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weird asks that say a lot

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1. coffee mugs, teacups, wine glasses, water bottles, or soda cans?

2. chocolate bars or lollipops?

3. bubblegum or cotton candy?

4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you?

5. do you prefer to drink soda from soda cans, soda bottles, plastic cups or glass cups?

6. pastel, boho, tomboy, preppy, goth, grunge, formal or sportswear?

7. earbuds or headphones?

8. movies or tv shows?

9. favorite smell in the summer?

10. game you were best at in p.e.?

11. what you have for breakfast on an average day?

12. name of your favorite playlist?

13. lanyard or key ring?

14. favorite non-chocolate candy?

15. favorite book you read as a school assignment?

16. most comfortable position to sit in?

17. most frequently worn pair of shoes?

18. ideal weather?

19. sleeping position?

20. preferred place to write (i.e., in a note book, on your laptop, sketchpad, post-it notes, etc.)?

21. obsession from childhood?

22. role model?

23. strange habits?

24. favorite crystal?

25. first song you remember hearing?

26. favorite activity to do in warm weather?

27. favorite activity to do in cold weather?

28. five songs to describe you?

29. best way to bond with you?

30. places that you find sacred?

31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names?

32. top five favorite vines?

33. most used phrase in your phone?

34. advertisements you have stuck in your head?

35. average time you fall asleep?

36. what is the first meme you remember ever seeing?

37. suitcase or duffel bag?

38. lemonade or tea?

39. lemon cake or lemon meringue pie?

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school?

41. last person you texted?

42. jacket pockets or pants pockets?

43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket?

44. favorite scent for soap?

45. which genre: sci-fi, fantasy or superhero?

46. most comfortable outfit to sleep in?

47. favorite type of cheese?

48. if you were a fruit, what kind would you be?

49. what saying or quote do you live by?

50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have?

51. current stresses?

52. favorite font?

53. what is the current state of your hands?

54. what did you learn from your first job?

55. favorite fairy tale?

56. favorite tradition?

57. the three biggest struggles you’ve overcome?

58. four talents you’re proud of having?

59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be?

60. if you were a character in an anime, what kind of anime would you want it to be?

61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.?

62. seven characters you relate to?

63. five songs that would play in your club?

64. favorite website from your childhood?

65. any permanent scars?

66. favorite flower(s)?

67. good luck charms?

68. worst flavor of any food or drink you’ve ever tried?

69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned?

70. left or right handed?

71. least favorite pattern?

72. worst subject?

73. favorite weird flavor combo?

74. at what pain level out of ten (1 through 10) do you have to be at before you take an advil or ibuprofen?

75. when did you lose your first tooth?

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)?

77. best plant to grow on a windowsill?

78. coffee from a gas station or sushi from a grocery store?

79. which looks better, your school id photo or your driver’s license photo?

80. earth tones or jewel tones?

81. fireflies or lightning bugs?

82. pc or console?

83. writing or drawing?

84. podcasts or talk radio?

84. barbie or polly pocket?

85. fairy tales or mythology?

86. cookies or cupcakes?

87. your greatest fear?

88. your greatest wish?

89. who would you put before everyone else?

90. luckiest mistake?

91. boxes or bags?

92. lamps, overhead lights, sunlight or fairy lights?

93. nicknames?

94. favorite season?

95. favorite app on your phone?

96. desktop background?

97. how many phone numbers do you have memorized?

98. favorite historical era?

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lifehack: when you see a Take One candy bowl in a restaurant, wait until noones looking and shovel candy into your pockets. god may judge you but his sins outnumber your own

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reading letters from 1818 is wild

“it’s that time of the year when I get colds for no apparent reason again” have some Clairitin hon

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Cognitive Functions As Animals

Te - (Alpha) Wolf

“Wolves are highly social, highly intelligent, cooperative in achieving goals and highly vocal. Wolves exhibit visible signs of the strength of their pack behavior through unique body language. You can tell a wolf’s rank in the pack simply by looking at how it holds its body. The alpha wolves are dominant to all others and direct the pack’s activities. They decide when the pack will travel and hunt, and normally are the first to eat at a kill.” (Read more)

Ti - Octopus

“Cephalopod brains are certainly impressive. Mischief and craft are plainly seen to be characteristics of this creature. Captive octopuses give full rein to that mischievous temperament, learning to pop light bulbs with jetted water, block the outflow of their tanks so they overflow and recognize individual people, squirting those they dislike with water (or perhaps water jets are an aquatic sign of friendship?).

Cephalopods are the ultimate color-changers, able to match their backgrounds in an instant so perfectly that even a keen observer can lose them. As invisibility cloaks go, theirs are close to perfect.” (Read more)

Fe - Penguin

“These tightly packed penguins shuffle en mass every 30 to 60 seconds, reordering themselves so every individual gets to cycle through the warm, central part of the huddle. Individual penguins don’t change their position relative to their neighbors, nor do they force their way into or out of a huddle. The small steps the birds take are sufficient to move everyone around in a coordinated fashion.” (Read more)

Fi - Elephant

“Elephants behave empathetically—recognizing and responding to another elephant’s pain or problem. Often, they even make heroic efforts to assist one another. Scientists have spotted elephants assisting others that are injured, plucking out tranquilizing darts from their fellows, and spraying dust on others’ wounds.” (Read more)

Se - Hummingbird

Neurons in the hummingbirds’ motion-sensing brain area appear to be tuned to prefer motion from all different directions fairly equally. They have to be aware of their surroundings in a different way than other animals. Being able to sense motion equally in all directions gives hummingbirds an advantage when they’re flying at high speeds, evading predators and doing intense mating dives to impress females. (Read More)

Si - Ant

“Give a colony of garden ants a week and a pile of dirt, and they’ll transform it into an underground edifice about the height of a skyscraper in an ant-scaled city. They work tirelessly and patiently through a repetitive process to build something one tiny speck of dirt at a time.

These ants can create a complex, sponge-like structure with parallel levels connected by a network of tunnels. Some ant species even build living structures out of their bodies: Army ants and fire ants in Central and South America assemble themselves into bridges that smooth their path on foraging expeditions, and certain types of fire ants cluster into makeshift rafts to escape floods.” (Read more)

Ne - Dolphin

“Dolphins are very curious and enjoy playing with objects and other dolphins. They jump up to 4.9 meters above the surface of the water falling on their backs or with their belly down. Most dolphins play chasing one another, using objects and passing them on to others for attention. They commonly make bubbles in the water and take the time to recreate themselves in the ocean.” (Read more)

Ni - Cat

“Cats are opportunistic ambush predators. They take cover, waiting patiently for their favorite food to appear. Stealthily tracking prey is an essential step in a cat’s pursuit of food, and they are masterful at it. With their silent gait, laser-like focus, keen senses, and flexible body structure, cats are natural stalkers. By combining these abilities, felines can predict where possible prey hides, and how to hunt it down.” (Read more & more)

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INTP: ISFP, you look so much better with this hair

ISFP: Thanks!

INTP: Honestly, you looked like an hag before

ISFJ: INTP! Tact! We talked about it! Be tactful

INTP: I’M SORRY, I FORGET

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you’ve heard of sugar, spice and everything nice

now get ready for…

Dominant Function

Fe - an insatiable thirst for attention

Se - party rock

Ne - an overwhelming surplus of diggity

Te - sadism

Fi - self-loathing

Si - that summertime, fall, wintertime, springtime sadness

Ni - the inevitable and irreversible heat death of the universe

Ti - nihilism

Auxiliary Function

Fe - codependent relationships

Se - the aesthetic

Ne - a fair amount of diggity

Te - strategy games

Fi - tarot cards

Si - terms and conditions

Ni - vision boards

Ti - constantly hurting people’s feelings

Tertiary Function

Fe - social manipulation

Se - the finer things in life

Ne - hardly any diggity

Te - bitchin

Fi - tragic backstory

Si - obscure obsessions

Ni - freakishly accurate hunches

Ti - some common sense

Inferior Function

Fe - moral flexibility

Se - unexplained bruises

Ne - no diggity

Te - angry crying

Fi - corporate slavory

Si - chaos

Ni - dystopian nightmares 

Ti - drama

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okay but real talk

someone: *is nice and a decent human being*

“mbti experts”: AH, YES, THEY’RE A FEELER!

someone: *doesn’t like parties*

“mbti experts”: INTROVERT ALERT! HYPER-INTROVERSION RIGHT HERE!

someone: *in high spirits and enthusiastic today*

“mbti experts”: OOH OOH ENFP WITHOUT A DOUBT!

someone: *likes art*

“mbti experts”: WELL THEN THEY CAN’T BE A SENSOR!!!

someone: *meets a deadline*

“mbti experts”: SO ORGANIZED, A JUDGING TYPE FOR SURE!

someone: *likes Star Trek*

“mbti experts”: OMG A REAL LIFE INTP!!!!!!!!

someone: *cares for someone exactly once*

“mbti experts”: DEFINITELY DOM EXTROVERTED FEELING! FE VIBES!!!!

someone: *does well in school*

“mbti experts”: A THINKER! YES!  T H I N K E R ! TRUE INTELLECTUAL!!1!!!1

someone: *cries once*

“mbti experts”: THEY’VE GOTTA BE INFP! AWW SWEETIE COME HERE

someone: *is bossy*

“mbti experts”: OH YES AN EXTJ NO OTHER EXPLANATION FOR THIS

someone: *remembers something*

“mbti experts”: I N T R O V E R T E D  S E N S I N G

someone: *flirts with someone*

“mbti experts”: AHHHH ESTP, OF COURSE!!!!!!

someone: *respects authority once*

“mbti experts”: MMMMMMMM GONNA SAY ISXJ YEEEEEP

someone: *meditates*

“mbti experts”: WHY YES, SE-DOM IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT

someone: *likes plans*

“mbti experts”: INTROVERTED INTUITION! AHA! AHAAAAA! 

someone: *is stressed for like 30 seconds*

“mbti experts”: YOU’RE IN THE GRIP. OF COURSE. LET ME SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS BC YOU ARE DEFINITELY IN A COGNITIVE LOOP.

someone: “oh yeah, you know mbti? i took a cognitive function test. i didn’t know how accurate it was from its explanations, but i’ve done some more research and done some self-analysis, i think it fits pretty well. it gave me intj–”

“mbti experts”: UH NO YOU LITERALLY CAN’T BE INTJ??? WHO TOLD YOU THAT??? WELL THEY’RE WRONG SORRY. YOU MUST HAVE BEEN MISTYPED, LIKE THAT’S SOOOOO INACCURATE!!!! UGH I MEAN LOOK AT YOU? YOU’RE A NICE PERSON, INTJS AREN’T NICE WYM. AND YOU’RE LIKE SUPER LOW-KEY COME ON YOU’RE 23 INTJS HAVE ALREADY TRIED TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD BY AGE 20 WHAT ARE YOU DOING. WHAT ARE YOU EVEN THINKING????? I’M AN EXPERT ON THIS TOPIC, SUZIE. AN EXPERT. I KNOW MY STUFF. YOU DON’T EVEN LIKE COMPUTERS OR ANYTHING SCIENCE-Y SO YOU’RE DEFINITELY NOT AN EXTROVERTED THINKER. ALSO YOU CRIED LAST WEEK WHAT THE HELL YOU ARE NOT INTJ!!!!! I KNOW YOU!!!!!!!!! AND DON’T PRETEND YOU’RE AN INTROVERT I SAW YOU TALK TO LIKE FIVE PEOPLE TODAY?!??!?!?!?  UGH I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS I THOUGHT BETTER OF YOU SUZIE. LET ME TEACH YOU ABOUT YOUR PERSONALITY OKAY?????

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Horoscope Enthusiast: Libras are natural flirts

INTP who happens to be a Libra: Hey… uh… you raise my dopamine levels *hoping for my crush to take a hint*

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Shut Up: The Power of Understanding what Introversion Actually is in a World of People Who Won’t Stop Using it as an Excuse

Since I’ve started tagging some posts as “shitty introverts” I decided to make this post to serve as a reference without being quite as sarcastic and salty as I have been, though I’m pretty sure I’ve already failed with that title. Will I change any minds? It’s doubtful, but if you ever want to know why I’m tearing into that introvertunites/introvert, dear post, you can look at this.

First, a brief definition of introversion in two different systems.

In MBTI: Introverts are people who have a dominant introverted function. Extroverts are people who have a dominant extroverted function. Ambiversion does not exist in the MBTI system - more on that later.

Outside of MBTI: Introverts are people who are energized more by time alone than by time spent with others. Extroverts are people who are energized more by time spent with other people than by time spent alone. Ambiverts are people who fall close to the middle.

In reality, everyone is somewhere along a spectrum (ie, we all need some alone time and some time with people), so arguably we’re all ambiverts, but it’s commonly used for people who find themselves needing a pretty even balance of the two. 

Now, ambiversion still doesn’t exist within the MBTI system. If you want to call yourself an ANFP* or whatever, then you are making things up and that is not an MBTI type - it is a personal adaptation that uses some concepts from MBTI. Does this mean that MBTI doesn’t acknowledge that some people are non-MBTI ambiverts? No! It just means that MBTI theory uses the introvert and extrovert terms in a particular way, and doesn’t fully explain what social situations energize you, just like it doesn’t explain fully your favorite ice cream flavor or whether you like sports. It’s perfectly fine to say “I’m an ENFP, and I’m pretty ambiverted.”

Okay now that that’s out of the way, what does introversion, outside of MBTI, not mean?

It does not necessarily mean shyness, awkwardness, or lack of social skills. There’s probably a correlation, because people who prefer to spend most of their time alone have less of a vested interest in getting over shyness, awkwardness, or developing social skills, but there are awkward extroverts and socially adept introverts everywhere.

It does not mean misanthropy/hating people in general. I personally think hating people is not a particularly great way to be, as it means you’re closing yourself off to a whole lot of great experiences, and it definitely is going to be more common in introverts as it makes extroversion really hard, but if that’s your deal, fine. Just know that it’s not at all synonymous with introversion. Introversion means needing a good deal of alone time. It doesn’t mean that you hate the time spent with others, just that it’s going to require more energy.

It does not automatically make you smarter, kinder, more creative, or ‘deeper.’ Whatever psych studies may say, they’re going to be based on a subset, so even if introverts are, on average, smarter, it doesn’t mean you, arbitrary introvert, are smarter than an individual arbitrary extrovert. Another way to put it: more Americans have Olympic gold medals than Jamaicans, but I don’t have more gold medals than Usain Bolt. Use your alleged intelligence to learn and understand basic statistics.

Introversion, or for that matter shyness, awkwardness, or whatever do not excuse rudeness or flakiness, and nothing excuses expecting people to understand you without any explanation.

Look. I get that if you’re depressed, or have social anxiety**, you may say yes to a party invite only to find that when the party actually comes, you can’t bring yourself to make it or even to call. That’s okay. But it’s also okay for the host to be upset that you didn’t show up or let them know that you couldn’t come, and it falls to you, when you are up to the task, to explain why.

Is that hard as fuck to do? Yes. Is expecting other people to read your mind and know all the details of your life and mental health and accept all of your actions completely unfair to them? Also yes. Because here’s the thing: you can’t control other people’s reactions, and it’s ridiculous  to think you can.

Which brings us to the shitty introvert. The shitty introvert does the following:

Assumes they are in some way better than extroverts - smarter, more creative, better listeners - and may believe that because they let so few people into their lives, including someone is an honor in itself.

Assumes that having emotional responses is unique to them - that no one else dislikes public humiliation or unpleasant surprises.

Either complains that they’re getting dragged to parties, or complains that they’re no longer getting invitations to the parties that they repeatedly turned down, as if the host has nothing better to do than send you an invite they know you’ll refuse***.

Is rude to others and blames it on being introverted instead of considering that other people also have feelings and either putting in enough effort to maintain civility, or apologizing and taking full responsibility of their actions.

Expects to be understood and accommodated automatically without any explanation, and generally does not put in effort to understand or accommodate others.

Sees introversion as an excuse to never try to improve or challenge themselves. If something is hard for them, they will just give up or avoid it.

In summary, they insist they are more considerate, feeling, and creative while being rude, selfish, and stagnant.

Don’t be a shitty introvert.

*For some reason the example fake MBTI type with Ambiverted is always ANFP. I suspect it’s because Ne both is associated with being towards the middle of the itnrovert/extrovert spectrum and with being like “what if we didn’t follow the rules,” and Fi is associated with “your labels cannot contain me” but that is another post for another day.

**Social anxiety and depression are mental illnesses, and I’m not going to go into them or other mental health issues in this post in more depth, but please note that they are not tied to introversion. Will they often make people withdraw from social situations? Yes. That is a symptom of the illness, not an indicator of extroversion or introversion.

***”I want to be invited, I just don’t want to go!” shitty introverts cry, as if the hosts of the parties are not also human beings with needs and emotions. “Oh, yeah, sorry” the hosts are apparently supposed to tell the person they actually want to invite who would show up and bring a decent bottle of wine, “I’d love to invite you but I have a tiny apartment, so I can’t invite any more than 15 people, and I need to reserve a spot for my friend who not RSVP, ignore my calls, and will most likely either text me with some lame excuse an hour after the party started, or just completely flake. But you see their desires are more important than yours or mine.” Honestly what the host should do is just queue up a few automated invites to nonexistent parties, and on the off chance the shitty introvert does indeed show up without RSVP-ing to one of them, the host should just be like “Oh sorry, I know I said I’d have a party but I’m just not feeling it tonight.” GOLDEN RULE IN ACTION MOTHERFUCKERS.

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Cognitive Function Development

I have been asked about function development many times, and I can’t properly explain without distinguishing between developed and undeveloped, healthy and unhealthy.

(Note: These graphs are made for the purpose of illustrating my point only. They are my own estimates, and not based on any research or collected data.)

Undeveloped

The usage of the function is in its raw, basic form.

The usage is usually one-dimensional and not adaptable (e.g. undeveloped Ne only seeing the same possibilities even when variables or situations are different).

Not trusted and undervalued by the user, but is nonetheless present.

The user often does not recognize an undeveloped function’s influence on their thought process, and thus has little or no control over it.

When there’s too much pressure to rely on an undeveloped function, it manifests in an “explosive” and uncontrollable way (e.g. inferior function grip).

Developed

The function is multifaceted. The user can utilize it in many intricate and complex ways.

The function easily adapts to support many different situations in life.

The user has mastered the function, trusts their own ability to use it in their thought process, and consciously consults it often.

The user has a comradery with the function, and rely on it to make important decisions in their lives.

Unhealthy

The function is used in negative, unproductive, and destructive ways (to self and others).

An unhealthy function is often used in isolation without consulting other functions with the opposite extraversion/introversion preference (e.g. dominant-tertiary loop, where the auxiliary function is undeveloped), unless the functions around it are also unhealthy.

For example, an INFJ girl with unhealthy Ni-Fe “knows” that her friend is dating a wrong person who is likely to cheat on them, plans and proceeds to sabotage her friend’s relationship through manipulation because she knows what is best for her friend, and doesn’t stop to ask what the friend actually wants (a true story).

Healthy

The function is used in a beneficial, productive, and constructive ways (to self and others).

A healthy function works together with other functions around it.

For example, an INFJ girl with a healthy Ni-Fe picks up signs that her friend’s new romantic partner is very non-committal. She cares for her friend and what they want, and decides to talk to her friend about it. It turns out that her friend is aware of this, but explains that their partner will be leaving the country in a few months anyway, and that they’re ok with the non-commitment. She respects her friend’s autonomy, but will still support them whenever they have relationship problems.

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65 Questions You Aren't Used To

1. Do you ever doubt the existence of others than you?

2. On a scale of 1-5, how afraid of the dark are you?

3. The person you would never want to meet?

4. What is your favorite word?

5. If you were a type of tree, what would you be?

6. When you looked in the mirror this morning what was the first thing you thought?

7. What shirt are you wearing?

8. What do you label yourself as?

9. Bright room or dark room?

10. What were you doing at midnight last night?

11. Favorite age you’ve been so far?

12. Who told you they loved you last?

13. Your worst enemy?

14. What is your current desktop picture?

15. Do you like someone?

16. The last song you listened to?

17. You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up?

18. Who would you really like to just punch in the face?

19. If anyone could be your slave for a day, who would it be and what would they have to do?

20. What is your best physical attribute? (showing said attribute is optional)

21. If you were the opposite sex for one day, what would you look like and what would you do?

22. Do you have a secret talent? If yes, what is it?

23. What is one unique thing you’re afraid of?

24. You can only have one kind of sandwich. Every sandwich ingredient known to humankind is at your disposal.

25. You just found $100! How are you going to spend it?

26. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere in the world, but you have to leave immediately. Where are you going to go?

27. An angel appears out of Heaven and offers you a lifetime supply of the alcoholic beverage of your choice. “Be brand-specific” it says. Man! What are you gonna say about that? Even if you don’t drink booze there’s something you can figure out… so what’s it gonna be?

28. You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. You make the rules. What is the first rule you put into place? 

29. What is your favorite expletive?

30. Your house is on fire, holy shit! You have just enough time to run in there and grab ONE inanimate object. Don’t worry, your loved ones and pets have already made it out safely. So what’s the one thing you’re going to save from that blazing inferno?

31. You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?

32. You got kicked out of the country for being a time-traveling heathen who sleeps with celebrities and has super-powers. But check out this cool shit… you can move to anywhere else in the world!

33. The Celestial Gates Of Beyond have opened, much to your surprise because you didn’t think such a thing existed. Death appears. As it turns out, Death is actually a pretty cool entity, and happens to be in a fantastic mood. Death offers to return the friend/family-member/person/etc. of your choice to the living world. Who will you bring back?

34. What was your last dream about?

35. Are you a good….[insert anything you’d like here]?

36. Have you ever been admitted to the hospital?

37. Have you ever built a snowman?

38. What is the color of your socks?

39. What type of music do you like?

40. Do you prefer sunrises or sunsets?

41. What is your favorite milkshake flavor?

42. What football team do you support? (I will answer in terms of American football as well as soccer)

43. Do you have any scars?

44. What do you want to be when you graduate?

45. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

46. Are you reliable?

47. If you could ask your future self one question, what would it be?

48. Do you hold grudges?

49. If you could breed two animals together to defy the laws of nature, what new animal would you create?

50. What is the most unusual conversation you’ve ever had?

51. Are you a good liar?

52. How long could you go without talking?

53. What has been you worst haircut/style?

54. Have you ever baked your own cake?

55. Can you do any accents other than your own?

56. What do you like on your toast?

57. What is the last thing you drew a picture of?

58. What would be you dream car?

59. Do you sing in the shower? Or do anything unusual in the shower? Explain.

60. Do you believe in aliens?

61. Do you often read your horoscope?

62. What is your favorite letter of the alphabet?

63. Which is cooler: dinosaurs or dragons?

64. What do you think about babies?

65. Freebie! Ask anything interesting you can think of.