[ISTP] Seinfeld fans

[mcmartinez84]

I was doing homework the other night with two classmates - one I'm best friends (Tony) with and the other is a newer friend from the class (Jacob)...

They both came to the conclusion that I'm super-duper similar to Jerry Seinfeld - from the show, of course.

I've actually tried watching the show and I can't stomach it! I've never thought he was funny, the stand-up humor was too dry and his friends are stupid and melodramatic. Or that's my impression. So I never watched anymore of it.

Tony and Jacob both agreed that we're similar because:
1) I'm a totally logical thinker (and if you're a fan of the show, the episode when Kramer and George get spit on and Jerry demonstrates why the scenario wasn't possible is a good example).
2) I always want to know what the point of something is.
3) Apparently I have a dry sense of humor...
4) In the season 7 finale, Jerry dated Jeannie Steinman (played by Janeane Garofalo) and he decided that he didn't like people who were just like him - and I usually don't like people who are just like me (not a strong dislike, I just don't really care for them being around, they don't bring a new dynamic to anything if they're just like me...).
5) When people tell me I'm funny - I have no idea what was so funny about what I did/said.
6) I eat a lot of cereal (and my favorite is Cheerios).
7) I've been told various times that I'd be good at stand-up.

Is this an ISTP thing?

Since I'm not a fan of the show, I don't really know what Jerry is like.

 

[anii]

I always thought Seinfeld was an ISTJ... he's very neat you know.

 

[The_Liquid_Laser]

I've always thought Seinfeld was ISTP. I can definitely relate to his TP nature, but he's more aloof and down to earth than I am. Also he has a few other traits I relate to, like the Peter Pan syndrome. Anyway I'm pretty sure he's ISTP. He fits the type fairly closely.

 

[mcmartinez84]

I've got a Peter Pan complex too! I try not to show it when I'm in class or at work - and I usually succeed - but it's definitely there!!

Oh, I'm also really good at being unemotional. Almost like the emotions don't exist...

 

[niffer]

Harhar. I love Seinfeild.

 

[luminous beam]

i love seinfeld too! lol from the description you gave of yourself it sounds like you are very similar to his character. i can relate when you say that at times you can't stand being around ppl who are just like you. in my case, i can't really stand being round ppl who are too mushy and emo, i think i'm enough of that for whoever i'm with.

 

[FrisbeeLad]

I always thought Seinfeld was an ISTJ... he's very neat you know.

I always thought he was an ENTJ. One of my best friends is an ENTJ that LOVED Seinfeld and those two (my friend and the Seinfeld TV character) seemed incredibly similar to me.

 

[JustDave]

Honor amongst thieves. IMO, ISTPs come together through common interests.

 

[The Ü™]

Hello, Newman.

 

[Mort Belfry]

1) I'm a totally logical thinker (and if you're a fan of the show, the episode when Kramer and George get spit on and Jerry demonstrates why the scenario wasn't possible is a good example).

I hate to be the nerd here but it was Kramer and Newman that got spit on.

And not all Jerry's friends are stupid, George Costanza is a genius.

 

[6sticks]

He's definitely not an ISTP.

 

[JivinJeffJones]

the stand-up humor was too dry

Is there such a thing?

 

[ByMySword]

Seinfeld is the best sit-com ever! Every time I watch it, I feel like I am experiencing the Summer of George! End of Analysis!

 

[mcmartinez84]

Is there such a thing?

Yes. Watch Seinfeld

My sense of humor is dry, and I don't think I'm funny most of the time. So other dry people don't strike me as funny either. I don't know why some things I say are funny anyway :rolli:

 

[Octarine]

I've always suspected that Seinfeld was an ENTJ. The show tends to appeal to 'N types' quite strongly in my experience.

 

[alicia91]

I have no clue about their types (I don't even know if they are clearly-defined types), but I just love this show. It was one of my favorites ever. I still try to catch reruns.

 

[chris1207]

It seems that some of the folks here were split between whether Jerry was an ISTP or an ISTJ.

http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/popular-culture-type/1921-typing-seinfeld-characters.html

I'm gonna half to wait till my new book arrives before I can dive back into Seinfeld and start typing them.

 

[shum]

i have this book:

Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing

its good.

 

[heart]

Interesting.

Jerry as ENTP



George Costanza as INTP with anima posession

Hypothesis: INTP "in the grip" of the inferior function
"Everyone has to like me"

Seinfeld

Quote: "Hypothesis: A show about Extraverted Feeling from the perspective of people who don't believe in it

Seinfeld bills itself as a "show about nothing", but really it's a show about extraverted feeling from the perspective of people who view it as a foreign, somewhat frightening world. In other words, it's a show about secondary and inferior extraverted feeling.

The plot of nearly every episode involves the characters trying to analyze what other people have obligated them into doing."

I hate to be the nerd here but it was Kramer and Newman that got spit on.

You are correct, sir.

 

[ByMySword]

This is making me wanna watch the whole series over again. Luckily I have every season.