Well hello. This bunch of text probably looks intimidating. Before you run off read this: if you're one of those enthusiastic fellows that actually is interested in reading every little detail, you can read everything. If you're not, skip down to the next bolded title. If you truly wish to be helpful (thanks a bunch, it means more than you know) please read the entirety of the paragraphs below the next bolded title.
his mind is organizational and categorical. also notice the emphasis on personal comfort and respect of personal freedoms, both strong themes of delta. an organizational and categorical preface like this does not suggest Ti/Ne or alpha or any Ne ego type. The structured linear way the entire post is layed out suggests Te. The explicit attention to detail suggests Si.
Why he thinks I'm an SLI: A couple reasons, one being that I'm usually surrounded by food and drink, that I had this particularly picky issue with my glasses so that the focal point is now like a milimeter away from what it used to be, that I eat when I feel like and do not like standard eating times, I am concerned with my hearing so I do not blast music in my ears: instead I buy very special earphones that minimize outside sound and have gotten used to the higher quality and do not want to downgrade to lower quality headphones. I'm also a bit of a germophobe and do not like dirty tasks (washing dishes).
my SLI-Si brother has the same particular pickyness with his glasses if that means anything. My SLI-Te dad has also bought the same special headphones, bose headphones. They don't wash dishes either, they think it is gross.
General info
Who am I then? US. Male. 16 yrs old. Sophmore in high school. 3.95 GPA. Used to be a phonomenal athlete.
Athleticism and high GPA are both characteristic of SLI
Sports:
Not so much of a great athlete now, not because I don't want to be but because I don't consider it as high as a priority as before. The sport was and still is running (I tried them all, but couldn't bear to bring myself to 'tackle' someone for a stupid ball). I like running b/c it's individualized: if I don't perform at my best I'm not letting anyone down other than myself, and that I can live with better. However, when it comes to the actual races I try as hard as I can given my current shape and can usually outrun most average guys. That is, so long as I am not about to puke: I hate puking with a passion.
The writing style is meticulous and linear. Events are connected to one another in a logical fashion. The writing style of LII is inferential, and logic connects structure not content. Also notice an emphasis on fulfilling ones duty. This is also typical of SLI.
School/possible occupation:
I don't like the academics. I work hard though and make sure my assignments are complete/I know the material so my future can be whatever I decide it to be (in the future
) I like the idea of the sciences, but even more so the idea of the liberal arts. However, I also think that in order of politicians to prosper the members of the liberal arts must be disillusioned. So who knows where I'll end up (either a professor with a PHD in some un-marketable english topic or an overworked doctor/engineer... though I would only become the doctor/engineer in order to get money with which I would spend time doing the things I would have done as an unknown english professor
).
this sort of long term planning and status aspiration is atypical for alpha but typical for the duty fulfiller SLI.
Know this, though, I will never ever ever ever get a job that involves manual labor, ever. I hate the idea of pushing a lawn mower or moving thing A to point A and thing B to point B. Even if it's trivial work in a meaningless office I care nothing for: the pen and paper are my heart and soul. I also value my freedom and despise regulations, so the current 5 days a week 7 hours a day thing really gets me feeling annoyed. I also hate taking orders, so when issued one by a gaurdian I will put it off until I 'feel' like doing it: that way it feels like I'm in control of the situation.
This is actually typical of Deltas. A passion for freedom, particularly from bureaucratic constraint. It can be thought of in opposition to Beta, which runs the political structure. A desire to be free is much of what drives an SLI to fulfill their duties. By overcoming any and all obligations, they are striving for freedom from all obligations. That is their Ne dual seeking. But what they really need is an ENFp.
FriendsI have no desire to work my way up the social hierarchy and spent my whole middle school career watching the clicks and petty relationships (that I would never have the confidence to make myself.. lol... hippocrite
) unfold with utter disgust, and to the dismay of everyone around me I let them know about it with the use of witty (and sometimes insulting) metaphors. ATM I go to dances and some get-togethers here and there, but I'm no extrovert in the western sense of the word and have not found a significant other who I don't find ... er... stupid? (PS, I can't bear to log into facebook. ever)
This is a manifestation of Fe polr. In LII Fe is DS function. They have trouble with it, but don't want it to disappear. Instead they want it fulfilled. Stupid is a good way to describe how SLIs look at cliques, many social guidelines, etc.. I hear my brother use the word stupid to describe these things all the time
Learning
When it comes to learning (I mean REAL LEARNING, not school) I tend to shove my ignorance in other people's faces, almost hoping for a negative response so I can affirm my belief in whatever we're talking about.
I have seen this in subtypes INTp-Ni and ISTp-Si. I'd be interested to see if you are ISTp-Si
On occasion, I might discuss it with my siblings. They always present a counter-argument at once, but I don't let up until they have thoroughly convinced me that I am wrong (sometimes this takes hours :redface
and adjust my thoughts accordingly (so if you're engaged in an argument with me, it's frustrating if you huff up and leave it because I believe that one of us has a better understanding of whatever it is than the other and we ought not leave until we have it sorted. This might be one of my flaws, that I sometimes push myself on other people a little too much
, but I wish that they would admit they're wrong or inform me of my error).
This is how my SLI-Si brother argues. He will take pleasure in pissing you off with his opinion, he will treat your position like it's ridiculous, and he will make things sound very, very simple.
Hobbies
I obsess myself with thinking about what I know for sure (concrete knowledge) and what is uknown (that is to say I hate it when people 'assume' things and watch out, sometimes a little too much, to avoid 'assuming' things myself).
The natural overemphasis on empiricism indicates Si/Te.
I hate converters. I didn't want to be a part of an organization that converts or shoves their values on other people like the religious do in western culture (zomfg christmas is a holiday).
very typical of a Beta hating, ENFj hating SLI.
I had to reconsider Atheism. After a long time spent thinking (and reading of comments on the news story
) I determined that I could still be an Atheist because Atheism is not a belief, but rather the lack of one, so it is more of a status thing (example: if A represents the lack of a belief in unicorns and B represents the lack of belief in a diety and C represents the belief in a diety; you cannot truly do something because of A because you are not acitvely doing something to begin with (believing) so the same applies to B, but not to C). Therefore, I concluded that most Atheists misinterpret what exactly Atheism is, so I have another group to add to my ever growing 'I don't like you list'.
logic is layed out in a linear structure atypical of dominant Ti but typical of creative Te
That's all I care to write about now. btw, I take this seriously and expect a serious response (but I am ever so grateful for that) because I have been convinced through some discussion sessions with my sibling that socionics has some truth to it, if only to the individual. Given this, I think that I can learn a little about myself if I pry further into the mix. Also given my sibling's sporadic typing nature I can't take his typing to heart and no longer trust my bias self to type myself. Something to keep in mind though, as you reply: my sibling warned me against the forums, indicating that much of it was rubbish and misinterpretation, filled with any old Joe who thinks he's the shit on socionics. While this may be a bit of an overexaggeration, I hope that I can get a veteran typer and not someone attempting to practice their typing skills. That's not to say all ye inexperienced are not welcome here, it's only that I am very anxious on this and want to be completely sure
. Quizzes don't help any either because they're so prone to inaccuracy when it comes to something as personal as this (I think I'll force myself to stop rambling here even though that's an incomplete thought).
in conclusion you are undoubtedly SLI, and you likely believe you are LII because you have been misled on the nature of SLI and the functions Si and Te. You probably heard your brother describe to you Si being interested in food and drink, comfort, and Te being interested in hard evidence (or some crap like that). This is a gross oversimplification. Si/Te is an interesting and complicated thought process. If you're confused on your type I suggest you read about the functions in more detail to help clear away any misconceptions.