'I wasn't giving you a lecture, I was sharing a good reference on Marx. If it's not appreciated, nevermind, although it's an immense thing to say that you 'know enough about him' while only having...|||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4dP43KWaSU|||Why are you asking advice on Marx to someone who hasn't read it?  Why would the structure of the essay change that much if you were writing about Nietzsche? Did you write about Nietzsche or are you...|||First question. Are you ready for long post? Sure. 2]How does Ni, Se and Fi work in you? I feel I need to understand better this meyers-briggs thing before answering this one. 3]What is your...|||I love writing.  Most of my writing consists of academic papers and essays - and also the other aspects of academic writing, literature reviews, proposals, etc. I also keep a journal to satisfy...|||Ah, this! How about group work? lol. The joy. That was basically me doing everyone else's work because their part was always half-assed and never good enough.|||Who knows, life is absurd.|||In reality I just wanted your pity, so you can stop now.  I used to get this vibe, especially when the theme of the 'problem' was assumptions on the feelings of others based on some random...|||No.|||So if she's not into you, move on. That's not an efficient use of your time ;)|||Portuguese is my native language. Then fuent english, french, a bit of spanish, and basic swedish from some lessons I took a couple years ago.|||The slowed-down piano version of the scatman song. By an ewok and a bust.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnEPJcgXVRU|||Motivation is paramount, I agreee. Visuals are very important too, I have good visual memory and that's an important factor in learning. Also, I feel I need to write in order to learn. I always...|||4 years, seriously? Have you told her you like her?|||I don't know, why would you?  Speaking as half of an INTJ/INTP household, I can say my partner is awesome at socializing and being nice and likeable and warm, while ate the same time preserving his...|||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLPsk89aUKw  Blood Orange - Sandra's Smile   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gtdpnKbT10  Blood Orange - You're not good enough|||This. In school there was this psychologist that helped kids decide the direction they wanted to pursue later on, as a career choice. In my appointment, the woman basically said I could do anything...|||Haven't we learned enough with all the zombie fiction out there? :)|||Fellow INTJs, I have a question for you:  Is there a book you know and recommend to learn social skills, for networking, work events and the like? My life could be improved if I were  more at ease...|||I once had a religious boyfriend. Ha, that didn't go well. It was a face-palm and eye-roll fest all the time. I once gave him a lecture on carbon 14. Let him go, it's too much of a juggle for an...|||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rFgB5UD754  The soundtrack of today :)|||eye-roll. INTJ|||I feel I often let people down when they surprise me - because I don't know to react, so I often just stand there silent because I don't know what to say. It's supposed to be a cathartic moment,...|||Lisbon, Portugal. About how people perceive mbti in general, I have no idea. I guess I never heard anyone talk about it. But then again, how could I know, being socially challenged and all. I'm...|||I want to read more Martin Amis books. I was thinking 'Money'. Do you recommend any in particular?  I'm not a huge fan of Sonic Youth, but Kim Gordon intrigued me, and reading her memoir was an...|||At a wedding reception, at night. Everyone was given a balloon with a led light inside, to let go in the night sky.  Everyone: aaaaaaw such a lovely idea, so pretty! me: These will all end up in...|||«Cute» is not the way to go. But then again I've learned to socialize properly so the protocol answer is: «Aww thanks!» :laughing:|||This entire website:The Found Footage Festival | Champions of VHS Since 2004, Celebrating odd and hilarious found videos|||Good Time = travelling anywhere with significant other, going to museums, theatre and cinema festivals make me happy. Also, reading. Cats. Concerts from bands I really love - and providing they're...|||I understand we all have an individual consciousness, from the day we are born to the day we die, and that's pretty much it, and it's already immense. So if 'soul' is something beyond this, no.|||Dune! :)|||Yes, this! Looking back I was just exploring other things, learn about it, experimenting different social worlds and experiences. The thing is too many times I took it all the way to see where it...|||I am an INTJ and I do want kids - not really keen on the pregnancy process itself, as a female, but at least it's only 9 months. It took me 6 years to deliver a thesis with all the «blood, sweat and...|||The trolling in this thread consists on the phrasing of the question in the title, right?  Because it's working.|||Sometimes I feel the imposter syndrome creeping in, but when I face it, I never really believe in it. I own all of it, even my mistakes. It's a learning process.|||My partner is INTP. It's a loving relationship. We have similar tastes and goals, and love each other's company and have the same taste for travel and for learning new things.  But it was...|||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP_qF5E4w7U|||:laughing: Free hugs is extreme! I imagine the exhaustion...|||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TukCmPGhjzI  The whole 'Me' album by Empress Of. Brilliant :)|||... your domestic routines are all perfected to minimum effort and maximum efficiency, so every action and choice has an actual logical reason. The 'optimal' time of day for doing the dishes, the...|||Excruciating piece of dialoge in the supermarket:  me: I have this discount coupon for the cat food. cashier: where did you got it from? me: Came with the cat food. cashier: this one? me: no,...|||Mulva. That's the name of everyone until we meet for the 5th time.|||The other day I read something where someone mentioned the «INTJ weird phase». I couldn't find any more information on that, but got the impression it's the moment in life when intj types engage in a...|||I was never really aware of how people perceived me until recently, which shows how bad I am at interpreting people, and how I basically will feel that my friends will invest as much in the...|||Some of my favourite books so far (no particular order):  Julio Cortázar - Hopscotch Samuel Beckett - Molloy Lars Gustafsson - The Death of a Beekeeper Robert Musil - The Man Without Qualities...|||Great answer, made me think of the question through a different angle. The scientist, the artist and the faith person are motivated by their willingness to make sense of the unknown. The scientist...|||The stuff of nightmares! :laughing: Seriously, when I'm visiting my parents I always take the stairs to avoid the possibility of chit-chat in the elevator with neighbours. My folks live on the...|||At Christmas, at my aunt's, I was preparing to leave and was putting on my black gloves.  Aunt: Oh, I like your gloves. Me (joking): So I don't let fingerprints all over after I murder people....|||Ok, I will be mocked for this.  I take a rational approach to my wardrobe.  - I started to use an app to know exactly all the items I own and how many times I wore them, and also what can be...|||Someone who - is not curious. - doesn't think or act in a rational way, therefore lacking method and self-discipline.  A priest of any religion would be a good example of this.'