Category: not a typing post

“Uh, no it was not me being passive aggressive, and thanks for the offer, but I’m okay at finding my own links.” — !!!! I meant that as as a joke implying that /I/ would passive-aggressively repeat asks that I am ridiculously impatient about with links to YouTube videos… (both in jest, and seeing whether that would genuinely help). NOT to suggest you were being passive-aggressive! :( I like you. And harass you when I’m bored. I’m sorry :/

Ah, so it was.  My bad (and no apology necessary).  I am only half concentrating on anything I read right now because it’s Migraine Season (thanks, weather).  I don’t really get very many that are too bad to work through anymore, but the low grade annoying ones have been pretty frequent lately.  If I say anything that makes less sense than usual (judge at your own discretion), please blame it on the tiny fists of fury pounding away on the inside of my skull.

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“Please check and make sure there’s at least one interview (hopefully more), in English, on youtube” — I’m guessing this is not an invitation to passive-aggressively resend asks with links to interviews? ;) As a more seriously intended questions — would it help if asks included one or more links to interviews (and if so, would you appreciate any old asks being repeated with such links included)?

Uh, no it was not me being passive aggressive, and thanks for the offer, but I’m okay at finding my own links.  I just appreciate knowing that there are links to find – I’m really bad at giving up on finding things on the internet and it can end up being a huge time-waster for me.

Nearly all the asks I’m sent are not problematic in this way.  If you can type [person’s name] + interview into the google or youtube video search and pull up an interview within the first two pages, it’s fine.

I’m a very big fan of both Ruth Ozeki and Cary Fukunaga and am very happy to see you typed them both as NTs. I’ve seen Ruth Ozeki speak in person and now having viewed videos of Cary I think both are very similar. Could Cary be an ENTJ rather than ENTP?

Mmm.. don’t think so.  He’s a little more visibly uncomfortable talking to interviewers than I’d expect from an ENTJ, voice patterns are stop and go, and he sounds a little like Ryan Reynolds (an ENTP, although I don’t have him posted, I don’t think).  Also – atypical male hairstyles, plural, and a lot of different styles, shapes and colours of mostly comfortable looking clothing (over sharply-cut or uniform items), neither of which are J things.

Hi, I’m kind of curious about how functions in different orders affect people. What would be the difference in first-impression between an infp and an istj?

The short answer is:

INFP – mostly harmless

ISTJ – salt of the earth (sometimes kind of crusty)

The longer answer is that I don’t really meet a lot of INFPs in real life and most of the ones I’ve watched video of are entertainers, not your average everyday version.  The ones I do meet just seem quiet (I am quiet too, so we don’t really talk much unless in a group situation with extraverts).  As the situation arises, you may find that we have a lot of really random hidden talents that we’ve collected, most of which have no bearing on day-to-day matters but which occasionally become relevant.

ISTJs… I actually get really different impressions of ISTJs based on gender (I get the feeling gender norms play a huge role in SJ personalities) and voice quality.  There are hypermasculine ISTJ men (barking, or a resonant boom) and very stylish, fashionable ISTJ women (flat, kind of nasal).  Both genders tend to be very intimidating (or abrasive, maybe) to a number of people, if not when they meet, then when they get annoyed.

There are also a lot of very do your work, keep your head down kinds of people – both men and women (from husky all the way up to nasal but resonant or very clear – also some booming!  ISTJs have got to be the loudest introverts, as a group).  They still tend to gravitate towards gender normative roles, but everything is on a quieter scale.Across the board ISTJs love puns and telling ridiculous stories in the driest deadpan possible.