The Impact of this Forum

[Avengardh]

I was wondering what impact in your life and/or yourself this forum has made.
I sometimes find myself thinking about things people have said in this forum and laugh about it, or just think about it further.

It's nice to have a place to post about other vains of thought.

~*Aven*~

[antireconciler]

The length of time it takes me to discover someone I meet is an INTP if they are an INTP is greatly reduced ... j/k. I don't relate to people based on type.

This forum helps me stay sane. The summer, without this forum, is just too long to go without talking to people that enjoy intellegent conversation (more than usual). I work at Pizza Hut. The people I work with are like the opposite. I get home and wonder how I'm going to make up for all the IQ that was sucked out of me that day, hehe.

[file cabinet]

for me, I think it's great having people I feel like I communicate well with.. and. yeah... also helps to know that I'm not "alone" .. I feel like this community is right now still a baby.. wearing a diaper, no less! but as time progresses, I suspect things will get better as we mature as a whole and individually.

[Melody]

I miss Vagabond. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/tocca/msmsgsIconCry.png

[file cabinet]

hahah. that's a great smilie.. but where did Vagabond go??

[Melody]

Yeah, I "borrowed" it from MSN messenger.

[Odyssey]

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For one, this forum has helped me see the psychological diversity even among 'thinkers'.

It's also been an experience in developing a written voice, in parallel with my online journal.

Finally, it's been nice to just discuss what's on my mind - in an atmosphere of legible grammar (yay Ngene!)

~Odyssey

[Claverhouse]

yeah... also helps to know that I'm not "alone" .. I feel like this community is right now still a baby.. wearing a diaper, no less!

Actually, based on that insight, perhaps you are 'alone'.

:devil:



Claverhouse :ph34r:

[Claverhouse]

I'd say I'm here because it's nice to be amongst people who think straight.

[ This doesn't apply to the large contingent of libertarians, but you're welcome anyway ] :hello:


Claverhouse :ph34r:

[NGene]

Hmm... The impact in my life? When I'm not online, I keep wondering if everything's ok at the forum. =P

It's just nice to meet people who have similar ways of thinking and reasoning than I do. It's... relaxing. It's also nice to see all the diversity and differences among INTPs, which just further convinces me pigeonholing people based on their MBTI type is a Bad Thing.

Generally, this was the reason I started the INTP Forum - I wanted to meet another INTPs on the net, but there was a lack of community like this.

And like Odyssey so well said it, it's nice to discuss in an atmosphere of legible grammar! Nothing is more horrible (especially for a nitpicking Finn who struggles to understand a foreign language) than spending time among idiots who can't think and WhO SpElL lyke diz cut there 2 stupid 2 WrIeT!!!11!111!! OMG!!111!!!

I also must admit I'm on a huge ego trip because I can say I'm an admin and creator of the first INTP forum on the net. :D Of course, I must acknowledge things would've never went like this without file cabinet (I don't have the coding skills or time to host a forum like this alone) and a nice bunch of INTPs who enjoy interacting with each other (that's what a community is about, you can't make a community alone).

And, like file cabinet, I also feel this community is a baby who is still growing. :D

[int]

I feel like I owe everybody here dinner. Or at least a beer.

[flan2dave]

I think about what is said and the people here frequently offline. It's hard to say what would be different life wise, other than the possible absense of the precious Star Trek: TNG DVD sets :o =P (the long INTP description convinced me I might be interested).

[Star Cannon]

It's reassuring to know that someone in the world, people don't use netspeak. It's also reassuring that intelligence is thriving somewhere! :-P

Anyway, this is a great forum and it's wonderful to read what people have to say here.

Star Cannon

[Melody]

Vagabond is still gone. ;_; Woe is me.

[file cabinet]

Vagabond is still gone. ;_; Woe is me.

did I miss something.. what happened to her??

[Melody]

Now she will never know how deeply I love her. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/tocca/msmsgsIconCry.png [Vivaldi's Winter plays in the background] Woe is me x 2.

[int]

She'll be back... No need to be a drama quee...uh, I mean King. Drama King.


Yea, that's it. :mellow: :)

[file cabinet]

wtf.. please fill me in since I do not understand.. is there something wrong with her internet connection?

[Melody]

I don't know what happened. What if she was kidnapped? 8O

[file cabinet]

omg, she was kidnapped? why didn't I hear about this!

[int]

That's it. INTP Geeks...I mean Greeks, help find Vaga!!!

[file cabinet]

maybe we should alert the olympic authorities.. maybe they can help.. we will call upon Zeus... !!

[int]

I'll work on the "Hurdle to Vaga's House" fund if you can track down the Olympic crowd control committee to search the masses in the meantime...

[Crazy]

This forum has had a profound impact upon my life. Now I waste all my time at work f'ing off on the forum, actually stimulating my brain, instead of sitting here doing this mind numbing work I should be doing right now. But right now I'm kinda sick, and I can't get my brain into gear enough to be interested in much right now. I should be home sick, but I'm too lazy to got to medical and get them to check me out, plus, if I did, I couldn't check the forum till I got home. That would suck.

[Witticism]

Maybe you were the one who kidnapped her and you're just trying to fake us all out.

[Crazy]

Maybe you were the one who kidnapped her and you're just trying to fake us all out.
Now why did you have to go and say something like that, now I'm gonna have to kill you. :ph34r: :devil:

[Witticism]

Just like you did with Vagabond!!

[Crazy]

Just like you did with Vagabond!! Now why would I do a thing like that?

[Johnny]

Well, Greece has bagged a few medals already...maybe she's got an excuse to party.:D

[Vagabond]

Now she will never know how deeply I love her. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/tocca/msmsgsIconCry.png [Vivaldi's Winter plays in the background] Woe is me x 2.
Oh now I feel so touched :D
I am out of town, guys. Sorry, I should have made a post or something saying I was going away for a while... I have no internet access here, I'm in a cafe right now (talk about addiction...) It seems though I will have a lot of catching up to do... :hello:

LOL, no one killed me (you'd wish :D )

[Melody]

i yay ! ^.^

:wub: + :zzz: = :nerd:

[Odyssey]

ROFL

[Jezebel]

Impact? Yeah, now I have yet another excuse to waste time when I should be doing other more "productive" things.

[flan2dave]

Oh good, Melody's love life is back on track. :rolleyes:

[HackerX]

I feel like I owe everybody here dinner. Or at least a beer.

I would look forward to sharing a few beer's with you :D

[Melody]

Oh good, Melody's love life is back on track. :rolleyes:
Yep yep. *masturbates joyfully*

[Odyssey]

Woah *taken off-balance.*

An impact of this forum is definitely to show me new thought patterns...

~Odyssey

[Melody]

i was just joking >_>

[shaytana]

I laughed

[Melody]

yay *pelvic thrust*

thread got... DERAILED with a capital N.

To bring it back on topic, these fora have been helpful for me by showing that I am more awesome than everyone else, including everyone here. It could be said I am "The INTP of INTP's," infinitely recursed.

[shaytana]

Well I don't know about that. Don't get me wrong, your an awsome guy, but I am more awsome. There are many reasons why I am more awsome but I am just so awsome that I don't have to explain myself. I am just that awsome.

[Melody]

Arg. I am defeated. *coughs up blood*

[file cabinet]

you probably have tb

[Avengardh]

Back on topic...it seems this always happens in threads...at least the ones I start...LOL.

More than anything really, I think it's an accomplishment that this forum has me actually posting and not just reading...which is what I usually do in other forums...way to go forum *kisses it*

~*Aven*~

[shaytana]

Back on topic...it seems this always happens in threads...at least the ones I start...LOL.

More than anything really, I think it's an accomplishment that this forum has me actually posting and not just reading...which is what I usually do in other forums...way to go forum *kisses it*

~*Aven*~

LOL I am sorry. Actually no, I am not. I am too fond of tangents. :D

but to answer your original question, I can't really say yet what the impact of this forum has been on me, I have been hanging out on forums for years now, I go through spurts where I post a lot then back to lurk mode, this forum no exception to that it seems. I just can't maintain a high level of participation it seems no matter the content.

Ok, I just thought of something. I have a habit of not thinking my thoughts through, I will usually just get a picture of the concept and then let it drift away, but this forum has forced me to stop and think some things through.

[Avengardh]

Back on topic...it seems this always happens in threads...at least the ones I start...LOL.

More than anything really, I think it's an accomplishment that this forum has me actually posting and not just reading...which is what I usually do in other forums...way to go forum *kisses it*

~*Aven*~

LOL I am sorry. Actually no, I am not. I am too fond of tangents. :D

but to answer your original question, I can't really say yet what the impact of this forum has been on me, I have been hanging out on forums for years now, I go through spurts where I post a lot then back to lurk mode, this forum no exception to that it seems. I just can't maintain a high level of participation it seems no matter the content.

Ok, I just thought of something. I have a habit of not thinking my thoughts through, I will usually just get a picture of the concept and then let it drift away, but this forum has forced me to stop and think some things through.

Hehe, no one said you had to be sorry, I enjoy tangents too or not, I can go both ways. ^-^

I think I know what you mean...so far this forum hasn't made me lurk around yet...but the real test will start when time passes.

~*Aven*~

[Six]

[quote="Avengardh"]
I sometimes find myself thinking about things people have said in this forum and laugh about it, or just think about it further. [quote]

Oh yes, absolutely!
for example there still are occasions in real life I hear somebodys welcoming eerie chapel music and the evil laugh from the old forum in my mind... love it :D

[Laeskis]

This is a good forum; I have discovered that I am not insane, nor fundamentally flawed...there are other people in the world with a similar nature!
Somehow, that strikes me as being dangerous.

[cloakable]

I have discovered that I am not insane

Really? Can you be sure? This forum might not actually exist! :ph34r:

[Laeskis]

It may exist because I am reading it.
If it doesn't exist to anyone else, then too bad.
Is there a cat in the box?

p.s. I am more awesome than the guy in one of the previous posts...based solely on the fact that I can spell awesome better than he. j/k

[cloakable]

Is there a cat in the box?

No, the question is, is the cat still alive?

[Laeskis]

The cat's neither alive nor dead, nor does he exist until observed.
superpositional state....
The forum neither exists nor does not exist until read.
I'm reading it, so it is...at least for me.
This is also ridiculous.

[file cabinet]

the cat's in the litter box

[Laeskis]

Is a geiger counter and a radioactive element in the litterbox too?

[Johnny]

Do you see them?

[EternalCynic]

On topic post, ohnos!: For the short time I've been here I have gained more insight on myself than i have in the past 17 years. It's nice to see I'm not an outcast or a complete weirdo, but that there are actually people out there similar to myself :)

[Vagabond]

The cat's neither alive nor dead, nor does he exist until observed.
superpositional state....
The forum neither exists nor does not exist until read.
I'm reading it, so it is...at least for me.
This is also ridiculous.
I can't read this discussion, therefore it does not exist. If you think you can read it, you need help.

[Utopmk]

The cat's neither alive nor dead, nor does he exist until observed.
superpositional state....
The forum neither exists nor does not exist until read.
I'm reading it, so it is...at least for me.
This is also ridiculous.
I can't read this discussion, therefore it does not exist. If you think you can read it, you need help.

I read it, and understand. (understoof)

[Vagabond]

The cat's neither alive nor dead, nor does he exist until observed.
superpositional state....
The forum neither exists nor does not exist until read.
I'm reading it, so it is...at least for me.
This is also ridiculous.
I can't read this discussion, therefore it does not exist. If you think you can read it, you need help.

I read it, and understand. (understoof)
No you do not. You need help. ;P

[Google Monster]

help me. :huh:

[Laeskis]

Don't be silly; it's a simple Idea, albeit absurd in this context.
Perhaps I should abstain; the forum has gone on a strange off-topic trip into the world of unhappy pets.

[Google Monster]

:thumbup: Still interesting to read no doubt about that. :D

[Seraph]

I haven't been at this forum long at all...But I've noticed it's nice that at one point in my life I can say I'm not surrounded by idiots!

And yeah, I agree...The near-perfect grammar of this forum is a major plus.

[nobarcode]

And yeah, I agree...The near-perfect grammar of this forum is a major plus.

I consider myself far-near. :cheers:

[ohnoaninfp]

This forum is awesome! The other one I had registered in was so boring! People actually talk on this forum. Sweet!!!!!!!!!!

[spirilis]

This forum is awesome! The other one I had registered in was so boring! People actually talk on this forum. Sweet!!!!!!!!!!
ut oh, an INFP... everyone hide!!!
:rofl:

[Johnny]

Man, when this forum was smaller I could keep up. I don't know if I've posted to this thread and can't keep up anymore. :lol:

This forum has probably done more to wake my mind up in the last 15 years than anything. I haven't been able to discuss philosophy and debate a diversity of issues like this in a very long time. It's been a lot of fun, along with finding out what it's like to participate in an internet forum, which I've never done before.

I'm glad to have gotten exposed to MBTI and picked up some Jungian psychology along the way. :sombrero:

[s]

This is a good forum; I have discovered that I am not insane, nor fundamentally flawed...there are other people in the world with a similar nature!
Somehow, that strikes me as being dangerous.

Words right out of my mouth.

[nobarcode]

Oh yes, absolutely!
for example there still are occasions in real life I hear somebodys welcoming eerie chapel music and the evil laugh from the old forum in my mind... love it :D
;P

[purple13]

I was reading through the ".. of souls" thread one night, and I was laughing so loud my brother (downstairs) had to ask what was up. Thanks, I needed that. I find the humor on this forum refreshing. And the topics interesting.

[MacGuffin]

This forum has really picked up posting in the past week. I can't keep up anymore either.

[cloakable]

Man, when this forum was smaller I could keep up. I don't know if I've posted to this thread and can't keep up anymore. :lol:

I know just how you feel. I have had the same feelings, though swinging - sometimes too much is going on, sometimes too little! We need more people on the GMT line.

[Sir Isaac Lime]

Shit, this forum is practically vital to my existance, especially as of late.

A lot of times I think of the members of this forum as voices in my head, not actual people.

[Ka.avik]

A lot of times I think of the members of this forum as voices in my head, not actual people. You might find that distinction easier to make, had you used fewer delierients in your youth...http://forums.intpcentral.com/images/smilies/harhar1.gif


Me? I have found new insight into how I think. In particular, how I think about how you think. If, and whether you think.


It is quite refreshing to hold conversations with NT types. Even the ones I don't agree with :P

[Chall T. Dow]

The big thing this forum showed me was that there are other people out there like me (well as long as it's not a figment of someone's imagination). Having a place where I can go for intellectual conversation whenever I want is a plus as well.

:devil: Chall T. Dow:devil:

[MaroonBells]

I think this forum is totally addicting! If I dive into this forum too deep, too fast and lose my interest later, please dig me up and hit me with another one of those "do you use the hole in your underwear"-type of discussions!

We do not need trees, there is oxygen on the internet!

[Chall T. Dow]

My interest seems to come and go in cycles of 2-3 weeks.

Chall T. Dow

[sbw]

The length of time it takes me to discover someone I meet is an INTP if they are an INTP is greatly reduced ... j/k. I don't relate to people based on type.

This forum helps me stay sane. The summer, without this forum, is just too long to go without talking to people that enjoy intellegent conversation (more than usual). I work at Pizza Hut. The people I work with are like the opposite. I get home and wonder how I'm going to make up for all the IQ that was sucked out of me that day, hehe.

I sure hope you're still in high school; I worked at mcdonalds throughout my tenure in high school and felt EXACTLY the same way.

Scott

[sbw]

oh, and I'm a bored office drone (thus explaining my presence).

Scott

["InsertNameHere"]

I have learned how to express my "feelings" with smilies. ( :whistle: :ph34r: :blush: :mad: and n ot to forget :sombrero: ) If only I had them in real life.

[Clara]

For one thing, I find y'all so awesome that I go around digging up old threads so I can see new posts on them! :D
Admit it, TPol :thelook: you're one of us. ;)

( And it's spelled "ya'll". )

[Nighthawk]

oh, and I'm a bored office drone (thus explaining my presence).

Scott
Same here ... and the corporate security stormtroopers cut off everybody's instant messengers/outside email.

[iponjs]

Don't forget the cool links that show up - like the worst jobs one: http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/W/worstjobs/

[Polly_G]

I just joined and have really taken to it as a way to relax. The conversations are interesting and the people seem accepting.

[Oso Mocoso]

I just joined and have really taken to it as a way to relax. The conversations are interesting and the people seem accepting.

We are accepting. Bless your little thread necromancer heart, Polly.