[INTP] Well adjusted INTP guys

[Nizy]

I've evolved. Flying is great. It's the way forward!

I prefer to think of it as the way upward personally

 

[avolkiteshvara]

Okay, EVOLVED INTPs then. Where the hell do I find them

Usually they're older. At least 30 I'd say.


I'm sure there are a few exceptions to the rule though.

 

[LEVINA]

Well adjusted INTP

Is a oxymoron.

 

[Laurie]

I would say JAVO is a good example of a well adjusted INTP.

I just told him today that he doesn't seem to act like an INTP. He's too nice! (I mean, um..)

 

[paperoceans]

I didn't know that such a thing exists.

 

[redacted]

Where the hell are you? Why don't I know any INTPs?

Don't you all belong where I am at - an applied science program?!

Define well adjusted.

What does belong mean?

 

[paperoceans]

All NTPs are a little mad. I think it's against our nature to be "well adjusted"

 

[Lurker]

Applied Science?

TJ land.

 

[Salt n' pepper]

All NTPs are a little mad. I think it's against our nature to be "well adjusted"

That's how they roll.

 

[avolkiteshvara]

If we did a random sampling of mental hospitals, I bet we'd find a larger % of INTP there than outside in the real world.

 

[JustHer]

Applied Science?

TJ land.

but but.. according to Kiersey, INTPs and ENTPs fall under "engineers" while NTJs fall under "coordinators"

 

[JustHer]

If we did a random sampling of mental hospitals, I bet we'd find a larger % of INTP there than outside in the real world.

Then that is where I will look!

 

[Nizy]

Then that is where I will look!

Mental hospital social life is terribly underrated.

 

[Poser]

Mental hospital social life is terribly underrated.

Plus, lots of unused internet bandwidth. Guy beside me is typing on a potted plant.

 

[Atomic Fiend]

but but.. according to Kiersey, INTPs and ENTPs fall under "engineers" while NTJs fall under "coordinators"

In name only.

I'm not going to be a counselor when I grow up. More likely, I'm going to be a dirty old man living behind a strip mall.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

Maybe the problem isn't so much that you can't find any INTP's. I suspect, as others here have, that it's the "well-adjusted" part that's the larger problem.

Frankly, I'm pretty shocked to find that INTP's have a reputation for being weird.

 

[JustHer]

Maybe the problem isn't so much that you can't find any INTP's. I suspect, as others here have, that it's the "well-adjusted" part that's the larger problem.

Frankly, I'm pretty shocked to find that INTP's have a reputation for being weird.

I shouldn't have put well adjusted at all I just threw it in there. The problem is that I seriously don't know a single INTP, and I have been having everyone I know typed lately.

All I want to see is what kind of dynamic I would have with an INTP. In theory INTPs seem uber appealing as a perfect complement but I cannot test this out as 12/13 of my closest friends are INTJs and I have never met an INTP.

 

[jenocyde]

They are also extremely caring, thoughtful, and uncritical when they love someone. Have the capacity to love in abundance, something that I rarely see mentioned in the same sentence as INTP

Great senses of humour, almost impossible to offend, heaps of fun to talk to, I could go on and on...

This is really true. Always been a big fan.

Oh and, INTP's that are always sweet and nice are probably manipulative bastards.

Also really true... exceptions are made for when they are head over heels, though. And really, which one of us NTs can claim that we are not manipulative?

Usually they're older. At least 30 I'd say.

My god, so damn true.

I shouldn't have put well adjusted at all I just threw it in there. The problem is that I seriously don't know a single INTP, and I have been having everyone I know typed lately.

All I want to see is what kind of dynamic I would have with an INTP. In theory INTPs seem uber appealing as a perfect complement but I cannot test this out as 12/13 of my closest friends are INTJs and I have never met an INTP.

I can totally see INTP/ENTJ working quite well. I'm dating an INTP and when I am in balls-to-the-wall super-overdrive mode (the mode I associate with ENTJs...), he gets motivated super quickly and we get a lot accomplished. He usually takes the lead, even on things that I initiate. I never thought being organized and productive could be so much fun. However, there is no way either one of us could be like that all the time...

I'm sure you've met plenty of INTPs and haven't even noticed. They are an elusive bunch... I have a few INTP friends that are real underachievers and work in fields that do not match their skill set. I think they (the ones that I know) feel that a job that requires almost no interaction with people is better than a job where they shine through achievements. A good INTP friend of mine has an MS degree and has worked in a supermarket stock room for as long as I can remember. He is simply begging for a good ENTJ to encourage him and make him crawl out of his head.

 

[Salt n' pepper]

Also really true... exceptions are made for when they are head over heels, though. And really, which one of us NTs can claim that we are not manipulative?

It's never too early for strategy.

 

[jenocyde]

It's never too early for strategy.

That's actually the best part.