I do wonder (and this is only half-heartedly directed at you CC) if people would consider this level of interest "cult-ish" if it was a more mainstream topic...I mean people will talk about football or tv or whatever this much and more and it's never considered weird. Or perhaps because human nature is so intensely personal, and applying a system to it strikes people as clinical and abnormal?
The way I see it, most of us are just typology nerds. The same way that people are on any forum devoted to a specific subject.
OP: "What's my type threads" are pure silliness. Typing someone over the internet is about impossible. Typing people in real life is a whole 'nother beast, and I think it takes a combination of observation (and application of theory) and "vibes".
I'm more or less "orthodox" when it comes to MBTI, but only within itself as a theory. Once you start applying it to people, there are limits, as there are to anything which attempts to predict, describe, and explain human nature.
I'm sure the same has essentially been said, but I can't be bothered to go through this thread.
Great post!
I don't know, I have always been fascinated with human nature and psychology, in general.
My first forum that I found solace in was a relationship forum, I loved it there but the mods hated me and I eventually got banned. :/
I definitely think there is something to typology/MBTI, but I do not put nearly as much stock into it as most of the members of this commuinty do, I think, at least.
For example, I have trouble accepting that there are as many Ns out there as is projected by this system.
I am at university, and I would say that 50% of my profs are Ns, thank god! And approximately 10% or 5% of the student body are Ns.
Even my ISTP best friend/boyfriend/perpetual lover/ex seems to exhibit far more N qualities than most people I come across. And I do come across a lot of peeps!
Typing him took me forever.
For all I know he could be a very well adjusted INTP who enjoys the outdoors!
I thirst for connection, and for acquiring new and insightful information.
My dream world would consist of a real life forum where people would discuss personal and theoretical issues all day, everyday.
But, alas, most people seem to be interested in shit I find immensely boring.
I don't know, I digress...