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malcolm gladwell's parody of mbti

velocity

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"Once, for fun, a friend and I devised our own personality test. Like the M.B.T.I., it has four dimensions:

* The first is Canine/Feline. In romantic relationships, are you the pursuer, who runs happily to the door, tail wagging? Or are you the pursued?
* The second is More/Different. Is it your intellectual style to gather and master as much information as you can or to make imaginative use of a discrete amount of information?
* The third is Insider/Outsider. Do you get along with your parents or do you define yourself outside your relationship with your mother and father?
* And, finally, there is Nibbler/Gobbler. Do you work steadily, in small increments, or do everything at once, in a big gulp?

I'm quite pleased with the personality inventory we devised. It directly touches on four aspects of life and temperament-romance, cognition, family, and work style-that are only hinted at by Myers-Briggs. And it can be completed in under a minute, nineteen minutes faster than Myers-Briggs, an advantage not to be dismissed in today's fast-paced business environment. Of course, the four traits it measures are utterly arbitrary, based on what my friend and I came up with over the course of a phone call. But then again surely all universal dichotomous typing systems are arbitrary."


source: gladwell dot com - personality plus




i definitely have some m/o/g preferences, but it varies. maybe an xOMG. how about you? :devil:
 

Anja

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FMIG.

No one understands us and we've had terrible childhoods. :cry:
 

Moiety

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Wait, does this mean I am in fact canine? :p
 

velocity

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Oh my, am I the regrettably rare FDOG? (1% of the population) :devil:

the temperament of fdog dictates that your main function is extraverted boning - the tendency to view the world as a playground of potential bones to be unearthed, chewed upon, and digested. you view the world opportunistically and have a playful, yet determined streak. at heart you desire a patient, perceptive individual to frisk you up and pet your soft dog-esque underbelly. you intrigue cgods, whose angelic canine natures mesh well with your enthusiasm and playfulness.
 

Moiety

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the temperament of fdog dictates that your main function is extraverted boning - the tendency to view the world as a playground of potential bones to be unearthed, chewed upon, and digested. you view the world opportunistically and have a playful, yet determined streak. at heart you desire a patient, perceptive individual to frisk you up and pet your soft dog-esque underbelly.

:laugh:



you intrigue cgods, whose angelic canine natures mesh well with your enthusiasm and playfulness.

I c whatchu did thar!
 

velocity

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I am FDIG... I dig Fs? Awesome :D

nightning, vigilant unearther of new meanings and perspectives, no nuance or emotion escapes your careful scrutiny and exhumative insight!


holy shit there might be some truth to this system after all! :huh: *entplosion*
 

Jeffster

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I thought parodies were supposed to be funny. :huh:
 

velocity

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I thought parodies were supposed to be funny. :huh:

i couldn't get chris rock on the line, sorry jeff! :doh: gladwell's skepticism will have to momentarily suffice.
on a more serious note, he does seriously critique the mbti in that article. i just haven't gotten around to reading it yet.
 
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