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In honor of the idea of the "sensotard moment" which has been floating around on this forum for a few years, here is a thread on intuitard moments.
To help dispel the notion that a sensotard moment has to do with Sensor types who are functionally late in their development, here are two examples of sensotard moments posted on this forum:
A great example of an intuitard moment comes from a Paul Simon interview:
“I happened to be in a restaurant and there he [Joe Dimaggio] was,†recalls Simon. “I gathered up my nerve to go over and introduce myself and say, ‘Hi, I’m the guy that wrote “Mrs. Robinson,â€â€‰â€™ and he said ‘Yeah, sit down . . . why’d you say that? I’m here, everyone knows I’m here.’ I said, ‘I don’t mean it that way — I mean, where are these great heroes now?’ He was flattered once he understood that it was meant to be flattering.â€
To help dispel the notion that a sensotard moment has to do with Sensor types who are functionally late in their development, here are two examples of sensotard moments posted on this forum:
My ENTP daughter was playing piano. For some time she was struggling until at last I said to her, "don't you think it'd be easier without that umbrella lying over the keys?" she looked up. "Umbrella?"
I was struggling to read a newspaper yesterday, when my ESFJ daughter came in the room, switched on the light and said "Why are you reading in the dark?" and i was like, "ah, I thought it was more difficult than usual... I was contemplating cleaning my glasses, but..."
I was struggling to read a newspaper yesterday, when my ESFJ daughter came in the room, switched on the light and said "Why are you reading in the dark?" and i was like, "ah, I thought it was more difficult than usual... I was contemplating cleaning my glasses, but..."
A great example of an intuitard moment comes from a Paul Simon interview:
“I happened to be in a restaurant and there he [Joe Dimaggio] was,†recalls Simon. “I gathered up my nerve to go over and introduce myself and say, ‘Hi, I’m the guy that wrote “Mrs. Robinson,â€â€‰â€™ and he said ‘Yeah, sit down . . . why’d you say that? I’m here, everyone knows I’m here.’ I said, ‘I don’t mean it that way — I mean, where are these great heroes now?’ He was flattered once he understood that it was meant to be flattering.â€