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I love hugs from someone I'm very close to, hate them if we're not very close.

Yes, absolutely. It's a shame it doesn't go both ways. Since we're in the minority we really need more of them to be more aware about us than the other way around. Check out Tony Alessandra's book, The Platinum Rule.

Rudyard Kipling. Interesting.

That certainly puts INTP women at a disadvantage.

I nap. I don't think humans were designed to go 16+ hours at a time without sleep.

Hi! Welcome.

I think we like to be valued for our knowledge and can take it personally when someone rejects our knowledge or information, like it's a rejection or invalidation of ourselves, but the rage thing seems like an out-of-proportion reaction. I've never felt the need to punch anything.

Spock. Wait, which version are we playing?

It sounds like you received some faulty catechism. That is definitely not a teaching of the Church, official or otherwise. No one should participate in a religion unquestioningly - ever. Whether or not they're INTPs is irrelevant.

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This book helped me tremendously. Also, I tried hard to be an ESFJ for most of my young life and came away from that with some usable skills, small talk was one of them. I hate it but it can be useful at times.

Where did you hear this?

S. Pellegrino usually, root beer rarely.

I think I lean towards the sensitive side of things, I just ignore it when it isn't useful.

Yes, I feel very human. I like humanity for the most part but the ones who plunge ahead into chaos because they have no moral compass sadden me.

Agreed. I've never cheated, never will.

staycation

When I was a competitive athlete we were encouraged to feel physical manifestations of feelings just like the OP's description of them, I guess so we could call them up when we needed them, or something like that.

Would have liked, yes. Currently pretty happy.

I meant law school specifically, not law as a career. There's a lot of critical analysis in law school but it also demands quite a lot of memorization of details.

How does a big picture thinker make it through law school?

Same here.

...lowering her head? What is she, a horse?

42.5/44

Amazonian endomorph here. *flexes biceps* I don't find indifference to be attractive but neediness is definitely a turnoff.

I'm pretty good at typing personalities I've had the most experience with but usually I just ask people to take the test at Humanmetrics. Would your husband be willing to do that? It's free. http://humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp Have you read Tony Alessandra's book, "The Platinum Rule?"...

I would have liked either.

Same. Have you ever had an employer who had a problem with this?

Those are rats.

That explains the poll categories, lol.

I heart my Toyota.

Fresh orange juice is divine.

I'm happy most of the time although perhaps it's more accurately described as general amusement.

I always think of the 1992 Gabriel Byrne movie and it's never what someone is referring to when they say Into The West.

Maybe, until you need medical care.

We don't have a gap year but when I decided to change majors in undergrad I went to live and work in Ireland, as a break from school.

I tried and was told not to, so I tried to listen to the radio with earbuds and that was frowned upon, too, but I kept doing it.

It depends on the kind of work. If it's SJ busy work I need something else to occupy my mind so I usually listen to the radio. If it's something I need to think about, I need quiet with no distractions but I always found that very difficult to get in a traditional corporate workplace.

I was born without the team sports gene. I'd rather be in the concert than in the audience. I dislike all reality tv except TAR. I can dance. I did the white girl trifecta growing up (jazz/tap/ballet) and I enjoy it.

My fierce loathing of schedules and routines is pretty consistent.

It's hard to have sympathy for you when you're choosing to live there.

Trying to stick to any kind of schedule drives me crazy but there are things I do every day: stretching/Yoga, bathing/personal hygiene (brushing my teeth at least), prayer, meditation. One of the first things I do each morning is drink a large glass of water since humans tend to dehydrate...

I don't know if it was a defining moment but getting my MBTI results back was definitely a turning point. Girls/women aren't socialized to INTP traits and I'd been trying hard (and failing) to be an ESFJ. It was a tremendous and wonderful awakening to find that things I'd always considered...

Re: Healthy diet & exercise +1

Hm... I can't think of any reason to be ashamed of that. You like what you like according to your standards. Most people do. It seems normal to me.

No, I just didn't want Proletar to think I was singling him out for some reason.

That's somewhat misleading as the type of carbohydrate matters. This is a long video and he might lose you (the general "you," not you specifically, Proletar) in some of the chemistry depending on what your academic background is, but it's worth watching...

LOL, only when you're young! The cumulative effects of a poor diet will show up in unpleasant ways if you stay with it long enough.

I meant have you ever been passionate about real food, not junk food? Gourmet food, different cuisines, cooking, etc.?

Interesting. Have you ever been passionate about food taste? I have a friend who's mostly indifferent to it. He's always amazed by how much I enjoy certain foods, he just doesn't have that experience at all. It's the most common carbohydrate in [most] human diets: wheat, rice, potatoes...