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    Hey, I know I only have like 40 posts here, but if anyone has any impressions of what type I am, I'd love to hear them.

    What kind of info (besides VI) would be useful to help you guys get a feel for my type? I know I could write a self-description, but I feel like I could emphasize any aspects of my personality to portray myself as a certain type, so that seems kind of pointless.

    (PS. as of this bizarre thread, I've already been typed Ti valuing and EII by various members of this community.)

    Also, I have some ideas about my type, but I don't want to "reveal" them for the sake of getting an unbiased impression from you guys.

    Thanks!

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    idk, but i like you so far and i'm curious. i thought about asking you at one point - i had assumed you knew - but figured you were keeping it secret for a reason, lol.

    i'll copy the questions azeroffs asked me in my own type thread if you want a starting point to talk about yourself. but i think i'll probably leave interpretation of the answers up to someone else.

    Who are you?
    What are you interests?
    What do you do for a living?
    Are you in school? How do/did you like it?
    Future goals? Past experiences?
    What are your friends like?
    What would you say the focal point of your life is?
    Beliefs? General thoughts about w/e?
    How would you describe yourself compared to others?
    How would others describe you?

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    And, seriously, what's your avi?

    This is important.

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    Quote Originally Posted by laghlagh
    idk, but i like you so far and i'm curious. i thought about asking you at one point - i had assumed you knew - but figured you were keeping it secret for a reason, lol.


    Quote Originally Posted by laghlagh
    i'll copy the questions azeroffs asked me in my own type thread if you want a starting point to talk about yourself. but i think i'll probably leave interpretation of the answers up to someone else.
    Thanks! These look really helpful.


    Who are you?
    That's the question. :wink:

    What are you interests?
    Playing music, writing music, reading, writing, politics/philosophy/sociology, computer programming, tennis.. When I first become interested in something, I tend to become obsessed with it. I find out everything I can about it and can't stop thinking of it. Then I can forget all about it for a while until something sparks my interest in it again. I guess I tend to fluctuate between obsessions, and I've had people close to me call me an "all or nothing person" because of this.

    What do you do for a living?
    I'm still in college, so basically -- whatever odd jobs I can get my hands on for the moment.

    Are you in school? How do/did you like it?
    I'm a university student atm. The material itself is fascinating, but I hate the fact that 50% of my energy goes into petty work that distracts me from real learning. I'm comfortable with teaching myself stuff and being productive when I can set my own schedule, but worrying about grades, listening to bored (and therefore boring) professors drone on, worrying about all that shit drives me crazy. Still, I love the actual things I study. I love the social sciences and figuring out the patterns that shape peoples lives, thoughts, and actions; I love math because no matter how much work I put into understanding it, there are still so many more mysteries it contains; I love music (I'll talk more about that later). So I guess school is a love/hate relationship.

    I hated high school because so much of it was tedious logistical shit. I got into all sorts of trouble, and my grades were ok but I didn't do enough work to make them great. But I did well on my SATs, clicked with some of the people who did my college entrance interviews, and poured my heart into my college entrance essays, so I ended up at a great university anyway, for which I'm very grateful.

    Future goals? Past experiences?
    My goal is to figure out the thinks I'm passionate enough about to build my entire future around. In terms of more concrete goals, I want to make sure I am financially comfortable enough to not have to spend my time worrying about how to pay the bills, and I want to be well connected enough that my work makes an impact on the world. But I will never make being financially comfortable and well connected an end in and of itself.

    In terms of past experiences... my family moved around a lot as a kid. I think this impacted me somewhat, because I am a very restless person; I can't stay in one place too long. Unfortunately, I think it also gave me the impression that if something doesn't work, I can just escape it by moving. But I also think it gave me a certain curiosity -- I definitely want to see as much of the world as I can, travel to new and exciting places once I have the $$$ in place.

    What are your friends like?
    This is hard for me to answer because a lot of my friends are very different from each other -- sometimes I joke to them that I'd like to run a psychology experiment where I just put them all in a room together, leave, and see what happens. But I gravitate most towards people with a strong sense of who they are and what they want out of life, even if they still have a very vague sense of how they'll get there. People who have things in life they really care about and that they're actively working towards, and people who aren't afraid to stand the fuck up and say what they think, even if it makes them unpopular. People who think for themselves.

    What would you say the focal point of your life is?
    Right now, I feel like the thing holding my life together is the music I write. I tend to go through a lot of ups and downs -- well, honestly, a lot more downs because it's hard for me to appreciate what I have, I'm always thinking about how things could be better -- and music just helps me express whatever I'm feeling totally uncensored; in a piece of music, I can unify divergent, even contradictory aspects of my life and myself. I can be whoever I want, say whatever I want, feel whatever I want, do what I want. And later, I can listen to the music I've written, and I feel like I'm having a very personal conversation with myself, like I am watching my life unfold and feeling my experiences slip out into the air around me.

    Beliefs? General thoughts about w/e?
    No religious beliefs, decidedly atheist. I'm always hesitant to tell people this, but I'm a Marxist, and I've worked with several Marxists groups in the past. Currently, I'm not really into that scene because most Marxists don't really have a clue (there's so much ignorance about Marxism on both sides of the issue, and it's really frustrating to deal with), but I do think the world we live in needs to be and has the potential to be rebuilt from scratch. Call me a crazy idealist, but I believe we have the power to do so much more with our lives and our society, and eventually we'll have to acknowledge this if we ever want to reach our human potential or reverse our society's increasing tendency towards self-destruction.

    I'll finish this later, but I really need to start studying for my final exam tomorrow. Thanks the16types for helping me procrastinate.

    Quote Originally Posted by CILi
    And, seriously, what's your avi?

    This is important.
    Seriously, what's yours?

    :wink:

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    Quote Originally Posted by limNol
    Seriously, what's yours?
    It's an ultra-high-zoom crop of a screenshot from a concert I was at back in '05.

    Why the heck was I there? Well, ...there's really no good answer for that.

    But, anyway, I was,
    and eventually I bought the DVD,
    and eventually I took a bunch of random screenshots,
    and eventually I found "the avatar" I've used pretty much everywhere ever since.

    This thread's not about "my type", though...

    What's your story?

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    I like the polarization sorter question...for what it's worth, even if you can't answer, trying do it might give readers interesting hints about yourself.

    limNol:

    1) In the world and in any individual there are two conflicts, both are valid but which one do you feel is the greatest (most unbalanced) in you?

    a) conflict between your spiritual self (= the mind) and your physical self (= the body)
    b) conflict between your emotional self (= the man) and your rational self (= the cold logic)

    2) Alternatively, you may also reverse the question and try to answer: "do you have more difficulties..."

    a) telling if you are more N than S
    b) telling if you are more F than T
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    At all counts, it forms an unconscious snag, thwarting our most well-meant intentions."

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    Quote Originally Posted by limNol View Post
    When I first become interested in something, I tend to become obsessed with it. I find out everything I can about it and can't stop thinking of it. Then I can forget all about it for a while until something sparks my interest in it again. I guess I tend to fluctuate between obsessions, and I've had people close to me call me an "all or nothing person" because of this.
    When you switch obsessions, what happens to the previous one? Does it stay rampant in a part of your mind, like a project put on hold until further notice but kept in your pocket, or is it really like you describe, ie you forget it all and focus more on the novelty aspect?

    I'm comfortable with teaching myself stuff and being productive when I can set my own schedule, but worrying about grades...(cut)...I hated high school because so much of it was tedious logistical shit. I got into all sorts of trouble
    You like to organize your schedule but don't like others imposing order on you?

    I want to make sure I am financially comfortable enough to not have to spend my time worrying about how to pay the bills, and I want to be well connected enough that my work makes an impact on the world. But I will never make being financially comfortable and well connected an end in and of itself.
    So I guess "being wealthy" is not your hidden agenda...

    I am a very restless person; I can't stay in one place too long. Unfortunately, I think it also gave me the impression that if something doesn't work, I can just escape it by moving. But I also think it gave me a certain curiosity
    Interesting.

    Thanks the16types for helping me procrastinate.
    It's a way to admit you are a procrastinator? :wink:
    "Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual’s conscious life, the blacker and denser it is.
    At all counts, it forms an unconscious snag, thwarting our most well-meant intentions."

    C. G. Jung


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    Thanks for the responses, guys!

    EyeSeeCold, would you mind explaining your reasoning for +Te/-Fe?

    CILi, interesting, I see where you're coming from. Is there anything in particular that made the Ni thing jump out at you, or was it more like a general impression from the way I describe things?

    Quote Originally Posted by KeroZen
    When you switch obsessions, what happens to the previous one? Does it stay rampant in a part of your mind, like a project put on hold until further notice but kept in your pocket, or is it really like you describe, ie you forget it all and focus more on the novelty aspect?
    Yeah, I keep it in some corner of my mind, I just don't feel like I can get anything else out of it at the moment. Eventually, I'll run across something that will remind me of it and re-spark my interest. It's not so much a project put on hold as one that I've just kind of burned out on and have to take a break from before I can move forward with it.

    Quote Originally Posted by KeroZen
    You like to organize your schedule but don't like others imposing order on you?
    Yeah. I think it has to do with spending time on the things I deem important vs. putting too much energy into meeting other people's standards without really getting anything out of it myself.

    Quote Originally Posted by KeroZen
    So I guess "being wealthy" is not your hidden agenda...
    I'm definitely not into wealth, status symbols, etc. Especially cuz so many people who like to rub your face in their wealth are just spoiled little kids who have no substance and have had everything handed to them on a silver platter but think that makes them the shit. So I don't value wealth. I sure don't mind having power though , and being in positions of power, even small ones, makes me feel good. But that's probably true for a lot of people.

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