You know you're an Intp when...

[gruesomebrat]

I didn't want to make a new thread for this so I'll add it here.

...others become frustrated because you hide your work in progress until you have the complete and perfect product which is free of incompetency.

I noticed this with my English assignments. I've never liked doing drafts and revisions. How can you criticize my work when it is not finished? It won't reflect my true abilities.

So, so true. My English teacher wants us to write an essay draft in class before she'll allow us to take it home to type the good copy. I haven't been able to start my draft yet, and likely won't until after the duedate on Wednesday, when she'll maybe finally allow me to take the (non-existant) rough draft home to write my good copy with.

Also, not sure if this is necessarily an INTP thing, but...

- When you miss one day's class and don't show up in that class again for three weeks. (Grade 9 Geography, missed one day and the next time the teacher saw me was when I walked into the exam hall at end of semester, three months later.)

 

[MunkySpanker]

I once told my mother that I legitimately could marry Google, and I must say, she was legitimately disturbed.

yes, I too have contemplated how Google served all functions in my life better than any ex gf could... as long as you consider the adult services section in Craigslist my mistress, then yes, I could marry google.

 

[EyeSeeCold]

- When you miss one day's class and don't show up in that class again for three weeks. (Grade 9 Geography, missed one day and the next time the teacher saw me was when I walked into the exam hall at end of semester, three months later.)

For what reason?

I've never done anything that extreme, but whenever I start dipping farther into the "okay now I'm gonna be seriously late" territory I can never seem to get ready any time earlier. It happens because I become disillusioned from BS schedules and obligations.

 

[MunkySpanker]

For what reason?

I've never done anything that extreme, but whenever I start dipping farther into the "okay now I'm gonna be seriously late" territory I can never seem to get ready any time earlier. It happens because I become disillusioned from BS schedules and obligations.

I always end up leaving 5 min b4 the thing starts and get there 20 minutes late!? I mean, I have the opportunity to leave 30 minutes before, but there ALWAYS, is something more important than getting to an event early.

 

[gruesomebrat]

Completely missing the class isn't that much different from what you guys are describing. It's just all a matter of intensity. I ended up so 'late' that I didn't get to the class till it was 5 minutes from over, or alreafy over. At that point, it seemed useless to go in at all. Grade 9 Geo was also one of those classes, much like my grade 12 english now, that I wasn't learning anything from... if I already know what you're teaching me, why should I come in? Geo ended up with a 67% mark after writing a couple of assignments the teacher gave me as grade-boosters.

 

[Deridaburi]

or alternatively this is what you do if you don't want to come off as a weird asshole

spot the offender from farther away than he/she can talk

time it perfectly so that right before they say the putrid words "hey how are you..." right immediately b4 this you counter attack quickly with:

"Hey! Good Morning!"

It's quite an innocuous device. One that does not even beg a response. But it will allow you to glide quickly by without feeling the forced obligation of responding to a question. Nip it in the bud. Don't let THEM speak FIRST!

NEVER!

FREEEEEEEEEEEEDOM William Wallace! FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOMMMMMMMMMM

You devise strategies to avoid talking to people.

 

[EyeSeeCold]

you have no discernible identity(besides being an INTP).

 

[Admirable Complexities]

When, while/after reading pages 1 through 25, you realize(d) that, among the laughing (from being able to relate to 90% or so of the list), you found a logical explanation as to why you do the things that made you giggle.

You found comfort in the fact that I put a "d" in parenthesis following the word "realize" because it acknowledges my specification of "while" and in the fact that I specified "or so" after "90%" to acknowledge that I can only give a rough approximation.

The use of "when" at the beginning of the first sentence irritates you because it's already supplied in the title of this thread.

 

[Audentia]

yes, I too have contemplated how Google served all functions in my life better than any ex gf could... as long as you consider the adult services section in Craigslist my mistress, then yes, I could marry google.

LOL.. <3 google.

 

[Audentia]

When, while/after reading pages 1 through 25, you realize(d) that, among the laughing (from being able to relate to 90% or so of the list), you found a logical explanation as to why you do the things that made you giggle.

You found comfort in the fact that I put a "d" in parenthesis following the word "realize" because it acknowledges my specification of "while" and in the fact that I specified "or so" after "90%" to acknowledge that I can only give a rough approximation.

The use of "when" at the beginning of the first sentence irritates you because it's already supplied in the title of this thread.

And seeing double quotation marks instead of single . Lol.. I'm just being a pain no worries . <---- hopelessly cursed editor (help!).

 

[Polaris]

When the weather outside is beautiful, you have a day off........

-and you're still stuck in front of the pc at 3.15 PM.

when everything seems to be going well.......

- but nothing has meaning due to compulsive thinking.

When you get enthusiastic about going out for a walk, due to moment of not thinking compulsively......

-but by the time you're ready and shoes are on, you've come up with at least 4 reasons why it's useless going outside: sunburn, hayfever, bored with scenery, scary dog next door.

INTP on a bad day. I'll add some positives when I'm positive.

 

[EyeSeeCold]

When you get enthusiastic about going out for a walk, due to moment of not thinking compulsively......

-but by the time you're ready and shoes are on, you've come up with at least 4 reasons why it's useless going outside: sunburn, hayfever, bored with scenery, scary dog next door.

Eh, I usually get bored after I go through the process of thinking of what I could do outside.

INTP on a regular* day. I'll add some positives when I'm positive never.

Fix'd

 

[Audentia]

When the weather outside is beautiful, you have a day off........

-and you're still stuck in front of the pc at 3.15 PM.

when everything seems to be going well.......

- but nothing has meaning due to compulsive thinking.

When you get enthusiastic about going out for a walk, due to moment of not thinking compulsively......

-but by the time you're ready and shoes are on, you've come up with at least 4 reasons why it's useless going outside: sunburn, hayfever, bored with scenery, scary dog next door.

INTP on a bad day. I'll add some positives when I'm positive.

Yup. Oh wait.. I'm not an INTP... *hides*.

 

[Polaris]

Yup. Oh wait.. I'm not an INTP... *hides*.

*glares suspiciously at Audentia*

*glares suspiciously at self*

an infp?

*implodes*

 

[Admirable Complexities]

*glares suspiciously at Audentia*

*glares suspiciously at self*

an infp?

*implodes*

You implode from questioning whether or not you're actually an INFP.

 

[Polaris]

You implode from questioning whether or not you're actually an INFP.

......

 

[Admirable Complexities]

Don't judge me for my too-easy humor...

 

[Polaris]

Don't judge me for my too-easy humor...

*stops chewing on Admirable's leg*

*looks up*

-oh, sorry.....got a bit carried away. Newbies are so delicious....nomnom

 

[Audentia]

*glares suspiciously at Audentia*

*glares suspiciously at self*

an infp?

*implodes*

Lol. Your secret is safe with me .

It's surprising how many of those things on page #1 I do. 1,2,3,4,8,10. I screen my cell calls like nobody's business and often leave it on silent for days by completely forgetting I didn't turn it back to sound... it's bad. I think I'm just a hopeless introvert mostly.

 

[Admirable Complexities]

Lol. Your secret is safe with me .

It's surprising how many of those things on page #1 I do. 1,2,3,4,8,10. I screen my cell calls like nobody's business and often leave it on silent for days by completely forgetting I didn't turn it back to sound... it's bad. I think I'm just a hopeless introvert mostly.

I have no trouble answering my cellphone, but I make it a point to be as short as possible with the caller in an effort to end the conversation immediately.
It's not the ability to be social that I lack, necessarily. It's the drive for it and a tolerance for stupidity (as I find most people to be unbearable incompetent) that I can't seem to find. Or... Would that be considered hopelessly un-sociable? In any case, I don't mind casting myself in a corner for the world to ignore as long as I have my phone (kindle app and periodic texting) and an endless supply of books.

 

[snafupants]

When you listen to songs and are irrevocably turned off when the singer squeals "you and I" instead of "you and me". Even in conversation, noticing and noting general goofs like that.

This thread has more views than people in my "city".

 

[Methuselah]

When you visit once every six months or so.

 

[Sugarpop]

When you listen to songs and are irrevocably turned off when the singer squeals "you and I" instead of "you and me". Even in conversation, noticing and noting general goofs like that.

This thread has more views than people in my "city".

When:

"You and I" is only wrong if used as an object. "You and I went to the store" is to my knowledge a grammatically correct sentence in English. "The store went to you and I" on the other hand, is wrong. Here "you and me" would be more appropriate. "You and me went to the store" is fishy, but seeing as it's pretty popular, it might replace "you and I" completely in the future anyway. Perhaps you were aware of this. Anyway, it should be noted that "you and I" is not wrong period.

Also, does the thread have more views than it has people in your "city", or do some people in your city have fewer views than the thread?

 

[nexion]

...you cannot stand the fact that almost every poster is saying "when" even though it is already in the title.

AND:

...you hate it that someone noticed that before you did.

 

[knightofni]

When:

"You and I" is only wrong if used as an object. "You and I went to the store" is to my knowledge a grammatically correct sentence in English. "The store went to you and I" on the other hand, is wrong. Here "you and me" would be more appropriate. "You and me went to the store" is fishy, but seeing as it's pretty popular, it might replace "you and I" completely in the future anyway. Perhaps you were aware of this. Anyway, it should be noted that "you and I" is not wrong period.

Also, does the thread have more views than it has people in your "city", or do some people in your city have fewer views than the thread?

thanks for the cool grammar lesson, bro. i hope this is some kind of inside joke and not a distraction from the idea...

 

[Anthile]

...you're surprised that The 5th Element wasn't about boron.

 

[PapyrusAirplanes]

... you go to a play at which there are friends whom you have not seen for months, but instead of socializing, you find a piano in the basement and practice until the play starts.

... you would rather hang out with your 9-year-old INTJ brother than with pretty much anyone else.

... instead of listening to music on the hour-long commute to school, you listen to books on CD.

 

[JoeJoe]

...you don't solve the easiest problem in a math test because you were really tired and bored.

Although to be fair, I thought I couldn't solve it, at least not without considerable effort, because I hadn't learnt everything. My teacher kind of freaked out, that I didn't do the problem and searched everywhere for the supposedly missing sheet. Especially considering, that the rest of the test had very few mistakes.

 

[EyeSeeCold]

# 456424235
a. you dwell in the future to get away from your present.
b. you find humor in the fact that your social/emotional life is so messed up.
c. you relate to Metallica's Escape word for word.

 

[indigofireflies]

x: You ruin even the sweetest compliment your SO gives you with your logic.
x + 1: People say you're brave because you tell teachers when they're wrong, when you're simply bothered by their abuse of logic/consistency.
x + 2: You have told people you are secretly an android sent from the government. They have believed you.
x + 3: A 160 IQ is sexier then a 6-pack -- or for male INTP's, a double D rack.

 

[JarNew]

You know you're an INTP when you think you're an INTP

You know you're an INTP when your main ability to socialize with people is to ask a ton of questions.

 

[CoryJames]

You know you are an INTP when:

You watch certain social interactions with amused disbelief, and then when your friend, who has been acting irrationally due to his/her anger asks you to come to their defense and agree with them, your initial thought is "well....."

 

[EyeSeeCold]

x: You ruin even the sweetest compliment... with your logic.

You know you're an INTP when your main ability to socialize with people is to ask a ton of questions.

You know you are an INTP when:

You watch certain social interactions with amused disbelief, and then when your friend, who has been acting irrationally due to his/her anger asks you to come to their defense and agree with them, your initial thought is "well....."

 

[CodeRed]

-You randomly read the dictionary looking for cool new words.
-You want to reply to every ignoramus who has stupid comments on youtube, but end up not doing it because you think : ' What's the point ?'

 

[CoryJames]

Disagree on the first case...possibly can see where you are coming from on the second. Who the hell reads the dictionary, honestly. No offense or anything Mountain Dew, just seems you may need to get out of the house a bit more, away from youtube and the dictionary. Climb a tree. Climb a mountain. Swan Dive off of said mountain with a jet pack on. Recover your dive dramatically at the last second and accelerate off into the clouds. Get laid for doing it. Etc.

 

[indigofireflies]

299792.458: You are frequently asked 'What's on your mind?' and your general response is a bored look and 'Everything.' Which is very true.
6.02 x 10^23: You read faster then you can talk and are terrible at reading out-loud due to reading so fast, but are always the first one done when doing an assignment.
λ: In addition, you also type faster then anyone you know, simply due to speedy comprehension and spending so much time on the internet.

 

[JoeJoe]

6.02 x 10^23: You read faster then you can talk and are terrible at reading out-loud due to reading so fast, but are always the first one done when doing an assignment.
λ: In addition, you also type faster then anyone you know, simply due to speedy comprehension and spending so much time on the internet.

I don't think this has anything to do with MBTI type.

 

[Jesse]

I 2nd JoeJoe. I don't read that fast (I think I'm a bit above average but I intentionality read slow) and I type really slow because I don't type that much. Those things are more about habit.

About comprehension though I think INTP get ideas quicker than any other type. That was the reason why everybody assumed I was super smart at school, I just got ideas quick.

 

[JoeJoe]

About comprehension though I think INTP get ideas quicker than any other type. That was the reason why everybody assumed I was super smart at school, I just got ideas quick.

You know you're an INTP when you think getting ideas quickly doesn't mean you're smart.

 

[EyeSeeCold]

299792.458: You are frequently asked 'What's on your mind?' and your general response is a bored look and 'Everything.' Which is very true.

I've recently done this when I was asked what I was thankful for.

 

[Jesse]

I can't tell if your being sarcastic or agreeing with me. I'm going to guess sarcasm.

 

[CoryJames]

You know you are an INTP when you are walking across a frozen pond, knowing it is still probably thin, and when you get close to the middle, you simply MUST push down a bit harder, just to know.

 

[JoeJoe]

I can't tell if your being sarcastic or agreeing with me. I'm going to guess sarcasm.

Actually kind of a middle thing. I myself tend to believe that it doesn't mean that I'm smart/that's not why I'm smart, but I know that for many others that's exactly (part of) the definition of smart.

That's why I formulated it the way I did.

 

[indigofireflies]

You know you are an INTP when you are walking across a frozen pond, knowing it is still probably thin, and when you get close to the middle, you simply MUST push down a bit harder, just to know.

You know you're an INTP when you do stupid/unhealthy things just to know what happens.

 

[FearDunn]

~The statement,"It's not what you say, but how you say it." prompts you to speak in polylingual sentences, adhering to locally acceptable grammatical structure and inflection patterns, all in the name of science.

 

[gruesomebrat]

You are frequently asked 'What's on your mind?' and your general response is a bored look and 'Everything.' Which is very true.

I always answer this question with either "Everything", or else "Nothing". Every once in a while when you tell someone you have everything on your mind, they'll think that you're trying to say you need someone to talk to to get some stuff off your mind. If you say "Nothing", most people just don't bother...

You know you are an INTP when you are walking across a frozen pond, knowing it is still probably thin, and when you get close to the middle, you simply MUST push down a bit harder, just to know.

Ah, how many times I have done this. The worst part is, even though I know it's potentially unhealthy, I can't help myself. Of course, I also haven't seen the worst case scenario happen yet, and until I do, I doubt I'll have any inclination to stop.

 

[gruesomebrat]

-You frequently reference an attachment in an e-mail you're sending, but get sidetracked and never actually attach the file...

lol, I sent a video from one of the threads on this forum to one of my teachers to get her reaction to it... then realized that I hadn't attached the video to the email.
Worse yet is when you then send an email apologizing for not attaching the file the first time, but forget to attach the file to the apology as well (3 times in a row)... friends tend to get upset when they get 4 emails referencing a file they still haven't received.

x- you wonder if there's any possible way to solve for x, short of simply counting all the posts in this thread. Then realize that it doesn't matter because even if you did solve for x, the next poster would derail the numbering system again.

- you have no faith in people's ability to continue a sequence that you leave off for them...

- your only contribution to this thread thus far has been "Get out of my head!!!"

EDIT: I just realized that I had wanted to mention how much the posts about absentmindedness seem to apply to me... oops.

 

[nexion]

I'm not too good at purely creative thinking. *insert sad emoticon here* (I spent about 3 minutes trying to find one before I realized that I had discovered a long time ago that there wasn't one)

 

[EyeSeeCold]

when you make connections where there should be none, causing everyone and/or yourself to think you're paranoid.

 

[nim]

A previous poster's comment about searching for emoticons for three minutes leads you to do a little verification of their research and to spend about three minutes looking through a list of emoticons.