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Welcome. I hope your stay is fruitful, as well. :) As for your type, have you tried reading the different profiles and comparing yourself to them? I had better luck doing that than taking the tests.

This is not always feasible, and standards often vary wildly from class to class and professor to professor. Still, if the problem is clearly systematic, I agree with you.

Another thing I just thought of: my family keeps a mug next to the kitchen sink that we all use to get drinks of water. We obviously avoid it if one of us is sick, but other than that we don't really worry about the germs. It's no worse than kissing, at any rate.

I've found the Fe portion of the typelogic INTP profile to be pretty accurate. The part about Thinking rushing in to avert chaos feels especially familiar. Any time I begin to feel unwanted emotions I automatically close myself off and try to regain control. Some emotions are ok, of course...

This. I only bother washing my hands if they are noticeably dirty or if I'm handling food. Despite that, I can't remember the last time I missed multiple days of school/work due to illness.

I don't follow your logic, but really it doesn't matter. Since "not going home" is not a word, it can neither be, nor have, an antonym.

As an interesting side-note, I learned from one of my college ENG professors that the "standard" form of writing that we're taught in high school is pretty much useless for anything besides crappy writing assignments. No one actually uses it in the real world.

To be good at arguing you must be opinionated enough to care, aggressive enough to talk over the opponent, and absolutely sure that you're right. To be good at debating, you must be rational enough to make sound arguments, patient enough to hear the opponent's points, and able to see the...

Let's try to bring this back on-topic. Anyways, OP, try to keep in mind that writing is a very INTP task. Every aspect of it caters to our strengths, and, conversely, it probably caters to a lot of other people's weaknesses. Just imagine if we were all required to take classes on pointless...

I think you're talking about arguing, not debating.

I disagree, as those all deal with certainty, which is a different thing altogether. If they are antonyms, the sentence "I am really not going home." should be nonsense, shouldn't it? A quick dictionary search defines a word as "a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or...

Hahaha, I think this applies to me, as well.

Eh, I guess I'm ok at reading people (assuming I'm paying attention), but my poorly developed Fe means I'm likely to miss certain emotional cues. Sometimes this results in me misreading situations entirely. For instance, one day in high school I ran into a friend before class. Her eyes were...

Also keep in mind that the tests are notoriously inaccurate. You may want to look at profiles for different personalities and see if any others fit better.

I feel the need to point out that this whole discussion is somewhat naive. Naive in the sense that our language contains enough individual words to oppose every other individual word. In fact, I'm guessing it doesn't even come close, as evidenced by the fact that the word "not" exists and...

I'm surprised this hasn't been pointed out already, but this is a flawed analogy. A government and a farm are two different things. I could also say the same for farming and slavery, but really the only difference is that one deals with livestock and one deals with humans. So (once again) the...

:borg0: ASSIMILATE :borg0:

Unfortunately, I find it terribly difficult to do this on purpose. Like, I know I understand an aspect of something that will be beneficial to someone else, but either my explanation doesn't get the idea across or I can't get my thoughts in order before conversation moves on. So aggravating. :mad:

My sleep cycle. It's currently 4:22am where I am. I mention this one in particular because it manages to amplify some of my other problems, like trying to find a job.

I tend to go on info-binges. MBTI has been my focus recently, although I think I've mostly tapped that out for now. Perhaps the most telling are my D&D binges, during which I submerge myself in rules, strategies, lore, builds, and whatever else. Eventually I create a few interesting characters...

Self-employed? How do you get anything done? :confused:

In general, my situation is exactly as the OP states. Although I should note that the chameleon thing is totally subconscious for me. Like, I'll totally swipe someone else's "signature phrase" and then realize it afterwards. And then I'll keep doing it, regardless of how badly I try to stop...

This. Finding something you like/care about is the hard part.

This rings true to me. I enjoy various games and sports, and I'm constantly amazed by just how outgoing I can become when my T backs off and lets the N take charge. It works with conversations as well, so long as I find the conversation/company interesting. Even so, I still struggle with...

Will there be cake? :3

I feel like a lot of those items have more to do with being a serious introvert than being an INTP specifically. Plotting to take over the world, for instance, strikes me as very un-INTP. :confused:

It's a touched-up version of the medic from Team Fortress 2. I'm glad you like it. :)

Hmm. I've never been very bothered by family functions. Then again, I'm not sure most of our gatherings can really be considered reunions. The only one we even call a reunion is a 3 day camp-out on a lakefront property in the Smokies, and I haven't gone in years (very extended family). I...

I can't help but think that Computer Science is the perfect INTP major. Programming is all about abstract systems and everything is very logical. And no papers to BS your way through! Woo hoo! Also, many workplaces seem to be quite progressive in terms of things like required degrees and dress...

Cause I don't want no FOP.

How's this? I've been looking at lots of MBTI stuff for the past few days, and the INTP profiles all ring true with me. Sometimes humorously so. So I came here, found much similarity to my own personality, and registered. And yet, I somehow almost psyched myself out of making this post because...