Orangey
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...typing my (younger) brother. Below is a list of traits that I think might be helpful towards this end. But first, an introduction. When he takes the tests, he consistently comes out INFP. However, he has had some anomalous results, such as INFJ, ENTP, and ENFP, and is now thoroughly confused as to what his true type might be. Also, it has always been noted by our family that we are fairly similar as far as interests and being of a more calm, laid-back (frequently put in such non-flattering terms as "lazy") temperament. So tell me what your impression is based on this profile:
- His living area is pretty messy. Not slob messy with food or anything (he hates that), but just sloppy and not precisely ordered.
- He was an underachiever in high school to a slightly more significant degree than any in our immediate family.
- He can be a picky eater...and was certainly when he was younger. Our mother used to remark that he might not eat if she didn't remind him. This is less true now, of course, but he is still finicky.
- He actively dislikes sports and sports culture. He thinks the types of people who spend a lot of mental energy on that sort of thing are "meat-headed idiots."
- That said, he has tried to play a couple of sports in the past, namely hockey and wrestling, which he enjoyed for the short time that he lasted playing them.
- He is very artistic. His whole life he's wanted to be some sort of artist or other, though his media of choice have never included most of the traditional sort (he doesn't really get into, for instance, oil painting).
- His mega-goal is to become a film director.
- When he was little, he was always fairly quiet and serious.
- When he was little, he was obsessed with drawing "monster-like" characters.
- Nowadays, he is still a pretty quiet person, though he certainly doesn't lack social confidence.
- He thinks he might be extraverted because he has a pretty wide variety of friends (though only a couple of them are "close" to him), and he often enjoys socializing on his own terms.
- He actively resists having jobs (he hasn't really had a real job yet and he's 18). He's given it a half-hearted go, but only under pressure of our parents.
- He really really dislikes structure and authority. If someone tells him to do something, he will not do it (or do it begrudgingly, on his own time schedule) just because they told him to do it.
- He is into fantasy-type stuff, though not LOTR like me and my INTJ brother used to be into when we were younger. He likes to draw fantasy creatures.
- He likes literature, particularly Flannery O'Connor novels.
- He doesn't really ever react to conflict...when I (or anyone else) picks a fight with him, he just gets annoyed and closes down. He doesn't show a reaction.
- Instead, he will mumble some sideways insult at you. He is a master smartass.
- He is pretty verbally clever and takes pleasure in outwitting his friends or making fun of them in a subtle way. He has a wry sense of humor, but can sometimes be really silly too. By that I mean he takes pleasure in doing ridiculous personas and talking nonsense for fun.
- When he was little, he used to have this thing with his stuffed animals where, if he spent too much time playing with one, he'd feel bad about neglecting the others. And he wouldn't eat a cookie shaped like Snoopy because he would feel bad. To this day he still keeps some of his stuffed animals around in his room.
- He is very laid-back.