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I think yes, but I don't really know what the obligations are. I wouldn't like publicity, but I absolutely love wealth and high-class society, especially the ability to bring others into it. And having everything taken care of, naturally. I have access to some pretty good circles, but royalty is...

These two things seem to agree... You are right, and I agree with your point here as well as your previous posts, but this was a semantic issue, and while none of this paints the complete picture, we can still differentiate between true statements and untrue ones. "The universe is in...

Evolves toward equilibrium, not is at equilibrium. The universe is headed towards equilibrium, hence increasing entropy. If we were at equilibrium, we would be experiencing the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_death_of_the_universe

I also think it's more Fe related, but because it's with people you don't know very well. I always struggle to get myself to care enough to actually be energetic around people I don't know. When I am in the energetic state, however, I have no trouble asking questions or coming up with what if...

The test is flawed, that's why the functions are what matter, not the letters assigned by the test. There is no such thing as a "low T", that's a completely meaningless phrase. You have to think in terms of dominant, auxiliary, etc. functions, and their direction, either i or e. It cannot be...

Glad I sounded like him, that was my intention. You're right to rebuke me for saying you were constantly bothering him. What I meant to get across is that, if he wants the freedom to not respond to you or not invite you, that's okay, it's not being damaged or douchey, as long as he allows you...

My impression is that he's consistently and straightforwardly been distant from the start, and been honest about it. She is demanding more cake from him. He wants less cake than her. We agree, she shouldn't have been with him for so long. I just disagree that this makes him a douchebag or an...

Can't tell what, exactly? I've guessed on his mindset a little of course, but the rest is all there. He's responded, he's explained himself, he's had other priorities, she's been constantly messaging/calling him, she's now gone passive-aggressive in, I assume, an attempt to make him dislike her...

Nothing is more guaranteed to make me stop caring about a person than having them constantly bothering me and trying to make demands on my time. Maybe if I were in a relationship with them... but then again, you guys aren't in a relationship. Clearly he isn't the right person for someone as...

Usually when people incorrectly try to guess what I'm thinking I ignore them entirely; I wouldn't remember if someone thought I was judging them. They're the ones making the faux pas, not you.

Thank you :) I don't think brain exercises are pointless though. And I don't think rankings are pointless either, they can be used as a motivator to improve, boasting and dick swinging optional. I suppose it depends on whether you think the exercises in whatever specific test you took are...

You don't plug yourself into the Matrix and receive a grade- you actually challenge the limits of your ability and then get graded on that. Telling everyone your scores may be a dick swinging exercise, but taking the test itself is a brain exercise. Ask why anyone would brag about their IQ...

But that's my point; you cannot deal with the lack of purpose because the question of purpose is not valid in the first place, there is nothing to deal with. If you're wondering whether there is or isn't a purpose of life then you've already missed it, because there actually cannot be. Purpose...

Sounds like you're still looking at the world from a religious perspective, only without the ignorant bliss that comes with it. There is no "purpose of life", there is only the purpose of YOUR life, and you get to decide what that is, and there is no wrong answer. Never has there been a more...

Yea I read all that the first time you said it. It's still amusing for the same reason

In case you don't see what is so funny about this situation, it's that you said you are confident that you are an INTP because you feel like one, rather than for any rational reason.

Yea, anyone who takes an IQ test needs validation. I'm glad you're above such petty things now. And I must offer my congratulations on no longer being an arrogant douche :rolleyes:

Vocabulary, society, imagination, philosophy, storytelling; all useful things to learn from fiction.

Romantic, scifi/fantasy. Usually if I don't find a relatable character I will read a different book, when I do I empathize with them a lot. I get my non-fiction fixes from the internet. I've also been wondering a lot about reading functions

I wouldn't say he's interested in the characters surviving in a crap-sack world.... ;) That's all fair enough though- it certainly is a very dark story. I suppose he's interested in writing about it for the same reason we're interested in reading it/ watching it- to see or imagine how different...

Seems like a huge stretch to me to call the writer himself misogynistic. Is it not perfectly realistic to have a large dose of misogyny in a primitive, mostly uneducated, patriarchal society, especially in the midst of war where physical strength dominates? Across the Narrow Sea are cities run...

This perspective just completely baffles me. You suggest that he should have written about a different world? Maybe you should be reading about a different world. There are plenty of books and shows out there about nice happy things, this one is about a world where these kinds of things are...

I want Duxwing to keep being Duxwing, whatever Duxwing feels like that should be. If I don't want to read his posts.... I won't.

"Can knowledge cause madness?" Can anything else cause madness? Isn't the incorrect use of information the root of all insanity? But this does not make the information the cause. I may have contradicted myself. Twice. Oh well. I blame madness. I mean science. I mean...

You've been studying GPUs and still think nvidia wins? wtf. They run hotter because their die size to performance ratio is abysmal, they just make gigantic, expensive, inefficient chips. You could make an argument that their top end chip is better (even then, it's debatable; it's only better in...

I like to respond to situations as if I were a fictional character, preferably a super hero. For example, right now I'm reading Sherlock Holmes, so I'll find a way to turn a normal situation into a detective mystery that requires my talents. That's fun but not really funny, but then when you...

Of course you are absolutely right, what I meant to imply is that the best way I've found to deal with social situations that I don't understand, bullying or otherwise, is to accept your lack of understanding, and be open and honest about it, rather than letting it embarrass or upset you. Much...

It's not really social bullying if you don't realize what's going on though, right? ;) Been there. Ah ignorance, so blissful. interesting, I have this happen fairly frequently, but I never figured out a way to describe it. "hearing electricity", so simple, thanks.

I stopped thinking I was the best a long time ago... but being around people who are better just motivates me and shows me how far I have to go to reach eminence. Use that restlessness as energy to improve, not as an excuse to quit.

Your time and space existed, just not in its present form. Your physical being is made up of atoms that were previously scattered throughout the universe, but apparently on a trajectory to eventually become you. The universe does tend to follow the same patterns even on wildly different scales...

I can't remember anyone actually telling me I need to act differently. I've been described as quiet, reserved, etc., but never as a flaw, just a fact. Maybe they know I wouldn't stand for that shit without a good reason why. Or maybe they do mean it as a flaw and I'm just oblivious since I don't...

Watch it!

It is itself, as are the rest of us. You could ask the catduck, but it doesn't know anything more than I do. Watch where you point those you's. I never said anything about acting vs being. I never called it nature. In fact, I don't think I actually said or thought a single thing that you have...

That was pretty much my question, what is the point of reference by which we judge our gender? Your second paragraph approaches it: I can understand finding relatable experiences and even fitting into specific categories, but in this case we're not comparing mental states, we're classifying...

No, it would follow that we can only know ourselves. I'm not sure what I did to make you so upset but I'm sorry for whatever it was.

Everyone else is just as clueless about my view of myself as I am of theirs. Perhaps you misunderstood me. In other words, the transgender has no objective basis to say which gender they "should" be, having never been anything other than themselves at any point in their life.

So transgenders think of themselves the way that they think people of the other gender think of themselves? But they're really just as clueless as everyone else, why the desire to categorize themselves as something that they don't even know anything about? So, how would I know if I were a...

I'm late to the party, but what?!?! Jane Austen hate? I didn't even know such a thing was possible. I cannot be otherwise than entertained when reading irony, and so am always entertained when reading Austen. P&P was the first Austen book I read, and I loved it immediately. The initial irony...

Of course. But that gives us evidence, not faith.

Usually, that would be the part where I try to start my car and it either starts, or does not start.

Re: What makes you any different? I'm amazed, Duxwing, that you could say someone who got an A in O-level Maths, an A in O-level Advanced Maths, an A in A-level Maths, an A in A-level Further Maths, the high pass of a Special Paper in Maths, and a BSc Honours maths degree made so many logical...

I don't have sufficient information to say whether there is anything about me that differs from any or all of you. In all likelihood, at least one of you shares every preference that I could come up with.

This is similar to how I feel right now. I've been improving a lot at socializing for the last year or so, in the last few weeks I felt like I hit a huge breakthrough and was able to be really outgoing, even for long periods of time, and now all of a sudden it's just... back to normal. Which is...

I actually skipped that whole discussion the first time through, glad I read it this time. Good stuff duxwing. Not that you need my validation.

I am not confident in how well I understand the situation, but now it sounds to me like her and Jeff have some mutual interest while you are on the outside trying to make your way in. For example Jeff had an arranged by phone meeting with her before school, you just waited around outside class...

Based on that quiz (135 aspie 81 neurotypical, and I was trying to be as neurotypical as possible while still being honest) I could probably get diagnosed with Asperger's; my question is, would I get anything beneficial out of that? Some cool drugs or something? Outside of that it seems like a...

The Internet is the ideal forum.

It sounds like the guy is trolling you. The first thing you have to do is vanquish him. He has already provoked an emotional response from you, so your options are limited and you have to be careful- you can easily put yourself at a further disadvantage. Remember that the key to defeating a...

Learning the material IS working within an imperfect system. And anyways, I've learned to play the game, but that doesn't really help everyone who is still getting put down for their learning methods.

And it's not just that most A's are undeserved, there are many A's that are deserved but are not received. Grades are not based on learning and knowledge, they're based on work. If you don't learn through monotonous repetition, you're fucked. I can't even tell you how many classes I've learned...