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[MBTI General] ISJs as collectors

Spartan

New member
Joined
Aug 8, 2007
Messages
24
MBTI Type
ISFJ
I don't collect things very much. I remember one time when I was like 10 when I would collect the coupons down the aisles of the grocery stores, but besides that, collecting isn't a hobby.
If I haven't used something for a long amount of time and it has some value, chances are I will put it up on eBay or have a garage sale.
 

ArbiterDewey

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Feb 3, 2008
Messages
310
MBTI Type
ISTJ
I collect comic books. Mostly DC, few Marvel/Dark Horse/Arcana/Aspen/etc. or independent. Green Lantern & Corps., Blue Beetle, and Simon Dark are my current favorites.
 

sassafrassquatch

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Jul 20, 2007
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961
Collecting things would conflict with my need to be burdened with as few possessions as possible. I do have an impulse to preserve old things that matter to me like Commodore computers. I have a C=64 which I keep in my closet but if I were to start buying complete sets of Commodore hardware on eBay it would consume me and I would have all that junk lying around unused. So I don't let myself get started on anything.
 

Yuurei

Noncompliant
Joined
Sep 29, 2016
Messages
4,509
MBTI Type
ENTJ
Enneagram
8w7
ISJs are weird

I find them them quite dull...but I greatly appreciate their practicality and grounded...ness.

My grandfather is an ISTJ. The only thing he's collected ( To my knowledge) are national geographic. His garage is FULL of them dating back to...probably the begining of their publication.
 

j.c.t.

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Jul 6, 2018
Messages
387
MBTI Type
INFJ
Enneagram
451
Instinctual Variant
sp/sx
Socionics describes SLI (Si-Te) as being anti-collectors, throwing away anything they don't need without hesitation. True for me - I enjoy simplicity, as too many objects have an overbearing impact on the psyche. Collecting knowledge is different though - ISTJ's typically collect a lot of knowledge. In that way they are more factual rather than logical, as compared to NTP's. Interestingly, the collectors of material objects that I do know happen to be ENFJ and INFJ.
 

tinker683

Whackus Bonkus
Joined
Nov 8, 2009
Messages
2,882
MBTI Type
ISFJ
Enneagram
9w1
Instinctual Variant
sp/sx
I do have a tendency to collect and archive things, I do do.

I'm not sorry
 
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