[pneuma]

So I think I once bumped into a similar thread somewhere - maybe typologcentral.com - but I'm giving this a go anyway.

Imagine being locked into a small room with, say, 20 INFPs for one week. How would you feel, how would others react, what would happen?



Oh, and there are 7 beds, one TV, some films and books available in the tiny room.

Let your imagination run wild!

[gemofgreen]

I'd probably fall in love.

[Cygnus]

the first thing that popped into my head- where would we all go to the bathroom?? :p

[clowder]

Living with someone for 24 hours a day for a week would probably get them on my inner circle if we got along, but at first it would be very awkward. There would probably be a couple people who I couldn't stand by the end of it though, because a huge part of any functioning relationship for me has a good amount of personal space.

[FaveteLinguis]

Oh, and there are 7 beds, one TV, some films and books available in the tiny room.

And no fridge stocked with food?! Or water!? I'd say we'd be pretty ill prepared and cranky with each other :P.

[pneuma]

And no fridge stocked with food?! Or water!? I'd say we'd be pretty ill prepared and cranky with each other :P.

Bah, trifles... When I said "let your imagination run wild" I gave you plenty of space to imagine boring things like fridges and toilets. Hey fellow dreamers, don't disappoint me now!

[krentz]

Hmm... practical concerns: where would we go for bathroom breaks? What would we eat and how would we cook? (Ingredients? Equipment?) Also, define 'small'. Hopefully 'small' is small relative to 20 people and not small small because otherwise we would be breathing in each others' second hand air and start feeling cramped (I remember when I was on holiday abroad for the first time as a kid - one thing I will never forget is how oppressive the atmosphere was in the dining hall at breakfast. So hot and stuffy with the body heat and other stuff. The milk for the cereal wasn't even cold to compensate! And they even used knock-off brands of Sugar Puffs! Unforgivable.)

Hopefully some INFPs are of the kind that don't watch TV very often, otherwise I can imagine it becoming a contested item. Perhaps we'd end up having to make creative use of the Picture-in-Picture feature, if it had one. As for the books, depending on the material in question I can see them being very popular. I'd expect there to be good enough amount to go around, as I can see them coming in handy when people don't feel like interacting. At the same time, depending on the material, I'm fairly sure they would raise some interesting points for discussion.

Speaking of discussion, I can see social cliques forming over the first day or two. My usual modus operandi, at least, is to come across as fairly vivacious in the initial encounters then subsequently settling down into a far more comfortable and low-key mode of being. However, I hope I would feel comfortable enough with those people such that I can have downtime without feeling awkward. If we were all aware of our type, though, I'd like to think that we would be respectful of each others' space, even if being in such close proximity to others for a straight week isn't ideal.

Regardless of that, I would think that for the initial few days, particularly if people 'clicked' and got along together, much of the entertainment (ie films, books etc) would become quite redundant as we would take to whiling away the hours engaged in conversation. Perhaps we could brainstorm some ideas for games to play with the group if we felt like doing things a bit differently. In a room of 20 of us, I can't see me not walking away with at least a few good friends, but as I, of course, haven't done anything like that before, I have no real way of telling what would happen.

Hopefully there would be 21 INFPs as opposed to 20 so it would be evenly divisible with the number of beds and days spent, so we could operate a rota for who gets to sleep in the beds and who doesn't. I'd like futons or sleeping bags for the rest of us, though, because screw sleeping on a bare floor. Actually, come to think of it, any room that's large enough to fit 7 beds in it doesn't qualify as small in my books!

It would certainly be an intriguing social experiment at any rate.

[LeafStew]

Heh maybe on the first day we'd try to implement democracy. As the week would move forward fascism might show it's nose as people try to take advantage of one another and differences pop up. Then we would have to become socialist through force! And put aside individual differences and focus on similarities/even treatment for the better well being of all. :P

That being said I think we should put the 7 beds close to each other so people could sleep in perpendicular position instead of parallel. That way we could fit 9-10 persons at a time instead of only 7. On 2 schedule system we could be good so every body get some sleep!

Ok, I'm no fun. Sorry for that :(

[Lad]

Big Brother style, eh?

I think there would be a surprising amount of animosity. It may not be openly shared or reflected in actions, but that energy will be there between certain people with ideal clashes, and may extend to groups.

INFPs can be incredibly sensitive and attuned to others, but when we feel threatened we can be completely insensitive to others. I think this, on its own, could cause some huge problems.

With that said, probably by day 2, my Ladvocates and I will realize we have no other choice, but to conquer the dissenting parties. This can result in either slavery or cannibalism, probably the latter.

As we enjoy our incredible feast on days 3 and 4, the Ladvocates will live in perfect harmony... until day 5 comes in.

Paranoia will trickle in by then and I will slaughter my own countrymen. However, I will not be completely insane, I recognize the importance of friendship and bonds. So whomever was my favorite in their mortal life, will be reborn.

[NeonBomb]