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    Default Mark Twain

    any guesses on his type?
    "To become is just like falling asleep. You never know exactly when it happens, the transition, the magic, and you think, if you could only recall that exact moment of crossing the line then you would understand everything; you would see it all"

    "Angels dancing on the head of a pin dissolve into nothingness at the bedside of a dying child."

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    possibaly IEE, but I'm not entirely sure.
    MAYBE I'LL BREAK DOWN!!!


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    I've just recently read some excerpts from his diary.
    He wanted attention very badly, and liked being in the center of attention: E.
    He preferred short, simple sentences that said exactly what was the main point and nothing more, and he revelled in tricking people in an elegant fashion: Sp (According to Keirsey, and I see no reason not to accept that as true, at least for extraverts).
    He didn't want to take it too far, though, and he always had a concern for the people involved: F.

    I'd say ESFp.
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    ENFP.

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    Mark Twain quote: "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."

    In today's paper - in the style section. Next time my husband complains about my clothes shopping, I'll tell him Mark Twain said I have to.
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    ENFp fo shizzzzlezeleklzs
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    I don't see what's so important about the possibility of extraterrestrial life. It's just more people to declare war on.

    EVERYONE PLZ CONTINUE TO UPLOAD INFINITE AMOUNT OF PICS OF "CUTE" CATS AND PUPPIES. YOU KNOW WE GIVE A SHIT!!

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    Default Mark Twain

    The wisest man ever to grace the face of this planet. Also any thoughts on his type?
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    ESFj?

    The humor sounds rightly critical/sarcastic yet fit for the times.

    He also VI-s like my boss...lol.
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    Mark Twain is listed everywehre I've ever seen as IEE.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mariella View Post
    Mark Twain is listed everywehre I've ever seen as IEE.
    Do you associate with him and his writing? See any thing that you can relate to on any level?
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    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

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    I like Mark Twain's writing, but so do many people of many types. It isn't a good idea to type someone by whether someone likes their writing or "can associate" with them. We can all "associate with" anyone whose writing we like, whom we find attractive or smart or talented, anything.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mariella View Post
    I like Mark Twain's writing, but so do many people of many types. It isn't a good idea to type someone by whether someone likes their writing or "can associate" with them. We can all "associate with" anyone whose writing we like, whom we find attractive or smart or talented, anything.
    I was going to say, have you read autobiography of him?
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    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

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    Everyone can be sarcastic. It's just that ESEs tend not to be.

    Whatever Twain's type be, he knew how to appreciate cats.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maritsa33 View Post
    I was going to say, have you read autobiography of him?
    Yeah but years ago in college. I took a trip to his hometown, Hannibal Missouri, a couple of years ago. It was cool but it was during bad flooding and half the town was underwater, so we couldn't see a lot of things.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aiss View Post
    Everyone can be sarcastic. It's just that ESEs tend not to be.

    Whatever Twain's type be, he knew how to appreciate cats.
    My jaw just dropped to the ground; they are the funniest bunch and most likely to explore all sorts of Fe related stuff and play on words especially, which I find Mark Twain doing a lot of.
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    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

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    I think of plays on words as being Ne, making connections in language and playing with it. And no type is "the funniest bunch".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mariella View Post
    I think of plays on words as being Ne, making connections in language and playing with it. And no type is "the funniest bunch".
    I did not say that they are the ONLY "funniest bunch" I said they were the "funniest bunch"
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    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:
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maritsa33 View Post
    I did not say that they are the ONLY "funniest bunch" I said they were the "funniest bunch"
    Funniest means only funniest. there can't be more than one of the tallest, oldest, funniest, or anything else.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mariella View Post
    Funniest means only funniest. there can't be more than one of the tallest, oldest, funniest, or anything else.
    Take it to mean whatever specific thing you like it to mean but that's not what I meant to say.
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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maritsa33 View Post
    My jaw just dropped to the ground; they are the funniest bunch and most likely to explore all sorts of Fe related stuff and play on words especially, which I find Mark Twain doing a lot of.
    Funny doesn't imply sarcastic.

    Mariella has a point about Ne being related to such humor, although Ni is as well - except Ni plays with meaning, context and ambiguous references rather than words' fun with puns - and then no element is clearly responsible for humor as such or type of humor.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aiss View Post
    Funny doesn't imply sarcastic.

    Mariella has a point about Ne being related to such humor, although Ni is as well - except Ni plays with meaning, context and ambiguous references rather than words' fun with puns - and then no element is clearly related to humor as such or type of humor.
    Well we can agree that he was an Extraverted Ethical type, that's a good start.
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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aiss View Post
    Everyone can be sarcastic. It's just that ESEs tend not to be.
    <--this one is...lol.


    In other news, My hometown of Jamestown, Tennessee has a bunch of stuff dedicated to Mark Twain... a park, a building, a hotel...etc. While in Tennessee history class, I asked my teacher why this town had the Mark Twain theme since I could never figure out any connection he may have had. His answer was pretty funny, it's the kind of thing that small towns will do to get themselves on the map...lol.

    As he put it, Mark Twain's parents were living here prior to moving to Missouri, they moved away about 6 or 7 months before he was born. So, seriously, my town celebrates the fact that Mark Twain himself was conceived there. lol His only connection to the place is that his parents lived here while his mother was pregnant. *Random post

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    I could believe Fi-ENFp.

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    IEE-Fi or EIE-Fe. His language usage seems more Te/Fi than Fe, but Imogen Heap is either an SLI-Si or IEE-Fi and her language usage isn't Te at all. I love how Imogen Heap has balls though and she is my favorite musician, both in terms of her person and her work. A lot of IEE-Fi women always had balls.

    He seemed REALLY bothered by Se, so I could see IEE-Fi. But he was kind of radical in his thinking and expression of it for an IEE.
    I'm sorry, but I'm psychologically disturbed.


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    Mark Twain is IEE imo

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    IEI
    my ideas about socionics:

    https://soziotypen.de/thoughts-on-socionics/

    this is a VI thread with IEI examples

    https://www.the16types.info/vbulleti...-(IEI-edition)

    and this is a thread with EIE examples

    https://www.the16types.info/vbulleti...s-EIE-examples

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