You know you're an Intp when...

[Deleted member 1424]

Nothing isn't wrong with makeup really, it was just a let-down.

Really, you don't wear makeup? I always had you pegged as the sort who loved eyeliner.

 

[Cobra]

When, by e-mail, you use an elaborate tangle of screen caps of Windows error messages and virus checks to make a girl in the IT dept at work feel better on her day back from having H1N1 that ultimately ends in her clicking on a hyperlinked image that leads her to http://www.webhamster.com. Complete with attaching someone who will undoubtedly not get the jokes, nor will they care to be Cc:'d, so all their naysaying in Reply All will only make you look sweeter by comparison, like an ugly wingman to help you get laid for looking comparitively better at a bar... and then suggest that your wingman is perverted when he describes the tactic in this analogous manner, adding, "You really need to get your mind out of the gutter. I was just trying to make her feel better." ... and that girl is the wingman's boss.

Win.

 

[ckm]

When you start writing a post but lose intere

 

[RubberDucky451]

Misspelling a word is comparable to being caught with your pants down.

 

[Reverse Transcriptase]

Misspelling a word is comparable to being caught with your pants down.

It's really weird that you associate failure in spelling with revealing of genitals. Revealing genitals is nothing to be ashamed of!

However, misspelling words if something to be very very ashamed of. Go hide in a cardboard box!

 

[Ashenstar]

It's really weird that you associate failure in spelling with revealing of genitals. Revealing genitals is nothing to be ashamed of!

However, misspelling words if something to be very very ashamed of. Go hide in a cardboard box!

I misspell words quite often actually. Is this why I have a persistent feeling of shame?

 

[Reverse Transcriptase]

I misspell words quite often actually. Is this why I have a persistent feeling of shame?

*nods* unfortunately, yes. On the bright side, your shame can be alleviated by flashing your genitals more often.

 

[Deleted member 1424]

When you drink kool-aid out of a wine glass, just because you like the incongruity.

 

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When you drink kool-aid out of a wine glass, just because you like the incongruity.

When you drink wine out of a juice box, just because you like the incongruity.... oh wait that's just Franzia.

 

[Darby]

However, misspelling words if something to be very very ashamed of. Go hide in a cardboard box!

i'm not sure if this was intentional, but I believe the word is spelled i-"s"

 

[Ashenstar]

i'm not sure if this was intentional, but I believe the word is spelled i-"s"

*snicker*

 

[Reverse Transcriptase]

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*shamefully slinks away*

 

[Darby]

I am wondering if the shame should only be applied to spelling, or to grammar(what an ugly word, two "m"s and two "a"s. I hate it so much I actually checked to make sure I spelled it right) as well.

 

[Ashenstar]

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*shamefully slinks away*

Awww... couldn't your shame just be

alleviated by flashing your genitals more often

?

 

[Adymus]

I am wondering if the shame should only be applied to spelling, or to grammar(what an ugly word, two "m"s and two "a"s. I hate it so much I actually checked to make sure I spelled it right) as well.

You know you're an INTP when by the time you finish reading what was in parenthesis you've forgotten what the sentence was even about.

 

[Gunnarsson]

You know you're an Intp when:

...your friends that share at least one interest with you refer to you as "the brain" or something similar.

...you read the rules for various events, such as car racing if you find that interesting, just to see if there are any loopholes that noone has found (or at least, not bothered to use yet).

...in the process of reading those rules, you find that the persons who wrote them didn't even know the basic diffrence between a screw and a bolt.

...your friends that do not share any of your interests calls you... No, come on, you don't have any such friends!

...you think Vulcans are illogical.

...you think everybody is an idiot, until proven otherwise.

...you feel the need to point out that english is your second language and you have never been outside Sweden as a excuse for any misspellings or faulty grammar. Ofcourse, that only makes everybody read a second time to find faults, and point them out to you.

 

[Ashenstar]

I claim this post spot as mine.

 

[Kuu]

- you refuse to let your friends into your house since they came without previous notice and are intruding on your alone time.

- your antisocial friends call you antisocial.

 

[Zero]

I'm sick of you people and mildly irritated at the fact that alcohol doesn't come in IV form.

 

[Nicholas A. A. E.]

Cheer up Zero! I can't speak for all these other soulless INTPs but I appreciate you.

 

[Artifice Orisit]

You say souless like it's a bad thing

 

[Van]

Someone comments that you seem antisocial. You respond by explaining the difference between 'asocial' and 'antisocial', followed by a bunch of distantly related thoughts about literature, psychology etc.
When you see the same person a while later, you start talking about all the new thoughts you've had since that conversation, only to find that they have no idea what you're on about.

 

[transformers]

You've questioned your MBTI type 100000000000+ times and still aren't sure.

 

[Anthile]

...you definitely switch sides in case of an alien invasion.

 

[Causeless]

When describing an activity to a friend, they respond with, "That sounds confusing."

You reply, "Yes, It sounds deliciously complicated!"

 

[Kuu]

You say souless like it's a bad thing

... you find yourself using the phrase "you say ______ like it's a bad thing" almost on a daily basis.

...you definitely switch sides in case of an alien invasion.

... your misanthropy is such that you keep wishing for an alien invasion to happen.

When describing an activity to a friend, they respond with, "That sounds confusing."

You reply, "Yes, It sounds deliciously complicated!"

... you think the word delicious is delicious.

 

[Zero]

Cheer up Zero! I can't speak for all these other soulless INTPs but I appreciate you.

That's sweet.

I appreciate spicy rum. It's the good bitter.

transformers, don't worry, it gets less frequent. Eventually you're just like... shit I AM an INTP...

causeless, I tend to reply with "Really?".

 

[Döden]

When you are extremely inefficient at taking notes because you often avoid paraphrasing for fear of discoloring the exact meaning behind a word: "Oh geez, maybe I'll misinterpret it later and get this concept wrong when I have to refer back to these!" So you resolve to learn shorthand/symbols of logic or create your own so you can speedily get the main ideas down.
But you never do because you are too lazy.

 

[ckm]

When you are extremely inefficient at taking notes because you often avoid paraphrasing for fear of discoloring the exact meaning behind a word: "Oh geez, maybe I'll misinterpret it later and get this concept wrong when I have to refer back to these!" So you resolve to learn shorthand/symbols of logic or create your own so you can speedily get the main ideas down.
But you never do because you are too lazy.

That was perfect.

When taking notes you wish you could simply record the experience of your lecturer explaining whatever to you, file it away and use it when the situation calls for it.

 

[RubberDucky451]

When you compose a chart that links musical notes to letters.(I also made 2 other charts, one that utilizes sharp and flat notes, and another that starts from the note A, instead of C)

The word music on the keyboard is A,B,G,D,E. Which actually sounds quite good.

 

[Slim]

- Your brain speaks to you.
- You have no feelings.
- You're a self important jerk.
- You appear to come up with something random.

 

[Döden]

When you actually had a dream about posting in this place.

Heelll yeah Slim, we got no feelings brah. Cuz feelings are gay.
Something something in the month of May...

 

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- Your brain speaks to you.
- You appear to come up with something random.

Quoted for Truth. I really like the "you appear to come up with something random". It's not really pure creativity that we do, it always comes from something, we are just thinking on a higher level than other people.

 

[Pythia]

You've questioned your MBTI type 100000000000+ times and still aren't sure.

haha, true.

When you have the answer but can't quite phrase it to explain what you are actually thinking.
And when you find yourself staring at a brick arch, trying to fit the bricks into an arch in your head (or is that just me?)

 

[chloé]

-When you're taking notes in class, you sometimes find the professor's method of organizing his information is disorderly and lacking in structure, so you wait until all the information has been laid out so that you can re-systemize it before copying the text. Managing to copy everything quickly enough is of secondary importance.

-During conversation, like many people, you often get stuck when that perfect word is on the tip of your tongue - but you refuse to continue or settle for a close synonym, and you will even consult a thesaurus to pinpoint that word before going on with what you were saying.

-When your computer gives you an error or you find a bug, if necessary you'll spend hours searching online for a solution, you'll download ten different software applications if they may help, and you often end up a complete expert in that area of programming by the time you find the intricate fix for what was a trivial problem (long after most people would have given up).

-When you can't really describe anything as accurately as you want to without devoting at least a small paragraph to it. (This one I came up with after typing up the previous ones.)

 

[snowqueen]

And when you find yourself staring at a brick arch, trying to fit the bricks into an arch in your head (or is that just me?)

Yes!!! I do that.

Wow

 

[420MuNkEy]

When you have the answer but can't quite phrase it to explain what you are actually thinking.

This happens to me a lot when people ask me to define a word I've used that's fairly abstract. This usually causes them to think that I don't even know the meaning of the word I've used and therefore shouldn't have used it.

 

[beastly toast]

When you notice a mistake in a group setting and don't say anything.... just to observe how long it takes for others in the group to notice the same mistake.

*edit---
And after someone else notices the mistake, you wonder how many in the group were doing the same thing....

 

[Zero]

I can put whatever I want on my popcorn.

Sometimes I have to ask if something is funny.

 

[Zero]

You know you're an INTP when you've decide you should make a Terms of Service in regards to having one on one discussions.

 

[420MuNkEy]

You know you're an INTP when you've decide you should make a Terms of Service in regards to having one on one discussions.

It would be nice to have legal recourse against stupid people.

 

[Ashenstar]

When you are at your INTP boyfriend's house at his party and you get drunk as a skunk for the first time in your life then when you end up stumbling around and puking about 8 times people ask you how you are and express sympathy you say

"Oh I'm fine! This is FANTASTIC! I've NEVER been drunk before. Absolutely fascinating! I've never thrown up from alcohol either. This is really really great! Really really interesting!"

Oh dear. ... that wasn't quite what I said.. .uhhhh I don't remember exactly... just... uhhh
*lays head on desk* lol

 

[Causeless]

"Oh I'm fine! This is FANTASTIC! I've NEVER been drunk before. Absolutely fascinating! I've never thrown up from alcohol either. This is really really great! Really really interesting!"

YKYAINTPW- You take a shot of Tabasco on a dare, even after the extensive lecture to everyone on how "This isn't the hottest hot sauce, not even close", and "Of COURSE I'll throw up, it's mostly vinegar!" You down it fine, but feel queasy 30 minutes later.

When asked how you felt about what happened NEXT, you respond, "It was the COOLEST bout of blowing chucks ever! It was all spicy, I was like a puke throwing dragon."

 

[Firehazard159]

- Your brain speaks to you.
- You have no feelings.
- You're a self important jerk.
- You appear to come up with something random.

Hmm.... brain talks to me.... does that mean that I am separate from my brain? o.O

^ When you have random tangent thoughts like that in every post you read >.> lol.

 

[roby]

3.14 When you spend too much time writing and rewriting something, so that it is as clear as possible, just to have people say its excessively long-winded for such a simple concept.


5i. When you write extensive "to-do" lists, and then lose them.

Hah.. this. I use the edit button on forums 2-3 times usually.

And I have found to-do-lists all over the place. One of them for several years ago when I was a kid, the paper was all wrinkled and yellow.

 

[LucasM]

When you put milk away under the sink and coffee in your cereal bowl.
and
When you know exactly where the milk is upon wondering where the milk is, it is not in the fridge after all. Well maybe I didn't really know exactly, but my instincts knew I guess. Good thing, else bad milk.

 

[Causeless]

When your loyalties are as solid as a concrete column, and your interests varied and fleeting as the cars that crash into them.

 

[Cogwulf]

A female acquaintance tells you that she could see a girl falling for you because you're "mysterious"

 

[The Frood]

You know your an INTP when: *deep breath*

you not only read every post, but copy almost all of them down into a word doc to read later (which you probably wont (28 pages!!!)) after wanting to post after the 1st few pages

[FONT=&quot]You come up with an amazing reply/comeback/argument but forget it before you can say/post[/FONT]

You find it extremely difficult to start and hold a "pleasant" conversation

You are a die-hard Douglas Adams and Monty Python fan

You reference obscure things (movies, books whatever) and feel disappointed when no-one gets it.

You constantly experiment on your friends

People yell at you to shut up when you start to explain something

teachers specifically ask for people besides yourself to answer questions

you hate loud stupid people with every fiber of your being

you avoid eye contact at all costs

you aren’t surprised in the least when the focus of the thread goes to pieces
you find a better way to say something after the fact ^ you aren't surprised when this thread goes off on tangents

you have accepted the fact that you are insane,(i have lots of other thoughts on that, but i will restrain myself lol)

you make a compilation of this thread and forget to save it.

you invariably forget to save important things

You can’t remember any specific examples of the concept you are trying to explain until much later.

you have anticipated and accepted the fact that no one cares but plow on anyway

at a dance, rather than dancing, you come up with complex theories of the subtle social structure of the masses

(some one said this one already) when you love alliteration
and use it whenever possible

you see people you know on the street and avoid them like the plague on the premise that they may say something to you

your parents say "it looks like a bomb went off in your room" , you reply that it is "organized"

you laugh whenever you read a post that said "or is that just me" because you generally do the same thing

you dislike dealing in absolutes and pepper your conversations with, "generally", "usually" and "pretty sure"

you rarely laugh at jokes, but crack up at something you just thought of, and then wonder why everyone has just looked at you like you are crazy
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You use /’s, " " 's and parentheses too much[/FONT]
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you have spent all day coming up with these, but only remember the ones you wrote down.[/FONT]
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you spend 10 minutes deciding which smiley/picture goes best with what you are trying to say (and then decide not to put one up)[/FONT]

you come up with some more and edit your original post
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*gasp* okay, i'm gonna stop there...
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[FONT=&quot]i have loved reading this thread., it is scarily accurate, and very amusing.[/FONT]

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[ckm]

When you notice a mistake in a group setting and don't say anything.... just to observe how long it takes for others in the group to notice the same mistake.

*edit---
And after someone else notices the mistake, you wonder how many in the group were doing the same thing....

When you notice a mistake in a group setting and feel compelled to point it out, but don't as you don't want attention.

When the only suitable adjectives for "attention" are "unwanted" and "negative".