First off I apologise for being curt in my last post... it's nothing personal.. just how it came out. I only realised the error after I'd logged off for the day.
No, I don't see that as ESFP exclusive. More likely, it's Pe induced behavior, which is pretty common of an ENTP, being Pe dominants and all...
I'd say that few behaviours are exclusive. In fact I'd have to wonder if any are. Surely it is the prevalence of the behaviours which is indicative?
It would certainly explain how commonly he does it. Being silly is the nature of extroverted perception, not Se supported by Fi.
So INTJs aren't silly? ESFPs aren't silly? That surprises me. I've always noted the silly side of INTJs quite clearly... possibly as a reaction to their usual quite serious demeanour.
So your logic is, "two wrongs DO make a right"?
More that neither is right so why mark one down below the other when both are pretty equally daft. The whole thread is a little tapped... enjoyable but definitely tapped.
WHere's that proven? I don't display nearly ANY of my shadow and I have just that.
I'll have to take your word for that, I lack the experience of you to know enough to argue. All I'll say is that every person I've met (irl, I should note) in my life shows their shadow whether subconciously or conciously.
If absolutes are for idiots, then you'd have to mark yourself as such. #2 above is an absolute.
"not a
good match"
I don't rule out the possibility that I am entirely wrong but to argue from such a standpoint would be very difficult and a little pointless. Hence I go with what I see as the best fit, the most possible answer, until other answers seem more likely to me.
Another point I'd like to topple is one you made in a previous post.
Saying that House only appears E because it's the nature of a television show is farical. PLENTY of characters on this, and dozens of others are clearly introverts. It's not like it's impossible to demonstrate introversion on a TV show. House LOOKS E, because he IS E.
What I'm saying is that House IS the show, pretty much. It could not continue without the character. That is not usually the case. Now for the show to really get people going you have to be drawn into House's world and I don't think that it would be to many people's taste if it was done without the whole illustrative side of House.
I still think he's INTJ. The whole aspect of not dallying over a decsion "It's that, now go and start on it right away" is NTJ in my book. As is the manner in which he makes decisions himself, not via a vote, though voting may be involved it is still his decision whether or not the vote is considered or rejected effectively making his vote worth more than all the others put together.
Another aspect which leads me to believe it's an introverted character is the manner in which he doesn't play
with people, in the same kind of way as people play team games together. Instead he amuses himself with people. It's not a shared experience but done for himself and himself alone. Now I do recognise that such behaviour would also be present within an extrovert who didn't like people, but that wouldn't explain working with a team or seeking people out etc.
In my experience if someone is of the mindset where they don't like something, they avoid it. Where as if they are not comfortable with soemthing, like an introvert being constantly surrounded by people, then they come up with methods of coping with it, whether that be by limiting interaction or finding their own style of doing it with grace. What I see of House's behaviour makes me think it's more the latter than the former and hence introvert and not people hating extrovert.
Another thing is, how much do you actually find out about House? Sure he talks for ages but I don't think much is ever revealed about his background or history. Sure that could be a plot device but it's also reminiscant of introverts. Extroverts tend to display or communicate such things in with normal chit chat (you've got to run out of weather comments at some point so why not turn to history?).
That's another thing. Isn't House too focused to be an ENTP? If people are trying to tell me that I sound like an ENTP because I'm not focused enough in my thinking (well posting, to be accurate) then how can these same people think that House (a
very focused thinker and communicator) is of the same type? I've always seen him as direct, to the point and quite linear in his communication. That to me is more the style of NTJ than NTP.
