'It sometimes helps to hear things out aloud and what else are you supposed to do when you don't have anyone else who has the same interests?|||I also tend to follow around the person that i came to the party with-  but i do try to talk to people. It's a great accomplishment when you find yourself taking part in the conversation and...|||I would suggest that, as you are aware of a problem, it may be as straightforward as others here have suggested. I have gone through similar phases and am currently in a reclusive stage. It's not...|||TBH, i would love to know. Really. Then I could decide whether to do something (or what to do) about it. Don't get me wrong, I've been told I'm being a d**k, or that I'm arrogant, or that I'm...|||20 Questions for SINGLE INTPs INTP SINGLE PEOPLE SURVEY  1. On a scale of 1-10 how committed are you to the idea of having a life partner? If 1 is I'm hoping to die alone! Hooray! and 10 is OMG...|||Although I was born in sub-Saharan Africa, and raised there until I was 17, I don't think I have the knowledge/ expertise to answer such a question. I can only suggest that the challenges facing all...|||That's a fair question. To be honest, when I was thinking about the op's question, I did automatically put myself in the position of someone who neither advocates for genocide nor punches people for...|||If I punched someone for expressing an opinion, no matter how heinous, I would consider that a personal failure. To lose control in such a situation is not only undesirable but downright dangerous. I...|||In general, city over countryside.   a) Living in the countryside requires a certain level of forward planning and routine. You usually cannot pop out at a moment's notice to get groceries that you...|||My ISFJ mum is hilarious at times. Usually her jokes are silly puns or stories about humorous things that actually happened. However, sometimes out of the blue, she can come up with some incredibly...|||Lol...i probably mis-attributed your familiarity of the situation (Si) to a being a better Fe user. My use of Fe is also ridiculously poor- I have to supplement it with questions that sometimes turn...|||Nope- I agree, more modding is not required. Actually at one stage I wondered whether the mods had been clamping down and that caused a bit of tension. I would have guessed (based on temperament...|||Fair enough. PerC is the only forum I have the time or energy to comment on so I do not have a lot of experience with forums. I did not realise that it was a consistent issue.   To your point of...|||TBH I didn't think anyone would take a two line comment about summoning seriously. It was humour. It was an attempt to lighten the topic. I did not actually want detailed instructions on how to draw...|||What we need is to summon the Ancients, PerC INTPs from the days of yore (pre-2013 even). Anyone have a summoning spell?|||Exactly my question- what has happened? I thought it was just me ie the inevitable feeling of not belonging that sets in as a mere consequence of time spent somewhere. I lurk in the archives...|||Thanks for replying, although my comment was made in the same spirit of lighthearted banter that I thought was being used in both your comment and the op's question. I apologise if I mistook the...|||It is not the love of money that is the root of all evil, but rather churches.  'Evil' is not a physical object like money. 'Evil' is a concept. Churches define 'evil'. To define concepts...|||I cannot think of a single logical reason to have children and I haven't been able to since I was a child myself. I am happy to pay higher taxes, holiday rates etc as a single person so that I don't...|||I saw this sketch again today and it reminded me of many ENTJs (or ENFJs) trying to get somewhere in an INTP forum:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHFXG3r_0B8|||Gossip is mostly boring and I never know what to do with the information.   I do know a way to use it to make enemies fast, though. If you with people who are talking about a third person and you...|||1. Do you do it?  Yes  2. How often?  Not as often as I would like- it is expensive to eat out.   3. Do you enjoy it?|||I often think of some of my ex's- especially a certain one- but I would never dream of contacting any of them. It is like places I have lived or visited in the past, I very seldom feel the need to...|||In what ways are you kind of a dick?  It's an interesting question...but I can't be bothered talking or communicating right now so I'm not going to...|||Nope, not really. This wasn't a topic that I had much exposure to when I was young. My parents didn't mention the devil etc very much. I also found bible stories boring at best and unsettling at...|||1. Blood transfusion. Save the patient or respect the families religious beliefs and effectively let her die? Save the patient.  Human sacrifice is illegal in my country- especially of minors.  2....|||When I was young I did spend an awful lot of time by myself and would spend it practicing conversations or imagining alternative lives (when I wasn't reading). I would run through possible scenarios...|||Ok, this question probably needs an essay to cover it completely but I'll summerise:  Making friends: One-on-one I think I approach and speak with as many females as males. Gender, for me, is never...|||Thoughts on a porta-loo?...   None. I am usually too busy, holding my breath and trying not to touch any surfaces, to have any thoughts. At home, the Ti mental landscape has no problem flourishing in...|||Major cities or towns : Cappuccino, please (or whatever the local equivalent of please is. If in Italy this only applies before 10am- after 10am it's just ' un cafe, per piacere'). Rural areas:...|||Hopefully this is what you meant by body english:  I occasionally rub my hands together and then make two quick claps when I'm excited. Usually it comes after a long bout of Ti- figuring something...|||First off- I'm with you on all three of your items. The last one though, I didn't think was an INTP trait as such- I thought that being the eldest in my family had influenced me to become more...|||INTP's are not good at pointless small talk. It requires us to rely on our weak Fe and the cracks do tend to show. INFPs in particular perceive Fe as suspect (see below). I welcome you to the forum...|||Thanks for the search tip and I also find the video quite interesting. I must admit that I was already familiar with Sapolsky's lectures (his bio basis of behaviour got me through a good bit of my...|||'Casual skeptic'-I like that. 'I'm a skeptic but meh...I'm not determined'|||Brother: ENTJ (tested) Sister: ENFJ (tested- but thought she was a ESXJ when I was new to typology. It might be really difficult to guess family members' types when you are starting out.) Me: INTP...|||Love travelling, hate airports.  My favourite is to move to a new country and spend months living/ working there. I hate being a 'tourist' so I generally wing it when I get anywhere and avoid...|||a) What phone model do you use?  Samsung Omnia 7- don't worry, no one else has heard of it either. It was the first windows phone here. Got it 5 years ago and mainly because it had office on it...|||Birthdays are weird and I really wish I could just ignore them. That is difficult to do without being a complete arsehole to family and friends. They are usually genuinely happy to celebrate your...|||Spectrum of thought, if you are still reading this thread, hold on a little longer. I know that that sounds so hard to do and it seems cruel to ask this of you but you asked for INTP advice/comments...|||I choose the word chart because:  a) The crispness of the sound and the french origin.  b) It doesn't seem a word that would be commonly mis-pronounced/ distorted by an accent and become...|||I would have to agree with those that have highlighted independence as a key starting point for any of the other three concepts. The definition of independence in your op, however, seems a little...|||ugh...hugs. I'm one of those awkward huggers- i.e. always leaning the wrong way/ not knowing where to put my feet, trying to keep my face turned away, releasing too soon. It always leads to one of...|||Stress, lack of sleep and reading the news round up before bed are a cocktail for a black mood with occasional tears.|||Thanks for clearing that up-makes a lot of sense and ties in with what others were saying on the thread. I would submit then a teaming up of INFJs with INTPs- you guys run any ideas past us and we...|||I have very similar relationship needs to you and I agree that it's surprising the amount of guys pushing to settle down when it's more often thought of as a female tendency. I would go further to...|||What a productive evening: I am a hybrid lime green experimentalist (75%) [it sounds like I hug trees or do weird experiments on them]  To reply the thread: Top Five: 75% Experimentalist, 66%...|||Did a bit of research because I didn't think I knew any INFJs- or maybe I do, hence research. They sound like a really nice bunch of people and very rare. Popped into celebrity types to get more...|||This is actually quite a difficult question. Social life, for me at least, is a balancing act between a desire for clarity or truth and commonsense. I do not want to lie to people and I often need a...|||I think I understand what you are saying and I'll raise an opinion that I have from just travelling and living in different parts of England. London is a trap-no really. Its an introvert's heaven in...'