values as a whole, of course). Eating something edible is the way to go for stereotypical Delta, that means the scale of tastiness is eliminated entirely. That "just works" Deltas apply to everything. Alphas are also usually modest when it comes to taste, somewhere between Delta and Beta. In fact I read in a description that ESEs often use second-hand and other cheap things unless they suck too much - and IME no Alpha has a problem is accepting something that others throw away when this is either objectively proper or they like it. Two ESE women I know, although able to spend huge sums for clothes, they are always frequenting second-hand shops and come out with interesting stuff. They answer like "What's the problem? You can find truly good things there". A SEI artist I know, often picks up dumped things (frames, statues, tripods, whatnot) and restores them, then either places them around his home, sells them or uses them as gifts.
I think Teri Horton from the documentary "Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock?" is a perfect such example of ESE (the place in the beginning of the following video is her home!).
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Concluding: this whole matter is Fe/Te related in the context of Si-Valuing.