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do INTPs do this too? i've developed an ENTP-like persona with some of my online friends and do it with people i know well IRL. it only works with my other introvert friends. with extraverts i don't have the energy to keep it up other than just being quippy.

Yes, because they are cursed with Aspergers.

Didn't you read my fucking post? Of course not, you self-absorbed piece of shit!

Of course there are ISTP females - I've worked with two of them!

What I really like about the music Bill Leeb produces? I always picture this dystopian future in my head, where people are tortured while the leaders do whatever they can to make money or stay in power.

youtu.be/zkNhNdjmHk4

cringe underage thread
Oc do not steal

You need to be taken out and skinned alive, my fren.

Can you develop a cat allergy? My nose is really itchy right now but I've lived with cats my whole life. Guess it's anouther reason to leave this place. Also I was able to properly measure my penis earlier after finding a tape measure and after some effort was able to get it to 19cm, 18cm is still probably more realistic though. So close, yet so far, maintain an erection while stabbing yourself with a tape measure is difficult.

>tfw no ISTP coworker gf

There has to be more than one of you for it to be a gang desu

You mean just like the world we have now!? (deep)

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IT'S PAGLIACCIO, NOT PAGLIACCI
HERE

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there's actually a whole book. go find it on b-ok.

Another day of being unsure of my type

based ENFP bro
they are cursed with being griffith instead
read about the functions my man,here
>personalityjunkie.com/functions-ni-ti-fi-si-ne-te-fe-se/
>personalityjunkie.com/functional-stack-type-dynamics-theory/

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How would you type countries?

Out of my ass:

USA: ESTJ, more N in the east, P in the south, I in the Midwest, F in the west
UK: ESTJ
France: ESFJ
Canada: ISFJ
Germany: rather unhealthy ISTJ (ISTJ-T)
Scandinavia: ISTJ (more N than Germany)
Switzerland: ISTJ
Netherlands: ESTJ
Finland: ISTP (more N in the north, more J in the south)
Italy: ESFJ in the north, ESFP in the south
Spain: ESFJ
Greece: ESFP
Bulgaria: ISFP
Romania: ESFP
Poland: ENFJ
Czech Republic, Slovakia: ISTP
Russia: INFP
Ukraine: ISFP
India: ENFJ
Arabic countries: ENFJ
Thailand: ISFP
Phillipines: ESFP
Brazil: ESFP
Mexico: ESFP
Japan: ISTJ
South Korea: ISTJ
North Korea: ISTJ
Singapore: INTJ
China: INTP
Iran: INFJ
Israel: ENTJ
Turkey: ESTP
Ireland: ENFP
Australia: ESTP (more N than Turkey)
New Zealand: ENFP (not sure about this one)
Lithuania: ISTP
Estonia: INTJ
Latvia: ISTJ
Sub-Saharan Africa: ESFP, in some places more I, in some places more T
Silicon Valley: ENTP

uk is not estj m8y

probably istj

Miss the days when Germany and UK were N-masterplanners

help me type my boyfriend (I suspect he is an INTP)

>good at math
>plays a lot of poker
>bad at being emotionally available to me

I am an ENFP and feel like we aren't really that compatible but I really want to make it work with him. Ive been more distant with him lately and I really dont want to resent him :( thats why im trying to understand him

go away you retarded normalshit

Sounds more ISTP to me

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My roommate and good friend is an INTP and he's quite witty, urbane, and funny. Humor is a social skill that can be developed by pretty much any type. I've certainly met another ENFP who was an IRL memelord with no concept of context or timing. Extraverts with terrible social skills can be just as tooth-grinding as idiots who think they're always right or people who constantly stir up fights and then cry about nobody wanting to be around them.

Have you tried communicating with him directly? Most ENFPs are sensitive to subtle social and emotional signals but a lot of types do better with the straightforward approach. Really, though, if you don't have the kind of relationship where you can literally say "I'd like more affection and support from you" and have him take it seriously it may not be meant to last.

Whats the immediate noticeable difference between ESTPs and ENTPs?

...what type is most likely to like classical music?

Muscle mass
xNxx

Don't think that's a matter of type. For example INTJs seem to fit the stereotype well, but I couldn't be any more INTJ and I hate classical.

Ask them a question.If the answer you get has lots of words,then ENTP.If it gets to the point in a one liner,ESTP.Also ESTP will always have the cool dude vibe.
Te users,closely followed by ISTP

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Which type is the most sexually perverted?

Inferior Se users

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This intrigues me
What's the reasoning behind it user? Can you explain?

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I don't know about ENTP larpers, but here's a non-larping INFJ-T!!! \(^_^' )

(Last post: ! :P)

ISTP females are probably in northern, central, or eastern Europe, according to ! ^_~

>makes a comparison between two posters
>only links one post
Sh-shiggy diggy... :'(

But as a more on-topic note: extraversion is typically broad and shallow whereas introversion is narrow and deep! So the Ne vs. Ni thing does make sense~! ^_^'

Hmmm... :3c
I think explaining the same thing in multiple ways does have the benefit the receiver of the message probably understands at least one of them (compare with different learning methods). Therefore I think Ne-Ti could be a good combo for a teacher: the former for finding new ways to explain, the latter for applying those methods! Of course you would also need Fe to better tailor everything for the students/learners ("what could be the easiest, most fun, most efficient, etc. way for X to grasp Y?")! Or something like that... I'm honestly not an expert on education; these are just ideas I've had on my mind for some time~! ^_^;

I don't depise you... ;o;

>people never fully develop at all and remain, in adulthood, much the same as they were in childhood.
I-I don't know... some people seem to mature, or just change in general, even after their childhood and adolescence while others don't! I feel I never really grew up and am similar to my child self (this might be a misperception tho~)! ^w^'

I agree that different functions can develop at different times or rates! Typically, sensing probably comes first, followed by feeling and thinking (in that order), and finally it's intuition's turn! This likely depends on the individual! I might be wrong, though, (and likely am)! (^_^;)/

I don't use Se... :O

>INFJ gf?
Probably UwU if she's a turbie~! :3

Interesting! The -A vs -T thing in particular!

To be schmontinued... ;3

They repress their Se function so they wont express their sexuality openly,instead they will look at porn.And this only ever gets progressively more depraved as novelty keeps wearing off and they keep shoving their Se inside where it doesnt belong.

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What can I do against this? How do I develop Se?
I'm willing to give it my best shot but my Se is nonexistent atm. It's driving me up the wall, every once in a blue moon I have a good day when I'm pretty social and enjoying just existing and even being around people, and then I wake up the next day and am back in my miserable "leave me alone" shell again.

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Sensor uprising when?

Se is about interacting with the world with the here and now and taking decisions based in sensory information.My advice is
>play an instrument
>do martial arts
>do skateboarding
>cook
Se enjoys stuff that tastes well,or sounds well or looks good,for this reason the seemingly shallow ESTP or ISTP can have godly taste in music or more abstract shit,which is unrelated to what im trying to say(but I wanted to say it anyway)
What I mean is,you develop Se by doing shit that involves less thought and meditation and more "just do something right fucking now"
Oh,and also by having sex(unironically).The more sex you have as an INTJ/INFJ,the less depraved you will be,the Fe component will make it so it never really wears off so you wont get progressively more degenerate if youre INFJ.I dont know how this plays out as INTJ,in which case you may not be really interested,but rather tempted.

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How come in those mbti memes ESTP is seen as a chad? I'm so fucking autistic that it legitimately saddens me

ESTP IS very autistic,but in a way that comes off as cool rather than as autistic as it actually is.
There is also the chance that you arent even ESTP,have you read how the functions actually work?ISTP has this issue way more often,since ISTP is way less interested in being noticed than ESTP,yets deeply wants to be told cute and nice things due to inferior Fe,in spite of always repeating that they dont care what others think(they do)

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apparently they are. why else would one try to point that out when no one even mentioned them

INTJ, my Fe is unironically lower than my Se.
Thanks for the advice though, appreciate it very much.

;3 ...schmontinuation!!! From ! UwU

Ni Doms are BRIGHT! \(*o*)/

I-I don't think it was originally supposed to be about ENFP! ^_^'

>who'd waste precious brain scanning time and money on personality types?
Someone who's incredibly curious...? :3

I think people of all types develop personas for different contexts! ~_^

Not OP, but I remember your post! ^w^
Again, great description of assertive and turbulent variants of the same type~! \(^o^)/

Yes, it's possible to develop allergies by being constantly exposed to what causes them! This happens for example to some people at work (occupational allergies).

Hello, Pixie! ^_^

USA, France, Scandinavia, Switzerland, Netherlands, Finland, northern Italy, Spain, Czech, Slovakia, Thailand, South Korea, Singapore, Turkey, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Estonia, Sub-Saharan Africa are assertive, the rest is turbulent! Although Silicon Valley is almost balanced!

Why ISTP? :O

>Also ESTP will always have the cool dude vibe.
Especially ESTP-A, the "Chad"! ^.^

Autism manifests itself differently across types, mesupposes! :3c

I always see the istp guy and picture the drill as a tec 9

Why do N types give out such snarky virgin vibes while Sensors are all Chads?

ENTJ and ENFJ are the ultimate Chad types though

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A lot of the ESTPs I know struggle with social anxiety and such. But you would never guess it unless they told you.

>You are very true to yourself and honest about the realizations made during introspection.

Whoa, hold the brakes. As a fellow Ni (INFJ) who has been down this road, let me clue you in a little bit on the ENFPs true nature.

Don't fall for it. It's all a precisely calculated act which they put on in order to win social points and favor. Do you really think he's being honest about his introspecting, or is it rather that he's determined that such a thing is what gets the most results within an introvert haven - most introverts here being Ns and introspective. He's doing it not only to fit in, but to get anons to end up stroking his ego in response. It's a performance which returns attention (a reward) and thus reinforces his behavior because it's rewarded.

I know that our Ni can be really susceptible to believing the Ne+Fi personality "shotgun" method whereby they will adopt many different roles at any given time. Each time they are being "genuinely themselves" but wait a little bit and who their genuine selves is will change. It's the same as how an ENTP will adopt many different Ti logic viewpoints, switching between them at will and playing devils advocate. ENFP does the same but with Fi they are playing devils advocate with different personas.

Ultimately, an ENTP is outwardly larping but yet internally you'll find that they are very genuine and honest deep down. ENFPs are outwardly "honest" and "authentic" but yet deep down, on the inside, they simply larp about who they are and end up trying on personas as if they were clothing - wearing whichever one makes them feel the best in the given moment.

There was an user on here a while back going on about INFPs being emotionally manipulative but the reality is that it's ENFPs who do so. And it's being done to you.

example
>Don't let my ten-dollar words fool you

This is him admitting it was tomfoolery and/or performance art and he isn't a total scumbag so he's giving you a word of caution.

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Do INTJ women exist, or do I suffer alone until the end? I want a son.

Why does my infj (gay) boyfriend not text me first. Why does he act so disinterested but when I tried to pull away he broke down?

Worried he'll seem needy. Take it from an insecure ENFJ.

I knew one, she was a revenge obsessed orthorexic sociopath though.

>Worried he'll seem needy
I don't think that's it.

My future wife. I would kill for this. Introduce me.

Pure sex and hentai here!
discord gg/364XF8q

this. im infj and my worst fear is being annoying to others. he probably will need a lot of reassurance that you really like when he texts you and that even multiple messages in a row are NOT annoying

I'm sitting here trying not to text him because it's unfair I always have to start the convos.

You're annoying me right now by not using proper punctuation and capitalization. Put effort in what you're saying of you want others to take you seriously for fuck's sake.

>this all looks very made up. who'd waste precious brain scanning time and money on personality types?
How do you possibly cope this hard. Its literally stated that its a research done at UCLA.

Also I've brought it up to him that he doesn't text me and his only response was that he always replies to my texts. Which is true he does, but he takes forever and it just makes me feel unloved. He's very important to me and I get the feeling that I'm not to him.

then just tell him lol, don't make it into a "how long will it take him to text me first" thing because like you said, pulling away just made him freak out. just tell him you wish he would feel comfortable enough to text you first and ask why he isn't
>of

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You're probably mismeasuring, you sound like you have 10cm at most

At first this seemed like a troll post, but it is actually quite insightful and informative. ENFPs are very similar to how ENTP will argue one view and then the next minute they are arguing the counterview and you are like wait wtf how did you just flip like that. ENFP does indeed do the same exact thing with their true authentic selves that they are expressing.

I know an ENFP girl who is a completely different person depending on who she is around. It is worse than Fe because you can tell that Fe is just doing it for the group but ENFP does it because they do not actually have a true authentic self. That is why they search for it all the time and act out different personalities. Their prized authenticity eludes them indefinitely.

Good post.

hmm what differentiates the ISTP from the INTP?

thanks, ill try the more direct approach. I have not yet brought it up with him because everything in person is really great.
Its just when we are not physically together that I feel frustrated by his communication style. Like ill talk about my day or send him a poem I wrote and he will reply back with his rotation of bland responses. It gets really predictable and it makes me feel lonely. Maybe the issue lies within me but I did handwrite some letters in attempt to express my feelings (I havnt yet given them to him)

I found one, but they are rare
They're soulless spider cunts, avoid like hell

Shes a shut-in living in Orlando. You might find her wearing an SS hat in a goth club and judging people.

Hey INFPs? Have you ever considered becoming a spy? You might be really good at it since INFPs
>Can learn languages faster
>Good at not being noticed
>People's first impressions of you are that you are a tortured soul, and thus will underestimate you
The only downside is the paperwork.

S types don't hold themselves off with thinking about bullshit or overthink things, usually.
So they have more time concentrating on grounded things and naturally care more about the real world and such. Sensors have a much easier time with the physical world like getting Jow Forums too. But that's all generalised and as said, ENJs are pretty chad too.
The chad hierarchy of sensors (if each one is their best and puts in the effort) is imo
>ESTP
>ESTJ
>ISTP
>ISTJ
>ESFP
>ISFJ
>ESFJ
>ISFP

I just want to be loved by a female

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I feel really cuddly in my dressing gown but feel hungry at the same time, this makes me want to digest someone's warmth by hugging them tightly and nuzzling them with overwhelming affection. How does one deal with this?

Western countries are generally introverted, when it comes to being relative the middle East, Africa and South Asia are more extroverted. The UK is definitely not ESTJ, people are shy as heck, aha!~

*hugs very tight* I want to hug you tight and bathe in your scent in a platonic manner!

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130 iq intp formerly intj here. it's true what they say, life is hell

Hey there turbie
INTPs are more awkward in their speech and may speak way more.ISTP are more silent,and have more practical skills.ISTPs are also more likely to get into shit like poker and just dont think of you,their lack of Ne in their main stack prevents them from considering the possibility of you not liking their neglect,and their strong Se makes them way more assertive and action oriented,I think theres even an ISTP poker champion.INTP would likely awkwardly try to be pleasant,whereas ISTP is more likely to just forget about you and go join the army or something

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Getting back into mbti has actually given me an idea which i hope I'll follow through. Since I'm still unsure of my type I'll use my current lifesituation to experiment. I'm feeling extremely depressed and kind of stuck in my introverted world (which is as well kinda unsure) but I'll try to test all 4 extroverted functions in the upcoming time on different corners in my life and see which ones stick to me naturally and the ones that don't will be ignored. welp that way I'll maybe get out of my rut and discover at least one half of my stack.
Now I just gotta think of ways in which I can approach the functions
already know for Se I'll try a bunch of novel stuff in the physical world , expllore locations (which i always enjoyed) and practice new activities like sports. Te will be approached by trying to get myself in a more tactful lifestyle in some corners like trying to get some order in some ways and bring efficiency in the things I'll do. Fe will be explored via socialising, which I vehemently avoided in my teen years a lot of times, I'm not sure if I enjoyed it or not anymore desu. And Ne will be trained with trying how well novel thinking comes to me while approaching life.
What do you guys think? I do this partly because I'm not even sure if I'm a genuine introvert or just have a depressive stuck in a rut phase since my teens. Any good advices?

Now THIS is a real ENTP boys.

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Is it true /mbti/ regulars aren't welcome in non-general MBTI threads?

Regulars aren't even welcome in here. Did you miss Sophie being run out of town by Adler and his fellow NT Chads?

MBTI is astronomy for incels

i knew 130 poster intj was secretly an intp!!

That's very accurate as far as the ENFPs I know. Just like how an ENTP tests different ideas and explores them, so too does the ENFP explore different personalities. I do, however, feel inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt and say it's still genuine. They're just complex and there's a lot to them that they can express. Although yeah, I totally understand how they can appear like snake oil salesmen sometimes where they're selling their self-identity and "authenticity" bullshit by shoving it down your throat and you kind of just have to let it run its course. It'll be over soon enough and they'll be on to the next sense of self they're exploring.

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I half agree with you.Its true that I dont feel like I have a true self,but Im not intentionally deceiving,its just that I cant be any other way.Im unable to stay one way,or to settle for one point of view or opinion,I dont have the ability to do so,and also im too self aware and I can read situations very easily.In a given situation,its very easy for me to know what is expected of me,but I also know what my idea of who I am is,so I mix these two things and I end up with an act that I drop as soon as the first of these variants change.When I get time to be alone,I often think of what really I am,but I always fall to the same conclusion:Im nothing,I see concepts and I imagine situations,but I feel like an spectator that plays a part every once in a while,and then sits.I cant be myself because I dont know what that is,simple as that is,but I would be lying if I said I have malicious intent.The closest thing that I have to an identity is my gut feeling.At times,I dont want to do something or I feel like something is wrong,I am rarely able to explain why,but If someone ask,I can make some shit up and people will believe it,because people ALWAYS believe stuff that makes sense.I like INFJs because more often than not,you can tell when im lying,even if what im saying is perfectly logical no matter how you look at it.I like being discovered,feels like something of me that I cant see myself has been seen,and thus,I strongly cling to the person that can see me,for I see that person as the only way of having a sense of "self".Also I strongly believe im not expressing myself in an easily understood way,so please ask me stuff if you want.

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Sometimes being an intj feels good man.

Astrology user

>sometimes
being based all day every day is good enough

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Can types change? I took the test 3 years ago and was INFJ, just took it again to check for consistency and apparently I'm INFP now

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They cant.Functions stay the same.Read about the functions,I made a post about that earlier.
Ctrl+F "Pixie",its early ITT.
Anyway,if you need some help,INFP dominant function is Fi,which is about moral judgement,strong feelings of what is wrong and what is wrong,and their secondary is Ne,which is concerned with exploring or considering possibilities.
INFJ has Ni and Fe.Ni is passive,youre not actively using it,because its basically having a super-subconscious.Most of the times,you will get stuff right or jump to a conclusion ,because you didnt really think about it,its more like "it thought itself" or "came out of nowhere".Their secondary function is Fe,which is about caring about others and about the feelings of the group.
A fictional INFP is Charlie Brown
A fictional INFJ is Shinji Ikari
INFPs are more often than not seen as aloof or weird
INFJs are more often than not considered mysterious and attractive.
See which one fits the most with you

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yes, the cesspool of unintentional larpers exists because the tests you linked are pure garbage

quick reminder:

top tier - ExTP, IxTJ
good tier - ExTJ, IxTP
okay tier - ExFJ, IxFP
shit tier - ExFP, IxFJ

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As someone with auxiliary Se, I don't see how people cannot pay attention to traffic lights, with their peripherals, when they're looking at their phones, in traffic.

I just sat behind people in front of me, in the two turning lanes we're on, who didn't fucking move for two whole fucking seconds after the god damn light turned green.

>ISTJ being on top tier
yikes

>sensors stupid meme
pic related

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Wow, your tier list is utterly rubbish mate.

I'm not saying sensors are stupid, I'm just saying that ISTJs aren't that good
t. ISTP

the type in the op should be intj

Better tier list
Top Tier: ESTP, ENTP, INTJ, ENTJ
Good Tier: INTP, ISTP, INFJ
Okay Tier: INFP, ENFP, ENFJ, ISTJ
Shit Tier: ISFJ, ISFP, ESTJ, ESFJ, ESFP

>It's a performance which returns attention (a reward) and thus reinforces his behavior because it's rewarded.
This is an interesting assertion because it's not falsifiable. There's literally nothing I can say that you can't simply accuse of being some kind of performance. If I post the same thoughts and feelings with the letters INFJ instead of ENFP, does that magically make them somehow more heartfelt and not a big deception? It's not just Jow Forums - many MBTI communities are rife with dire accusations of vague "manipulation" like this, and it would seem to me to undermine the entire point of having a conversation. What is the functional difference between posting my actual opinions and seeing what other anons think and this facade you accuse me of? If another poster benefits in some way from my words, why does it matter why I posted them? I'm not selling timeshares or asking people to join my cult, and the transient connections one makes with anonymous introverts online have basically no lasting social value whatsoever. I'll be honest, I don't fit in here, so the amount of ego-stroking I stand to get is very very limited. If that's what I want my time would be better invested in some bullshit subreddit or fucking Tiktok for Christ's sake. I'm here because it gives me a chance to be honest, and I have no idea how I could convince you of that.

>Each time they are being "genuinely themselves" but wait a little bit and who their genuine selves is will change.
Isn't this the entire point of having conversations with others? To change and grow as a person? You make it sound like being convinced of something or being spurred to reflect on something is a bad thing. Are we all meant to be fixed into stereotypes, loudly insisting on our thoughts and feelings while ignoring input from others? In that case, why bother having a conversation at all?

(cont)

and still your reply outperfomed it in stupidity

Si-Te-Fi-Ne-Ti-Se-Ni-Fe (ISTJ) is absolutely based. proficient and capable in both Te and Ti, ignoring Se. you, supposed ISTP, on the other hand are Ti-Se-Ni-Fe-Si-Te-Fi-Ne meaning that you are proficient and capable in both Se and Si, but ignoring Te.

ignoring a thinking function puts you into the lower tier, just like ENTJs who ignore Ti. it's okay tho, not can be perfect

your tierlist is arbitrary and inconsistent because your understanding of the types is arbitrary and inconsistent. try again in 5 years.

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what I'm supposed to look here?

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>wearing whichever one makes them feel the best in the given moment.
This is basically the definition of authenticity. I'm telling you how I really feel right now. If I change in a meaningful, positive way, what's the problem with that? If I change in a frivolous, negative way, why not call me out for that when it actually happens? Personality is not set in stone and the alleged ability of ENFPs to have changes of heart does not automatically imply that they don't mean what they say. I assure you if I were an INTJ or ESTP wearing some kind of mask my life would be a lot easier than it actually is.

>There was an user on here a while back going on about INFPs being emotionally manipulative but the reality is that it's ENFPs who do so. And it's being done to you.
You know else engages in "emotional manipulation?" Artists. Writers. Philosophers. Journalists. Basically anyone that ever wanted to entertain or enlighten you. Every time you pick up a manga or read a news article, you are doing so in the implicit understanding that the author is going to try and make you feel something - a truly horrible crime, in your estimation. Again, I don't want your money and my capacity to exploit this situation for some kind of nefarious plan is laughably limited. I don't know why you're so scared of being "manipulated" in this way but if want to avoid it I recommend swearing off human contact completely.

>This is him admitting it was tomfoolery and/or performance art and he isn't a total scumbag so he's giving you a word of caution.
It was me trying to say that his opinion could still be valid. If I'm trying to "manipulate" (again, to do what?) people what possible benefit is there to giving people cryptic warnings? You can accuse pretty much anyone of this and all it does is shut down interesting conversation. If I am a "total scumbag" I can still have something interesting or meaningful to say, even if it does not actually improve your opinion of me.