You know you're an Intp when...

[doncarlzone]

I went 4 weeks without one. And there's no window in mine.

I had a feeling a couple weeks ago. If I go by the smile I eventually saw on my face in the mirror, I would say it was a good feeling. A really good feeling. It came on as I pulled 3 light bulbs out of the grocery store bag and that feeling continued on into the next day when I got around to installing those light bulbs into the light fixture above my bathroom mirror. That's when I saw the smile. The smile dissipated when I looked down and saw the mess. Just because you hear the splashing doesn't mean you're entirely hitting your target.

Buy a mop.

Thank you for sharing your wisdom. I will consider buying a mop as I have no window in my bathroom either.

 

[TheIronicTwist]

1.Your computer is your best friend.
2. You're watching a quiz show only to be screaming the answers at the T.V screen (because, you know it can hear you).
3.You miss entire classes because you're daydreaming.
4. You make sarcasm an international sport.

 

[Kyllmann]

You bend a pin on a $200 processor because you forgot to line it up correctly when installing it, and then break it off trying to bend it back in vain.

After having installed it several times before, successfully.

 

[raEM]

Te heck. . .
everyone had said it.

 

[koreiryuu]

You know you're INTP when..

..you've never felt more understood than after reading this forum.

..you generally don't bother registering to a forum unless you feel a strong sense of community there, or you believe what you have to say will truly benefit those who will read it.

..you believe most things you have to say will truly benefit those who will read it.

..you generalize terms so that you spend less time thinking about using them and more time flavoring your conversation (example, whine/cry/moan/complain/bitch all mean the same thing, even if you know their specific differences.)

..you have no problem admitting you don't know something or don't understand a concept, even though you pretend to understand to reduce the time spent dealing with that person.

..you strive to be special in a subtle way that doesn't call attention to yourself, but so that you'll feel unique when someone tries to get to know you. (For example, I know and use 24-hour time any chance I can)

..you believe you're capable of murder without remorse or traumatic consequences, even if you prefer it to occur out of necessity.

..you can be unbiased even in the most questionable of circumstances.

..you dislike and sometimes utterly refuse to jump on the bandwagon, even if you believe you may truly like what the fuss is all about, and after the initial hype have no problem becoming a fan.

..you become viciously annoyed when something you enjoyed years ago that everyone else criticized you about becomes the new "it", because you also are annoyed at "I liked this before it was cool" hipsters.

..you feel like you can be given power without abusing it.

..you want to be the best at games or certain intimidating skills (ie, marksmanship) without having to put any work into it.

..you like the aesthetic of contractions.

..you don't mind giving up a material item or food if you believe someone else would appreciate the thing or flavor more than you.

..but on the other hand it's agitating when someone automatically expects you to share.

..you seriously doubt you'd get along with someone like yourself, but believe a mutual understanding of this fact would make it a smooth relationship nonetheless.

..you like expressing how you feel even if you intentionally forgo doing so most of the time, but get highly agitated if someone tries to shush you or make you 'calm down' just because you're a little excited.

..you worry if people will think you have latent issues when detailing your problems and hope they don't think those issues are the cause of those problems.

..you get offended when people have a separate trivial opinion (ie, don't select your favorite color as their own).

..you hate it when people only want to take part in something solely because of an involved ritual (will only drink tequila if the "lick salt, bite a lime" bit is included)

..you secretly enjoy those rituals just as much as the person annoying you.

..people don't understand how you can resent someone for years and hold grudges, but get visibly upset in an argument and feel absolutely fine in 20 minutes.

..you're hoping to find someone on this forum of your sexual preferences (opposite sex if you're straight, same sex if you're gay) to get to know, and are afraid they don't exist.


Or is it just me?

 

[Nex]

You know you're an INTP when your forum is filled with ISXJ steriotypes!

 

[Taryn]

When people tell you over and over again to clean your room/office and you say ill do it later.

When you sacrifice some common sense for knowledge.

When you constantly forget books/papers for class

When you correct the instructor

(I myself can't say any thing about correcting grammar I have mild dyslexia.)

 

[Taryn]

When logic is more important than family.

 

[gnomes?!]

117. Flirting make you uncomfortable, actually, any complement of you body in general makes you uncomfortable. Unless it something that only other INTP's might say like, 'wow your feet aren't veiny at all, good job', that ok.
118. You spend time in your backyard practicing awesome moves that characters in your fav. RPG game do.

 

[reloi]

OMG this thread is absolutely incredible. I literally fit into 81.89% of all of these points. It's eery how accurately you've all described me

117. You kept track of the line items as stated within this thread and then figured out the percentage of your own similarity to the general personality of other INTPs for personal comparison to them.

 

[Clock]

I'm going to be a generic noob and jump in here.

n: You have no idea how reloi managed to calculate his score for all the points in this thread.

 

[reloi]

I'm going to be a generic noob and jump in here.

n: You have no idea how reloi managed to calculate his score for all the points in this thread.

- You know you're an INTP if you can't understand why or how someone wouldn't be able to figure out how to calculate a simple score based off of these points; that being the total number of items listed that describe you divided by the total items available, giving you the percentage of your similarity to other INTPs based off the various given data.

 

[Clock]

There is nearly two thousand replies in this thread. No one, especially among INTPs I know, can have enough patience to check if they fits¹ to all of the points. Doing math is basically the easiest thing in all that work.

¹ Singular they.

 

[Doob]

When you often spend hours just sitting and thinking without seeing what your eyes are looking at.

 

[HsinHsin]

117. You ask your partner, "What are you thinking?" during intimacy.

 

[Toru]

1. Your stock answer whenever anyone asks you 'how was it?' is 'alright' or 'OK'

2. You have no use for contents insurance

 

[Brontosaurie]

1834. when you don't know you're an INTP when reading this thread

 

[cloudhead]

43^2. You are/were that kid in highschool who would refuse to round up numbers in math and write them down for a dozen decimals in the name of accuracy.

n+1. When you have a presentation for tomorrow you should have started weeks ago, got an extra 2 days to do it, and still haven't started it yet, but you're confident that you'll get a good grade.

e. You have a shortcut for a dictionary you bring up every time you see a word whose exact meaning you don't know.

f. When you spent so much time on the internet that you're thinking in English instead of your native languages.

Sol. When your idea of a sleepover with classmates is to just sit there and listen not because you're too shy but because you like it that way.

440hz. When "Oh there's a name for my idea!" is a frequent reaction to being told about a philosophical system you haven't heard of before.

 

[Jake]

When "Oh there's a name for my idea!" is a frequent reaction to being told about a philosophical system you haven't heard of before.

This, a million times this. And when you're disappointed someone else gets the credit for your idea. Or is that just me?

 

[Jake]

You hate the idea of money.

And you also hate that you'll have to make a lot of it to buy a cryonic preservation contract.

 

[kenshi]

... you lay down to go to sleep, but get an idea in solving a math/physics problem you thought up earlier so you're forced to get up and spend the next two hours working on it in lieu of sleeping. Then you hope someone else performs the experiment because you're more interested in proving it can be done than actually doing it.

 

[tvrgvryen]

If you were to commit suicide, the ideal method would be by getting sucked into a black hole. Anyone?

 

[Ex-User (9086)]

If you were to commit suicide, the ideal method would be by getting sucked into a black hole. Anyone?

I would prefer big crunch or anihilation. It is so bright around the black hole, why don't they call it a white hole?

When you seem to have a great plan that, it happens, you cannot follow and you think that is not it.

 

[kenshi]

If you were to commit suicide, the ideal method would be by getting sucked into a black hole. Anyone?

I've thought about this myself. I'm not suicidal but if I had the opportunity, it would be hard to resist curiosity.

 

[vivc]

-you are impatient to post your statement, and can't go through 38 pages to check if it has already been posted.
-the time spent adjusting the temperature of water to perfection is more than the time taken in the bathing process itself.

 

[KingCrimson]

When somebody compliments you and even though you know its basically true you will try as hard as you can to deny it

When you're watching some news or politics debate show on TV and someone (usually a disingenuous politician or ideologue) says something so violently, offensively, stupid and incorrect you have to stop watching and pace around arguing with them in your head

 

[cloudhead]

You have been called a genius on many occasions, but it can still take you up to a minute to figure out how to open a door.

 

[KingCrimson]

You have been called a genius on many occasions, but it can still take you up to a minute to figure out how to open a door.

This has proven to me that this whole MBTI stuff is not bullshit.

 

[Selkon]

-when you torture INTJs by using their assumptions against them, and you enjoy it.
-when 42 is actually a distinct possibility.
-when you realize that the mask you thought you were wearing is who you've really become.
-when you can feel time passing, and instantly remember all the other times that you made yourself aware of that feeling.

 

[QuickTwist]

When you seem to have a great plan that, it happens, you cannot follow and you think that is not it.

Bingo.

 

[appetiteforwonder]

You're not about working hard. You're about working smart. Efficiency is the word you live by


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[cloudhead]

You successfully got rid of the habit of always looking at the ground while walking, but only by replacing it with "staring at the sky".

 

[Terrace]

You got pissed off because you stumbled upon this forum and found out you're nowhere near as unique and amazingly witty and/or funny or just plain ol' crazy as you used to think of yourself as some kind of specimen a cut above the rest of humanity smothered in it's pointless ignorance passed down by smothering in the bosoms of a broken down society which is impulsively/instinctively blind to the fact that in the end we all DIE.

 

[Anktark]

... you can make an educated guess about pretty much any concept. Even if you are wrong, you could explain to people how you got to that conclusion.
... you can't stand anyone reading something for you. Gimme that paper/tablet here!
... you have asked your teacher a question about their subject (some concept) and they couldn't answer it. You found out the answer and never told them, because it wasn't relevant anymore.
... it wouldn't be against your nature to supply your opponent with a good argument. And often, you think you could have made a better job at arguing against yourself. And you do.
... you don't appreciate it when people try to use the same argument over and over even if it's no longer (or was ever) relevant.
... you taught yourself to swim by figuring out what was needed to keep your face (periodically) above water. It worked on the second or third try.
...you are ready to be proven wrong about anything. You would even enjoy that.

 

[Microtonalist]

117. You ask your partner, "What are you thinking?" during intimacy.

Or when your partner asks you the same question, because it's obvious your mind is still on the Wikipedia article you read earlier that day (or last week.)

Here are some more:

You spent too much time as an adolescent attempting to read difficult reference works in languages you haven't studied.
Your basic way of relating to unfamiliar people is to analyze them.
Your sixth grade teacher called your mother to tell her that you're making up words.
You placed in the top 10 in a state academic competition, but ended up getting a C in the class in question because you couldn't be bothered with the routine homework assignments.
You would have no problem admitting you were wrong in an argument, but it happens so rarely that this remains a mostly theoretical possibility.
You took Ancient Greek in college because the main reason to study a language it to gain an appreciation for grammar and phonology and to be able to make independent conclusions about literary texts; you think language study for purposes of communication is highly overrated.

 

[yeshuahis]

Appreciate their sense of humor, wisdom, intelligence and maturity.

Once thought INTP's were satirical, but having seen this forum and the mature discussions, I feel we're gifted, unique and a rare breed in this alkaline planet.

Best regards,

AJ
M38
Hyderabad, India

 

[MentalBrain]

Hi. I'm new. So sorry if what I'm about to say has been said on here before, but I'm worried if I spend any more time sifting through the stuff posted here, I'll never get around to posting myself.
Anyway, you know you're INTP when you've invested more time in working out exactly what you'd say to a genie than on anything with the slightest amount of applicability to the real world.
When you compulsively open every link you come across into a new tab so you can check it out later.
When you double-post because you forgot you could just edit your original post to include your new point.
When you experience occasional bouts of strong motivation that don't lead anywhere and are subsequently distressed by how little you get done.

 

[MentalBrain]

When, after discovering you can't actually delete a post, you decide to edit it so as to be *absolutely clear* that this is the unintentional double-post you mentioned in the last post.
When you can't get off INTPForum to go to sleep, even though you've been sleep deprived for basically your entire life.
When whether or not you should write something down becomes a major decision because you misplaced your eraser.
When an Internet connection is much higher on your list of priorities than it really should be.
When the popularity of social networking sites baffles you, but you will vehemently defend Wikipedia against any and all attackers.

 

[MentalBrain]

YKYAINTPW
You frequently experience such spontaneous revelations as the fact that you are a brain inside a body, the fact that humans are, taxonomically speaking, apes, or what day it is.

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[Jennywocky]

Hi. I'm new. So sorry if what I'm about to say has been said on here before, but I'm worried if I spend any more time sifting through the stuff posted here, I'll never get around to posting myself.

^^ Yet another INTP criteria?

When you compulsively open every link you come across into a new tab so you can check it out later.

What's your Max Count for open browser tabs at this point?

The one that really catches me unawares is on my cell phone. I think I've had about 15 open before and wondered why my phone was so sluggish...

 

[Spocksleftball]

when you are astounded that some INTP actually want interaction through a forum

 

[kenshi]

The thing about browser tabs is quite true. On average, I have about 10 tabs open on my computer. Sometimes it gets so bad I can't see what each tab is.

 

[MentalBrain]

Ten tabs is downright tame compared to what I normally get up to. I recently had to cull my mobile browser because I had upwards of 80 tabs open at once. By which I mean I just closed all the tabs at once, because I knew if I went through each tab individually to determine whether or not to keep it open, I'd just wind up keeping way too many open anyway.
YKYAINTPW
You find yourself wanting to do several things with your time all at once, but you find yourself unable to make a final decision, so you wind up wasting the time passively browsing the Internet. For instance, right now, I want to finish my current run-through of the entire series of Daria, get caught up in Doctor Who (I've only watched up to The Bells of St. John), rewatch all of Megas XLR, study typology, read this forum, and play Dwarf Fortress. Beyond all that, there are subtler desires to watch all of Invader Zim, play Psychonauts, start watching Sherlock, start watching Breaking Bad, et cetera. In the end, I'll probably wind up just browsing TV Tropes all weekend because I know it's impossible to get around to everything I want to do.

 

[Nebula]

...you say "ouch" with a few second delay?

 

[MentalBrain]

Maybe, maybe. YKYAINTPW you feel like punching through a brick wall or performing a Fatality because people around you WILL. NOT. SHUT. UP.

 

[Chocobana]

What's your Max Count for open browser tabs at this point?

The one that really catches me unawares is on my cell phone. I think I've had about 15 open before and wondered why my phone was so sluggish...

Whoa. Everyone finds my ridiculous number of opened tabs strange and I always thought it was only me. Hmm, one time I tried counting my tabs and I had 32 tabs open. O_O Uhhh. :P I just find so many interesting stuff to read and keep the pages open so I could get to read them later.

Yay. It's not just me~~

 

[Chocobana]

You have this insane impulse to correct people's grammar.

You can't watch many mainstream TV shows because you can't sit through a single episode (barely tolerate the stupidity).

You instantly google words you don't know because it ticks you that you actually don't.

People miss the punchline of your stories. At least that's what happens to me all the time. I'd be talking about something and then I'd be finished and people would still be waiting for me to continue, all like, "Oh, that's it?" And I thought it was clear that I was done talking. LOL.

You're pretty good at debate and answering questions.

You analyze your actions and thoughts too much and too objectively. It sucks living with a critic in your head.

You don't understand and detest dramatics. I cannot bear people who overreact and are too emotional.

You have a personal bubble which people should never cross. My classmates back in school used to tease me when I'd warn them, "Personal bubble. Be careful of my personal bubble" every time they got too close to me.

You don't have many friends but you're close to the few friends you do have.

You keep editing your posts because you keep finding something to fix/rephrase. LOL.

 

[Socratic Honor]

when you have to verbally establish "facts" (like things existing) before you start a discussion because facts are relative

when you haven't eaten anything all day because if you leave your room you would have to actually interact with someone, so you emerge only at midnight to feed.

 

[Grayman]

When brainstorming is your natural state of mind and you wonder what it would be like to have no thoughts in your head... or is that just me?

 

[Grayman]

When everything is so relative that everything has so many different meanings that you really cannot decide anything about it.