The World According to Myers-Briggs I's
Friend, n. Extrovert's definition: Someone who makes sure that you're never alone. Introvert's definition: Someone who understands that you're not rejecting them when you need to be alone.
I sent this to a good friend, an Introvert whom I haven't talked with in some weeks. The entire body of the message was the URL. The entire body of her reply was "Works for me."
It's all we needed.
(Via Sore Eyes)
Works for me too.
Posted by Jimcat on February 5 2003 06:03
It feels a little too biased for me to be entirely comfortable with; I know some very nice extroverts, most of whom are far from being the incapable of the appreciation of art (or oblivious to the idea that others have different emotional needs) that this would paint them. It seems as though this bitterness has kept this from being something one could comfortably send to all of one's friends.
Posted by Andy H. on February 7 2003 23:35
I read this is being deliberately over-the-top biased for comic effect, not sincerely bitter. Just an introvert's sarcastic revenge for his/her habits being considered marginal and weird by defining them to be the norm and casting the extrovert majority as weirdos.
Posted by Zed on February 10 2003 23:25
As an extrovert I do not find that statement to be the least bit insulting. I think that maybe you are looking at it from the wrong perspective. An extrovert views a friend as someone who doesn't leave them alone (acording to what it is saying). The fact is that usually extroverts don't want to be alone. It is not that an extrovert is someone who will never leave you introverts alone.
I find it humorous to see how an introvert responds to how an extrovert might define a friend.
Posted by Max on November 14 2005 12:16