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Post by: Pylon on Fri, 15 October 2010, 18:35:34
I'm not into psychology, but here's a nice Briggs-Myers personality test.
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

It nailed it at least for me. I'm ISFP.
http://www.personalitypage.com/ISFP.html
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Post by: microsoft windows on Fri, 15 October 2010, 18:39:23
It wasn't accurate for me. It didn't call me insane.
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Post by: unicomp on Fri, 15 October 2010, 18:47:00
This tests can be annoying due to their seeming lack of mutual exclusivity in the responses.
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Post by: muchadoaboutnothing on Fri, 15 October 2010, 18:50:11
INTJ, distinct, moderate, moderate, slight (respectively).
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Post by: Rajagra on Sat, 16 October 2010, 03:26:49
ISTJ. It said I was only 38% Thinking. I'm insulted!
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Post by: ch_123 on Sat, 16 October 2010, 08:20:11
That told me absolutely nothing...
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Post by: WhiteRice on Sat, 16 October 2010, 08:22:32
ENTJ, but I knew that already. This is more of a conversation starter in the corporate business world.
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Post by: quadibloc on Sat, 16 October 2010, 11:07:25
I was also found to be ISTJ by the test.
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Post by: NewbieOneKenobi on Sat, 16 October 2010, 18:58:25
I got INTP now but I usually get INTJ.
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Post by: quadibloc on Sat, 16 October 2010, 22:55:36
Quote from: ripster;234962
I don't take personality tests.
I felt some trepidation before clicking on the link and then trying it. Fortunately, though, this one was a legitimate personality test.

There were no questions about whether or not I had sexual fantasies about L. Ron Hubbard's daughter.
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Post by: Voixdelion on Mon, 18 October 2010, 13:33:44
Quote from: quadibloc;235024
I felt some trepidation before clicking on the link and then trying it. Fortunately, though, this one was a legitimate personality test.

There were no questions about whether or not I had sexual fantasies about L. Ron Hubbard's daughter.


LOL - After reading Dianetics I was curious so I went in to a Scientology building back in Boston and it was several hours before I could escape again after a bizarre ritual involving soda cans on the ends of a wire... Very scary indeed.  All the windows were false - there wasn't any way to see in or out except right at the front door which only opens into a small vestibule with a table holding some hardcover Dianetics copies and cardboard promo stands.   And they practically chased me as I walked away assuring them they would not, even on a cold day in hell, be getting me to spend a mere $300-$400 to take classes, which apparently I so  desperately required.  (Because, you see, despite being "cleared" by the soda can machine, according to their test, I was a ticking time bomb of hostility and a danger to myself and society...)


According to THIS test, though I am a (respectively) Moderate, Moderate , Moderate, Slightly expressed ENFP.  (Exactly the same result as Personality profile on my FB page, which appears to be closely corroborated by my friends analysis of me as well.)  I guess this one doesn't measure hostility bomb potential.
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Post by: itlnstln on Mon, 18 October 2010, 13:43:46
I am an INTJ.
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Post by: vils on Mon, 18 October 2010, 13:57:47
INTP, I belive a similar test have been posted before. I got the same result then.
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Post by: frvrngn on Mon, 18 October 2010, 15:16:48
INTP here.  I got the same result in the past, but with a little different percentages.
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Post by: Jack on Mon, 18 October 2010, 17:42:26
I've tested consistently as INTP over the last several years.
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Post by: vils on Thu, 21 October 2010, 04:30:05
According to this (http://mommylife.net/archives/2008/03/myers_briggs_pe.html) interpretation of the 16 types most of us here should be INTP.
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Post by: Voixdelion on Thu, 21 October 2010, 05:37:18
Not entirely surprising that a certain personality "type" would be attracted to a forum dedicated to a relatively specific interest... I did notice that there is definitely a preponderance of "I" as opposed to "E" types in the thread already.  I wonder, though, how that factor would be influenced if the questions were less skewed towards "in person" social activity since there is a new sort of interpersonal interaction arising with the internet.  Much of my socialization is done online now, and I am a definite "E" type.  (LOL at "Muckraker", too - I was just thinking about posting something that would fit that...)
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Post by: clickclack on Thu, 21 October 2010, 06:10:10
I was an INFJ apparently.
After reading a few descriptions of this particular type, I can't really say
it's wrong. Rather fascinating and somewhat spot on I suppose, sure beats concluding things through fortune cookies =)

k, back to keys I go....
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Post by: mike on Thu, 21 October 2010, 16:50:57
INTJ here.

Having done a bit of psychology a long time ago, I'm always surprised just how short these online tests are.
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Post by: keyboardlover on Tue, 02 November 2010, 08:16:59
I just took it. Another INTJ here.
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Post by: vyshane on Tue, 02 November 2010, 09:38:04
Intj
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Post by: Senor_Cartmenez on Tue, 02 November 2010, 10:53:17
ENFJ for me

according to this (http://typelogic.com/enfj.html),

"ENFJs are the benevolent 'pedagogues' of humanity.".

I always knew it...

How do I reeeeeeach these kiiiiiiidz ?!?
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Post by: keyboardlover on Tue, 02 November 2010, 11:00:50
Did you know that whole Cartman bit is based on this movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094027/)?
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Post by: zefrer on Tue, 02 November 2010, 11:39:10
Another INTJ
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Post by: Senor_Cartmenez on Tue, 02 November 2010, 11:45:02
Quote from: keyboardlover;241614
Did you know that whole Cartman bit is based on this movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094027/)?


hehe nice, can't say I did

That whole topic is not really new though. Can't point my finger on it where exactly I saw it but it must have been several movies where a teacher goes to a ghettoish school with ghettoish pupils and tries to turn stuff around for them.

Thought the whole cheating business was a twist in order to rip on belichick and created by the trey and matt. Didn't know it was also based on a movie.

(http://www.quad-forum.eu/download/file.php?id=755)
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Post by: keyboardlover on Tue, 02 November 2010, 11:56:32
Haha no problem - a lot of students in the US tend to watch that film at one point or another (I know I did) so I figured a lot of folks overseas wouldn't necc. get the reference. Check out the film if you get a chance, it's actually worth watching. It's about a famous guy named Jaime Escalante (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Escalante) (it's based on a true story).
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Post by: pikapika on Tue, 02 November 2010, 14:59:12
INFP here
http://keirsey.com/handler.aspx?s=keirsey&f=fourtemps&tab=3&c=healer
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Post by: Oqsy on Tue, 02 November 2010, 22:53:11
I prefer the abstract/concrete and random/sequential type tests.  I'm a hardcore Concrete-Random.
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Post by: Oqsy on Tue, 02 November 2010, 22:59:50
rippy I usually catch your cultural references, but I can't identify either of those men in that pic...
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Post by: Oqsy on Tue, 02 November 2010, 23:32:19
Yes, he was also "Tim", not to be confused with "Jim" from the BBC run of The Office.

As an aside, back around 2000 I recorded a song with vocals consisting entirely of Vogon poetry.
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Post by: msiegel on Wed, 03 November 2010, 00:46:21
INTJ as always :)
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Post by: RoboKrikit on Wed, 03 November 2010, 00:52:00
INTP for life.

...probably.
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Post by: itlnstln on Wed, 03 November 2010, 06:40:05
There seems to be a lot of INTJs on this 'board which is surprising since they usually only represent about 1% of the population.  I wonder if a lot of members are in technical jobs (programmers, DBAs, etc.), thus driving their desire for keyboards.

I also fall in the lower right of ripster's graph.  As much of a pinko as I tend to be, I really don't like people for the most part.
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Post by: itlnstln on Wed, 03 November 2010, 06:40:37
There seems to be a lot of INTJs on this 'board which is surprising since they usually only represent about 1% of the population.  I wonder if a lot of members are in technical jobs (programmers, DBAs, etc.), thus driving their desire for keyboards.

I also fall in the lower right of ripster's graph.  As much of a pinko as I tend to be, I really don't like people for the most part.
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Post by: zefrer on Wed, 03 November 2010, 09:45:22
That's a logical assumption itlnstln.
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Post by: kip69 on Wed, 03 November 2010, 10:06:15
INTP
So I should be a:
Natural Science     (Geographer and anthropologist, so close)
Natural Science Education     (ESL teacher count?)  
Information System Specialist      (I almost did this)
Computer Programming           (I tried to do this, but I can't type or do math :( )

But what does it all mean?
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Post by: Voixdelion on Wed, 03 November 2010, 12:41:09
I would imagine that this board has hit upon a particular slice of society where certain layers of personality trait or common experience has overlapped into a somewhat narrow subset.  Not necessarily because of the interest in the keyboards, but also because of the depth of the examination of the keyboards is appealing also.  Whereas some groups might tend to be a small slice of a wider variety of folk that it may draw its fans from, it seems that certain particulars of the interest here has drawn a subset of a subset of a subset.  There are only at most 3 forums where I see such consistency in the posts as far as grammar and language being at a level which I now understand is far beyond average.  I suspect too that there is also some similar scale in terms of intelligence here and that trait alone tends to create a large percentage of the Introverts.  It would be interesting to compare some of the demographic stats and personality traits to see what else is common to have encouraged the joining of Geekhack.  This forum often surprises me almost every time I visit.  THAT is highly unusual in and of itself.  It doesn't surprise me then  that there is a disproportionate percentile of a "type" here that may be prevalent at GH and less so in society as a whole.  I'd actually rather expect it to be that way.
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Post by: msiegel on Wed, 03 November 2010, 12:51:08
got it. intelligence = keyboards
;)
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Post by: Parak on Wed, 03 November 2010, 18:50:09
Add one more to the INTJ circlejerk. WAIT.

(http://imgur.com/IfH1l.jpg)

Quote from: ripster;242177

I think this means you don't walk up to women and ask if they want to screw.


(http://imgur.com/GUA80.png)
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Post by: squarebox on Thu, 04 November 2010, 04:42:13
I'm INTJ too...
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Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 04 November 2010, 06:25:10
Quote from: ripster;242177
I've noticed INTJ's double post a lot.

INTJ


I think this means you don't walk up to women and ask if they want to screw.



It means exactly that.  You don't make any sense, rip.  I think you misread a lot of my posts.
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Post by: Voixdelion on Sun, 07 November 2010, 02:02:28
Quote from: msiegel;242167
got it. intelligence = keyboards
;)


NO, NO!  Intelligence = GOOD keyboards.
=D
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Post by: JBert on Sun, 07 November 2010, 07:12:48
If this was a poll, I'd add INTJ.
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Post by: bigpook on Sun, 07 November 2010, 09:00:42
I am INTJ
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Post by: zefrer on Mon, 08 November 2010, 17:20:30
This is serious. Really. We seriously talk about keyboards. Yeah. That's right.
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Post by: J888www on Mon, 08 November 2010, 19:50:14
I'm a ISTP

 I am serious. You talk about anything else than keyboards and no STFU, I will shoot you.
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Post by: db_Iodine on Wed, 10 November 2010, 09:18:40
ISTJ but I'd disagree with that.
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Post by: db_Iodine on Wed, 10 November 2010, 09:29:57
I'm going to have to get myself officially diagnosed so I can confirm the test is wrong.