INTJ Group

Today I joined an INTJ group on MySpace. I looked under the first topic and what was being discussed?

Someone that is not an INTJ came to the group and made a comment on something she noticed as she looked around: most all of the group writes well, and everyone's grammar, punctuation and spelling is very good. This sparked a huge discussion about what writing means and how we communicate. I was seriously into reading everyone's comments until I came across this sentence (the first sentence of one person's reply): Messages are also communicated at the meta-level. I busted up laughing. How nerdy are we? heh. Then, as I continued reading other's responses, like this one, This is what we are dealing with: any communication communicates more than just the natural content of the communication... it also communicates something about the communicator. I still could not stop laughing. I thought... in what other setting would a simple comment like what sparked all this in the first place lead to alla this kind of talk? I could see this, in any other setting of other people, turning into some argument about "why the fuck do you care?" "get the hell out; you don't belong here!" "don't you have better things to do with your time than notice how people spell?" etc., but here this is an INTJ group... and they're discussing something that I myself feel very strongly about and I was amazed at how it was being given serious attention, but the entire discussion had a splash of humour.

As far as a thought of my own concerning the topic they were discussing, here is something that I notice: When I'm online and in a group where I notice people aren't using really good grammar and spelling and punctuation, I tend to dumb myself down. I'll leave out apostrophes, not use such complex sentences and other stuff in order to not seem like I'm being arrogant and that I'm "normal".

Anyway, it's also nice to look through here and see people who think like me. In regards to our intuition trait (INTJ), they were talking about knowing if we will like someone or not or will get along with them or be able to love them. I can relate to what that they said and it was neat to see people expressing the same thing, but when I read comments like what follows, what really got me was the comfort in seeing that I'm not alone in questioning little things about my personality, perception, intition, etc. ... things most other people seem to decide on and let rest. What this person said sounds EXACTLY like something that not only would go through my mind, but actually has a few times:

I seem to intuitively know if I'm going to get along with someone when we first meet, but I wonder if this is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Do I make a greater effort to get along with people I think I'm going to get along with? Do I not bother making an effort to get along with people I think I won't get along with?

Creepily familiar though process right there, not just in what is being talked about, but just the way it is approached...

Anyway, I FUCKIN' LOVE THIS GROUP!