Confessions of an INTP

**honestfi** · 12-22-2010 11:55 AM

I'm glad at least two of you agree with me. My colleague really doesn't "get" the Tommy K/macaroni cheese union, and is like, ewwwwwwww.

Forget sophistication. With some things, I'm just a chav.

**Digger Blue** · 12-22-2010 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by Rimasto

After I saw a comment about the show Dexter here, I decided to check it out, and spent 12 hours watching it...

Is that some kind of mini series?, 12 hours worth? Or do you take your time viewing?

I watched The Sting until I could totally understand every detail. It was about 4 or 5 viewings before I got it all, but it was worth the whole Saturday I committed to the task.
Digger

**Redrover** · 12-22-2010 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by Digger Blue

Is that some kind of mini series?, 12 hours worth? Or do you take your time viewing?

I watched The Sting until I could totally understand every detail. It was about 4 or 5 viewings before I got it all, but it was worth the whole Saturday I committed to the task.
Digger

oooh I looooooooved the Sting. I watched it with my dad when I was 12. And then I got the sheet music and taught myself to play the Entertainer on the piano. ^5

**Ziiox** · 12-22-2010 03:23 PM

I think that I don't perform to my full potential in school because I'm afraid of failure. I create a buffer so that if I don't do well, it's because I could have but chose not to, as opposed to being incapable of doing so.

I wish that I could finish one of the many projects I aspire to.

I'm considerably more sensitive and emotional than I want to be.

**Digger Blue** · 12-22-2010 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by Redrover

oooh I looooooooved the Sting. I watched it with my dad when I was 12. And then I got the sheet music and taught myself to play the Entertainer on the piano. ^5

Hi, Redrover,
That is so awesome. Wish I could play the piano. I do have a bass guitar, and I was in a group. Sang at the county fair.
The Entertainer is so awesome! It is not the same era as the music of the era, but it was chosen for the mood of the lead (Robert Redford) as he was always on the run, dodging trouble or getting into or out of mischief.
Regards,
Digger

**Protagoras** · 12-22-2010 04:23 PM

I have been sitting at my desk looking at a blank screen for the last 30 minutes thinking about how I am going to survive all the parties in the coming two weeks that I have been invited to. I have somehow become a rather wanted guest for many people this year, which makes me believe I did something wrong. Am I learning to socialize!?! HOW DO I GO BACK TO BEING LEFT ALONE!?!

**darksoul** · 12-23-2010 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by Elwood92

I have been sitting at my desk looking at a blank screen for the last 30 minutes thinking about how I am going to survive all the parties in the coming two weeks that I have been invited to. I have somehow become a rather wanted guest for many people this year, which makes me believe I did something wrong. Am I learning to socialize!?! HOW DO I GO BACK TO BEING LEFT ALONE!?!

Yup it's all your fault. You shouldn't have mirrored that much. Now everyone thinks you're cool.

**honestfi** · 12-23-2010 04:46 AM

Originally Posted by Elwood92

I have been sitting at my desk looking at a blank screen for the last 30 minutes thinking about how I am going to survive all the parties in the coming two weeks that I have been invited to. I have somehow become a rather wanted guest for many people this year, which makes me believe I did something wrong. Am I learning to socialize!?! HOW DO I GO BACK TO BEING LEFT ALONE!?!

Word to the wise. RSVP does not necessarily mean you have to show up.

**InevitablyKriss** · 12-24-2010 12:19 AM

Oh hello! I'm rather a little nervous posting this, but I'll give it a go!

My confession is my very insecurity of my intelligence... Which I know is pretty silly, but I still feel it. After I tested myself, and got INTP, I researched it and decided, "This can't be me, because I'm not that smart." And so I went back and retook the test and, well, it didn't change my answer at all. (I also found my old account I made five years ago, and all of the percentages were roughly the same, only back then I was 95% introverted, instead of now, where I'm roughly 70%.)

I had a real difficult time in school. I have dyslexia, a terrible speech impediment (that you can't hear anymore, really), and I procrastinated everything.

I am so far from being book smart, it's almost painful even, and then I get around other people who do their work and get all their A's in their classes, and I just feel even more dumb.

...at least they can't talk about theories on time-travel though...

So yes, there is my shame.

**feefafo** · 12-24-2010 01:05 AM

Originally Posted by InevitablyKriss

Oh hello! I'm rather a little nervous posting this, but I'll give it a go!

My confession is my very insecurity of my intelligence... Which I know is pretty silly, but I still feel it. After I tested myself, and got INTP, I researched it and decided, "This can't be me, because I'm not that smart." And so I went back and retook the test and, well, it didn't change my answer at all. (I also found my old account I made five years ago, and all of the percentages were roughly the same, only back then I was 95% introverted, instead of now, where I'm roughly 70%.)

I had a real difficult time in school. I have dyslexia, a terrible speech impediment (that you can't hear anymore, really), and I procrastinated everything.

I am so far from being book smart, it's almost painful even, and then I get around other people who do their work and get all their A's in their classes, and I just feel even more dumb.

...at least they can't talk about theories on time-travel though...

So yes, there is my shame.

There are booksmart people and then there are thoughtful, wise, intelligent people with generally interesting minds. While there are a lot of INTPs who also do/did well in school, most are the latter.