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    Default PETITION TO STOP USING MBTI ACRONYMS

    Does anyone else want to stop using the same acronyms that MBTI uses? One of the reasons is the confusion; people have a habit of interchanging them which should probably not be be done.

    Saying something like "Sensory-logical Introvert" works. (Socionics.com has also used something like "Introverted Sensor with Thinking".)

    If that is too long to write, and you want an abbreviation, SiTe works.

    Comments?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pedro-the-Lion
    i like it. just abbreviate it to lii or whatever.

    for those who don't know lii = logical-intuitive introvert = intj
    VOTE FOR PEDRO!

    Anyways, I like those abbreviations. In fact, I like it so much I'm changing my sig now.
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    Ive been trying to use Xi/Xe for introverts to avoid confusion. I'll have to learn the other way, too, but I like the idea.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jadae
    Ive been trying to use Xi/Xe for introverts to avoid confusion. I'll have to learn the other way, too, but I like the idea.
    Ethical-intuitive Extravert.

    eie.
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    eie sounds like a cry for help lol.

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    I don't mind the MBTI acronyms, just as long as the last letter is lower case. I get peeved when people use INTP and INTp as if they're interchangeable.

    Laura

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    Quote Originally Posted by warrior-librarian
    I don't mind the MBTI acronyms, just as long as the last letter is lower case. I get peeved when people use INTP and INTp as if they're interchangeable.

    Laura
    You know the last leter thing wasn't a socionics rule anyway, right? Russian socionics (as far as I can tell) use all capitol letters (at least that's they way it is on the site).

    Socionics.com recommends to lower case the last letter to tell the diffrence, but that doesn't really help. People generally don't notice or pay attention to that anyways.

    I like "Sensory-logical Introvert" better than "ISTP" and it's diffrent enough to seperate from an MBTI type. It might take some thinking power to change, I know, but it's really not that bad.
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    Quote Originally Posted by warrior-librarian
    I don't mind the MBTI acronyms, just as long as the last letter is lower case. I get peeved when people use INTP and INTp as if they're interchangeable.

    Laura
    Hear hear.

    I'd rather keep the MBTI acronyms. They are technical with enough zeal to keep them from being boring.

    Then again, think of the awesome word play we could come up with:

    SiTe - "What a site!"
    SeTi - "Support SETI! Donate to your local ET charity."
    SiFe - "Looks like we'll need to sife-on some gas."
    NiTe - "What a nite for a fortune-teller reading, eh?"
    NiFe - "Look out! He's got a nife!"
    TiSe - "You should en-tise your customers with a gimmick."
    TeNi - "Teni-tus is an annoying buzzing in the ear."

    ...and so on...
    Binary or dichotomous systems, although regulated by a principle, are among the most artificial arrangements that have ever been invented. -- William Swainson, A Treatise on the Geography and Classification of Animals (1835)

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    Cone, I know what you mean by the technical part. I thought about that too when thinking of typing people. One thing that I thought about was trying to pin someon's type by movements. Then I realized it; why not use the same letters that BrainTypes uses for typing through movements! Duh, that's why they use them, them make sense that way. And in case you were wondering, yes, I do think they secretly use socionics at BrainTypes.com.

    Come on Cone, don't you think, "Intuitive-logical Introvert" sounds better? I know INTPs usually don't like change and doing things a new way, but think about it...

    Pedro and I already changed our sigs to name the new type, jump on the bandwagon! j/k, but I think it makes the most sense (to me).
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    INFP. Intuitive-ethical Introvert. iei. NiFe. BCAR. "Shakespeare"
    INFJ. Ethical-intuitive Introvert. eni. FiNe. BCAL. "Gandhi"
    ISTP. Sensory-logical Introvert. sli. SiTe. BEIR. "Edison"
    ESTP. Sensory-logical Extravert. sle. SeTi. FEIR. "Napolean"
    ENTJ. Logical-intuitive Extravert. lie. TeNi. FCIL. "Martin Luther King Jr."

    ... and so on. If you want to think of other symbolic like things, go ahead.

    Quote Originally Posted by Baby
    possibly we could pick a "mascot" for each type, like an animal or something... sorry I'm being retarded.
    .

    That's not retarded at all. I say we use "FOX" for ISTP. Who else wants to pick?
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    MLK is SO played out

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    Can INTp be "tiger"? or maybe "liger"?
    Binary or dichotomous systems, although regulated by a principle, are among the most artificial arrangements that have ever been invented. -- William Swainson, A Treatise on the Geography and Classification of Animals (1835)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anonymous
    MLK is SO played out
    I assume you mean Martin Luther King. And, so what? You don't think he is a good representative of ENTJ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cone
    Can INTp be "tiger"? or maybe "liger"?
    No, Cone, you can't be a liger. Tiger works well for INTPs, though.
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    ISTP- Fox
    INTP- Tiger
    INFP- Panda
    INFJ- Dove
    ENFP- Dog
    ISFP- Cat
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    Quote Originally Posted by vague
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    I'd like Sloughi or Gecko for IXTp

    So then, instead of "what type am I/is he/she/that celeb in VI" and "how to win a type's heart" questions, this forum will be full of questions like "I guess I'm Dog, but I hate dogs. I want to be Panda!! How can I?" or "I find my brother's girlfriend is Dove and I'm allergic of it. Should I avoid her?" or "My boss's face resembles a cunning fox or a cruel hound. Which type he would be, Dog or Fox?" or blah blah.

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    This is great!

    I can bark at ISFps now!
    “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”
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    Oh, I like that the tiger thing. It fits the INTp well. Makes me think of Blake too, you know The Tiger and the Lamb?

    "Tiger, tiger, burning bright. In the forests of the night,. What immortal hand
    or eye. Could frame thy fearful symmetry? "

    I should really stop shoving literature down peoples throats. I think most of you would agree that I need to be chastised.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sycophant
    Oh, I like that the tiger thing. It fits the INTp well. Makes me think of Blake too, you know The Tiger and the Lamb?

    "Tiger, tiger, burning bright. In the forests of the night,. What immortal hand
    or eye. Could frame thy fearful symmetry? "

    I should really stop shoving literature down peoples throats. I think most of you would agree that I need to be chastised.

    Nah, I like variety All 31 flavors please!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sycophant
    Oh, I like that the tiger thing. It fits the INTp well. Makes me think of Blake too, you know The Tiger and the Lamb?

    "Tiger, tiger, burning bright. In the forests of the night,. What immortal hand
    or eye. Could frame thy fearful symmetry? "

    I should really stop shoving literature down peoples throats. I think most of you would agree that I need to be chastised.
    No, please carry on it so that people never create threads like "Tiger is NO INTp" or "Panda is more suitable for ISFp".
    I will search poems of geckos represents weak well or animals suitable for other on-border people, or...just pass till the problem emerges and overwhelms us.

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    I have no clue what ENFJ would be. Chamaleon/Lion hybrid! jk.. no clue.

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    No, please carry on it so that people never create threads like "Tiger is NO INTp" or "Panda is more suitable for ISFp".
    I will search poems of geckos represents weak well or animals suitable for other on-border people, or...just pass till the problem emerges and overwhelms us.
    Hmm? Who put a thorn in your paw? Or rather a stick up your ass. It's all in good fun really. No need to show such disdain Darling Dear. :wink: [/img]

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sycophant
    Hmm? Who put a thorn in your paw? Or rather a stick up your ass. It's all in good fun really. No need to show such disdain Darling Dear. :wink:
    Don't worry, I just love to nitpick on new ideas and see an off-topic thread grows. Both at same time is rare, though...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Herzblut
    How bout my type is a fruit fly?


    Just kidding!
    Fruit flies are really cool. No progress in genetics without them.

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    Well, my vote goes for the function method: TiNe.

    LII is okay, but I still have to sit there and figure out the i/e quality of the functions.


    Animals?

    Maybe we should all take this test: http://www.animalinyou.com/survey.asp and see if there's a correlation to type. :wink:

    I got Penguin or Owl. Which one sounds most like TiNe(or LII or INTj)?
    TiNe, LII, INTj, etc.
    "I feel like I should be making a sarcastic comment right now, but you're just so cute!" - Shego, Kim Possible

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    I got rooster, wild cat, or eagle.

    Eagle didn't really fit. Rooster and wild cat each fit somewhat.
    Entp
    ILE

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    Quote Originally Posted by NFp-
    The reason I don't want a Dog as an ENFp's mascot is because dogs are much too stalwart and will stay by you unconditionally even if you kick and shout at them. Whereas cats are more temperamental and know when to call it quits (which I feel suits ENFp better unless other identicals object to it).
    My dog is so fickle that he won't come by without foods or a lead. So it's okey.

    Quote Originally Posted by XcaliburGirl
    Maybe we should all take this test: http://www.animalinyou.com/survey.asp and see if there's a correlation to type. :wink:
    Perhaps I had this book once (my sister took it to somewhere). My usual results were Bat, Snake or Mountain Goat.

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

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    Does this work for people...

    Sensory-logical Introvert. Master. Fox.
    Intuitive-ethical Extravert. Adivsor. Cat. (Ok, I changed it.)
    Logical-sensory Extravert. Administrator. Gorilla?
    Ethical-intuitive Introvert. Humanist. Dove.
    Intuitive-logical Introvert. Critic. Tiger.
    Sensory-ethical Extravert. Politician. Bear?
    Logical-intuitive Extravert. Owner. Snake .
    Ethical-sensory Introvert. Keeper. ?
    Logical-sensory Introvert. Inspector. Wolf.
    Ethical-intuitive Extravert. Teacher. Hyena.
    Sensory-logical Extravert. Marshal. Lion (I was gonna name INTJ that after Pedro, but this works better).
    Intuitive-ethical Intorvert. Lyricist. Panda.
    Logical-intuitive Introvert. Analyst. Owl (that's better).
    Ethical-sensory Extravert. Enthusiast. ??
    Intuitive-logical Extravert. Finder. Beaver.
    Sensory-ethical Introvert. Mediator. Bunny?

    I think some of the names, like "Critic", should be changed. There must be a better word to describe INTPs than "Critic".
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    I think some of the names, like "Critic", should be changed. There must be a better word to describe INTPs than "Critic".
    I disagree. :wink:
    Binary or dichotomous systems, although regulated by a principle, are among the most artificial arrangements that have ever been invented. -- William Swainson, A Treatise on the Geography and Classification of Animals (1835)

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    According to this test, I am a weasel ...

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    They said I was a porcupine or a mole, perhaps also a snake. I think those are the worst ones to have.
    Binary or dichotomous systems, although regulated by a principle, are among the most artificial arrangements that have ever been invented. -- William Swainson, A Treatise on the Geography and Classification of Animals (1835)

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    So far it seems like,

    Me
    Pedro
    Herzblut
    Jadae
    NFp-
    and Mystic

    like the idea.

    It kind of sounds like Cone and Baby are on the fence with this one.

    I'd like to see more votes.
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