Has being on this forum changed your opinion...

[Kangirl]

If anything this forum has just strengthened my belief that humans are too complex to categorize, and in many ways too simple to do the same. If that makes sense.

Also, it's made me think INTJs are a bit weird.

And made me despair that my INFP boyfriend will *ever* grasp the importance of BEING ON GODDAMNED TIME (sorry do I sound worked up?)!

 

[Costrin]

And made me despair that my INFP boyfriend will *ever* grasp the importance of BEING ON GODDAMNED TIME (sorry do I sound worked up?)!

Being on time is important? Shit! All these years, I never knew...

This forum taught me that NTJs aren't all arrogant stubborn assholes.

It taught me that SFs aren't uniformly suck.

 

[Udog]

I enjoy reading how 'S's view things that I would normally think are 'N' territory, such as the complexities of human nature.

It's made me realize that I'm only cheating myself when I view things exclusively as "N" and "S" topics.

 

[Kangirl]

Being on time is important? Shit! All these years, I never knew...

*goes red*

*begins to steam and tremble*

 

[King sns]

Its increased my understanding of all the types, I think.
Except for the INXJ's. They are just more confusing.

 

[Costrin]

*goes red*

*begins to steam and tremble*

Also, this forum taught me easy ways to annoy people.

 

[sade]

I've learned to like the INTPs.. Atleast some. But you're okay.
Due to earlier experiences, even before knowing of MBTI, I'd always get my claws out and mentally prepare for the kill when I got the vibe from someone. I still have the warning bell going off sometimes, but it's not that bad.

 

[Domino]

The interesting people do not follow a pattern.
Least of all their own pattern.
They are their own people.

You never become your shadow.
Wisdom is to perceive it is there.

I have learned to speak "Wildcat".

 

[kelric]

of a particular type/s? if so ..how?

I'm not sure that my opinion of a given type's really changed all that much. It has shown me that just because people share given type characteristics, that it doesn't really mean a whole lot other than sharing a (very) general outlook on *how* things are approached - there's not really much correlation between content and type as there is between process and type. Some INTP/INFP's I see myself sharing viewpoints with frequently - others, very infrequently. The same goes for people of any type, but often I can at least see how INP's reach their conclusions.

Well, now that I think of it, there is one thing that I've noticed... I always knew that introverts and extroverts were very different... but I've had relatively few strong extroverts in my life over the years, and seeing more here has been... instructive and rather illuminating. Not so much in that I didn't know about the differences... but that I didn't understand the extent of the differences. ShortNSweet's thread about friends and acquaintances, in particular, was quite an eye-opener.

 

[A Schnitzel]

I've learned to like the INTPs.. Atleast some. But you're okay.
Due to earlier experiences, even before knowing of MBTI, I'd always get my claws out and mentally prepare for the kill when I got the vibe from someone. I still have the warning bell going off sometimes, but it's not that bad.

If I knew it startled people I would have stopped ringing my compulsory INTP bell in public.

I have learned to speak "Wildcat".

Really?

You've got to teach me sometime.

 

[proteanmix]

RAMBLY METAPOST

No. Only people in real life can change my opinion of a type.
But I am a bit better in figuring out somebody's temperament with only writing. I can make my final "judgement" only after I met them and even after that the type I figured out can be very very very wrong. But I'm not too bothered if I'm wrong because I'm not perfect in any way.

Yeah. I've not needed the forum to realize that people are different aside from just saying people are different. Really believing that they are seems to preclude typing to me. Typing may enhance it, but it doesn't encapsulate anything. Actually, the forum has made me more extreme in this view.

The interesting people do not follow a pattern.
Least of all their own pattern.
They are their own people.

You never become your shadow.
Wisdom is to perceive it is there.

Most definitely. This is why I'm not really understanding the point of the thread. Did people really need to trade a few jokes on a forum or PMs to figure out "Wow, I guess XXXX can't all be that bad!"

I'm noticing that most people are responding that they had a more negative view that turned positive and not the other way around. I guess I'll be honest and say I'm beginning to have more negative views of certain types that I didn't have before. Some people's willingness to ascribe unsavory behaviors to something as silly as MBTI type makes me wonder how willing they are to do the same thing when it comes to other groups of people.

But then again I think to myself, is this really surprising? I've been told so often that I was the person who made people rethink their ideas of their preconceived notions of "what I'm supposed to be like" that I just don't know what to make of comments like that anymore. It's like admitting you had a narrow-minded or limited exposure to a group of people (which is good! you're seeking to correct it) and it only took a handful of people to turn that around. But then my next thought is if it only took a handful of people for you to form that negative perception and just as many to change it, maybe people should just lay off making the evaluations based on such flimsy criteria. It seems like a ball getting tossed back and forth. I guess it comes down to exposure.

 

[Tallulah]

I've gotten insight into how Es operate, and have realized that they prioritize their friends like Is do...they just seem to have more friends to pay attention to. ;-) I've also gotten a better feel for the F/T divide.

Yes.
I used to think all INTPs were pathologically manipulative sociopaths,
but I have since discovered that some of them are not.

I've heard you say this before, and I still don't get it. I mean, sociopaths, sure. But I'd never have said INTPs were a particularly manipulative type. It takes energy and giving a crap, not to mention noticing the vast majority of people, to manipulate. Are you sure the people you knew before were INTP?

 

[INTJMom]

...
I've heard you say this before, and I still don't get it. I mean, sociopaths, sure. But I'd never have said INTPs were a particularly manipulative type. It takes energy and giving a crap, not to mention noticing the vast majority of people, to manipulate. Are you sure the people you knew before were INTP?

Yes.
Well, let's just say that to me it FELT LIKE manipulation.
Maybe another type would define it as something else.

I was trying to pay a compliment to the INTPs.
Very few of them are that bad... just a small minority.
Like I said, I used to think they were all that way... and actually only males, not females.

 

[Lady_X]

^^^ haha...sociopaths sure but...manipulative??

 

[Geoff]

Yes.
Well, let's just say that to me it FELT LIKE manipulation.
Maybe another type would define it as something else.

I was trying to pay a compliment to the INTPs.
Very few of them are that bad... just a small minority.
Like I said, I used to think they were all that way... and actually only males, not females.

INTPs might try and be manipulative, but they'd be woefully bad at it.

 

[JocktheMotie]

I've never really thought of myself as manipulative either. I'm much too passive to get away with it I would think. I don't think it's something I've ever done, or had I attempted, been successful doing.

But the sociopath thing, I can see.

 

[garbage]

I've learned a lot about different types of people and learned to further appreciate them.

I've also learned that it's actually possible for people knowledgeable of MBTI to miss its entire point, but I'm glad that that's not the majority.

 

[scattershot]

I've discovered that I really like INTJs. I'd probably annoy the crap out of one IRL, but it seems to work online.

 

[pippi]

Participation on this forum has lowered my opinion of NT types actually. The dismissive attitude towards S and F types has been disappointing.

 

[Geoff]

Participation on this forum has lowered my opinion of NT types actually. The dismissive attitude towards S and F types has been disappointing.

Mmm. Absolutely. Sensor-bias -particularly- is something I can't abide. We are all just people, with mildly differing preferences