'I love how I hadn't posted for months until I saw this thread, now you know there are fair few INTJ Rip Van Winkles about.|||645138|||That was quite touching. :')  On the part in bold, I've never thought of it that way quite honestly, I know a handful of people who I have that kind of relationship with, people who I can be myself...|||Swedish French Old English Elvish (Sindarin and Quenya) Spanish German Persian Italian Pig Latin|||I can be a very smooth talker when I'm not aware of it and when it's not my intended purpose.|||I think most of our communication isn't verbal. And even when it is, it's as short and precise as possible unless it's intentionally dragged out or ambiguous.   No, not worth the time. No, I've...|||I tried my hand at writing a blog or two about politics and current affairs, I thought that since I enjoy debating these things, it'd be worth writing about them too, but I gave up quite quickly, I...|||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAlTOfl9F2w|||I'm not American, but I look on and I see Bernie as the only tolerable candidate. Trump has about the intelligence and nuance of an especially dimwitted baboon. Hillary's rotten to the core, and the...|||I helped an old lady cross the road yesterday, literally.  No cold stare or protracted silence, no inner thoughts of global domination and strategy, and how I could use this moment of helping the...|||Intellect. Has to be smart, strong, and has to be able to deal with me effectively, as a partner, not as someone I could roll over with a few calculated words.   Ambition. Has to have some sort of...|||Now that I think about it, one of my best mates an INFP and I got along with quite well, we were quite different in our styles, attitudes and and approach to others. What I admire most about INFPs is...|||http://starecat.com/content/wp-content/uploads/things-i-hate-vandalism-irony-lists-on-the-wall.jpg|||Okay, so this is a complicated one. And even with this post, there's a lot I won't go in to and that I'm not telling you... I know, typical, right?   But here goes, in previous years I've not...|||All I'd need:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4ezPvzKe5M  'Goodnight, sweet prince.'|||Most often it's ENTJ and INFJ for obvious reasons. My friends would guess the former, some people can mistake me for either including the latter.|||Awesome, these lists give me a lot to consider.   On my own list of books to read, to name but a few:   City of God by St. Augustine Animal Farm by George Orwell A Brief History of Time by...|||This thread's for all bookworms, literature that INTJs ought to read or have read, reviews, recommendation. I enjoy reading, although I seem to limit myself to literature that I've already seen some...|||Behold...  524802  Just shaved, observe the chin, feeling smooth.  :o)  524810  And here's an artistic visualisation of me, complete with a tux.|||Nice of you to drop by. Hey, you could be an excellent test subject for the INTJ death stare we were just discussing.   http://awesomegifs.com/wp-content/uploads/clint-eastwood-staring.gif  Brace...|||I take back what I said about not wanting to come across as intimidating, it's only true about 95% of the time. Reading your post made me recall the instances where I've used the death stare,...|||I think loads of us have that death stare you describe, it's often unintentional, pretty natural, the death stare need not be aimed at a person, any space or inanimate object will suffice, but it's...|||I agree with the rest of the assessment and differences. But on a personal level, the parts in bold describe the opposite of me in terms of being INTJ. I make a huge effort to tell people that...|||Depends on the weather, my mood, how much time I have before leaving, where I'm going. It tends to be either something comfortable, with no consideration for style or look, or big coats and lots of...|||Some people find me intimidating irl, and I don't blame them. I give them every reason to seem so.  My flatmates at uni in first year thought I was either; incredibly nice but withdrawn, weird and...|||I don't know if it's typical INTJ behaviour, but what you just described OP, I've also had, almost word for word. So you're not alone.|||I love art and creativity. It gives me joy where I may not get it from elsewhere. Perhaps not so much in paintings in that form, the only tangible example I could give is that I like going to the...|||Quite sure he is, there are tell-tale signs of this. His stupidity of course helped him in the primary.|||As a foreign observer that is up to speed with US politics and fairly aware of the system you folks have there.  Trump seems to be the most ignorant, inconsistent, childish buffoon of a man I've...|||http://starecat.com/content/wp-content/uploads/banks-hate-him-see-how-he-made-10k-dollars-in-an-afternoon-with-one-simple-trick.jpg|||I take interest in them to the point that they offer you insight about something unusual, and not when they're described with any validity or seriousness.   During my second year at university I...|||I take interest in them to the point that they offer you insight about something unusual, and not when they're described with any validity or seriousness.   During my second year at university I...|||A man is Jaqen H'ghar...  522353|||Perhaps it wouldn't be wise to hearken to the words of Morgoth Bauglir on these matters. But I'll continue anyway.   Green Girl is absolutely right on that key trait of the ring that it feeds on the...|||Not just the US, but pretty much the whole world.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGjwMMlUhCQ|||Oh also, OP, if you're talking about responses and conversations in general, and not just questions. Often the reason I bother explaining anything is when there's something I disagree with.   If an...|||It takes effort to say something, I'm lazy, and if I do speak, I'll make it count.|||I take a back seat as long as it's convenient, and as long as someone else wants to take the role, but often I find myself taking on the lead when it comes down to the thing people hesitate to do,...|||I've got nothing to report, which is generally a very good thing.|||How come you guys take this INTJ stuff so seriously on here? I know idgaf about it outside this forum.   You don't need to answer that by the way, it just bothers me, and I had to ask.    Yes....|||Hodor... ESFP?  Me: 'Hey Willis, what's your type?' Hodor: 'Hodor...' :happy:|||I'm a terrible liar, but I can bend the truth and make it very convincing at will. You'll find if you can strategize a conversation properly, specific lies aren't necessary at all, use your words...|||Because we give them all the reason in the world to seem dislikeable at times. Sometimes, even I suffer being willingly disliked by others if I feel like not putting any effort in to explain/excuse...|||Tired, but unwilling to go to bed. Need someone to come sing me a lullaby or hit me over the head with a dull object and knock me out for the night.|||That's very brave and incredibly nice of you. But if I were you, I'd just go ahead and ask, make it clear what you think of her and what you would like most from the relationship, try not to send...|||Only thing you'll notice about some typical INTJs. They won't talk much, when presented with small talk, you get even more condensed conversation in return, often just one-liners or words. If you're...|||ARCHITECT (INTJ-A)  Only 20% assertive though, that ain't much.|||Hey sorry if my tone was off. I wasn't criticising you. :)  Just giving you a bit of an insight into the real INTJ and the online INTJ. Especially here, it seems carrying the personality labels...|||Warning: You'll regret saying anything, you'll doubly regret not saying anything. You won't know what you're missing, but once you're in, this train will never stop.|||ITT: I quite like INFPs.  Come to think of it, I've met the annoying and lovable variety of all personalities. Some seem to do a better job at each, but nothing that would make me hate a specific...'