[whiteashes]

So I'm wondering... what are some signs that you've met an ENTP?

1. Aloof, absent minded when alone, and charming.
2. Someone who you fall in love after a long conversation and feel like very close to your heart.
3. Very down to earth, and makes you comfortable in his company in the first meeting.
4. Try to provide interesting logical conclusions to every issue, generally coming at a solution.
5. Very intelligent (revealing very deeper understanding of things) at the same time very accommodating and friendly.



a lot of self praise here ... But it is not coming from me , this is coming from the feedback i received from my close friends.

[vel]

sign you as an INFJ met an ENTP: talking will feel like having sex, you will mentally screw each other for hours long before any of this translates to similar physical activity

places to meet them: very random, just like themselves ... one ENTP I knew used to go around his college campus and silently hand out copies of a short novel he has written to girls whom he liked from first sight with his phone number included, and then he would just walk away without a word - he said that this actually worked to get him dates

[MOGwok]

places to meet them: very random, just like themselves ... one ENTP I knew used to go around his college campus and silently hand out copies of a short novel he has written to girls whom he liked from first sight with his phone number included, and then he would just walk away without a word - he said that this actually worked to get him dates

Now that is clever.

[YourMom]

You know you've just met an ENTP if he found a way to insult your entire existence within 5 minutes of meeting you, but you let him get away with it because he's just so damn charming.

[Repus]

from the small sample of ENTPs I happened to encounter in my life:

it seems like you can talk about anything with them, they will have ideas practically about every subject there is, conversations with them seem to just naturally flow
if you tell them about a problem they will immediately spit out several solutions, a bunch of these solutions will not sound reasonable to your Ni senses of which you will feel compelled to inform them
they do seem to like that absurd humor, you can tell them off-ish jokes and they'll laugh
they are interested in self-development and not the type to settle down and marry early in life
they might be following through with one career but have tried many things in past or often contemplate whether they should have gone this route instead of another route
they might pursue these other career interests as hobbies on the side
they can randomly take off and travel some place without much planning
do seemingly risky things like traveling without planning
they do not like having to show up to work at X hours, instead prefer having a lot of freedom in their schedule, but they motivate themselves into doing work
on average they are more ballsy to start relationships, also more ballsy to end them
like with all Ts, people are lower on their value scale than for Fs, and when a relationship or friendship comes to an end they are capable of doing some things that to F-standards can seem very inconsiderate and even just right nasty, you have to watch your back here if you are dealing with one that has underdeveloped Fe
you can usually sense that other people are lower on their value scale - even as you are getting to know them as an F-type you will feel a bit of the 'jerk' vibe going
sometimes if you want to talk to them about something seriously and they don't want to have the conversation (especially if they are to blame for something) they will start joking around, playing with words, start saying absurd and overexaggerated things, putting up like a curtain of smoke around themselves to confuse you (kind of like a squid) making it impossible to have a serious talk and giving you an impression that they are hard to pin down to their responsibilities and mistakes

yea. i do all that shit. especially the bolded part. like i dont wanna talk to someone so i just utter alot of BS to throw them off. its like i cant even take them seriously so why waste time even putting thought into what theyre saying. it's irrelevant to me, so they get irrelevant conversation back.

[lilnesbomb]

The whole energy part puzzles me... wouldn't that depend more on the individual?? I have one ENFP friend I know that is VERY energized with a crazy sense of humor, but she has laidback moments. I watched some ENTP videos and they seem to have that similar craziness humor as the ENFP. The one I saw did come off a bit hyper to me, while others were laidback but still had that crazy humor going on.

I don't know... I'm just trying to learn more about them so I can spot one in public. ESTPs and ESFPs I can pinpoint pretty easily. ENTPs I haven't dealt with enough... and it'd probably be good if I did figure out what they're traits are since that is apparently the best match for a lil ol' INFJ like myself...

I'm SO hyper. I don't know where it comes from, but I usually just have bursts of energy here and there, followed by complete fatigue afterwards. Starting tasks is unusually hard for me to do, but once I start, I keep going and keep going until the job is done.

Here are a couple of traits:
I've been told I have a strange sense of humor, but I can always make people laugh. I take a lot of pride in the ability to get anyone in a good mood. It doesn't matter who it is, or how bad of a day they're having, give me 10 minutes with them and I'll have them laughing and joking like nothing ever happened. Some might say I'm overly optimistic, but I say there's no such thing.
For some reason, whenever anyone gets angry or frustrated, it makes me laugh. I try so hard to hold it back because the expected response to anger isn't laughter, that'll only piss them off even more. I'm somewhat of a pacifist, and I don't believe anger solves anything. I'm almost never angry, I've even had people say "You sure you're not mad????" with a puzzled look on their face. I absolutely HATE confrontation and do everything and anything to prevent it from happening. I don't hold grudges and I won't show dislike towards someone unless they disrespect me.


We go from topic to topic during conversation because we get very easily bored after talking about one subject for too long. I ask a lot of questions when I talk to people just to try and gather as much information as I can so I can see it from their point of view. I'm really open with my thoughts, but super secretive when it comes to my emotions. I don't let anyone see my emotions, shoot, I barely even let myself see my emotions. I don't even like knowing that emotions even exist. The only emotions I want to feel are happiness and contentment, forget the rest of them.

[lilnesbomb]

sign you as an INFJ met an ENTP: talking will feel like having sex, you will mentally screw each other for hours long before any of this translates to similar physical activity

Hahahaha, this is almost the mot perfect description of our conversations.
Although people always tell me they love talking to me, I can't ever really get interested in what other people have to say. I just like to hear the sound of my own voice, as some people have actually told me.
I'm sure I've mind-fucked a lot of people, but the only other personality type that gives me the reciprocal pleasure during conversation are ISTPs.

[dagnytaggart]

ENTPs tend to be laid back. If he's energized a lot then he just might be something else.

To get him out of that "laid back" state, find out what really intrigues or excites him. His speech will become faster, his enthusiasm will suck you in and make you excited about whatever he's talking about. It's a big sign that you're talking to an ENTP.

Observe adaptability. How does he take changes in routine and unexpected delays? If he doesn't even seem to notice them or behaves like the change was a part of his day all along then you've clearly got that P down.

ENTPs don't like small talk. Tell him how "I find it funny that people always use the same old: What's your name, where are you from? What do you do?: and wonder if there's a different way of going about it". Sensors acknowledge what you said, sometimes agree and not get that deep. ENTPs will be like "YEAH!" and definitely contribute. There's a high level of excitement because its abstract and unconventional.

.j

well yeah, but once that line gets overused, it'll bore us and the hypocrisy will annoy us.

oh yeah,now that you described how ENTPs are *supposed* to respond to that, you'll never hear it from them again. Only from trendy ESFPs.

[Vorpalsun]

Hmm
Signs that you've met an ENTP....

...you wake up in a forest clearing. You are wearing lipstick, not on your lips, clothes that do not belong to you and a smile. Your wallet is missing. Near you on the ground you find a watch with some pieces missing, a votive candle and a small yellow plastic bath duck.

The duck is named Zeus.

[bigtex1989]

An ENTP will push you to the limit in a conversation, and I mean the absolute limit, physically, mentally, and emotionally. The worst part is that's a typical conversation for us. If you don't measure up, we don't have many qualms in moving on quickly and painlessly....at least for us.

You know you have met an ENTP when he/she can not only talk to you about any topic, but win any argument on that topic and appear extremely bored, only to tell you later (and we will) that we have never even heard of what you were talking about.

On the flip side, if you want to talk to an ENTP about their current passion, it will be the most invigorating thing you have done in a long time....if you can keep up. If not, the ENTP will sense this and get discouraged (at least in my case).

They will usually appear pretty normal. They won't really stand out except for maybe a "lazy" haircut and for guys, definitely some sort of facial hair. I personally like to make radical changes every so often. I go from really long hair (for a guy...maybe 7ish inches) to about half an inch. If one day he looks completely different, that's usually a good sign he is an ENTP.

If you catch my attention, I will DEFINITELY go up and talk to you about it. If you have an odd hair-do, book, accessory, etc. I will most likely become interested in that item, which gives you a chance to get me interested.

You can't look at an ENTP and know that's what we are, but you can sure as hell tell if you talk to us for more than 1 second.