[Femme]

I have a question for the INTP's here:

I know this is somewhat broad, but how do you generally behave in social settings? (And I don't mean with close friends, but with people you are less comfortable with.) What emotions do your facial expressions convey?

Do you ever dumb yourself down? (I presume INTP woman do this far more often than the men...)

I only ask because it seems as if some INTP females come across as ESFX's... I'm curious to hear your perspective.

[helmetel]

I think I generally come off as very cold and distant, and usually quite ‘weird’. Also a bit stuck up if someone tries to impress me or flirt with me. I also seem to appear very serious. Not one that ever really occurred to me because I’m not, but the other day I was walking away from some people in one of my classes, and I heard one say to the other “she like, never smiles”.

I never dumb myself down in social situations. It’s not something I ever thought of doing, nor something I wish to do. I dislike giving false impressions of myself, especially intentionally.

[jochris]

How do you generally behave in social settings?
This depends whether I have the energy to socialise or not. If I do, I'm mostly an ENTP and end up being veryvery friendly to people and meet lots of them. If I'm not, I'll usually stick to a small group of close friends, sit in a corner and go online from my phone. I may still talk to people when approached, but not very much.

Do you ever dumb yourself down? (I presume INTP woman do this far more often than the men...)
Yes, I do. A lot. I don't try to sound dumb, but I don't consistently put myself on an intellectual pedestal and talk as if I'm an encyclopaedia (it does happen quite often, but I have learnt that people are often not as interested in excessive knowledge). I've also been told that everything I say "should be recorded because one needs to hear it more than once to understand what I'm saying", so I try to not confuse others. This is also due to the fact that I have photographic memory, so I tend to remember every single detail of social interaction and what people say or do. I try to pretend I don't remember them, because it may sound creepy if I mention intricate details about people (people don't often remember what they have said to me in the past). Though this also means I tend to be very good at remembering people's names, which is appreciated by others.

I only ask because it seems as if some INTP females come across as ESFX's... I'm curious to hear your perspective.

I do come off as ESTJ quite often, especially when I've had a couple of drinks. This is usually when I'm on an ENTP burst, because I do have good conversations with people about themselves, and in a way I do care, but most of the time I'm just curious about different personalities and remember what they tell me about themselves because of my photographic memory.

[Harley]

I know this is somewhat broad, but how do you generally behave in social settings? (And I don't mean with close friends, but with people you are less comfortable with.) What emotions do your facial expressions convey? Nonchalant apathy. I have no problem being in a social situation where I don't know anyone too well, I've found myself in many of these countless times before. I'm pretty sure it shows too, no one ever looks at me like "poor girl, she doesn't know anybody, she looks so shy, and nervous.". They glance at me, but I never get any pitying looks.

Do you ever dumb yourself down? (I presume INTP woman do this far more often than the men...)
No.

I only ask because it seems as if some INTP females come across as ESFX's... I'm curious to hear your perspective. I've never met another female INTP to know how they come across as, but if some stranger who was into MBTI came across me I'm 90% they would be able to type me up as IxTP, no doubt about it. I guess I come across as some devious cheeky thing.

[Sunless]

I know this is somewhat broad, but how do you generally behave in social settings?
If my boyfriend is there (ENFP) I delegate all the entertaining responsibility to him. If he isnt, then I try to engage more and talk about things other people might find interesting.

What emotions do your facial expressions convey?
I have been told that I look like i feel superior to everyone else.. I dont feel that way but apparently my body language is all over the place. What Im actually feeling is shyness (or boredom).

If its a group I can relate to then I am not so shy but interested.

Do you ever dumb yourself down? (I presume INTP woman do this far more often than the men...)

I dont dumb myself down, but i dont hit them with raw intellect either. I can tell when others are annoyed or bored of the conversation and i try to steer away from that... i do have lots of trouble following the conversation of strong Ss because its so detailed, linear and boring.. so my mind tends to wander off to other things. I would say i am cautious and aware of the group.

[Kevinaswell]

.......are any drugs involved?

Sober.

Hmm.

I don't really know.

Very wary, I suppose.

I don't like making other people feel comfortable unless they make me feel comfortable, cuz generally I'm intimidating (for some reason), so it's kind of like a "sweet person" filter.

[Femme]

Ah, the 'sweet person' filter.

Do any of you tend to smile very often? (I know Helmetal already answered this question)

[jochris]

I smile a lot whether or not I'm social. It's just the way I am. :)
(To be fair, I am typing this quite tipsy. Though, I am actually quite smiley.)

[Harley]

Ah, the 'sweet person' filter.

Do any of you tend to smile very often? (I know Helmetal already answered this question)

When I was younger, I was told that I was always smiling which I hated so I toned down on that. I just hated the idea as coming across as this happy-go-luck kind of person.

I still smile, but it's more of "eat shit and die" type of smile, or when I'm feeling cheeky a "I'm about do to something..." smirk. People always freak and go "why are smiling? What's so funny? Did you do something/are you going to do something??".

[Jrquinlisk]

Is this open to males, as well? Or would that just be superfluous data?