The greatest question of all. Why?

[Chad]

Here is the only rule. You can attempt to answer any question you see posted in this thread however, you need to end you post with a question starting with the word "Why".

Lets see if this can work.

I will start.


Why do some of us feel the need to correct other peoples understanding of there own personality type?

 

[Synthetix]

*their



Why do some of us feel the need to correct grammar and spelling?

 

[Lot]

Because we have our own understand of what we think the person is and don't like hearing information that is different than what we believe. It isn't pleasant to feel like we don't know a person as well as we thought. Or we take too much pride in our ability to type and don't like to be humbled by being wrong.
"How dare they imply that I'm wrong?!?!?"
"This person is blind to them selves! I must correct them with the truth." Although this one could be the truth. We should probably just find a more tactful way to correct them, or let them figure shit out them selves.

I don't how many times I've argued with several friends that thought they were a different type then I thought they were. I never got anywhere.



Why do young men suck at treating their romantic partner with respect?

 

[Chad]

*their



Why do some of us feel the need to correct grammar and spelling?

I wound the same thing sometimes. Mostly, because I believe people are taking my post way to serous if they are looking for grammar and spelling errors.


Why do people find it easier to focus on other peoples flaws then to look at there ( their ) own short comings?

 

[Synthetix]

Why do people think you are being serious when you correct them when you are actually just fucking around with them?

 

[Chad]

Why do young men suck at treating their romantic partner with respect?

I don't know if all young men suck at treating their romantic partner with respect but for some I assume it has to their perspective of what a romantic relationship is suppose to be like. I know that I personally had some really inappropriate ideas about relationships caused by my porn addiction.

Why do some skeptics use there skepticism as a justification for living immorally?

 

[own8ge]

Why do some of us feel the need to correct other peoples understanding of there own personality type?

Chad, because in my opinion you are full of shit and besides ignorant. I speculate you to be a pseudo-intellectual INFJ whom thinks himself to be an INTP. I can't think of anything worse.

I wish to grant you the truth which you refuse to face. I merely wish to restore your distort view of reality. I wish to pull you out of the delusional ignorant pool you are drowning in.

It's a shame that you refuse an angel his hand and take him for a devil. You do not even wish to hear my argumentation out nor do you seek out an objective methodology to confirm your personality type.

I have long forgotten about you and my care is elsewhere. You refused ANY attempt I made to get any sense into you. I will no longer offer you any of my service. The advice I give you is this: Let Pod'Lair type you and please stay away from my threads.

 

[Hawkeye]

Why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near?

 

[Lot]

Why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near?

Because you are in love with me and your love is so strong it has the power to create birds ex nihilo. Your a wizard Hawkeye.

Why did snafu have to leave us?

 

[Duxwing]

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I wound the same thing sometimes. Mostly, because I believe people are taking my post way to serous if they are looking for grammar and spelling errors.

If you want to call me out and talk trash, then have the courage to mention me. I don't look for grammar and spelling errors in your writing. They stick out like sore thumbs. For example-- and perhaps you did the following deliberately as a gambit-- you misspelled "serious" by leaving out its 'i'. Don't you realize that reading such a word is unpleasant?

Why do people find it easier to focus on other peoples flaws then to look at there ( their ) own short comings?

That question, which I suspect is another thinly-veiled attack, commits the tu quoque fallacy: my flaws don't cancel yours out. Otherwise, it assumes that such is the case, for very often people are too critical of themselves.

-Duxwing

 

[BigApplePi]

Why did snafu have to leave us?

Because they kicked him out of MENSA because his I.Q. was too high.

Why must I insist on asking questions?

 

[Starswirl]

Because they kicked him out of MENSA because his I.Q. was too high.

Why must I insist on asking questions?

Because you have nothing better to do with your time.

Why have great questions of "Why?" gone unsolved for over 2000 years?

 

[Nick]

Why have great questions of "Why?" gone unsolved for over 2000 years?

Why do you think they're unsolved? Just because you don't know the answer, doesn't mean someone else doesn't either.

All truths for every question exist, it's only the limits imposed upon ourselves which create the illusive curiosity of why.



Now why do we have this anxious/uneasy feeling when we're in a purgatory-like time that exists after we're asked a question and before we've created an answer.

 

[Chad]

Does anyone here understand why Duxwing and Own9ge can't fallow instructions.

Anyway my questions are all open ended and they are not directed at anyone person in general.



Why do smart kids come across dumb by ignoring simple instructions? (Ask a why question.)

 

[Architect]

Why do smart kids come across dumb by ignoring simple instructions?

Because it's a sensor world at that age which prizes following instructions.

But why do seemingly sophisticated, educated and intelligent adults insist on believing in the stupidest and patently false nonsense?

 

[Hadoblado]

Does anyone here understand why Duxwing and Own9ge can't fallow instructions.

Because they're poorly written.

But yeah, I feel as if they were both cold read pretty hard. It is no surprise that Chad would talk about typology mistakes on typology forums, or about spelling errors when... well... when he's Chad.

But why do seemingly sophisticated, educated and intelligent adults insist on believing in the stupidest and patently false nonsense?

Because people are not built to be logical, they are built to reproduce. If you can get near guaranteed reproductive success through being illogical, it is no wonder people still choose to believe stupid shit.

Is this forum much more angsty than it was a year ago? Why does it feel this way?

 

[Jennywocky]

Why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near?

1. Because they see a prospective target. (meanies)
2. Because they think my hair is made of worms.
3. Those aren't birds, those are pretty bats that can't tell time.
4. Potentially a combination of Zugunruhe ("migratory restlessness"), location sense via a small amount of magnetite located in the beak underneath the nostrils, radical pair mechanisms that enable them to sense magnetic fields, and navigational landmarks such as the sun, moon, stars, and earth-bound cues... and I just happen to have been mistaken for "North".
5. Just like me, they long to be.... close to you.

Why is "abbreviation" such a long word?

 

[BigApplePi]

Is this forum much more angsty than it was a year ago? Why does it feel this way?

It's an illusion. The forum seems angsty all the time. As soon as you calm down everything will calm down.

What is the purpose of asking why when what, how, where and who can serve as substitutes?

 

[scorpiomover]

What is the purpose of asking why when what, how, where and who can serve as substitutes?

Because it's catchy, and you don't need to think about why you're asking why, instead of when, what, how, where and who.

But why do seemingly sophisticated, educated and intelligent adults insist on believing in the stupidest and patently false nonsense?

Because intelligence is about the capability to reason, but not to acutally use reason, while wisdom is about using that ability to come to realistic beliefs.

Why do all ants look like stick figures?

 

[Etheri]

Why do young men suck at treating their romantic partner with respect?

Because they're stupid, self-centred and arrogant.
I should know, I was / am one. In my defense, my love for the ones I genuinely love is childlike and pure. That doesn't mean I don't fuck up, i do, all the time. ^-^

Why do some of us feel the need to correct other peoples understanding of there own personality type?

Because they're arrogant and self-centered.

Why do some of us feel the need to correct grammar and spelling?

Because they're arrogant and self-centered.

Why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near?

If they did, i wouldn't notice until it was 6 am and I'd hear them singing.

Why do smart kids come across dumb by ignoring simple instructions? (Ask a why question.)

Because they're arrogant and self-centered.

But why do seemingly sophisticated, educated and intelligent adults insist on believing in the stupidest and patently false nonsense?

Because they're arrogant and self-centered.
And narrowminded, I find openminded people much more interesting than intelligent people. I'm affraid there might not be an obvious correlation between the two.

Question : Why?

 

[BigApplePi]

I find openminded people much more interesting than intelligent people. I'm affraid there might not be an obvious correlation between the two.

Because they can arouse some connection directly to the center of your being. Intelligent people may not be all that interested.

Question : Why?

I say , "Why not?"

Why are you so arrogant and self-centered (your own admission)?

 

[Chad]

Here is the only rule. You can attempt to answer any question you see posted in this thread however, you need to end you post with a question starting with the word "Why".

Because they're poorly written.

I am open you suggestions.

Also I chose why questions because they get to the meaning. Were What, When, How, and Where only tell ask for a set of information. Why, is much more open ended and it asking what is the meaning of this. Instead of what is this? Who is this? Where is this? How is this? or when is this?

I don't know if I can explain this any clearer like I said I am open to suggestions.

Why is my request to end ever post with a why question poorly written?

 

[Jennywocky]

It seems simple: Answer the question(s) and then pose one of your own. It's supposed to be fun.

Why are people taking this thread so seriously?

 

[Hawkeye]

1. Because they see a prospective target. (meanies)
2. Because they think my hair is made of worms.
3. Those aren't birds, those are pretty bats that can't tell time.
4. Potentially a combination of Zugunruhe ("migratory restlessness"), location sense via a small amount of magnetite located in the beak underneath the nostrils, radical pair mechanisms that enable them to sense magnetic fields, and navigational landmarks such as the sun, moon, stars, and earth-bound cues... and I just happen to have been mistaken for "North".
5. Just like me, they long to be.... close to you.

Haha, nicely done

Why is "abbreviation" such a long word?

Ah, it's actually quite short. It originally stood for:

A - Articulate
b - brevity
b - brilliantly
r - rendered
e - effectively
v - vanquishing
i - incredibly
a - ample
t - text
i - in
o - objective
n - notion

Why is my beard copper, but my hair very dark brown?

 

[Duxwing]

Because they're poorly written.

Huzzah! Another poster joins the cause!

But yeah, I feel as if they were both cold read pretty hard. It is no surprise that Chad would talk about typology mistakes on typology forums, or about spelling errors when... well... when he's Chad.

Could you go into more detail?

-Duxwing

 

[Duxwing]

@Etheri How is correcting other people's grammar self centered? And why is it arrogant? I can see rude, but not arrogant. Declaring oneself an infallible grammarian would be arrogant.

-Duxwing

 

[Hawkeye]

Oi Clippy! Stop derailing...

 

[Duxwing]

Oi Clippy! Stop derailing...

No! Those were my questions!

-Duxwing

 

[Hawkeye]

No! Those were my questions!

-Duxwing

That is not how it works. You are allowed one question as stated by the one and only rule (technically two rules because your question has to start with the word Why).

I did say you spend so much time on spelling and grammar, that you miss the whole point of a post

 

[BigApplePi]

Why are people taking this thread so seriously?

Because there are an awful lot of INTP's here and INTP's can't tell when something is serious and when something is not. Personally I take the default which is to take everything seriously whether it is serious or not knowing I can't tell the difference anyway.

Why is that?

 

[walfin]

Why is that?

It's not that we ARE serious, it's that we LOOK serious.

http://www.intpforum.com/showthread.php?t=12744

Why is that?

 

[Hadoblado]

I am open you suggestions.

...

I don't know if I can explain this any clearer like I said I am open to suggestions.

Why is my request to end ever post with a why question poorly written?

It was a good natured poke. You are known more for your low efforts in communication than for anything else. I actually think it quite funny when you and Dux go at it, as while I think you care too little about good grammar, I also think Dux cares too much.

That said, you shouldn't be surprised that people don't pay close attention to your posts. If you rarely put any effort in to the clarity of the writing, why should anyone put much effort into the interpretations? I have no problem with you writing the way you do, I have no interest in changing the way you write. I also have precious little interest in reading the things you write because of the way you write them.

 

[Ex-User (5841)]

Why is my beard copper, but my hair very dark brown?

Because beard and scalp hair color are determined by a slightly different cluster of genes that in your case resulted in your beard hair containing less melanin than your scalp hair.

Why is what?

 

[BigApplePi]

It's not that we ARE serious, it's that we LOOK serious.

http://www.intpforum.com/showthread.php?t=12744

Why is that?

Because undeveloped INTP's haven't yet earned how to have fun because so much is really absurd.

Why do undeveloped INTP's mistake their individual personality characteristics for INTP characteristics so much?