i'm curious how many people who post here do so primarily out of a sincere interest in socionics and a desire to apply it appropriately in their real lives.
please answer poll - it is anonymous for your protection.
discuss if you want.
a genuine interest in learning about & applying socionics
some other reason - boredom/socialization/you like the color scheme, whatever
I guess I'm not as avidly into socionics as I was for the first year or so, given how I've come to better understand its limitations. I do think it has some worthwhile uses in real life situations, assuming you know what it is you're looking at in the first place. In terms of immediate practical application Enneagram blows Socionics out of the water though, given its relative ease of understanding and what it aims to define.
I've personally found Jung a lot easier to practically apply and get results from, after it being understood, and Enneagram and Socionics the opposite, after being understood. The Enneagram was cool when I first started typing people, but after years I realize how limited it is. I look at people and see a lot more colors of motivation than I can claim they have of single types, tritypes and stackings. With Socionics it's the same problem. This is why Enneagram and Socionics will continue to grow and more categories be applied, because it's simple, and Jung will simply fade more. I haven't found any realistic faults with Jung nor have I found anyone that interested in learning it because it's somewhat abstract to explain, but I like it because it's had the best outcome and I'm not a simple thinker either. I think Jung's Fi is the clearest typological description I've read that really fits me, and hints more at what Aushra was getting at than some other Socionicists seem to do. I tend to view Socionics and Jung as separate though. I might start carrying Jung's Fi around in my wallet for no particular reason.
As far as enneagram, tritype seems like a better suit for it, as people generally seem a mix of types because I often find no such thing as a dominant motivation.
More so the latter than the former. I'm a defender against anything that sounds wrong.
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First option for me although I couldn't give a flying toss about that abstract shite that comes with it and I did learned and applied it before, not really though. I know instantly whom I'm going to get along with after meeting/talking with them not even "doing" socionics, Jung, MBTI and all, I knew it before, I know it after.
Taking into account, I cound't care less what your views are unless they do clash with mine.
For someone who is genuinely interested in socionics you are perhaps the least constructive person ever. All you do is post random judgmental nonsense and then sort of dismissively explain your behavior when confronted. It's almost like you completely and totally give no fucks about socionics, this site, or anyone on it. I'm just saying I'd much prefer that if you actually understand socionics, you try to make that understanding accessible and then not give fucks about who disagrees with you instead of just not giving fucks about explaining anything in the first place because you get it and that's all that matters.
Easy Day
I am not ashamed to say i am a part of this community out of pure interest in socionics and a desire to learn how to apply it in my everyday life. That is my ENTIRE purpose here.
Enneagram: 9w1 6w5 2w3 so/sx
Aww, well the cool people here is what keeps me around and communicating, but no my purpose isn't really to meet people from here irl, though i guess i'm somewhat flexible about it, just because a lot of you are really awesome. I'm wary of meeting people from the interwebs though.
Enneagram: 9w1 6w5 2w3 so/sx
Oh shit, I can't still get what the heck you're on like you were from a different Planet or something and what is "random judgemental nonsense" and why is this thread about me again?
And I would much prefer if you would stay out of my life, you're no part of it and never have been.
Oh I see, I have to understand socionics now, okay.
Ummm I'd say its a combination, I am always learning more about Socionics but I mostly come here to socialize these days. I would never have come or stayed here without socionics, and I would probably leave if it really turned into a knitting circle.
But, for a certainty, back then,
We loved so many, yet hated so much,
We hurt others and were hurt ourselves...
Yet even then, we ran like the wind,
Whilst our laughter echoed,
Under cerulean skies...
But, for a certainty, back then,
We loved so many, yet hated so much,
We hurt others and were hurt ourselves...
Yet even then, we ran like the wind,
Whilst our laughter echoed,
Under cerulean skies...
I'm here because this place offers more socionics opinions than others. Quantity =/= quality, but you know. I can't say I'm incredibly committed to learning socionics, or I'd probably be farther in my understanding of it by now. I guess this place is kind of like a bad drug; it's stressful at times, but you can't help coming back for more.
Or something like this?
Johari/Nohari
"Tell someone you love them today, because life is short; shout it at them in German, because life is also terrifying."
Fruit, the fluffy kitty.
I've made a few important decisions while weighing them with socionics information and it's pretty effective at giving some guidance.
i voted the first option, but it's not as if the social aspects of this place aren't also a large contributor to my interest in this place. i have made friends & acquaintances (both online & IRL) through this forum that i likely would not have made otherwise, and i think that's awesome.
i just have a hard time seeing myself completely losing interest in socionics. once you know it, it's not exactly a topic you can easily un-learn or completely forget about.
Me me me![]()
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Dual type(as per tcaudilllg)
Enneagram 2w1sw(1w9) helps others to live up to their own standards of what a good person is and is very behind the scenes in the process.
Tritype 1-2-6 stacking sp/sx
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
Dear Socionics,
I love you.
Sincerely,
You Know Who
I have a kind of insincere interest....
Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit
IMO it makes sense to read a few people's posts largely with a purpose in mind of learning socionics. And the posts of many others with a purpose of widening one's horizon in various other areas, some quite distant from socionics. Writing posts, on the other hand, seems to me mostly a social activity which is wrt most forumites most of the time most naturally viewed as being motivated by various kinds of social impulse more than a desire to either produce or transmit theoretical knowledge.
Greetings, ragnar
ILI knowledge-seeker
@Absurd: play some oi and don't think too much.
I don't see a reason why someone would even think that Absurd knows anything about socionics.
I was about to add that it is possible that a hundred monkeys with PCs might contribute more to this forum than Absurd but then I realized that there are already far more than 100 monkeys with PCs posting on the forum.
Edit: and they do contribute more than Absurd.