'I typed myself pretty strongly as an INTJ in high school, but through college and beyond I have grown a lot emotionally (and, dare I say spiritually), so I figured it would be good to try to re-type...|||You should look into meditation / Buddhism; I don't think what you want is apathy (the lack of ability to feel emotions), but more for emotions to have less of a sway over you (so you could stick to...|||Wow did you just draw that text? Damn, what a cool person. Enjoy your time here.|||*INTJ slowly creeps into the room*  Sounds like it's just plain tough for you to focus when you're forced to. I'll play the devil's advocate here and say this is a skill that you should not spend...|||That's hilarious. Maybe next time I hear someone say something a bit unexpected (and funny), I'll think they're using your strategy.|||Hello ENFPs. This is a general reminder that.. your personality type is just plain awesome. It's so easy to find things to like about you. Here's a nice little list.     You see the world in...|||A simple one for me: Disregarding the value of small talk (and even holding contempt for it). I used to think small talk and shallow relationships were useless; I'm an introvert and people drain me,...|||I can't find the INTJ-ENFP thread, so I'm just posting here. Man, I really, really love you guys.|||What an intj introduction :) welcome!|||In what way?|||chanteuse I fail to see how your statement is relevant to the OP, even though I mostly agree with it. I already know how to consume art and literature, that's not the issue. The point I'm bringing up...|||Care to elaborate? I seldom experience this myself.|||Lots of the formal arguments are sound and I approve. Find feminists (and tumblr/buzzfeed/upworthy/jezebel/...) to be, on the whole, extremely annoying and frustrating to deal with. Often they will...|||You're in a very, very interesting spot and I'd love to study (or live) your life for a little while.  How picky are your tastes? Are you having trouble finding people hot/interesting enough to...|||I've just finished reading a few classic literary novels (comprising Hemingway, a personal favorite author), and I'm also at a rather low point right now, so naturally I'm questioning the meaning of...|||Over the past year or two, I've been doing a lot of really interesting and exciting things that I think a lot of people would consider really impressive and fun (moreso if I was able to tell stories...|||Sweet avatar, new Lupe is sick.|||Yay go ENFPs!  I also find INTJs to be very exhausting after a while, especially those who rely solely on Ni and haven't developed many of their lower functions.   Perhaps literature, art, music,...|||For what it's worth, I feel much more similarity / understanding towards an ENTP than an ENFJ. I kind of like the system in place.|||This thread has 13 pages right now. http://personalitycafe.com/articles/390834-mbti-types-dating-12.html  When I'm on page 12 (link above), if I try to get to page 13 (click on number or press...|||Well when you phrase it that way, IT'S ON! :)|||Congrats, always knew you could do it!!!!|||Yeah girls, if you want to date me (INTJ) invite me to a board game night :rolleyes:.|||I have gotten and read this book, but I actually find it quite ineffective (especially with my collegiate peers). Just being friendly and asking questions and showing interest doesn't seem to work...|||110%  My thanking: 1) I'm using operant conditioning to encourage a certain type of behavior. 2) Someone posts something incredibly smart/witty 3) Someone is unthanked and lonely and I'm feeling...|||Yeah, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman are the classic ENTP INTJ pair. Also Penn and Teller are one too. Though I think you'll find many people who disagree with you that the most important people were...|||Yes. I grew up with just brothers so other than wrestling nothing was really affectionate. However, I also hypothesize it's because I have a very tough time reading other people's social bubble...|||I always followed a prescribed education path (I always tested well so this was easy), but I figured if I ever wanted to stop doing that I would just self educate and I'd still enjoy it a lot and get...|||Your new task is to sql injection in your next thread :P|||Would also recommend you check out the blog Study Hacks run by Cal Newport. This guy did a study on the top students at Ivy leagues schools, published a few cool books himself. Not 100% pertinent...|||Welcome! Check out the ENTP subforum for some cool stuff that will make you smile and say that's me!!.   Supposedly you and I (our types) are supposed to be among the coolest and most productive...|||Welcome. What sort of coffee stuffs are you into? Are you a coffee snob? Do you only drink single-source pourovers? If so, we might be friends :P.  If you like Chai Tea Lattes we might also be...|||Wow thanks for all the great advice, everyone. A big takeaway is the whole find an extroverted friend thing. All of the cool things I've ever done socially have been with an extrovert. It's sad in...|||Hey it looks like we agree. In fact you're not as unreasonable as I first thought you to be, Tzara. I guess us INTJs and ENTPs can work together.    Good point. In fact, the other day I was...|||You're really smart, go do something with your life instead of getting emotionally connected to random people and worrying about offending them.|||What value do you find in introverts? How can you get a read on them? How do you discern if they have a cool personality beneath their introversion or not? How do you meet them?|||*in the locker room after the fight has finished*    We'll have to disagree here, then. I think someone who is addicted to a harmful drug and killing themselves is not healthy, and the desire to...|||Health is subjective? Imagine if he has a heroine addiction and spends 16 hours per day playing world of warcraft. If you wanted to get philosophical you could say this is fine and healthy if he...|||(empty post due to mod moving)|||Hey ENTJs, we're leading the pack! *high five*|||Happy new year friends! Go INFJs!|||Math seems to be pretty divisive. I always thought math (especially pre-college) is not actually math but pattern recognition and memorization. Trig is all memorization. So is Calculus. I think of it...|||(empty post due to mod moving thread)|||Ah, interesting. I posted in the ENTJ forum all the ENTJs I've known have plenty of friends and are still very intelligent and I understand their thought processes. Thought I might get some sympathy...|||Halfway-junior (5 semesters total)|||Greetings ENTJs,  I'm a sophomore INTJ in college, and while I am socially competent and have made some good friends, it's usually only about 5% of people I actually connect with past basic small...|||KanRen my first punch: There is an inverse correlation between experience on online forums and experience in real life ;)|||LOL good catch. We were all fooled.|||Huh.. where to start... First off,  These are your problems. not his. -Not listening to you, -Not talking about things you want. -Not matching your success standards. -Isnt nice to you  None...|||I feel like I just don't understand you! You can literally ask me anything and I will answer it truthfully. What more could you want?'