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We call it dark matter because we are, regarding knowledge of it... *puts on sunglasses* In the dark! -Duxwing PS No, really, that's why.

:) Thanks. -Duxwing

I want to conquer my existential depression. -Duxwing

I was left scratching my head at most of those. I couldn't perceive any pattern or logic to some of them at all, so I didn't really try. I got 9 points out of 15 for an IQ of 110. -Duxwing

Dear Forum, We all make mistakes from time to time, and for INTP's, Ne can come to the rescue with a stunningly smooth and believable tissue of lies that hide our misdeeds. Of course, Ne, being illogical by nature, sometimes produces excuses that do not correspond to the situation, logic, or...

I'd choose the bow because it allows me to strike in silence and from a distance, usually with lethal results-- even against heavy armor (e.g., Agincourt). I would expect Animus to be a more spiritual type of energy related to nature that would involve summoning your own "life energy" and that...

You are an INTP par excellence, my friend. Your quick insight and deduction regarding the MBTI test puts you squarely on the Ti-Ne or Ne-Ti axis, while your constant day dreaming makes you an I. Since Ne-Ti would make you an ENTP, and your daydreaming and self-debates makes you an I, the only...

AP Chemistry -Duxwing

I can always put on a very convincing, even goofy if necessary, fake smile. I use it for acting, getting myself out of jams, and socializing. If you can't smile, then try going in front of the mirror and literally pushing your face around until it looks like what you want and then try to hold...

Yes, analysis, analysis, it kills all the feelings, but I can't stop! :storks: Apart from that, your post is good advice. -Duxwing

I followed the link. -Duxwing

He did, just click the link. ;) -Duxwing

Indeed. You can compare me to Dante in Comedia: where elementary school was my mortal life and middle school was Inferno, I am now in Purgatorio. The atmosphere here is quiet but sad, with a sense of passing through pervading it. Perhaps, if I self-actualize, I can create my own, modest...

I'm a heterosexual male. I never doubted it, though I do tend to stay away from romance: it's too much risk and work for a dubious and strange reward. -Duxwing

You're not rambling, you're interesting. :) Enjoy yourself, then, as the INTP's fight in the void; we'll get out of there eventually, by hook or by crook. -Duxwing

I thought that she was a very funny twenty-year-old dude. What's even cooler is how little gender matters here; it's such a relief. -Duxwing

Yes, but you are a Ni-dom. For you, life without logic is quite easy; you just live in your own world, taking things in via intuition. For an INTP, life without logic is unbearable: logic our bread and butter from dawn 'till dusk. Without it, I'd personally feel very empty and sad inside...

*wearing overalls, pops the hood on Milo's skull* Wooowee, Jethro, take a lookee here, I think he done slipped a belt-- OH SWEET MOTHER OF ALTERNATORS! RUN, JETHRO! IT'S GONNA BLOW! :D No, no, I'm just kidding. You look fine... except for the God part, that's not good form. You see, as...

You sound... oddly detached in describing this story.... almost as if you were shutting something out. Is this the fabled Ni-doorslam, but performed on your own feelings? The tone smacks of defense mechanism, but then again, I didn't notice a huge crush for years, so I'm very likely wrong...

*enjoys hug, hugs back* Awwww! *once released, clears throat* You've changed my mind, O physician of the environment, and for that, I am thankful. I now think that we could publish such papers for free without worry for the feeding, clothing, and housing of their authors and contributors...

Ohhhh... OHHHHH, I see what you're saying. I'll have to get back to you on that. I'm too sleepy to think clearly. :) *hugs, falls asleep standing up, wakes up in a moment, blinks in dawning realization of own error, sighs, and stumbles off to bed, banging into walls along the way* -Duxwing

I like the theory, but the practice seems shaky. -Duxwing

I've come to the same sad conclusion. I just wish that we didn't have hearts of darkness. I have one, you have one, we all bear the ineffacable stain. The power games played out as alpha-types vie for power, the boundless, pitiless cruelty of humor, the absurd mating procedures, we're all...

Note my reference to "especially if you're not a professor". -Duxwing

Overall, I think that you'll fit right in. -Duxwing

Basic (as opposed to applied-- their world is one of trade secrets) researchers need to eat, too. Oftentimes, especially if you're not a tenured professor, you get little more than a lab and the bare necessities for the experiment. No health insurance, no room or board, nothing. So...

And yet you would say the same of Aaron before he founded Reddit. As for his company, indeed, he very well may eclipse me, but such things are in the future: had he been run across the street as a small child, we would have never even heard of him. And as for his death, he killed himself...

I'll tentatively hypothesize (no data to back me up, so please don't eat my limbs): A Ni-Fe burst straight to the heart should put an INTP in the psych-ward if delivered at close range and before the INTP can react: the inferior function is vulnerable. I, for example, have Fe wounds from a...

Indeed, I must, as I've been taught by previous forums, seek first to understand, then to judge. I have a hypothesis about why my posts are so emotional at times: 1.) For some reason, I always do the opposite of what the crowd does. 2.) My dad taught me to write fiction with powerful, deep...

................... :facepalm: SON OF A GUN! Sorry. Oi vay, I'm sorry. Consider me bested, I concede. *exit, stage left, pursued by a bear* -Duxwing

Pardon my utter cluelessness, but... do you really mean that? If you do, then... ouch, man, that hurts. -Duxwing

People die every day, and Swartz is just another body on the pile. So too will it come to pass for each of us as our remains are buried beneath the earth and our stories forgotten forever. -Duxwing

Awww, thanks! :) INFX's are interesting, too. This spoiler below this description will take you to a story that I use to greet each new member. I hope that it provides you with a good characterization of major forum members and a solid impression of what we're like along with an...

No, I do have the right guy. Here's a linked quote: Now, with that matter sorted out, please respond to the questions about what a true friendship would look like in your eyes and how other people could invest in you. And regarding mental health itself, your repeated unrequited romances...

"Passing your taint on to the next generation may actually be the greater good." Hahahaha! :) -Duxwing

All the better! ;) -Duxwing

You sound like you'd look that mid-life crisis right in the face and make lemon jokes. I think that you'll be fine. :) -Duxwing PS But you never know...!

Regarding the male fantasy accusation, let me be clear: the gender of the main character has nothing to do with the plot or themes. Jane is John for female readers and Jenny is a plot device that gets the reader to the forum and introduces the themes of self-overcoming and solipsism; otherwise...

You're a woman?! *shrugs* I learn something new every day. :) -Duxwing

You said so in your "Relationships" thread. Your metaphor of the car certainly applies to your Ne, which evidently allows you to blend in and interact with others. Unfortunately, by your own admission, it doesn't apply to your Fe, which is left cold and bitter. Therefore, your metaphor of...

I'm a huge nostalgia guy. I keep all my little trinkets so that I can go back and review my life when the need arises. The experience of nostalgic life-review is an emotional anaesthetic that acts much like reading my favorite story book on a sad day; my emotions are stirred, my will is...

But that car doesn't get you from point A to point B. You said so yourself when you complained about not having anyone invest in you. Your metaphor doesn't hold. -Duxwing

I always post the same story because I'm trying to capture the essence of the INTP forum. From time to time, I add to it-- but in the middle, not the end. Owing to that continual growth and the newness of each Introit poster, I always post the entire story in its latest version. The flak...