'My dad (who scores INXP the same as me) does something similar, but makes it very high key. He plays music by tapping on his teeth with the backs of his fingernails. It's really loud, and he's...
I also agree with the notion that life simply is Good and bad are indeed a combination of perspective and value judgement, as some have already said, and these are things we generate as...
All the damn time... and it produces a bizzare mix of emotions in me. It reminds me to appreciate how complex, expansive, and fascinating the world and the range/potentiality of human experience is....
I understand this functioning, but I never thought about it in this context before. Thinking back on it, whenever another couple we know fails, my wife will suddenly get really happy with our...
That's funny because my dad is a hardcore biker, and I think he's had a couple Triumphs. I think they've also been his favorite bikes :) He's an INxP, about the same as me.
very INFP lyrics and an amazing performance by my favorite vocalist... this one made me well up at least the first couple dozen times I heard it and still does whenever I give it another serious...
Wishing Metal as a musical genre wasn't so misrepresented in our general culture and taken more seriously/accepted. Wishing my friends could work out their ridiculous drama issues, especially...
Don't understand the whole car thing, personally. It's just a tool to me. I want to get from point A to point B with as little hassle and waste of resources as possible, and preferably listen to...
I listed several metal bands, but I think I was the only one? I'm surprised, because I think power metal is a very INFP sub-genre. Its themes are typically very deep, emotional, and intellectual...
I agree with this, but would also add Actions always relate to values + thought processes and observations are always developing and relating to a bigger picture = really advanced sense of social...
I accidentally had my first kid at age 21. He's now 5 years old and has been type 1 diabetic for a year. He has a 1 1/2 year old younger brother who we had purely because we didn't want to raise an...
I've always got along better with people younger than me, actually, but not just anybody. I've always had a knack for finding young people who are way more mature than most their age. It seems...
I'm saying that they're of equal importance. Science couldn't even exist without subjectivity as a tool for interpreting information. We couldn't even maintain an identity without subjectivity. ...
I'd actually never heard the term Qualia before tonight. I was rather surprised to see the color red as Wikipedia's first example :P Anyway, there is something like an objective truth to reality...
That's the thing. Truth is subjective. All we have is pure experience. What we call truth is really nothing more than consensus. Let's take color for instance. We can identify the color red...
Logic is just the interaction of ideas. The process itself is not subjective, but the ideas involved are products of human subjectivity. 2 + 2 = 4... that's irrefutable, but those numbers are...
Some things that work for me. Everyone is just as human and fallible as you are. Everyone has doubts and fears. There's no reason for you to be any less confident than anyone else. Success...
This can be a dangerous perspective in itself. Reason is still subject to an individual's perspective, and can betray human interest if not harnessed by subjective values. People can be especially...
For me it's work. I hate being robbed of the majority of my life by people who hold the material well-being of myself and my family as ransom against me. It's hard for me to even feel human when my...
I've never really looked at it that way. She was a friend who needed help. I just didn't know how much help until she moved in and hit my life like a train. It's never been easy. Before she...
It's not hard to figure out. The less resources you have, the rougher life is. The rougher life is, the more a person must invest in coping mechanisms. At the same time, the less resources you...
I also think this prejudice towards the poor is ridiculous. I'm pretty sure that if most could work to escape their situation they would, but it's incredibly difficult once you hit that point. I've...
I honestly don't think a child needs to be directly given any beliefs, even when it comes to interpersonal behavior. Right now I have a 5 year old and a 1 year old. The older one has trouble...
My mom did something like this that really was creepy. As a teenager, she had a really vivid dream of a man laying down on a couch and dying in his sleep. The memory of this dream stuck with her...
This is like criticising a pacifist for denouncing violence... And yes, parents do unavoidably seed certain beliefs in children, no matter how they may try not to, but their are distinguishments...
This is the biggest problem I have with religion... indoctrination of children. A person should choose to be religious by their own soul searching, not because it's what they grew up with. The way...
I wish I could quit jobs like you guys. I have two kids to take care of, including a diabetic 5 yr old :( I work really hard when I believe in what I'm doing, and it doesn't take much. I don't...
One more for spiritual, but not religious. I lean heavily towards the belief in a sort of universal consciousness and monism (universal unity/oneness). I think all of existence is composed of...
I was the oldest of 4, and always expected to be really responsible for my younger siblings. I usually got in trouble along with them if they did anything wrong, because I allowed it to happen. So...
I've always been suspicious of modern mass media. In 8th grade speech class, I gave a speech about how sensationalism drives corporate news :P Read up on Edward Bernays... it's pretty scary...
My whole life I've wondered if tiny creatures like that are capable of recognizing us as one gigantic living thing, or if our hand is viewed as a creature of its own. To some creatures we're so...
I was never very independent in a practical sense. I wasn't the type of kid who did lots of chores or learned how to cook for myself or anything. I did some, but I'm pretty sure I didn't do nearly...
ok ok sorry :/
I've always been terrible about this, even as a little kid. My parents stopped bothering with bedtimes pretty early on, because I would just read a book in the dark. I have 3 younger siblings, so...
Pink Floyd (#1 + Roger Water's solo career) Stabbing Westward Nine Inch Nails van Canto Blind Guardian After Forever Ayreon (or any Arjen Lucassen) Boom Boom Satellites Audioslave Soundgarden
One more for Tolkien... all of his work. The Hobbit was my first novel, which I read at age 6. I was raised on those stories, and they've always been a deep influence on me. Nothing else comes...
a couple more Today: It would be awesome to make my mustache glow in the dark, and then stalk random strangers through the night... just for the comic effect of a disembodied mustache following...
I imagine zombie scenarios all the time. No matter where I am or what I'm doing, I'll suddenly ponder how things would play out if a zombie appeared at that moment. I try really hard to visualize...
You nailed that sentiment. I get a stronger and stronger impression that most people don't actually value their lives. This thread turned out much deeper than I expected. I was expecting a...
Ya that couple hours I get alone is only because I give up sleep for it :P
This could have been me if I didn't have an unplanned child. I can really relate. I honestly don't know if I could ever be 100% reclusive. I have a large family and have always had some form of...
I have various minor regrets, but not the degree itself. I was a Computer Science major for four years, but did lots of floating around trying everything and filling up electives before actually...
When I talk about the world as it is, people think I'm painfully jaded and cynical. When I talk about the world as it could be, people think I'm painfully naive. I think it's a constructive way...
It's good that you at least try to face it. I think it's part of personal growth. It's mastery of self. Whatever darkness you encounter in life, you must face it or you will never be free. ...
Ya it was far from a perfect situation. It was a revolution, which cannot work in my opinion. Society is a product of culture (the way people percieve the world and how that translates into social...
No matter what you're feeling, feel it as deeply as possible. You'll be a more complete and fulfilled person in the end. I meet too many people who reduce themselves (often through chemicals)...
This really is the biggest issue, and I don't think it can be resolved until the current system is shut down. Modern day brainwashes people from every direction every day -- censorship, chemicals,...
Yes pop has always been shallow, but there used to be music available on the radio, mtv, etc that wasn't pop and was actually good. The radio stations that used to put out good new music 10 years...
I'm an extremely patient and good-natured person. I've taken tons of abuse from people simply because I gave them the benefit of the doubt, understood that they had problems, or couldn't see the...
Don't listen to the radio. I haven't discovered a song that I liked through the radio in years. Personally, I use an excellent private torrent tracker. I download tons of random stuff, listen...'
