'After feeling okay for a few weeks, I've started to feel my depression and depersonalization kick in again, which sucks. I broke up with my boyfriend a few months ago, and I've been pretty ok since...|||I would say when it comes to some opinions, it can certainly be enough of an indictment. You also have to think through all of the implications and presuppositions involved in the opposing opinions...|||My sun sign is taurus, but honestly, astrology doesn't seem to have any sort of legitimacy at all.|||i have been diagnosed with like everything. most consistent are ADD, Depression, and Anxiety. One neurologist and one social worker told me I had an autistic spectrum disorder, and then a few other...|||One of my close friends is an INFJ, and although I do care about him very much, I'm having trouble dealing with certain aspects of the relationship that are very frustrating to me, and I know he gets...|||ugh i'm so tired of everything. My relationship with my family is pretty much worse than it's been. I'm failing two of my four classes, and I know it's too late to do anything about it, and I know...|||There seems to be a lot of anti-divorce talk in this thread, and I'm not really sure why. As somebody who was raised by a single mother, I don't really think divorce is problematic at all. Yeah, you...|||Male 4w5, uhhhh I think in full I got 4w5 9w1 5w4|||What does homosexuality have to do with those links? The babies could as easily (actually, far more easily) have been adopted by straight couples. Whether children of mentally disabled individuals...|||Well that won't really be a problem once the capitalist mode of production has been brought to an end. Wages are the problem, not just how big or small they are.|||It is exploitation because workers are paid, on the average, the value of their labor power, rather than their labor-time. It's not a matter of whether both parties come out of it better. The...|||The problem with American libertarianism is that it supposes capitalism can ever be based on free, equal exchange, rather than exploitation.|||I attract suicidal people, drug-addicts, nerds, awkward and/or autistic-spectrum peeps, weird people, hippies, punks, goths, leftists, and what I affectionately refer to as the good kind of...|||Mind you, I've been trying and failing to sleep for five hours, it's now 8am, and I feel really slow and stupid. But anyway...  I think you disprove your own argument when you claim that...|||What's wrong with stealing things for your family?|||Dress|||ENTJs don't seem that great. INTJs, maybe|||I don't see what is wrong with this, and I don't think it's fallacious|||Ok, I don't care anymore. You're too annoying to have any sort of discussion with.|||I don't care if you told him not to sleep with a married man. You said that you talked about people behind their backs because they were feminine and wore women's clothing. That's the only thing I...|||I'd call my old abusive stepfather awful without much hesitation.  finding yourself is one thing to do with your life. Making the world a better place is another. That means challenging dangerous...|||You're talking about adults. I had youth in mind. And I would think Fi is the most 'bohemian' of the functions, being less concerned with what one's relatives expect.  basically, I think up until...|||Also, I do think that rebellion is far more healthy than passively following norms or the expectations of one's family. It's easier to find yourself and be authentic when you're older, but for...|||Well yes, I was driven to rebel, but that doesn't mean I always gave in to the temptation. That's where critical thought enters the equation. I only mentioned it because I was surprised to see an...|||i already mentioned nazis, so you can check that box|||you're clearly homophobic. That in itself is sort of understandable. Hell, I'm gay, and I've internalized homophobia. That doesn't excuse making fun of the gay people you know. There's nothing wrong...|||Ok, Aenye, obviously you are not going to be convinced that my being gay doesn't hurt others. Instead, how about this: it shouldn't hurt others. If my sexuality ruins somebody's day, then good. I...|||Honestly, I don't get as offended as I probably should by things like That's so gay. What does seem kind of offensive to me is you deciding what gay means, what homosexual means, and which label...|||um, I'm not quite sure what test you think I failed.|||Both and neither. If I had to pick one, it would probably be Aristotle. I especially like De Anima, On the Soul.   I'm in a really uncomfortable place between Hegelian-Marxism,...|||If all you're saying is that most people are incomplete and cognitive function preferences are ego, aren't you basically just regurgitating Jung on individuation, almost verbatim?  I would say that...|||I'll never understand the family disappointment thing. If anything, I was usually driven to do precisely the opposite of whatever my family wanted.|||I mean, if the OP was abused or something and the material triggered some sort of distress, then I definitely think they ought to be excused. But otherwise, it seems like this is just moralistic...|||I smoked a whole lot up until last semester, when i had to deal with a ton of depersonalization, derealization, depression, and anxiety. Probably not unrelated, although I think LSD, salvia, and MDMA...|||Well going along with what was said about 'reconciling opposites' I would guess Ni is used by Hegel.  First instinct is to say Ti due to the way he builds up his logic, but then I consider his...|||I wouldn't really worry about derailing this thread. It's kind of just masturbatory ego-stroking nonsense.   Patriarchy isn't just a conscious philosophy of male superiority. It is a product of...|||When faced with a logical contradiction, adds up both position to form a greater whole  What cognitive function is this supposed to represent?|||1) Well, seeing as you seem to acknowledge that there are disproportionate problems, how would you explain those?  2) Why does it have to lead to oversimplification? Feminist theories can be pretty...|||In what sense are you not a feminist?|||Ok, so with which part do you disagree?|||My life is one rut after another. I'm not sure if I actually get bored of places and situations, or if I'm just trying to distract myself from deeper issues.|||I've spent all day alternating between Joni Mitchell, Joy Division, and The Smiths. Also Rihanna :blushed:|||When I was younger, I was never happy with my birthday, because it never measured up to my expectations. Basically, I was a brat and felt as though the world ought to revolve around me the entire...|||What about the silhouette of an overweight high school student, furiously mashing his Dorito-stained keyboard. He's struggling to read his YouTube comment through a film of dried semen, which only...|||Please be kind. As an INFP, I'm very sensitive to criticism. :blushed:   Firework  Do you ever feel like a plastic bag,  Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again? Do you ever feel,...|||I can read sheet music, but I can't play any instruments. Hooray for middle school music class. :p|||I'm Taurus, which says nothing about me whatsoever. I suppose I can be stubborn, but material pursuits don't interest me, my head is in the clouds, and I'm a bit lazy. Astrology is pretty bs in my...|||The Drunken Boat: Arthur Rimbaud - Poems I like Rimbaud quite a bit.  Plath is good. Whitman, Mayakovsky, Baudelaire, when I'm in the mood.|||This is the problem I have with MBTI and Socionics. I can be perfectly rational if I need to be. I took honors calc, for example, and even though I didn't go to class more than twice, I was able to...|||I don't understand why anybody cares what the founding fathers wanted. They were just people, with particular interests. It's no use deifying them.'