Are these INTP or just wierd...?

[KoDeN]

I just got my room half a year ago. My room has a dresser with five drawers. The top one is the only one with anything in it... a collection of interesting but empty lighters, and some other stuff that might be worth something some day. The rest of my clothes and belongings are on the floor.

I buy books for dirt cheap (ten cents) at the local library with no intention of ever reading any of them, but sometimes I will read a book that is too hard to resist. Grisham, Koontz, Stephen King, anything scifi or fantasy, anything I've heard of, and some phsychology and other informative books.

I've never had a close friendship last for more than a few years. Except internet friendships.

I come up with solutions before other people see that there is a problem. I see things in a room that other people don't even notice.

I have a playstation and several games, but don;t ahve my own tv. I have an xbox game but dont have my own xbox. I have movies but I dont have my own vcr. So I know that I will seldom be able to use them.

I can take half an hour trying to pick a game to buy, a movie to rent, a flavour of chips to buy, a meal to order... And I'm not a picky person. (that is, I'm not picky about THOSE types of things.)

[booyalab]

I just got my room half a year ago. My room has a dresser with five drawers. The top one is the only one with anything in it... a collection of interesting but empty lighters, and some other stuff that might be worth something some day. The rest of my clothes and belongings are on the floor.

I think a lot of INTPs have messy tendencies and obscure collections.


I buy books for dirt cheap (ten cents) at the local library with no intention of ever reading any of them, but sometimes I will read a book that is too hard to resist.
This just seems weird. Why would you buy a book with no intention of reading it? That seems very pseudo-intellectual, like you only want to give the impression of being bookish. Although I'm sure you're not that way since a person with an image problem wouldn't admit to what he does. Maybe you just like the idea of cheap books?


I've never had a close friendship last for more than a few years. Except internet friendships.

I had one close friendship last about 15 years, we've known each other since we were toddlers, but since I graduated high school, we hardly get together anymore. When we were little she used to say how we'd live together after college, and being a callously realistic thing I once mentioned that we'd probably go our separate ways as I'm 2 years older than her and would graduate sooner, and that offended her so I never said it again..but it came true. I don't think I put enough effort into keeping relationships, I just assume other people will come into my life when I go through transitions...and it seems like certain people belong in certain stages of my life so that's where I allow them to stay, in the memory I have of it.


I come up with solutions before other people see that there is a problem. I see things in a room that other people don't even notice.

I bet both of those things are true about INTPs in general. We're observant and think ahead...so we can anticipate problems.



I have movies but I dont have my own vcr. So I know that I will seldom be able to use them.

yup I have DVDs and no DVD player


I can take half an hour trying to pick a game to buy, a movie to rent, a flavour of chips to buy, a meal to order... And I'm not a picky person. (that is, I'm not picky about THOSE types of things)

me too, I think it has to do with the P function. Also I find that it takes me the longest with things I don't care about and when I'm with other people. Probably because I'm thinking of so many other more interesting things at the moment that the petty decision seems to have no significance or bearing on my little world and it paralyzes me.

[crule81]

I just got my room half a year ago. My room has a dresser with five drawers. The top one is the only one with anything in it... a collection of interesting but empty lighters, and some other stuff that might be worth something some day. The rest of my clothes and belongings are on the floor.

I have a dresser with all of the drawers empty but one, which is full of some of the junk I get in the mail that I haven't bothered to open. All of the cloths that should be in the drawers are on the floor if they are dirty and if "clean," are either in the laundry basket or move between the bed (during the day) and a chair (at night). I also have a file cabinet that only has a few files in it. The rest of the stuff that should be in there is scattered in a semi-circle around it. So you're not weird unless I am. . .

[Claverhouse]

This just seems weird. Why would you buy a book with no intention of reading it? That seems very pseudo-intellectual, like you only want to give the impression of being bookish. Although I'm sure you're not that way since a person with an image problem wouldn't admit to what he does. Maybe you just like the idea of cheap books?

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Because.




Claverhouse :ph34r:


[ I, though struck by severe poverty, bought 2 volumes of Rapin's History of England last year. Rapin was a dirty little whig; the plates were missing; I haven't even got them out of the bag yet. But they were 1736. And they are books. You can never have too many ].


And welcome KoDeN.

[Vagabond]

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Because.

[...]

And they are books. You can never have too many.


And welcome KoDeN.
The Englishman said it all. :nerd:

[Sackanaka]

I rarely read or buy books... mostly because I get bored of reading books that don't grab my attention within a few pages. I did like Flowers For Algernon (Keyes) and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Pirsig) though, and I didn't even complete ZatAoMM after having first read it over 3 years ago :[.
Btw, anyone else like those books? ;)

[KoDeN]

People buy spoons that they never intend on using... So I guess its not that wierd. I DO read some of them, but I never plan on ready Gorky park. I even bought another book by the same author because he wrote Gorky park. I never intend to read that one either. Likewise I never intend to read Tom Clancy's Hunt for Red October.

As for the "noticing things in a room" I had read that INTP's tend to not notice smaller details when they walk into a room and instead notice the ambience and general atmosphere. That they look at the big picture instead of the small things. But its always been my opinion that you NEED to know all the small things before you can put everything together to get the big picture.

[SensEye]

People buy spoons that they never intend on using... So I guess its not that wierd. I DO read some of them, but I never plan on ready Gorky park. I even bought another book by the same author because he wrote Gorky park. I never intend to read that one either. Likewise I never intend to read Tom Clancy's Hunt for Red October.


Still seems wierd to me. Those spoons are meant to be decorative (that's wierd too, but I can see the intention). Still, I guess you can collect books similar to stamps or something, but then I would expect some method to your madness, not just buying random books. You should collect rare books, or old books, or all the books by certain authors, or something.

[KoDeN]

Oh definately... I aint buyin no Danielle Steele.... Sci Fi, Fantasy, topics that pique my interest. Some famous authors.

[file cabinet]

I rarely read or buy books... mostly because I get bored of reading books that don't grab my attention within a few pages. I did like Flowers For Algernon (Keyes) and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Pirsig) though, and I didn't even complete ZatAoMM after having first read it over 3 years ago :[.
Btw, anyone else like those books? ;)

When I was in high school, my philosophy teacher mentioned "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" ..

[Dengarm]

INTP's tend to collect things for no reason. I've read that in a bunch of the profiles.

I have 3 overcrowded drawers and one empty one. No reason.

Not . . . read? I don't understand.

Never even had a close friendship till recently (2 years)

I can never make up my mind either.

[PsiKik]

I have gotten over the collection thing. I deliberately own as few possesions as possible, mainly because Ive moved so many times.
All I own at the moment are
computer, cellphone, a few books, cd's, and some clothes.

[candela]

I used to have a lot of trouble throwing anything away. Even old school assignments I'll never look at again. Anything that's unique I guess. I always kept the boxes to all my video games. I'd keep free stuff people gave me that I tried to say no to accepting in the first place. I'm not sure how that might have anything to do with being an INTP though.

I also have an empty drawer. Well, it has a few CD-ROMs in it.

[MacGuffin]

I rarely read or buy books... mostly because I get bored of reading books that don't grab my attention within a few pages. I did like Flowers For Algernon (Keyes) and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Pirsig) though, and I didn't even complete ZatAoMM after having first read it over 3 years ago :[.
Btw, anyone else like those books? ;)

I liked the short story of Flowers for Algernon.

The book was good, but the short story that it started out as was better.

[Partisan]

cout << "I am currently reading "Zen.." :nerd: and also have many dresser drawers with strange stuff in it. One has assignments from 1st-3rd grade, another has map pencils and bad decor, and the last has the first seven issues of Nausicaä in a bag from the Akira DVD release con in Japan (I'm so proud). /n Also, buying books and not reading them is a habit I share. I do buy them with the intention of reading them, but hardly sit down to do it. Oh, and welcome to the forum ^_^."

[KoDeN]

I have loads of old school stuff. For a couple years in highschool at the end of the semester i would take all my notes, everything and put them in a big manila envelope... they are still in a filing cabinet in our computer room. However I have absolutely NO IDEA where my diploma is.

[Birdsnest]

I would say that sounds INTP, because everything you listed, I also do. Except I'm not too much into sci fi, but I do have "Pale Blue Dot" by Carl Sagan. Otherwise I have a lot of academic books, covering every subject--too many.

However, with smaller purchases, its usually easier to decide, versus with major purchases (I think everyone probably does this), you need to research more, because the investment is going to have to be something you stick with for a long time, so it should take longer to chose anything like a car, computer, or major item.

[booyalab]

I used to have a lot of trouble throwing anything away. Even old school assignments I'll never look at again. Anything that's unique I guess. I always kept the boxes to all my video games. I'd keep free stuff people gave me that I tried to say no to accepting in the first place. I'm not sure how that might have anything to do with being an INTP though.


It doesn't, my ESFJ mom does that. It's just plain crazy. =P

I understand wanting to own a lot of books ( I do) and I can understand having the INTENTION of reading them (even if you never get around to it) or wanting some for future reference. But like senseye said, there should be some method to the madness.

[Sackanaka]

I liked the short story of Flowers for Algernon.

The book was good, but the short story that it started out as was better.

When I was in high school, my philosophy teacher mentioned "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" ..

:D They really were worth reading. The Flowers for Algernon short story? I didn't know of such a thing... I'll look it up!

I can sympathize well with not being able to let go of possessions. Magazines, video games, old papers, art works, everything besides real garbage (i.e. booger-kleenex) doesn't get thrown away... sometimes even the kleenex til it becomes a health-hazard.
Fortunately, one of my roommates is an ESFJ who I agreed to make sure that I kept my room clean (after I got sick and realized everything had a coat of dust on it). And I always figured this habit was because of my dad's habit of collecting things... maybe I should find out his type? :D interesting topic!

[Sackanaka]

haha, and I'm obviously still very noob to forum usage; can't seem to use the quote function properly. oh well. quotes were from MacGuffin and File Cabinet, respectively. I'll try to become leet one day.

[shaytana]

INTP = wierd sooo.... both.

Welcome.