You know you're an Intp when...

[Jennywocky]

4815: ...when you cried about Simba's death, but not your own grandmother's.

... which is even more fanciful and detached, since Simba never actually dies in the movies.

 

[Brontosaurie]

... which is even more fanciful and detached, since Simba never actually dies in the movies.

i think he means o'fasa

 

[MentalBrain]

MUfasa, even.

 

[Jennywocky]

^^ there we go

lol. You know you're an INTP when you can't remember what the fuck happened in the movie detail-wise... just the general conclusion you might still draw from it regardless. (Details? who needs em.)

 

[TwistedMind]

True. Who cares who is Mufasa and who is Simba. For me, they are the little lion and the dead father of the little lion.

 

[Jennywocky]

True. Who cares who is Mufasa and who is Simba. For me, they are the little lion and the dead father of the little lion.

Pumba: "...awww, Timon, he's just a little lion!"

 

[The Gopher]

4815: ...when you cried about Mufasa's death, but not your own grandmother's.

When you are wondering if that's the correct number, but since you aren't an INTP you realize this isn't the ISTJ forum.

 

[Brontosaurie]

MUfasa, even.

ah, you mean mr mumalley from the swat cats film?

 

[Brontosaurie]

True. Who cares who is Mufasa and who is Simba. For me, they are the little lion and the dead father of the little lion.

[gravelly]

mhhh he din't care about the difference between mufasa and simba. nrhhr it all seemed so small to him. mmhhh pointless(-uhhhh). 'a what did it matter in the end? ...the end... oh boy, had he seen what it looked like...

[head shakes wearily]

[picture is black and white]

 

[Sinny91]

20 years on and the world still won't let me forget about Mufasa.




Love this bit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhZ0TKdgJGg

 

[TwistedMind]

When you are wondering if that's the correct number, but since you aren't an INTP you realize this isn't the ISTJ forum.

Don't question the numbers.

 

[Jennywocky]

...when your first response is, "Numbers are just symbols for something else."

 

[ParadoxAnarchy]

I just joined the forum and when I started reading this thread my first thought was to organised it into one document, before I go ahead and make a google docs text document, is anyone else doing the same?

 

[Sir Eus Lee]

∆T- You have an idea or notice something about the situation moments or minutes before they realize it/your prediction/idea becomes obvious.

 

[Sabreena]

...when your first response is, "Numbers are just symbols for something else."

Technically, numbers are the concept rather than the symbol itself. Those are numerals. So if you're thinking aout the concept of 7 abstract objects youlre thinking of the number, but the candle on a kid's 7th birthday cake is a numeral.

I learned this from reading the same little math textbook from 1he 1960s ("New math for adults only") over and over again. Literally, I read this thing at the mall when all the other kids were playing on the giant plastic foods. My parents were like "Oh my god, stop reading! You are a kid!"

Not sure if this is an INTP thing or me just nitpicking, but I found it an interesting detail.

 

[Brontosaurie]

the giant plastic foods.

yeah those

welcome btw!!!

 

[Lateral]

When you're brain holds onto random facts like 'a flock of crows is called a Murder'. But if someone asks your social security you're screwed.

 

[Lol]

... you aint shit

 

[r4ch3l]

When people ask why you studied for and took the Linux sysadmin certification, you reply with: "I wanted a permanent backup plan that doesn't involve subjectivity or people."

When you have more than enough college units for a second degree (maybe two) but because your interests of the moment were so varied that it doesn't add up to anything coherent or official.

 

[Ayuhime]

You psychoanalyze your psyche even more under stress.

 

[Alias]

This goes for all Intuitives, but when you stare at whatever for so long it takes you three minutes to realize that someone's trying to get your attention.

 

[Sir Eus Lee]

The more you have to explain an event or story, the amount of details you include decreases logorithmically each time.

 

[Sir Eus Lee]

You derive universal principles from the video games you play.

 

[Sixup]

When you do something in your mind, and think you actually did it in real life, only to find out that nothing has actually happened.

 

[Brontosaurie]

This goes for all Intuitives, but when you stare at whatever for so long it takes you three minutes to realize that someone's trying to get your attention.

What? You mean 1.5 seconds, right?

 

[Sinny91]

When you do something in your mind, and think you actually did it in real life, only to find out that nothing has actually happened.

Omg, my life story haha.

 

[Brontosaurie]

When you put your hand on the stove and it doesn't even hurt 'cause you're so busy thinking about theories and shit yo

 

[Sir Eus Lee]

I don't know if this is INTP, but I cut my thumb open on a door once (long story) and I had no idea it was cut until I felt a tingling and looked down and saw my hand drenched in blood. It didn't hurt the entire ride, or ever, Actually.

 

[Polaris]

When you put your hand on the stove and it doesn't even hurt 'cause you're so busy thinking about theories and shit yo

When da brain trump da pain yo

 

[InhumanAgent]

- When you create people in your mind that are embodiments of different parts of your brain, so that you can finally have varied but interesting conversation
- When you can sit in your room for hours on end thinking about math and science, but the moment you are placed in a classroom of the same subject, your mind stops working and you want to throw up because of the insanity of the other people.

 

[Sinny91]

When your struggling to sleep, even though you've been awake for more than 50 hours... Brains in like PING mode, and can't switch off, even though you're developing a headache and a twitchy eye.. And might collapse at work a while later.

 

[DrGregoryHouse]

When your struggling to sleep, even though you've been awake for more than 50 hours... Brains in like PING mode, and can't switch off, even though you're developing a headache and a twitchy eye.. And might collapse at work a while later.

This.

 

[DrGregoryHouse]

 

[Brontosaurie]

^ Those aren't half bad tho

 

[Sinny91]

Where's the INTP meme thread? I was going to make one but I assumed there'd be one lurking somewhere... Still haven't been asleep by the way, just got back from work. I had some epic deep sleep jerking awake moments on the ride back home haha.

I'm gunna die in a bit.

 

[Sixup]

When someone describes your focus on your work (AKA current obsession) as intense.

 

[tyjdx]

When you think your Alma Mater should have issued you a participation degree for all the pieces of degrees you completed/didn't complete.

 

[Perfectly Normal Beast]

reality is dumb

 

[Sir Eus Lee]

You know that what you planned to add to this thread has probably been posted before, and you're too lazy to read it all, so you just blindpost.

(Blindposting - when you post something without reading the entire thread. Why hasn't that been coined yet?)

When you contradict yourself halfway through your post but don't want to fix it.

 

[Sinny91]

When you contradict yourself halfway through your post but don't want to fix it.

Lol, I done this a couple of times the other day, and weighed up whether it was worth ammending to avoid some other know it all jumping on it, or to give in to my laziness, - which i did do - and post anyway. Nobody noticed, laziness win

 

[Sir Eus Lee]

Haha. Sometimes you actually do make a contradiction, other times you know it only sounds like you made a contradiction.

Funny how it's not the mental work but the typing. How backwards we are.

 

[tyjdx]

Funny how it's not the mental work but the typing. How backwards we are.

I like it.

 

[El Aminian]

1. When you are supposed to study for the history exam (about Rome, England, Germany, etc) on Friday, but since today is only Monday, you end up opening 20+ tabs to learn more about history of the universe and try to find out why it exists.
2. When you have a supernatural power to know exactly when you should start writing your research paper. And it is usually less than 8 hours away for the deadline.
3. When you refuse to memorize most of those Math formulas in the textbook but create some for yourself to use.

 

[Intolerable]

1. When you actually spend time thinking how awesome life as a fly on the wall would be. Not in any particular setting.

2. When you hate people for disagreeing with you. Especially since they've not spent nearly as much time thinking about it as you have!

3. When you aren't even 40 yet and you know society is driving off a cliff.

4. When you spend time thinking about things none of your friends care about.

5. When you wind up in a scientific field after spending half your life thinking you were meant to be an Artist.

6. When you satisfy human contact from a telephone conversation.

 

[DrGregoryHouse]

1. When you actually spend time thinking how awesome life as a fly on the wall would be. Not in any particular setting.

2. When you hate people for disagreeing with you. Especially since they've not spent nearly as much time thinking about it as you have!

3. When you aren't even 40 yet and you know society is driving off a cliff.

4. When you spend time thinking about things none of your friends care about.

5. When you wind up in a scientific field after spending half your life thinking you were meant to be an Artist.

6. When you satisfy human contact from a telephone conversation.

^ these are good.

 

[DrGregoryHouse]

Have I shared this already? One of my favorites. Nice and playful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8DzYu-MyvQ

 

[QuickTwist]

You know you're not INTP when everyone thinks you're ISFP even though you test as INTP in pretty much every personality test.

 

[brandnewenju]

When you look at somebody, hear "God, don't look like that!" and you think it's your face.
When you give an objective facts (or is it critique?) to person you are close to and he can't understand why and... you can't explain why.
When teacher have no logic in giving grades so you just stop caring about her classes.
When you can't imagine what will you do in next 5 years.
When you sit at home and think what other people can do in their free time, cuz you have no clue what to do besides reading and listening to music.
When you hear your name only when someone needs to ask a question which nobody can respond.
When you don't understand people who are trying to hide their feelings but still behaving like they have some.
When you think it's better to stay and take no actions and everybody say it's better to do something and then regret it.
When you use more foreign language than your native because no one nearby can understand you.
When you laugh at authorities and everybody see you rebelious.
When clever teachers try hard to take your talents and thoughts outside but you see them just as stalkers.
When you HATE how somebody can say the loudest such things even if he/she isn't sure or just doesn't know the truth and thinks otherwise.

 

[Aposiopesis]

When you are wondering if that's the correct number, but since you aren't an INTP you realize this isn't the ISTJ forum.

When your initial response to this is "If an INTP said something so specific and certain (e.g., a specific number), you can be damned sure they checked for correctness first."

We'll float controversial and unproven ideas and hypotheses all day, but being off about hard data is a travesty.

 

[lassitude]

31. You announce that you've lost the game randomly, and don't even notice the funny looks.

GODDAMNIT I lost the game