Page 2 of 17 FirstFirst 12345612 ... LastLast
Results 41 to 80 of 647

Thread: Interesting facts about you

  1. #41
    Queen of the Damned Aylen's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2013
    Location
    Spiritus Mundi
    TIM
    psyche 4w5 sx/sp
    Posts
    11,347
    Mentioned
    1005 Post(s)
    Tagged
    42 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Eliza Thomason View Post
    I have not really decided on my own interpretation of @Ellyan's type yet, but I am gathering impressions from this thread. I am getting a Beta impression! I am also getting the real impression of IEI, yet, I get a distinctly stronger impression of Sensing than Intuition. Which makes SLE a definite possibility, since one can appear to be like one's Dual at times...
    ______

    Omigoodness! I just checked Username history for you, Ellyan, after I saw how many posts you had here (), and see you are Aylen! Yup, so that's how I got the IEI impression. But are you thinking you are SLE now?? Seriously? Because then I am confused!
    _____________-

    Can't be SLE. Are there any examples of SLE's that post as much and as fast as Aylen? I doubt it. SLEs have to be out doing things, while an IEI is more likely to sit and type, to purge all that stuff that is going on in their minds....
    I am just playing with perceptions by putting SLE and sx/so to see how others will respond to me. There have been some interesting and mixed results. I have not changed my self typing though so you were correct.

    “My typology is . . . not in any sense to stick labels on people at first sight. It is not a physiognomy and not an anthropological system, but a critical psychology dealing with the organization and delimitation of psychic processes that can be shown to be typical.”​ —C.G. Jung
     
    YWIMW

  2. #42
    Banned
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Posts
    15,766
    Mentioned
    1404 Post(s)
    Tagged
    3 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Ellyan View Post
    Yes I have checked this by IR.
    Well, if typology theory works for you good including IR, then you may be sure.. subjectively. But others (who take typing seriously) can't be sure, anyway, as typing match is low generally.

    I can't really judge IR on the forum though since people only show what they want you to see.
    I was about your IR with people near you "IRL", or at least wich you see on a screen.

    I have said before I do not agree with many of your typings
    You'll not agree with most typings of anyone, in case you'll type without knowing beforhand others' opinions and be very sure in your opinion. Such is for everyone - <50% of real match.

    you seem to dismiss other people's intuition in favor of your own typing suggestion
    Same is with all having similar positive experience and knowing the situation in typology - we trust to themselves much higher than to anyone else.

    I don't recall seeing you give someone an accurate type even after they went through the video making process
    You need better typing skills for this.

    I am not even sure that you realize I am the same girl who has been poking at you for months.
    I write on several forums for years and saw noone "poking at me". I have minimum personal inclusion on forums, I'm here just to "bring the truth" lol

    Your hint may be about a girl with a tasty dragon. Nick bigan with A...

    I do appreciate your in honesty in saying you really just want to see what I look like.
    Also I had a hope to get opinion about your type. But as I understand you affraid I'll disagree.
    We may end offtopic here and maybe continue in your typing thread with video-interview. Later after you'll get doubts in your bad typings and hence wrong IR by wich you've checked own type.

  3. #43
    Queen of the Damned Aylen's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2013
    Location
    Spiritus Mundi
    TIM
    psyche 4w5 sx/sp
    Posts
    11,347
    Mentioned
    1005 Post(s)
    Tagged
    42 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Sol View Post
    Well, if typology theory works for you good including IR, then you may be sure.. subjectively. But others (who take typing seriously) can't be sure, anyway, as typing match is low generally.

    I was about your IR with people near you "IRL", or at least wich you see on a screen.

    You'll not agree with most typings of anyone, in case you'll type without knowing beforhand others' opinions and be very sure in your opinion. Such is for everyone - <50% of real match.

    Same is with all having similar positive experience and knowing the situation in typology - we trust to themselves much higher than to anyone else.

    You need better typing skills for this.

    I write on several forums for years and saw noone "poking at me". I have minimum personal inclusion on forums, I'm here just to "bring the truth" lol

    Your hint may be about a girl with a tasty dragon. Nick bigan with A...

    Also I had a hope to get opinion about your type. But as I understand you affraid I'll disagree.
    We may end offtopic here and maybe continue in your typing thread with video-interview. Later after you'll get doubts in your bad typings and hence wrong IR by wich you've checked own type.
    If I made a typing thread it would be to observe other people's intuition and not to find my self type but I have enough data from my type switch, recently, to let me see how differently I can be perceived. Congratulations on your superpower...Ni polr. NOW we can end this, since I like to get in the last word.


    “My typology is . . . not in any sense to stick labels on people at first sight. It is not a physiognomy and not an anthropological system, but a critical psychology dealing with the organization and delimitation of psychic processes that can be shown to be typical.”​ —C.G. Jung
     
    YWIMW

  4. #44
    Kim's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    TIM
    IEE e7 783 sx so
    Posts
    7,019
    Mentioned
    422 Post(s)
    Tagged
    2 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Eliza Thomason View Post
    Love this. It is certainly interesting, and -- please tell me if you mind me saying this -- a bit too interesting for Delta. It reminds me of a Gamma/SEE adventure (which I have often guessed is your type). SEE's seem to have that ability to pick up and go, and keep going, if the mood strikes them.... (But I won't mention that idea of SEE for you again if it bothers you).
    I think it's e7 sx/so.
    “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”
    ― Anais Nin

  5. #45
    Humanist Beautiful sky's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2009
    Location
    EII land
    TIM
    EII INFj
    Posts
    26,952
    Mentioned
    701 Post(s)
    Tagged
    6 Thread(s)

    Default

    How can someone who doesn't pay the least attention to people begin to expect to type?
    -
    Dual type (as per tcaudilllg)
    Enneagram 5 (wings either 4 or 6)?


    I'm constantly looking to align the real with the ideal.I've been more oriented toward being overly idealistic by expecting the real to match the ideal. My thinking side is dominent. The result is that sometimes I can be overly impersonal or self-centered in my approach, not being understanding of others in the process and simply thinking "you should do this" or "everyone should follor this rule"..."regardless of how they feel or where they're coming from"which just isn't a good attitude to have. It is a way, though, to give oneself an artificial sense of self-justification. LSE

    Best description of functions:
    http://socionicsstudy.blogspot.com/2...functions.html

  6. #46
    Creepy-bg

    Default

    i know there are interesting facts about me, but i can't remember any of them.

  7. #47
    Queen of the Damned Aylen's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2013
    Location
    Spiritus Mundi
    TIM
    psyche 4w5 sx/sp
    Posts
    11,347
    Mentioned
    1005 Post(s)
    Tagged
    42 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by bg View Post
    i know i there are interesting facts about me, but i can't remember any of them.
    It's ok, facts are subject to change based on perception.

    “My typology is . . . not in any sense to stick labels on people at first sight. It is not a physiognomy and not an anthropological system, but a critical psychology dealing with the organization and delimitation of psychic processes that can be shown to be typical.”​ —C.G. Jung
     
    YWIMW

  8. #48
    Serious Left-Static Negativist Eliza Thomason's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    eastern U.S.
    TIM
    ENFp, IEE
    Posts
    3,671
    Mentioned
    378 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Kim View Post
    I think it's e7 sx/so.
    Yes, I can definitely see that influence there!
    "A man with a definite belief always appears bizarre, because he does not change with the world; he has climbed into a fixed star, and the earth whizzes below him like a zoetrope."
    ........ G. ........... K. ............... C ........ H ........ E ...... S ........ T ...... E ........ R ........ T ........ O ........ N ........


    "Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the Church, is often labeled today as fundamentalism... Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and swept along
    by every wind of teaching, looks like the only
    attitude acceptable to today's standards."
    - Pope Benedict the XVI, "The Dictatorship of Relativism"

    .
    .
    .


  9. #49
    Serious Left-Static Negativist Eliza Thomason's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    eastern U.S.
    TIM
    ENFp, IEE
    Posts
    3,671
    Mentioned
    378 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by bg View Post
    i know there are interesting facts about me, but i can't remember any of them.
    You sound like a Delta.
    "A man with a definite belief always appears bizarre, because he does not change with the world; he has climbed into a fixed star, and the earth whizzes below him like a zoetrope."
    ........ G. ........... K. ............... C ........ H ........ E ...... S ........ T ...... E ........ R ........ T ........ O ........ N ........


    "Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the Church, is often labeled today as fundamentalism... Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and swept along
    by every wind of teaching, looks like the only
    attitude acceptable to today's standards."
    - Pope Benedict the XVI, "The Dictatorship of Relativism"

    .
    .
    .


  10. #50
    SongOfSapphire's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2015
    TIM
    IEE
    Posts
    517
    Mentioned
    40 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Not sure how interesting these facts are to anyone else, but...

    I have always wanted to learn martial arts (it's what I call a background goal) but so far have not taken any steps in the direction of actually doing it. I plan to within the next year, though.

    I have lived in four countries, including my native one, and I traveled to two of those, Costa Rica and then Chile, by myself even though I spoke only the most limited Spanish before going.

    I have always wanted to learn to fly planes, and have just begun taking steps in that direction.
    "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is." - Yogi Berra

  11. #51
    jaein's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    USA,Midwest
    TIM
    Eii
    Posts
    517
    Mentioned
    10 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    I copy peoples quirks. Like if someone does something quirky that I like Ill copy it. For example I saw someone dipping pieces of their burger in ketchup instead of putting it on their actual burger and I now do that. Or my brother uses his middle finger to change the radio station so now I do too. Im not sure that I actually have a personality I just pull what I like from the people around me lol.

  12. #52
    HollyGolightly's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2012
    Location
    In my head
    TIM
    EII
    Posts
    37
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    It took me longer than the other children to be able to ride a bike without stabilisers. Like I was 13 and I could finally do it. If you teach me anything kinesthetic it takes a really long time. I am currently learning to drive and it's taken almost two years and I have only just applied to do my theory test. I am nowhere near ready for my practical test. I have always had a suspicion that I may have a mild form of dyspraxia. The other day I visited my mom and I was talking about my struggles with driving and she mentioned she thinks I might have a mild form of dyspraxia. I was going to look into it...maybe go to the doctors or something. A lot of people think I am stupid, or I get called a spastic or something similar because I can't catch things e.g. if you throw me a packet of crisps from a short distance I can't catch it, and I get my left and right mixed up in a way where people look at me as if I'm "not quite right." They portray clumsy girls in books and films as endearing, but I have always felt embarrassed of my clumsiness, poor coordination and general awkwardness. So I thought maybe getting a diagnosis and putting al abel on it would give me piece of mind and perhaps a degree of protection, if that makes sense. If people make fun of me for my clumsiness and struggles to grasp anything physical or that requires coordination, I could say "actually I have dyspraxia" but then I thought...no. I shoudln't have to justify myself and at least these negative reactions make it easier for me to choose the sort of people I want to spend time with. And it doesn't really affect my life. I am fairly intelligent, I work, I am getting married, I function more than adequately...certain things just take longer to grasp. The fact I can't throw, catch, do anything that requires coordination (please never ask me to dance), trip over or walk into door frames (lol door frames are my nemesis) or understand how to physically do some things e.g. driving and even make up and doing my hair is difficult....unless I practice for a really long time.... is not a big deal really

    I'm not particularly interesting and I don't think my little story was that interesting....but I think I wanted to share because I am starting to accept these things about myself and it makes me happy

  13. #53
    Banned
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Posts
    15,766
    Mentioned
    1404 Post(s)
    Tagged
    3 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by HollyGolightly View Post
    do some things e.g. driving
    I recommend to take medical consultation about are you safe to drive cards if you have such problems. Speed of reaction and coordination are very important there. Maybe you'll need advanced driving course befor dealing with real roads.

  14. #54
    Banned
    Join Date
    Sep 2014
    TIM
    f a g g o t
    Posts
    385
    Mentioned
    12 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    I've flown a small airplane.

  15. #55
    Hot Scalding Gayser's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    The evolved form of Warm Soapy Water
    TIM
    IEI-Ni
    Posts
    14,905
    Mentioned
    661 Post(s)
    Tagged
    2 Thread(s)

    Default

    I'm not very interesting , I am more like pure and classic- like ur grandfather's scotch.

    but uhh i think i would have to say is I drew on paper plates a lot as a kid. This is probably really common though and not very interesting. but its like nobody in the real world talked about it much.... its like I would run out of real paper and just use a bunch of paper plates. It was fun. =D

  16. #56
    Bain's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2015
    TIM
    EIE
    Posts
    32
    Mentioned
    1 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    I've been rocking european overhand with my offhand since age 13.

  17. #57
    Farewell, comrades Not A Communist Shill's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Location
    Beijing
    TIM
    TMI
    Posts
    19,136
    Mentioned
    506 Post(s)
    Tagged
    4 Thread(s)

    Default

    I found out today that I have broken the law in regards the Treason Felony Act 1848 many, many times.

  18. #58
    Banned
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Posts
    15,766
    Mentioned
    1404 Post(s)
    Tagged
    3 Thread(s)

    Default

    Besides main, I have 2 unfinished educations: musical and military.

  19. #59
    Infinity Persephone's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2014
    Location
    The country of croissants
    Posts
    1,840
    Mentioned
    178 Post(s)
    Tagged
    5 Thread(s)

    Default

    Numbers... this is sort of funny :

    Totally fluent in 4 languages
    Intimately linked to 4 countries (not necessarily dependent on languages I speak)
    I learnt to read and count before I was 3
    The first 3 words I learnt: tea - shoes - button... it was between 10 and 12 months...mom and dad came afterwards
    2 master degrees
    2 very long term relationships
    1... there are a lot of ones


  20. #60
    Contra's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2014
    TIM
    ILI-Ni
    Posts
    1,404
    Mentioned
    57 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Persephone View Post

    I learnt to read and count before I was 3
    The first 3 words I learnt: tea - shoes - button... it was between 10 and 12 months...mom and dad came afterwards
    I'm curious. Did that level of precociousness carry with you through out your life? That is to say, were you always way ahead of your peers in school and whatever else, or was it more just an advantage that evened out as you got older? Considering your language fluency and the fact that you have 2 masters degrees i'd assume you were always ahead

  21. #61
    Robot Assassin Pa3s's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2010
    Location
    Germany
    TIM
    Ne-LII, 5w6
    Posts
    3,629
    Mentioned
    46 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Starfall View Post
    When I was in elementary school I got a perfect score on the English SOL test. I was always a few reading levels ahead, even with my learning disabilities.
    I've made a similar experience. Learning reading and writing in elementary school took a little longer for me, but I scored exeptionally well in the language segment of the placement test during my army physical (back when conscription was still a thing).
    „Man can do what he wants but he cannot want what he wants.“
    – Arthur Schopenhauer

  22. #62
    Serious Left-Static Negativist Eliza Thomason's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    eastern U.S.
    TIM
    ENFp, IEE
    Posts
    3,671
    Mentioned
    378 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    I was secretary of my college's Sky Sports Club. I learned how to pack my own parachute. I jumped out of a plane (alone) 5 times. I had a malfunction once, and I did the right thing. (And then I never did that again...).
    "A man with a definite belief always appears bizarre, because he does not change with the world; he has climbed into a fixed star, and the earth whizzes below him like a zoetrope."
    ........ G. ........... K. ............... C ........ H ........ E ...... S ........ T ...... E ........ R ........ T ........ O ........ N ........


    "Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the Church, is often labeled today as fundamentalism... Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and swept along
    by every wind of teaching, looks like the only
    attitude acceptable to today's standards."
    - Pope Benedict the XVI, "The Dictatorship of Relativism"

    .
    .
    .


  23. #63
    No Fate Pole's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2015
    TIM
    LSI-Se
    Posts
    814
    Mentioned
    100 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    I'm a direct descendant of Daniel Boone's first cousin, Hannah. In high school I had a best friend who I later found out was also a descendant of the Boones. A couple of my ancestors were Quakers who were shunned and kicked out for becoming soldiers and marrying outside their religion/race (but I don't know the details). I have ancestors in every war, including the revolutionary war/civil war.
    I left the "quiver-full cult", the one where you throw away the condoms, think "the Duggers" but poor. My nick name was Amish in the south and I told customers that I was an Amish chick running from the Amish, did a terrible German accent too lmao, made money off that one.
    Wow, these facts are pretty boring, let's see... I have out of body experiences on a regular basis (when you float above yourself and you can "fly" around the room, this happens when I sleep, it's very painful and feels like I'm being shocked and I can hear a zapping sound), in my sleep I have delusions of falling into the pits of hell and I can't escape, I can't see anything but I hear demons/aliens, nightmares and reoccurring dreams almost every night, dreams that come true and "dream messages", sleep paralysis, & insomnia.
    LSI-Se 836 Sp/Sx

  24. #64
    Pookie's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2010
    TIM
    IEI-Ni 6w5-9-2 So/Sx
    Posts
    2,372
    Mentioned
    112 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Pink View Post
    I can stick my whole fist in my mouth.

    Wanna see?
    End of thread. Winner.
    Projection is ordinary. Person A projects at person B, hoping tovalidate something about person A by the response of person B. However, person B, not wanting to be an obejct of someone elses ego and guarding against existential terror constructs a personality which protects his ego and maintain a certain sense of a robust and real self that is different and separate from person A. Sadly, this robust and real self, cut off by defenses of character from the rest of the world, is quite vulnerable and fragile given that it is imaginary and propped up through external feed back. Person B is dimly aware of this and defends against it all the more, even desperately projecting his anxieties back onto person A, with the hope of shoring up his ego with salubrious validation. All of this happens without A or B acknowledging it, of course. Because to face up to it consciously is shocking, in that this is all anybody is doing or can do and it seems absurd when you realize how pathetic it is.

  25. #65
    Pookie's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2010
    TIM
    IEI-Ni 6w5-9-2 So/Sx
    Posts
    2,372
    Mentioned
    112 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    I organized a street fighting group in high school that probably had about a hundred fights give or take. People outside my immediate friends didn't know it was me, but the principal figured it out and actually politely asked me to stop. I did.

    I've pulled a guy out of a flipped over car.

    I used to have a journal full of stories based on altruistic things I saw my cat do.

    In basic training, during the group showers, me and my friend Hamilton would sing it's raining men to make the other guys feel uncomfortable.
    Projection is ordinary. Person A projects at person B, hoping tovalidate something about person A by the response of person B. However, person B, not wanting to be an obejct of someone elses ego and guarding against existential terror constructs a personality which protects his ego and maintain a certain sense of a robust and real self that is different and separate from person A. Sadly, this robust and real self, cut off by defenses of character from the rest of the world, is quite vulnerable and fragile given that it is imaginary and propped up through external feed back. Person B is dimly aware of this and defends against it all the more, even desperately projecting his anxieties back onto person A, with the hope of shoring up his ego with salubrious validation. All of this happens without A or B acknowledging it, of course. Because to face up to it consciously is shocking, in that this is all anybody is doing or can do and it seems absurd when you realize how pathetic it is.

  26. #66

    Join Date
    Dec 2015
    Posts
    230
    Mentioned
    21 Post(s)
    Tagged
    2 Thread(s)

    Default

    I smuggled a substantial amount of cocaine given to me by a retired French gun runner over the Bolivian-Argentine border when I was 20.

  27. #67
    Banned
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Posts
    15,766
    Mentioned
    1404 Post(s)
    Tagged
    3 Thread(s)

    Default

    In the beginning of 19th century in place where I'm living 1 kg of beluga caviar costed about $5. If to extrapolate based on prices of bread in that time and today. It was common food in Russia in that times.

  28. #68
    Banned
    Join Date
    May 2015
    Posts
    2,223
    Mentioned
    39 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Me and @mu4 get steak and lobster every Wednesday night.

    Then he makes a post after I clickbait him and then deletes it a couple minutes later.

  29. #69
    Banned
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Posts
    15,766
    Mentioned
    1404 Post(s)
    Tagged
    3 Thread(s)

    Default

    The 1st time I've gotten to press I was 1 year old, - it was a newspaper. As press of that times is kept in libraries, so my photo exists in Russian State Library, at least.

  30. #70
    Banned
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Posts
    15,766
    Mentioned
    1404 Post(s)
    Tagged
    3 Thread(s)

    Default

    My nick is not forums nick. It was used earlier.

  31. #71

    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Posts
    918
    Mentioned
    54 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Starfall View Post
    and to this day I still can't read analog clocks
    Lol, I have never met anyone else like this.

    I'm fairly ancient now and still terrible at reading this device especially the ones without numbers displayed. I don't even really like looking at them and think they are so backwards as a device. I struggle to see the point of having an analog watch or clock over a digital version.

  32. #72
    Banned
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Posts
    15,766
    Mentioned
    1404 Post(s)
    Tagged
    3 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by LeShay View Post
    I struggle to see the point of having an analog watch or clock over a digital version.
    Think about it as a detail of clothes design. For example, expensive clocks are mostly made in analog format, despite they often work on batteries.

  33. #73

    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Posts
    918
    Mentioned
    54 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Sol View Post
    Think about it as a detail of clothes design. For example, expensive clocks are mostly made in analog format, despite they often work on batteries.
    Yes, I guess they can be thought of as a more prestigious display or device with Big Ben being a most worthy example of this.

    http://hoaxes.org/af_database/permal...n_goes_digital

  34. #74
    Banned
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Posts
    15,766
    Mentioned
    1404 Post(s)
    Tagged
    3 Thread(s)

    Default

    One of my great grandmothers was from Russian aristocratic families known since 17th century.

  35. #75
    Jesus is the cruel sausage consentingadult's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Posts
    3,779
    Mentioned
    109 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Lots of facts about me, but I'm afraid none of them interesting.
    “I have never tried that before, so I think I should definitely be able to do that.” --- Pippi Longstocking

  36. #76
    Jesus is the cruel sausage consentingadult's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Posts
    3,779
    Mentioned
    109 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by hag View Post
    my grandparent's home was raided by Nazis around the time of Blitzkrieg, they got kicked out and were homeless for almost a year
    Interesting, but what does this say about you?
    “I have never tried that before, so I think I should definitely be able to do that.” --- Pippi Longstocking

  37. #77
    back for the time being Chae's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2016
    Location
    europe
    TIM
    ExFx 3 sx
    Posts
    9,183
    Mentioned
    720 Post(s)
    Tagged
    1 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by hag View Post
    my grandparent's home was raided by Nazis around the time of Blitzkrieg, they got kicked out and were homeless for almost a year
    Interesting. Reverse scenario for my grandparents: their home in Königsberg was raided by the Russians when they seized Poland and they became refugees, apparently during winter. The other issue was, grandpa got imprisoned by the Russians and had to return later, but fortunately, he got sick and got released early

    To answer @consentingadult's question: without that, we wouldn't be where we are right now. If Grandpa had stayed in prison, Mom and I would not exist (that would be a pity since I love my life and hers). If the Russians did not raid Königsberg, I would probably be some kind of Aleksandr, Jekaterina, Natasha or Pavel. I'd also be able to read original Socionics texts which would be awesome. But Aleksandr's or Natasha's story would be different from Chae's so they would not know about Socionics in the way she does. Anyway, the history of one's ancestors is just as important as your own.

  38. #78
    Jesus is the cruel sausage consentingadult's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Posts
    3,779
    Mentioned
    109 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Chae View Post
    To answer @consentingadult's question: without that, we wouldn't be where we are right now.
    I had this discussion with my GF a few weeks ago: people simply make too much of their ancestry in their attempts to construct their own identity. To some extent the past influences us, but most of the time we make too much of it. And in the process being selective in what we choose to include in our identities, conveniently leaving out that what we do not want to know.
    “I have never tried that before, so I think I should definitely be able to do that.” --- Pippi Longstocking

  39. #79
    applejacks's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2013
    TIM
    IEE, 9w1
    Posts
    890
    Mentioned
    202 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Default

    I was smacked by a mountain gorilla in Rwanda.
    And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and gone tomorrow, won't he more surely care for you?- Matthew 6:30

  40. #80
    back for the time being Chae's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2016
    Location
    europe
    TIM
    ExFx 3 sx
    Posts
    9,183
    Mentioned
    720 Post(s)
    Tagged
    1 Thread(s)

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by consentingadult View Post
    I had this discussion with my GF a few weeks ago: people simply make too much of their ancestry in their attempts to construct their own identity. To some extent the past influences us, but most of the time we make too much of it. And in the process being selective in what we choose to include in our identities, conveniently leaving out that what we do not want to know.
    Sure, you don't have to use the past to construct what you are right now. No problem with that
    And who wouldn't want to leave out what they find inconvenient. It would take a very brave realist

Page 2 of 17 FirstFirst 12345612 ... LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •