I was merely stating that I didnt care if I came off in a negative light or a positive one.
I agree Hexis is NF. I also find him tedious with the maturity of a 15 year old. I've been in three wars and witnessed the effects of his kind of unbridled adolescent behavior. Really Hexis, nobody gives a sh!t what you think. If that makes me a pussy then sign me up.
Like purplesunset says most of it was a fair amount of exaggeration, true at the core but blown out of proportion to better drive home my point.
And I wouldn't think of you as a pussy cause you dont care what I think.
Also, you been to 3 different wars. Thats great, I highly respect your devotion to your country and your ability to say right out what you think. We have more in common than you may think.
But just maybe those wars detached you a little from the world? What you would view as immaturity might just be you placing ridiculously high standards upon others due to your own experiences? Maybe not, maybe I am immature. If anything I think I can say with a 100% certainty that on different issues I a quite immature.
As a side not i will shortly be leaving to serve my country by joining the army. I hope it to better discipline me and give me something to strive for. As well as teach me something of the world.
I preface the following with love, because it reads harsh. But you wanted opinions, so here's mine:
The only value this list of your personal preferences and attitudes has is to possibly prove you're an opinionated, hot-headed, poorly educated, cheap chauvinistic redneck. But that's about it. It neither proves nor disproves you're an NF (or a "man" for that matter.)
(Disclaimer: I use the term redneck in order to encapsulate another stereotype without having to fully flesh out a diplomatic way of saying the same thing.)
I ask in all seriousness: Do these traits you possess make you feel more "manly" in your eyes? Do you think you are trying to suppress your feelings to such an extent that you act out in polarized ways and hold controversial viewpoints? Do you think feelings give you an excuse for any behavior or personal attitude?
What are you hiding from?
And please note, your post does not offend me and I don't want to offend you. Personally I wonder if it is simply exaggerated for dramatic impact, and I am curious what drives you to say this stuff in the first place ...
When it comes down to it your description of me does get my blood boiling but there's nothing I can say cause on some level all of it is true. I am very highly opinionated, so much that many of my own opinions clash with one another. I do have a very foul temper, something inherited from both parents. You could say my high school wasnt exactly a place of learning for me, and I never did go to college. And many things that people particularly outside of Texas would use to identify with a redneck are things I identify with.
But not to say that I haven't tried to improve myself and my situation, ive personally come a long way since first coming to this forum. If given the same opportunities as those more fortunate than me I would have definitely come out better.
If anything those traits dont make me feel manly at all. Possibly why I act out on them so much cause they don't do exactly what they should for me. If anything its like just temporarily plugging up the hole that is myself. Ive come to the conclusion that I dont know myself very well, another reason why ill be going to the army. To find who I am.
And yes sometimes my emotion do give me justification in my actions if they are strong enough, but not always. I do still use reason, no one can not. Unless maybe the insane.
Honestly I dont believe im hiding from something at all. If anything I'm throwing my safe to the world so that it may better reflect upon me and show me who I am.
I think it would help if you understood the context of his post.
The OP felt that there was a pervasive stereotype that NF males were effete little wilting flowers.
So in order to show how much he doesn't fit the stereotype, he started this thread to show how un-stereotypical he is as an NF. So there was a lot of exaggeration and posturing included in order to drive home the point of how different he is from the typical NF.
Of course, in one ironic twist, his overall tone pretty much screamed NF more than anything else.
Exactly.