I guess that looking back, I could say I've lead a paradoxical life, but many people are complex and multifaceted, regardless of type.
For instance, I've been told on several occasions that I'm an "old soul" or "wise beyond my years" but I've also been told that I'm immature or an overgrown child. I don't really see this as a paradox though. I can be painfully reserved and quiet, but I can also be the life of the party. Again, I don't see that as a paradox.
I went through high school and life after that as a loner, yet everyone knew me and I was well liked--I don't think I've ever had any real enemies in my life. I was a bad boy (or so some people have labeled me), yet I was and still am polite and respectful to people as long as they don't try to take advantage of me or fuck with me. I break rules, but not for the sake of breaking them, only because I hate following rules which make little sense or seem counterintuitive, counterproductive, or overcomplicated to me. If a rule makes sense and it seems logical, I've no problem following it.
I can be painfully blunt and merciless, yet I can be a softie when I see people haven't been treated fairly--I don't think of this as being moralistic so much as having a serious problem with seeing some people punished and others forgiven for breaking the same rules. I don't have a problem with people paying the price for their actions, but I want to see this apply to everyone. For instance, why do offenders tend to be more severely punished for crack than cocaine? Because cocaine is rich/privileged people drugs and crack is trailer trash/n----r drugs. Who are more likely to write the laws and serve as judges? Enough said. Either show leniency to everyone who breaks that law, be harsh to everyone breaking it, or get rid of that law altogether. This isn't a moral issue, it's an issue of fairness. Or call it whatever you want.
I can read a textbook and my mind might go numb, but I'll spend all day learning a song on the guitar. I hate dull manual labor, but if I'm left to my own devices and in control, I will work myself until I can't stand, as long as I'm allowed to think and not directed by others. [MENTION=12103]Poki[/MENTION], what you said about laying sod reminded me of an experience when I was helping my dad landscape his yard. He needed a ring of bricks laid around a tree. When I was finished, he was amazed that at how level and round it was, considering I'd mostly "eyeballed" it.
My varying social circles/friends all seem to have a different idea of who/what I am. I definitely put on all different kinds of personas depending on who I'm around
this^^
Most people dont get me because they superimpose the "average" man on me. I am not average though, I am different so I tend to confuse people though they usually dont realize they are confused.
Is anyone really average or normal?
I don't think I'm truly "out of the box". I just hate the box).
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Han solo reminds me of an ESTp, James bond has so many characters it really depends which one you are talking about Daniel Creig is stereotypically an ISTp. Sam fisher is an IXTJ I always thought he was more INTJ.
I get an ISTP vibe with Solo. His last name is
Solo, he basically works alone, and his best friend is essentially a giant dog.
Lando is the ESTP. James Bond is actually much closer to ISTP if you read any of the Ian Fleming novels. Felix Leiter is the true ESTP in those novels. Movie Bond is portrayed as more ESTP, with the exception of Daniel Craig and Timothy Dalton, who both seem far more ISTP to me--perhaps the ESTP movie hero has gone out of style in recent years in lieu of stereotypically quiet "bad boys" considering that 2 of the last 3 Bonds were more ISTP while the first three Bonds were clearcut ESTPs.
I know this thread is old. I was reading through some information pertaining to ISTPs and I could not help but point out how similar you guys are the the INFJ. Eerily similar. There is one point in the two types of course where the paths diverge, so to speak.
Ni Ti and Ti Ni loops, perhaps. Everything said in this post I can relate to on a personal level. Just weird. I haven't even finished reading this, either.
I befriend a lot of ISTPs and it trips me out every time. Especially when enneagram and stacking come into play.
We just face the world differently. Imagine hating people having Fe as your darned second function. You feel compelled to help/connect with those you dislike. I'd rather ride a bike or work on my car!!!!
My best friend is likely an INFJ. We are very similar at first glance, but anyone who really gets to know us will see how different we actually are. That said, I do see a weird duality between STPs and NFJs. We can talk about a topic or approach an issue and come to the same conclusion via radically different means.
