[SP] Mum, Where does an SP's sense of humour come from?

[wolfy]

It's Se and Ni used in tandem, honey.

 

[FC3S]

Woman's beard shavings, dead people cravings, and rantings and ravings with style!

 

[Jeffster]

Sensing the audience, and perceiving the right punchline.

 

[wolfy]

Sensing the audience, and perceiving the right punchline.

Exactly. Se and Ni.

 

[Jeffster]

Exactly. Se and Ni.

Never! Screw Ni!

 

[Quinlan]

I agree, Se makes observations and Ni twists/flips the meaning of what's observed.

 

[Bamboo]

It's Se and Ni used in tandem, honey.

Seems right after cursory inspection.

Having trouble disproving it, so true for now.

 

[Halla74]

It's Se and Ni used in tandem, honey.

Don't forget charm, genius, and charisma...and humility.

 

[defragmybrain]

SP? Humor?
oh god i'm not funny at all. ew. i guess thats just something i grew up with. a baaad sense of humor.

 

[Athenian200]

It's Se and Ni used in tandem, honey.

LOL.

Yes. I did notice you made that joke recently that involved realizing both that "Can" is an alternative spelling of "Kan," and that another meaning of "can" is "butt." That's Ni, supporting Se.

See, you didn't need to be taught abstract thinking at all. You just needed to be shown that you already knew how, but just didn't focus on it. That's all my little course did (a little philosophy there).

Never! Screw Ni!

Jeffster hates Ni, though. Eh, not surprising. That's one thing about him that always made him stand out to me.

 

[Jeffster]

Jeffster hates Ni, though. Eh, not surprising. That's one thing about him that always made him stand out to me.

Another thing was my excessive awesomeness.

 

[rhinosaur]

So then the reason ISFPs are humorless and bland is because they don't have Ni?

Hmm, makes sense.

 

[wolfy]

So then the reason ISFPs are humorless and bland is because they don't have Ni?

Hmm, makes sense.

All SP have Ni in 3rd or 4th place. But you knew that already. ISFP are as bland as Kimchi.

 

[Jeffster]

All SP have Ni in 3rd or 4th place.

Not me. I banished it! BANISHED IT TO THE DUNGEON!

 

[SolitaryPenguin]

ISFP are as bland as Kimchi.

Wait, isn't kimchi like, really spicy?


hopefully the irony in my apparent lack of a sense of humor isn't lost

 

[Athenian200]

Not me. I banished it! BANISHED IT TO THE DUNGEON!

And the shadowy Si that crept in in it's place has made you less of an SP, whether you realize it or not.

You pay a price for banishing Ni... mediocrity. Utter mediocrity.

To any SPs that dislike Ni:

I know what you're going through, believe it or not. It was hard for me to admit that I needed Se in my life at first, too. I saw it as useless, a weakness. Because it's pretty much everything I'm not, consciously. Eventually, I realized I was basically limiting my potential and binding myself by not having my mind open to it. In a sense, I was starving myself of fuel.

Why? Because Ni and Se FEED each other. One will stagnate and be quite limited without the other. You don't have to believe me. If you're content without it, you probably haven't reached the critical point yet. But if you don't stop pushing it away, you're eventually going to start feeling it. I can guarantee you that.

Ni is not reality. Se is not reality. But together, I think they're a lot closer to reality than they are alone. If you want to live in a fantasy world where nothing is going on under the surface, there are no archetypes, hidden meanings or alternate views, and everything is always exactly what it appears to be, go right ahead and reject Ni. But that's all it will be... a fantasy world. You know, the thing you probably hated so much that it made you reject Ni in the first place? Rejecting Ni only traps you inside an impoverished version of it.

When you recognize that for yourself, I have a feeling you'll embrace it. One suggestion I'd give you, is to meditate on Chinese handcuffs. What happens when you struggle to free yourself from them? What is the real solution? How might this situation be similar to your struggle with Ni?

/bored metacognitive musing

Yes, I know you don't really want to take the time to read that.

 

[SolitaryPenguin]

Yes, I know you don't really want to take the time to read that.

But I did! What do I do now?

Get it out, it's burning!!!

 

[Athenian200]

But I did! What do I do now?

Get it out, it's burning!!!

Just relax. Sip on a soda or something, lean back in your chair. Realize nothing has changed. Reality is still what it always has been. Your perspective just changed.

The thing is, your perspective affects you and your actions as a human being. That's why it's important.

 

[rhinosaur]

/bored metacognitive musing

BURN THE NF!!!

 

[Kingfisher]

what has Ni ever done? nothing for nobody!
my Se killed my Ni. killed it dead.