You know you're an Intp when...

[xbox]

You suck badly at sales jobs and customer service.

 

[Peeps999]

You slay prostitutes and bathe in their blood.

 

[blarg]

You think Walmart is the best place to shop for clothing.

 

[GYX_Kid]

You slay prostitutes and bathe in their blood.

so true


-Believing in something and standing by it, is more just like playing a role. In fact, acting upon anything is much easier when you have a good idea of the role you want to/can easily play, in a given situation. But you do think about it, if it's "given" to you by someone else.

 

[Awesome_Person]

You think and second guess so much your not sure if your INTP, or an introverted ENTP, and then this leads to deepr thoughts,and then you cant sleep.

 

[addictedartist]

when that girl you were thinking what if she asked me out finally does and you say maybe.

 

[xbox]

You annoy everyone because there are just too many choices on the menu.

 

[elusivepeanut]

* You take really long showers due to it becoming a think tank. The mixture of white noise helping you focus and the stimulation of the hot water creates a hyper focused environment.

* You spend 10 minutes writing an important email to someone instead of just picking up the phone and telling them.

* You have post-it notes all over your desk.

 

[blarg]

You spend an hour trying to decide between two computers to buy and finally choose a completely different one.

 

[Zionoxis]

Your teacher asks you to think of an object which best relates to you and you go into a mental warzone searching for the thing which best fits. In the end, you come up with something stupid because of your inability to retrieve anything worthwhile in the mental chaos that ensued.

 

[xbox]

You brought dead bugs to show and tell.

 

[blarg]

People think you're slow at thinking because there's quite some time before you reply to what they're saying. In reality, though, you're lightning fast; it's just that you're having a mental shootout over a lot of things, like the possibilities and implications of what's been said, whether they'll think you're slow at thinking because you haven't replied yet, or whether you should say anything at all, and then finally decide to reply, but then forget what you were going to say.

 

[Roboman]

- When your curtains is pretty much always closed.
- When your cellphone is more off than on.
- When you find solitude drinking more giving and comfortable.
- When people are seeking for an emotional reply, but you don't have any/badly fake one/or reply using logic instead.
- When you do most of your shopping online.
- When at a family dinner (christmas/birthday etc.) you go analyze-mode and can't stop thinking how f*kng stupid everything is.
- When you know your family members personality better than themselves.
- When you can predict the "social game" four steps in advance, but still being a terrible "player"
- When you can't decide between pizza or burgers for dinner.
- When you start a project and complete it 50% the first week and it takes 2 more years before it's finished.
- When you prefer texting (email/sms) over facial 1on1/telephone.
- When in a conversation with several friends simultaneously, you think of things to pitch in with, you speak, then there's silence, a "wtf"-moment and the conversation continues.
- When others comment on how different you are from online to offline.

not everything is relevant butsybut.

 

[BigApplePi]

you make posts like this one instead of socializing with your fellow posters thereby producing productive and friendly interaction.

 

[Zionoxis]

You suck badly at sales jobs and customer service.

Wait...I am going into a customer service job. O.o It is for an MIS department so the thinking portion IS there. Hopefully I can deviate from the norm and actually do decently at it.

 

[xbox]

Wait...I am going into a customer service job. O.o It is for an MIS department so the thinking portion IS there. Hopefully I can deviate from the norm and actually do decently at it.

Yeah I've found ways to adapt by using different approaches. It's somehow working.

 

[Hypocritical truth teller]

- you start thinking in the middle of a conversation with another person and then they snap fingers in front fo your eyes and ask you where the hell have you been
- when you ignore other people's call's - your phone is on but you really don't care about someone is going to call you
-when you start analyzing when something goes wrong to calm yourself down
-when you need a days and weeks to decide what to order from a menu and you enjoy it
-when you feel uncomfortable saying "happy birthday" and then get scared when someone is over-excited
-when you get obsessed with something and start thinking about it over and over in every possible way

 

[alrai]

whatever.

 

[infektious]

When you occasionally forget to eat for an entire day.

 

[Eindigen]

- When you break the speed limit while driving and check for cops in a paranoid manner the entire trip...

- ...And while checking for cops you think up logical excuses to use 'just in case' you get pulled over...

- ...And by the time you reach your destination you realize that you have yet to decide on a logical excuse because you keep finding flaws (that no one else would notice) with the ones you have been making.

- When you see a message you want to respond to you take an extra hour to post it because you want to make sure it's perfect and that you've thought of everything beforehand. Sometimes leading to the material never being posted because you forgot about it.

- When you second guess your spelling prowess on simple words and look them up before finalizing so you don't feel you'll be judged.

- When people ask you for advice, you preface it with a disclaimer so you feel justified when what you say upsets them.

 

[Wittgenstein]

Whenever you socialize, you have to run through a list of social rituals in your head and select the appropriate ones, while dealing with a nagging doubt as to whether the one you've selected is correct or not.

You walk around with your eyebrows contracted from thinking too hard. You fail to understand why everyone thinks you're full of rage, until you realize that the question "What are you so angry about?" really means "Why are you contracting your eyebrows?"

You practice certain facial expressions in the mirror, in order to avoid problems like this:

(I always have to avoid the one on the lower left)

 

[EyeSeeCold]

A smile for the sake of etiquette maintenance defeats the purpose when it's obviously fabricated and discomforting.

I don't get society sometimes.

 

[digital angel]

You receive confirmation of how out of tune you are with others.

 

[digital angel]

You'd rather read books by Stephen Hawking and the thought of writing a thesis paper excites you.

 

[xbox]

You have to start thinking about cleaning your room, but you're still not motivated enough, and you eventually/reluctantly clean it like a month later.

 

[Cerul]

When during an argument you find all the flaws in your own arguments before they do.

 

[digital angel]

When during an argument you find all the flaws in your own arguments before they do.

Been there and done that.

 

[Cheeseumpuffs]

You construct really elaborate worlds/cities/etc. and make plans of that nature.... they just don't ever really exist...

 

[metis]

Not only that; but as a God you were so bored that you hoped you wouldn't figure it out, so as to occupy yourself for as long as possible.

So weird to read other people writing some of my peculiar thoughts.

 

[Castle]

- When you know how you want your drinks mixed. You know that your perfect margarita is 2.5 oz good Reposado tequila, 1 oz Gran Marnier, 2 oz lemon-lime Gatorade (it's the perfect sour mix. Not too sour, not too sweet, not overpowering. You can still taste the tequila and liqour), 0.5 oz lime juice, very well stirred (at least 100 rotations @ ~120 rpm), then strained over fresh rocks (stays ice cold much longer). Or whatever your perfect mix is.

- When you use music / tv / audiobooks to help you sleep (by drowning out the incessant bull____ that's constantly going on in your head).

- If you are annoyed that "incessant" and "constantly" are used in the same sentence to convey the same meaning.

- If you find that your conversational style is more influenced by screenplays than actual interpersonal experience. (Aaron Sorkin's dialogue in my case)

- If you can, and often do, spend 45 minutes chain smoking and pacing in your driveway in the wee hours of the morning constructing arguments relating to drug policy / economic policy / the USSC's gross abuse of the Commerce Clause / religion OR use that time to have a fake conversation in your head where you are explaining the details of a passion / hobby of yours to an imaginary listener. And consider this time well spent.

- You love Jeremy Clarkson, but you know you're really more of the James May sort.

- You think the line between right and wrong is black on one side and white on the other (no "shades of grey"), but the line itself is extremely squiggly (highly dependent on circumstance).

 

[blarg]

You thought of something great to post on this thread, but when you actually came here, you forgot.

 

[Question Authority]

1) When you spend most of the day doing deep statistical analysis for a mechanic for an RPG you're developing, and the rest of the night rocking back and forth like a madman, when you realized what you had just done with your time...

2) ...mostly because you realized that you had planned to make a zodiac killer-level cipher today, and had totally over-booked your time.

3) You chain-smoke acting cigarettes, because the moment seems right for a smoke, but you don't want cancer.

 

[ObliviousGenius]

- When you break the speed limit while driving and check for cops in a paranoid manner the entire trip...

- ...And while checking for cops you think up logical excuses to use 'just in case' you get pulled over...

- ...And by the time you reach your destination you realize that you have yet to decide on a logical excuse because you keep finding flaws (that no one else would notice) with the ones you have been making.

- When you see a message you want to respond to you take an extra hour to post it because you want to make sure it's perfect and that you've thought of everything beforehand. Sometimes leading to the material never being posted because you forgot about it.

- When you second guess your spelling prowess on simple words and look them up before finalizing so you don't feel you'll be judged.

- When people ask you for advice, you preface it with a disclaimer so you feel justified when what you say upsets them.

Not bad. In response to your messaging quote how long did it take you to finish that post lol, and in response to spelling, no one uses the backspace button more than i do lol. Can you believe I was actually gonna say "oh and about the spelling thing" how dumb can one sound there lol. And I always use a disclaimer my favorite is "Look, Im not a psychiatrist but,"

 

[ObliviousGenius]

- When you know how you want your drinks mixed. You know that your perfect margarita is 2.5 oz good Reposado tequila, 1 oz Gran Marnier, 2 oz lemon-lime Gatorade (it's the perfect sour mix. Not too sour, not too sweet, not overpowering. You can still taste the tequila and liqour), 0.5 oz lime juice, very well stirred (at least 100 rotations @ ~120 rpm), then strained over fresh rocks (stays ice cold much longer). Or whatever your perfect mix is.

- When you use music / tv / audiobooks to help you sleep (by drowning out the incessant bull____ that's constantly going on in your head).

- If you are annoyed that "incessant" and "constantly" are used in the same sentence to convey the same meaning.

- If you find that your conversational style is more influenced by screenplays than actual interpersonal experience. (Aaron Sorkin's dialogue in my case)

- If you can, and often do, spend 45 minutes chain smoking and pacing in your driveway in the wee hours of the morning constructing arguments relating to drug policy / economic policy / the USSC's gross abuse of the Commerce Clause / religion OR use that time to have a fake conversation in your head where you are explaining the details of a passion / hobby of yours to an imaginary listener. And consider this time well spent.

- You love Jeremy Clarkson, but you know you're really more of the James May sort.

- You think the line between right and wrong is black on one side and white on the other (no "shades of grey"), but the line itself is extremely squiggly (highly dependent on circumstance).

So I'm not crazy lol, I thought it was only me that did that. Plus it's always like an imaginary professor that is "translating" what I'm saying to an incompetent extroverted crowd. (Usually my ESFJ dad, yeah that sucks I know)

 

[RaBind]

Wow this thread is long. Started at 2009?!
I'm not sure about this but

1) You spend your spare time thinking about what you can do in your spare time

2) Get angry when remembering or recollecting a time when people were acting so out of order

3) Get really upset about misunderstanding and wrong accusations against you

4) When you sometimes wished you didn't think of the stuff that comes naturally into your head

 

[digital angel]

When you check out GRE books and books on math because you think it would be fun to run through the book and do the problems.

 

[blarg]

You can ace a test on multivariable calculus while half-asleep, but you can't figure out how to turn on your shower when you're fully awake.

 

[xbox]

When you found an excuse to get out of a concert when you could have gotten in for free, while others planned to attend and paid more than $50 to get into that same concert.

 

[Question Authority]

You can ace a test on multivariable calculus while half-asleep, but you can't figure out how to turn on your shower when you're fully awake.

I've done that, too. I couldn't manage to turn the knob anti-clockwise. I kept trying to turn it clockwise, and was wondering why the water wouldn't go.

On a related note: I hate Lefty-Loosey Righty-Tighty, because it's either clockwise or counter-clockwise. Sure, one part of the knob is being turned left, but the other side is turning right, so it's a zero net gain. They should say Clockwisey-Loosy, Anti-clockwisey-Tighty, but no they had to stick with their stupid mnemonic device.

 

[ObliviousGenius]

On a related note: I hate Lefty-Loosey Righty-Tighty, because it's either clockwise or counter-clockwise. Sure, one part of the knob is being turned left, but the other side is turning right, so it's a zero net gain. They should say Clockwisey-Loosy, Anti-clockwisey-Tighty, but no they had to stick with their stupid mnemonic device.[/QUOTE]

I use lefty-loosy righty-tighty, and yeah the other side could be turning right as you turn left but it is pretty clear that your hand is turning left whenever you unscrew something.

 

[Question Authority]

I use lefty-loosy righty-tighty, and yeah the other side could be turning right as you turn left but it is pretty clear that your hand is turning left whenever you unscrew something.

No, because only one part of your hand is turning left. The other side is turning right. And 90 degrees from that a side is turning towards you, and 180 degrees from that, a side is turning away from you... You see, it doesn't work.

 

[Cybernetist]

You've been told that you need to learn to lie.

 

[blarg]

You've been told that you need to learn to lie.

Or you've been told by some people to learn to lie, and you've been told by other people to stop lying.

 

[blarg]

No, because only one part of your hand is turning left. The other side is turning right. And 90 degrees from that a side is turning towards you, and 180 degrees from that, a side is turning away from you... You see, it doesn't work.

I especially hate it if I'm on the other side of whatever I'm trying to turn. Then the whole clockwise counter-clockwise thing is backwards, and it takes me a while to figure that out.

 

[xbox]

When you frequently have meetings with your parents with them frustrated with how you behave.

I had one today, apparently they hate that Im in my own world inside my room, and don't interact with them, and that I look too cold/isolated.

 

[Cheeseumpuffs]

When you frequently have meetings with your parents with them frustrated with how you behave.

I had one today, apparently they hate that Im in my own world inside my room, and don't interact with them, and that I look too cold/isolated.

I had two of those today... and one yesterday.... and one the day before that....

 

[Smithers10030]

When someone tries to help you by 'fixing' you but you insist that you are not broken.

 

[Smithers10030]

Hey I'm new here. This isn't actually my first post but being an INTP made me overlook the crucial detail to tell the people here that I'm new.
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You had the sudden idea to take (multiple) personality tests to find your place in the world and casually stumble upon the MBTI. You now take pride in being an INTP and is glad that you know that you're not alone. You're in a unique group...of devious minded people outcastes from the 'normal' world.

 

[blarg]

When you walk in circles, roll up into a ball, shut yourself into a pantry, and end up trying to stand on your windowsill while you're pondering the deep mysteries of life.

 

[Roran]

-When you pick out the flaws in your argument before you even say it.