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1. My Jewish mother continues to conform to stereotypes.
2. Redskins won. Game was a blast, even with my stratospheric seats.
3. Had much fun watching Michigan wax Houston down at "Tommy Joe's" in Bethesda with the grad school alums.
4. Had considerably less fun watching Maryland get waxed by Florida State with my old college buddies.
5. What the hell are the Tennessee Titans wearing? White helmet, powder blue jersey, navy pants. I may not know fashion, but I know ugly.
6. Picked up yet another pair of Timberland shoes. So now I've got the big boots, sandals, dress shoes, boat shoes, and three other varieties. I Heart the Timberland Outlet store.
On the Meyers-Briggs Personality test, I score INTJ. (Examples: Colin Powell, Gandalf) Took the time out to read a personality profile or two. Pragmatists, perfectionists, and systems builders. Apparently, INTJ's make for good lawyers, engineers, and criminal masterminds. Who knew?
"INTJs know what they know, and perhaps still more importantly, they know what they don't know." --That is me, to a T.
One of the sites presented a pretty accurate list on how to deal:
-- Be willing to back up your statements with facts - or at least some pretty sound reasoning.
-- Don't expect them to respect you or your viewpoints just because you say so. INTJ respect must be earned.
-- Be willing to concede when you are wrong. The average INTJ respects the truth over being "right". Withdraw your erroneous comment and admit your mistake and they will see you as a very reasonable person. Stick to erroneous comments and they will think you are an irrational idiot and treat everything you say as being questionable.
-- Try not to be repetitive. It annoys them.
-- Do not feed them a line of bull.
-- Expect debate. INTJs like to tear ideas apart and prove their worthiness. They will even argue a point they don't actually support for the sake of argument.
-- Do not mistake the strength of your conviction with the strength of your argument. INTJs do not need to believe in a position to argue it or argue it well. Therefore, it will take more than fervor to sway them.
-- Do not be surprised at sarcasm.
(95% of my very frequent arguments and fights with my mother stemmed from these 8.)
-- Remember that INTJs believe in workable solutions. They are extremely open-minded to possibilities, but they will quickly discard any idea that is unfeasible. INTJ open-mindedness means that they are willing to have a go at an idea by trying to pull it apart. This horrifies people who expect oohs and ahhs and reverence. The ultimate INTJ insult to an idea is to ignore it, because that means it's not even interesting enough to deconstruct. This also means that they will not just accept any viewpoint that is presented to them. The bottom line is "Does it work?" - end discussion.
-- Do not expect INTJs to actually care about how you view them. They already know that they are arrogant bastards with a morbid sense of humor. Telling them the obvious accomplishes nothing.
The INTJ could seem to explain my "Timberland" collection. I've got 12 pairs of shoes, 3 of which are basically junkers. 7 of the other 9 are Tims. Why? Because they're practical - I can wear them to work most of the time, and I can wear them with jeans. They aren't the most comfortable shoes, but they're nigh indestructible. Yeah. I go with what's proven to work.
2. Redskins won. Game was a blast, even with my stratospheric seats.
3. Had much fun watching Michigan wax Houston down at "Tommy Joe's" in Bethesda with the grad school alums.
4. Had considerably less fun watching Maryland get waxed by Florida State with my old college buddies.
5. What the hell are the Tennessee Titans wearing? White helmet, powder blue jersey, navy pants. I may not know fashion, but I know ugly.
6. Picked up yet another pair of Timberland shoes. So now I've got the big boots, sandals, dress shoes, boat shoes, and three other varieties. I Heart the Timberland Outlet store.
On the Meyers-Briggs Personality test, I score INTJ. (Examples: Colin Powell, Gandalf) Took the time out to read a personality profile or two. Pragmatists, perfectionists, and systems builders. Apparently, INTJ's make for good lawyers, engineers, and criminal masterminds. Who knew?
"INTJs know what they know, and perhaps still more importantly, they know what they don't know." --That is me, to a T.
One of the sites presented a pretty accurate list on how to deal:
-- Be willing to back up your statements with facts - or at least some pretty sound reasoning.
-- Don't expect them to respect you or your viewpoints just because you say so. INTJ respect must be earned.
-- Be willing to concede when you are wrong. The average INTJ respects the truth over being "right". Withdraw your erroneous comment and admit your mistake and they will see you as a very reasonable person. Stick to erroneous comments and they will think you are an irrational idiot and treat everything you say as being questionable.
-- Try not to be repetitive. It annoys them.
-- Do not feed them a line of bull.
-- Expect debate. INTJs like to tear ideas apart and prove their worthiness. They will even argue a point they don't actually support for the sake of argument.
-- Do not mistake the strength of your conviction with the strength of your argument. INTJs do not need to believe in a position to argue it or argue it well. Therefore, it will take more than fervor to sway them.
-- Do not be surprised at sarcasm.
(95% of my very frequent arguments and fights with my mother stemmed from these 8.)
-- Remember that INTJs believe in workable solutions. They are extremely open-minded to possibilities, but they will quickly discard any idea that is unfeasible. INTJ open-mindedness means that they are willing to have a go at an idea by trying to pull it apart. This horrifies people who expect oohs and ahhs and reverence. The ultimate INTJ insult to an idea is to ignore it, because that means it's not even interesting enough to deconstruct. This also means that they will not just accept any viewpoint that is presented to them. The bottom line is "Does it work?" - end discussion.
-- Do not expect INTJs to actually care about how you view them. They already know that they are arrogant bastards with a morbid sense of humor. Telling them the obvious accomplishes nothing.
The INTJ could seem to explain my "Timberland" collection. I've got 12 pairs of shoes, 3 of which are basically junkers. 7 of the other 9 are Tims. Why? Because they're practical - I can wear them to work most of the time, and I can wear them with jeans. They aren't the most comfortable shoes, but they're nigh indestructible. Yeah. I go with what's proven to work.
Oh, but theory is play!
But I am neither a political scientist or a political philosopher 'cause politics? ...boring! Not to mention depressing as hell.
Re: Oh, but theory is play!
And, really, the scientist/philosopher dichotomy is by no means limited to politics. It's just the subject I picked because, depressing as it often is, it's one of my areas of expertise. And for your sake, it's probably a good thing you aren't a student of politics - watching BtVS-7's musings on power and leadership through my lens was an extremely frustrating experience.
Oooohhh
Re: Oooohhh
Will work on sending you a longer comment in private e-mail.