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| floop |
Posted - 04/27/2005 : 14:37:20
you can only pick one. none of this, "sometimes i can be extroverted" etc.. sure, we all have elements of both. but that's boring.
if you have to pick one, which are you?
i would have to say, despite my arrogant, outgoing assholish attitude on the forum i'm more of an introvert. in my free time i'm usually found wearing black turtle neck sweaters and thinking about my feelings.
how about you? |
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| darwin |
Posted - 05/02/2005 : 13:42:28
There's the erebus we all know and love.
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| Erebus |
Posted - 05/02/2005 : 13:04:29
Hey, anger's an emotion, isn't it?
I'm even more shut down in person. Probably a terminal condition. I'm a dried up twig on my family tree.
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| starmekitten |
Posted - 05/02/2005 : 11:04:57
yeah we do, we run away and hide
 when there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 05/02/2005 : 09:39:49
Yeah, I'm not sure anyone knows how to react when you show emotion. 
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| Erebus |
Posted - 05/02/2005 : 09:38:13
So, I killed the thread? |
| Erebus |
Posted - 04/30/2005 : 18:05:26
You guys are funny. Now I blush. |
| Erebus |
Posted - 04/30/2005 : 17:47:05
quote:
Originally posted by Little Black Francis
I wish Erebus was my dad
No matter what irony you intend, thank you. |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 04/30/2005 : 17:37:15
Is it?
I joined the secret forum, and all I got was this lousy secret
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| starmekitten |
Posted - 04/30/2005 : 17:27:28
oh dear god thats bad
when there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 04/30/2005 : 16:49:45
Or was it bush?
I joined the secret forum, and all I got was this lousy secret
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 04/30/2005 : 16:49:06
She said she's off to warm the living room via the reflected heat of this blush.
I joined the secret forum, and all I got was this lousy secret
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| PixieSteve |
Posted - 04/30/2005 : 16:38:02
what???
 Oh let it linger |
| starmekitten |
Posted - 04/30/2005 : 16:32:56
quote:
Originally posted by Erebus
So, Tre, thanks for the reminder. You’ll always be a star to me.
well gosh
that could be the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me
either that or he's saying I'm bigger than a planet, I can't work out which...
kidding.. I'm off to warm the living room via the reflected heat of this blush
when there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 04/30/2005 : 16:27:46
I bet floop's thankful he's not your mom!
I joined the secret forum, and all I got was this lousy secret
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| Little Black Francis |
Posted - 04/30/2005 : 16:22:04
I wish Erebus was my dad
 ... guitar god potion |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 04/30/2005 : 16:17:08
Damn it, I've got something in my eye again.
I joined the secret forum, and all I got was this lousy secret
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| Erebus |
Posted - 04/30/2005 : 16:14:06
quote:
Originally posted by starmekitten
erebus called me an extrovert once, never been so insulted! doubly so now I read it means he thinks I'm thick
he he. [that's what I say, right?]
Hey, I was wrong. But it does suggest a distinction of sorts, in that some introverts, used in the normal, social-interaction sense of the term, obviously extro-verse in writing and therefore also on the net.
I also should have noted that I consider it legit to use the term "intellectual" in at least two senses. The first is that suggestive of erudition in the arts and sciences, or in an art or a science. The academics, the ph.d.’s (though not all of them, and probably not even a majority of them). The second sense is much broader and, at least to me, more interesting. Many think, here invoking the Myers-Briggs personality system and others like it, that about a quarter of some populations are comfortable discoursing upon ideas. They think, and speak, in terms of principles whenever conditions permit, whereas most folks are more detail, or surface, oriented. Nothing wrong with that. In fact many of them are highly intelligent, and usually in a way that is astounding to those of us more likely to dance on the abstract plain, as it were.
Reminds me of a past discussion here of “genius”. There’s the definition whereby one could point, or try to point, to a few per century, or to a hundred. Or one could be referring to something like the top one or two percent of a population. Or one could be referring to anyone who generates something unique that resonates for a broad spectrum of other folks. This last refers to something like the second sense of intellectual sketched above. This in turn reminds me of a distinction, gained long ago in a descriptive astronomy class I attended, between stars and planets. Planets are seen via reflected light, but stars generate more energy then they receive. (I remember the prof saying that if Jupiter were about twenty times more massive it might have made a small star, but then that analysis is old, probably overcome by subsequent advances in physics.) By these lights (he he), most people (you know, the huddled masses, the scum) at best resemble cosmic debris such as asteroids or space dust, tumbling at the mercy of more massive influences. (OK, that last is included just to tweak KSR, Owen, and all the other fucking egalitarians.)
So, Tre, thanks for the reminder. You’ll always be a star to me.
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| starmekitten |
Posted - 04/30/2005 : 15:25:05
erebus called me an extrovert once, never been so insulted! doubly so now I read it means he thinks I'm thick
when there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 04/30/2005 : 14:30:22
quote:
Originally posted by KimStanleyRobinson
booo.
are you ambi-anythingelse?
Obviously ambivalent...
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| KimStanleyRobinson |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 21:10:21
in light of elevatorlady and erebus's posts here, i have to conclude that I am an extraverted non-intellectual.
stupid loudmouth for short.
not that I didn't already know that.
just trying to come to terms with it.
guess i'll go get drunk and yell at the trees. |
| Carl |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 19:14:54
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| floop |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 18:47:14
in an effort to be more extroverted i've decided to use more smilies   
i think this will help me to stop being shy and i'll start meeting more people  
maybe i'll even meet my future girlfriend  
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| Erebus |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 16:57:15
quote:
Originally posted by ElevatorLady
quote:
Originally posted by Erebus
But introversion is more highly correlated with intellect than is extroversion.
Wha?
I guess I was getting at a distinction between intelligence and intellect. To be quick and dirty about it, intellect consists in ease of seeing the general principle in the particular examples, at least within a certain domain of thought or creativity. Some people who are obviously highly intelligent nonetheless rarely communicate in terms of general principles, whereas those usually termed "intellectual" will prefer to use abstract or general language, and will frequently use a specific as a point of departure for elucidation of the general forms manifest in the particular specific in question. Those who demonstrate the type of thought typically termed intellectual are more likely, by far, to be introverted. |
| floop |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 16:47:36
quote:
Originally posted by Daisy Girl
hmmmm. is that a smily i see? |
| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 16:46:18
I have taken Myers Briggs personality test twice... I am an extrovert but only slightly.... I do like my down time away from everyone |
| floop |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 16:09:07
quote:
Originally posted by ElevatorLady
To know if a person is very extraverted, you don't need to encounter that person face to face! Extraverts have been found more likely to engage in "flaming" during computer-mediated communication.
i don't see how someone's sexual preference can indicate whether they're an introvert or extrovert |
| VoVat |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 15:44:49
quote:
quote:
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Originally posted by Carolynanna
Definitely an ambivert then. aha.
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i'll let you off, since you're pregnant
Maybe she's introverted and her unborn baby is extroverted. Or the other way 'round, perhaps.
I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied. |
| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 14:33:35
Amphibious.
No, wait...
 I'm like a lost snail in the night. |
| KimStanleyRobinson |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 14:31:55
booo.
are you ambi-anythingelse?
hee heee.
ha ha. |
| floop |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 14:31:07
quote:
Originally posted by Carolynanna
Definitely an ambivert then. aha.
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This is the war and not the warning.
i'll let you off, since you're pregnant |
| ElevatorLady |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 14:30:35
quote:
Originally posted by Erebus
But introversion is more highly correlated with intellect than is extroversion.
Wha?
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| Carolynanna |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 14:19:49
Definitely an ambivert then. aha.
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This is the war and not the warning. |
| floop |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 14:03:08
yes, chooze!
i like to see the world in a very black and white, clearcut way. please, no ambiguity or contradictions. |
| KimStanleyRobinson |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 13:55:28
quote:
Originally posted by Carolynanna
I think I'm more outgoing with people I don't know and more of an introvert around people I do know, sometimes, weird.
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This is the war and not the warning.
a a a a ! that ain't allowed!
you gotta chooze!
wipe it on your dress and send it to me. |
| Erebus |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 13:53:21
quote:
Originally posted by ElevatorLady
Oh, and there is actually no existing correlation between intelligence and the dimension extraversion-introversion.
But introversion is more highly correlated with intellect than is extroversion. |
