[ISTJ] ISTJs: Cooler than we thought?

[ajblaise]

-Overrepresented among both male and female small business owners compared with national sample.
-One of two most overrepresented female types in a substance abuse program.
-More frequent among African Americans.
-Among the four highest in college GPA.

ISTJ - Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging - Ransdell Associates

These things kind of surprised me when I read them.

 

[Cimarron]

I don't see where you're going with this. Something like this? :

-Owning/operating a small business is cool.
-Admitting you have a drug problem, and trying to fix it, is cool. (Or that doing drugs in the first place is cool.)
-African Americans are cool.
-Having a high college GPA is cool.

You make an interesting collection of points. I didn't go to the link, though. That might have explained it.

 

[Chris_in_Orbit]

who thought ISTJs were lame?

 

[DigitalMethod]

I know a ISTJ in real life. He is pretty cool.

 

[runvardh]

My ISTJ friend is excelent for conspiring with for halloween tricks. Making a group of young drunks panic in a barely lit park is priceless.

 

[Lateralus]

GPA is a much better measure of your ability to follow instructions than your ability to think. So it makes sense that ISTJs would excel in that respect.

 

[MacGuffin]

My wife is ISTJ, and when she's unhappy she embodies the worst aspects of ISTJdom ever!

She can still surprise me though. There's a lot going on that you won't be aware of.

 

[Cimarron]

(Something that was mentioned on another thread and is relevant here: )
I'll just add, in passing, that personalities are complex things, obviously, so it's always hard to explain someone's personality as a whole. You can't really see the whole thing until you experience it firsthand. I guess...

 

[Mondo]

All the ISTJs I know are cool people.
They can be a tad close-minded but they are fun people to talk to and play games with- especially on topics they are knowledgeable about.

 

[Jack Flak]

ISTJs aren't really "James Caan" cool, ever. They can be cool in that ISTJ way. Like "Oh, no, he's cool, don't worry."

 

[Jack Flak]

My wife is ISTJ, and when she's unhappy she embodies the worst aspects of ISTJdom ever!

She can still surprise me though. There's a lot going on that you won't be aware of.

So you're saying you agree that Leia is ISTJ.

 

[Valiant]

I know a few cool ISTJ's. It's the only kind of SJ that I usually like.
I think ISTJ's are about as cool as INTJ's. That says a lot. Really love their practical view on things.

 

[Bella]

-Overrepresented among both male and female small business owners compared with national sample.
-One of two most overrepresented female types in a substance abuse program.
-More frequent among African Americans.
-Among the four highest in college GPA.

ISTJ - Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging - Ransdell Associates

These things kind of surprised me when I read them.

I think we're overrepresented among those with chronic pain and those with drug issues because we're emotional retards.

 

["?"]

They're all listed here. I think that the ESTP stats are quite interesting as well.

 

[animenagai]

ISTJs are an interesting group to study. not that i think they'll match very well with my own type, but they are complexed creatures. i think the ISTJ is interesting in that they stand firm in what they believe in (social expectations etc.) and at the same time, earn to cut loose. an ISTJ at work and an ISTJ at a work party are 2 different people. i'll go as far to say that when an ISTJ goes nuts, they are very ENFP. i like the dynamics that an ISTJ chooses to juggle.

 

[Atomic Fiend]

Why wouldn't ISTJs be cool, doesn't that depend more on the person then his or her type? I'm pretty sure they're cool and lame ISTJs.

 

[Giggly]

I dig 'em.

 

[Atomic Fiend]

Me too suprisingly.

 

[ArbiterDewey]

ISTJs are an interesting group to study. not that i think they'll match very well with my own type, but they are complexed creatures. i think the ISTJ is interesting in that they stand firm in what they believe in (social expectations etc.) and at the same time, earn to cut loose. an ISTJ at work and an ISTJ at a work party are 2 different people. i'll go as far to say that when an ISTJ goes nuts, they are very ENFP. i like the dynamics that an ISTJ chooses to juggle.

I have been told that at partys I go very much ENFP whenever I've had an adequate number of beers. I become talkative, emotional and have to hug everyone while playing the drunken name game. Also I spit out insults to the unprepared and insecure.

Good times...

 

[Clownmaster]

Not to mention, but brother, whenever you get pissed, you express yourself in a over-the-top ENFP balls to the wall, lets raise fire hell and brimstone kind of way.

And don't go taking that like a compliment or anything