# 80 signs you're an INTJ **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 26, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-signs-youre-an-intj/747210 "2016-02-26T15:52:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-signs-youre-an-intj/747210/1 "2016-02-26T15:52:44Z")
I looked for a thread with this subject, but didn’t find it, even though I think INTJ’s are overrepresented here. I find this hilarious. There is a lot of a lot of truth. > **[80 Signs You're An INTJ](https://www.buzzfeed.com/newu1671/80-signs-youre-an-intj-cz0z#.fsaQjmzp4)** > > Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: The Mastermind. And you feel it. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-signs-youre-an-intj/747210/2 "2016-02-26T15:58:42Z")
What utter nonsense. There’s at least three of those things that don’t apply to me. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-signs-youre-an-intj/747210/3 "2016-02-26T16:05:54Z")
A lot of that is Jean Dixon-style generalizations that could apply to anyone. And realistically, “you know what your Briggs-Meyer Personality Index is” should probably be pretty high on the list. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-signs-youre-an-intj/747210/4 "2016-02-26T16:12:16Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And realistically, “you know what your Briggs-Meyer Personality Index is” should probably be pretty high on the list. Even better, you knew what INTJ meant. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-signs-youre-an-intj/747210/5 "2016-02-26T16:12:17Z")
I think I had INTJ as a teen; my right jaw would stiffen up and crack when I opened my mouth. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-signs-youre-an-intj/747210/6 "2016-02-26T16:13:50Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I think I had INTJ as a teen; my right jaw would stiffen up and crack when I opened my mouth. \ ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-signs-youre-an-intj/747210/7 "2016-02-26T16:15:03Z")
1. You detest articles that are decorated with animated gifs, so you don’t read the rest of the list. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-signs-youre-an-intj/747210/8 "2016-02-26T16:26:27Z")
As the God I am agnostic about as my witness, when I saw INTJ I thought it meant “International Jew” and we had a Stormfronter barging into the Dope. Glad to see I was quite wrong and it’s more mundane shi…stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-signs-youre-an-intj/747210/9 "2016-02-26T16:47:05Z")
> [@fisha](#): > > Even better, you knew what INTJ meant. Well I guess I’m not an INTJ because I have no idea what that stands for. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-signs-youre-an-intj/747210/10 "2016-02-26T17:06:42Z")
> [@fisha](#): > > I looked for a thread with this subject, but didn’t find it, even though I think INTJ’s are overrepresented here. > > I find this hilarious. There is a lot of a lot of truth. > > [80 Signs You're An INTJ](http://www.buzzfeed.com/newu1671/80-signs-youre-an-intj-cz0z#.fsaQjmzp4) I laughed so loud at the first 2 entries I scared my cats. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-signs-youre-an-intj/747210/11 "2016-02-26T17:19:55Z")
I got as far as 49… ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-signs-youre-an-intj/747210/12 "2016-02-26T18:04:33Z")
The list-maker has a serious crush on Benedict Cumberbatch. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-signs-youre-an-intj/747210/13 "2016-02-26T18:12:10Z")
Meyers-Briggs is basically a horoscope but with less science behind it. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-signs-youre-an-intj/747210/14 "2016-02-26T19:15:48Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Meyers-Briggs is basically a horoscope but with less science behind it. It’s true. Horoscopes have rigor behind them. Dopey, totally implausible, scientifically ludicrous rigor, but rigor nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-signs-youre-an-intj/747210/15 "2016-02-26T19:16:13Z")
I have nooooo fucking idea. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-signs-youre-an-intj/747210/16 "2016-02-26T23:00:26Z")
I’m such an INTJ’er that I round things to the nearest whole number. A buck eighty-five for coffee? Here my good man, have a two dollar bill. “Golly, thanks, Mr. INTJ!” And I’m such a J that I never clicked on the link to that list… I have already Judged it and found it silly. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-signs-youre-an-intj/747210/17 "2016-02-26T23:05:29Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > Well I guess I’m not an INTJ because I have no idea what that stands for. I think I’m an ISTJ – TOTALLY different. :rolleyes: > **[Myers–Briggs Type Indicator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers%E2%80%93Briggs_Type_Indicator)** > > The Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a self-report questionnaire that pseudoscientific claims purport can indicate differing "psychological types" or "personality types". > The MBTI was constructed during World War II by Americans Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers, inspired by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung's 1921 book Psychological Types. The test assigns a binary value to each of four categories: introversion or extraversion, sensing or intuition, thinking or feelin... ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-signs-youre-an-intj/747210/18 "2016-02-27T00:34:07Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > The list-maker has a serious crush on Benedict Cumberbatch. Probably because the Sherlock character is a dick. Does INTJ = dick? I know nothing about this Briggs-Meyer stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-signs-youre-an-intj/747210/19 "2016-02-27T00:41:33Z")
> [@fisha](#): > > Even better, you knew what INTJ meant. I think my score had four letters in it. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-signs-youre-an-intj/747210/20 "2016-02-27T02:17:40Z")
I know it’s not the best science, but it’s very entertaining to me to read INTJ stuff because of how much I relate to it. When I read the ones about other types, I don’t get the same kind of “OMG THAT IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ME!” feeling. I never realized how Sherlocky I was before reading that. I mean, I have a lot more empathy… just not any more patience. I have been called evil, as the list suggests (and in a serious context for something devious I came up with). I spend a good chunk of my life being disappointed in how stupid other people are. I have been dragged past bookstores. I don’t fit every thing on it or other similar lists, but it makes me laugh that someone else gets me… even if I’m not enough of an INTJ to be bothered that it might be total BS. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-signs-youre-an-intj/747210.md?page=2)