Quote Originally Posted by Subteigh View Post
I suppose for me (when combined with ), is somewhat impressionistic: it manages to capture the whole without being too rigid. But I don't see why this would apply any less to a LII than an EII. So I think the distinction must be more down to areas of competence, as usually associated with type stereotypes. But as I say, not especially useful as a distinction if you consider yourself competent across the board.

It is possible (although I am not sure) that many of my decisions are based more on gut impressions and then are justified more on an ad-hoc basis. I think this may be more in instances where more than one option seems approximately acceptable. In those cases again, I still generally have my reasons for making one decision over another: it is often vital to me e.g. in cases where I must re-evaluate for whatever reason. But again, I don't see this as necessarily alien to a LII.
My thinking can be rather impressionistic as well. An example would be typing someone. I get an overall vibe or impression from them. They remind me of other people that are known to be that type. Sometimes it's hard to justify to others in words why I think that type.

Quote Originally Posted by Maritsa View Post
I think that you are good at telling people what to do. That you don't think everything can be placed into a system makes you delta values already and I think you confuse T types not being able to feel and have emotions maybe that's why you're looking into ethical type. Your speech is so often Si..."comfort, comfortable, comfortable to me, to make you and others feel comfortable"

Si can feel hypersensitive because it disrupts comfort
I am capable of telling others what to do when I need to do so. But I don't feel fully comfortable doing that, maybe because I tend to resent it when others tell me what to do when I didn't ask them for it. I am far better at giving people suggestions on a good course of action than 'insisting' someone do something. The insisting part would be more fitting with Se.

I don't think everything can be fit neatly into a system from a practical standpoint but oftentimes with theories like socionics, I have a tendency to get carried away and be rather impractical with it. Start to see things as being socionically signficant that probably shouldn't be. I have to remind myself to step back and say to myself 'this is just a theory.' It can't explain everything.

Regarding comfort, for me it's more than just physical comfort, which Si measures. It's more about emotional comfort. Wanting harmony and pleasant relations between others. That would be more Fi, I think. Of course, Si comfort is still important to me but emotional comfort is even more so. If I could only have one, I'd pick emotional comfort. It's more personal. Physical comfort is not personal and if you're hurt physically its a temporary thing, whereas with emotional hurt it's hard to move on, it becomes ingrained in my psyche.

Quote Originally Posted by glam View Post
i disagree, i think those things can be important indicators. curious, why did you point out the supposed "Alphaness" of her humor if you didn't find it relevant?


ah yea, i meant to respond. i've been thinking more about it and i'm not sure if it's socionics related or not - it could be related to her high sensitivity, which has been noted. also we may have interpreted her comment differently, i didn't see that comment as "displaying low confidence" in her judgments, rather, i saw it indicative of some kind of anxiety about what other people think of her (being sensitive). her judgments themselves seem rather confident. but perhaps chips could clarify, idk.


ETA: i forgot to mention that from my POV, the person chips reminds me most of on this forum is Subteigh, an EII who previously self-typed LII. (this is just IMO, not reflective of anyone else's opinion)
I am quite confident in my judgements in the sense that I personally see them to be logically sound, they make sense to me, I know why I think the way I do and I can justify them to myself. But where I'm less confident is in what other people will think of them. I can convince myself easily but what about others?

Interesting that Subteigh switched from LII to EII. I guess it's a trend that the cool people are doing.