Facebook argument over same-sex and single parents

I try so hard to behave like a diplomatic Feeling type but when people are just throwing vapid, anti-logic, intellectually bankrupt bigotry all over the place, especially when there’s straight-up empirical data which blatantly disproves their entire argument, sometimes my ENTP comes out and everything I know about tact and persuasion falls victim to the sniper rifle of truth.

botticelli: thecheekylibertarian: botticelli: botticelli: thecheekylibertarian: makemyheartsigh: I’m a 20 year old GAY member of the NAVY and I happen to be on BIRTH CONTROL. I’d like to be able to keep all 3. What, so the president determines your sexuality? And there’s really no reason for someone who’s gay to be on… If only your lengthy reply provided any justification for why you attacked the original poster’s statement with skepticism and hostility. I don’t follow you or know your political philosophy, but your negative response to someone who clearly had a positive impact on her life because of President Obama’s policies is condescending and distasteful. If you weren’t interested in having a discussion about the birth control vs. contraception issue, then you could had noted that and I wouldn’t have wasted either of our time trying to explain my position. I was under the impression that you felt I was being unclear, rather than totally beneath logical discourse. But thanks for the intellectually stimulating gif. Very thought-provoking. I thought you were uninformed at first, but thanks for educating me on how you are just disagreeable. And, you don’t seem very cheeky if can’t handle a snarky gif. Maybe you should fill out this form and change your name to TheButthurtLibertarian. I don’t know if I’m on an alternate dimension or something, but your position has gone from accusing me of being rude by saying gay couples don’t need to take measures to prevent pregnancy (which you clearly concede, as you completely refuse to respond to the content of my post) to attempting to be sardonic (which clearly isn’t convincing or charming on someone who just whined about me out for being a meany-poo) by accusing me of being butthurt (which you’re specifically attributing to a correctly deciphered sarcastic comment I made, so clearly you realize I wasn’t being earnest and wasn’t genuinely offended—I was being condescending, because you clearly are either unable or unwilling to respond to my posts in a cerebral, civil, or coherent manner). A good sense of humour—even physical humour—doesn’t require oversaturated, hyperrealistic cultural relevance through excessive and literal allusions to vapid media. I normally have a very sardonic, dry sense of humour, but tumblr has an excess of insecure, pseudo-narcissistic, nasty bloggers who use deadpan (poorly) to subvert potentially threatening intellectual discourse which might expose their vulnerable, pink underbellies to criticism, honest evaluation, and assaults to their underdeveloped character. They contribute to a very hostile (and therefor impotent) environment for discourse and intellectual growth, resulting in a community very poor in social capital. I am generally nice because I don’t have to be obnoxious to win. I am also extremely optimistic about people; I even still think you’re probably a relatively good person, whose insecurities I elicited by confronting you with a great deal of information. I don’t take the fabricated opinion of someone who doesn’t know me seriously, because I have enough self-esteem to realize that I don’t have to whip my proverbial penis out and measure it to prove anything. tl;dr: Don’t condescend to me about humour and don’t use that ad hominem crap; you will lose.

What’s wrong with the tumblr community

So Warsaw is not very heavy and dull, as one hears Moscow is. On the other hand, you meet at every turn that kind of dull stupid backwardness characteristic of government.

Richard Feynman, What Do You Care What Other People Think? (1988)

I love Feynman. Fellow ENTP bluntness ftw.

Inappropriate Outbursts

Usually my Adderall prevents me from having these, but it’s pretty obvious that my tolerance for it is too high, because I had my second obnoxious outburst in the past two weeks (less, if you don’t include the holiday). In the same class, American Election Campaigns. I sort of spouted about why concealed carry should be a protected right on college campuses. Nobody questions why it was brought up, but I have an obnoxious outburst responding to the rhetorical question ‘why do some people think it’s necessary?’ and everyone gets all uncomfortable and gets back on topic.

Sometimes I wonder how many people meet me when I’m off my medication and automatically form a mental concept of me as an obnoxious anarchist with argyle socks and no impulse control. My high school German teacher once told me, “Caitlyn, you look like such a nice girl, but then you open your mouth.”

ENTP ftl

‘Writer’s block’ has become ‘complete stagnation’ on this paper

“ENTPs value their ability to use imagination and innovation to deal with problems. Trusting in their ingenuity to get them out of trouble, they often neglect to prepare sufficiently for any given situation. This characteristic, combined with their tendency to underestimate the time needed to complete a project, may cause the ENTP to become over-extended, and to work frequently beyond expected time limits. Complicating this situation is their predisposition to experiment with new solutions. This makes them eager to move on to the next challenge when things get boring. ENTPs become stressed when their improvisational abilities are ineffective and they will avoid circumstances where they might fail.

If stress continues, ENTPs become distracted and their “can do” attitude is threatened. Feelings of incompetence, ineptness, and inadequacy take over. They need to escape situations that are associated with anxiety is more prominent for the ENTP than for any other personality type. Doubtful of whether they will have what it takes to accomplish a task, they displace their fears onto situations they can elude. Panic, fear, and anxiety then block the expression of their creativity. Defensive phobic reactions cause the ENTP to circumvent achievement in other areas and prevent the success they strive on.”

I am somehow completely uncomforted. Thanks, useless personality traits.

ENTP

is apparently my personality type. A fellow libertarian just kept shaking his head when I affirmed my Facebook’s description indicating I’m an INTJ; he told me that I’m an ENTP (INTJ’s mirror). I was pretty dismissive, but, as I should know, being a former Psych major, ‘extrovert’ actually means that I apply my intuition to the external world, rather than inward, and has nothing to do with how much socializing I require. After reading some descriptions, I can’t disagree all that much, though I’m extremely organized and detail-oriented, as anyone who really knows me would confirm, yet the type is notoriously messy and over-ambitious. I’ll admit that I will avoid bureaucracy and doing the nitty-gritty details of reservations, etc, but I really do love planning things out extensively. Anyway, this means that a. my Adderall isn’t working as well as it used to (I used to test INTJ pretty consistently when medicated) and b. I have the same personality type as Teddy Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Tony Stark (Iron Man), and Dr. House (House)—I include the fictional characters because I can better relate to them.

I felt the need to share that, because my self-concept is a little rattled and I have trouble admitting that I’m wrong about things I really should know the most about (like, uh, my own personality… though I think that’s a part of the type too, or something. Whatever). I’m going to go try/pretend to study. I have a Latin American Politics test Thursday and haven’t done any of the readings. I hate Chile (minus competitive multiparty elections). Blerg. If anyone read all of that, I apologize for word-vomiting all over your Dashboard.