# What's Your Temperament? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 22, 2001, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906 "2001-04-22T21:22:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2001, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/1 "2001-04-22T21:22:06Z")
[The Melancholy Dimension](http://www.themelancholydimension.com) Me, I’m 100% Melancholy. I should know. It’s my domain and my site. So, what’s it say your temperament is? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2001, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/2 "2001-04-22T21:48:21Z")
Whaat?! Let’s see 23.08% Sanguage 38.46% Chloeric Phlegmatic 23.08% Melancholy 15.38% I never _thought_ of myself as an angry, irate type… ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2001, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/3 "2001-04-22T21:49:59Z")
I’ve always been partial to the Purple, but the Red is good too. Ever mix it with laundry soap to fingerpaint? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2001, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/4 "2001-04-22T22:09:55Z")
Zoggie: Cholerics are pretty cool. They are the world’s great opportunists. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2001, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/5 "2001-04-22T22:26:42Z")
Oh that’s good, then. Ha ha…one day, the Straight Dope shall be mine!! ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2001, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/6 "2001-04-22T22:31:22Z")
Sanguine 23.08% Choleric 15.38% Phlegmatic 23.08% Melancholy 38.46% ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Sang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ee7513/32.png) [@Le\_Sang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Sang)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2001, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/7 "2001-04-22T22:44:46Z")
Hmm… Melancholy: 38.46% Sanguine: 23.08% Choleric: 23.08% Phlegmatic: 15.38% ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2001, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/8 "2001-04-22T23:18:52Z")
hmmm… Sanguine 30.77% Choleric 23.08% Phlegmatic 15.38% Melancholy 30.77% I’ve always thought I was a necrophiliac bestial sadist… but I found out that I was just beating a dead horse. ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2001, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/9 "2001-04-22T23:38:14Z")
Exactly the same as **Le Sang**. Have to toss in some sloth, as I’m too lazy to actually type out the numbers. 😉 Sua ---
**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/10 "2001-04-23T00:24:36Z")
23.08% 7.69% 7.69% 61.54% Melancholy ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/11 "2001-04-23T01:51:12Z")
Woo-hoo, I’m eclectic! 23.08 23.08 23.08 30.77% Melancholic I credit my beautiful balance of humours to a regular routine of bloodletting. ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/12 "2001-04-23T01:51:39Z")
Sanguine 46.15 Choleric 30.77 Phelgmatic 7.69 Melancholy 15.38 There you go ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/13 "2001-04-23T02:13:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Wow! Wasn’t that fun!? Y’know, we’re just slap worn out from having so much fun. We don’t want to be a drag on you, so maybe we’ll see you around. 🙂 Huh? Anyway, mine came out: Sanguine 23.08% Choleric 30.77% Phlegmatic 30.77% Melancholy 15.38% ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/14 "2001-04-23T02:49:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Your temperament is melancholy, but barely so. It is possible that, with enormous effort, you will be able to improve yourself. We recommend intense immersion into a focused study of the temperaments and ample passive observation of our discussions. Improve myself so I’m _more_ melancholy? Gee, just what I always wanted… Sanguine 30.77% Choleric 0% Phlegmatic 15.38% Melancholy 53.85% I already had a pint of blood taken out last week–wasn’t that enough? Oooh, I feelin’ kind woozy… ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/15 "2001-04-23T02:53:22Z")
Well, I took the test, and found it sorta interesting, but wasn’t going to bother posting a reply until I noticed that, with all the jumping back-and-forth between pages, I just couldn’t hit the “back” button on my browser and escape. I’d have to actually leave and come back or do a forum jump; both are equally time consuming. So I figured what the heck: Sanguine: 38.46 Choleric: 23.08 Melancholy: 23.08 Phlegmatic: 15.38 NO! Really? _Me!?_ :rolleyes: [sub]note to self: must follow **Drastic’s** example; off boss first thing tomorrow morning[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/16 "2001-04-23T03:01:23Z")
Oh yeah, it also told me this little nugget: > [@](#): > > Clearly, you are the superior being, too magnificent to waste your time with us. We will stand aside and salute you (or bow, as you wish) and let you go to better hunting grounds. Salute or bow, I care not which; just show the proper respect. 😛 How do I jack-slap a webpage for being a smart-ass? ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/17 "2001-04-23T03:12:19Z")
> [@](#): > > You’re one of the nicest people we ever met. Yep, you’re a real sweety. It’s been wonderful meeting you. See you around, mkay? I wouldn’t think so, but… _shrug_ FTR: Sanguine: 23.08% Choleric: 23.08% Phlegmatic: 30.77% Melancholy: 23.08% Oh, and ExTank? When you figure it out, can you let me in on the secret? Thankyouverymuch! ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/18 "2001-04-23T04:15:07Z")
I don’t necessarily agree but… Sanguine: 23.08% Choleric: 23.08% **Phlegmatic: 38.46%** Melancholy: 15.38% ---
**Author:** ![skydyvr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@skydyvr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skydyvr)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/19 "2001-04-23T04:41:14Z")
Generally surly, inane and curmudgeonly, thanks for asking! 😃 I couldn’t get to the site…blocked by the oh-so-wonderful military servers that I have to use for access…\…oh well ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/20 "2001-04-23T05:07:05Z")
Sanguine: 15.38% Choleric: 15.38% Phlegmatic: 15.38% Melancholy: 53.85% Surprising, actually, as I don’t see myself as all that melancholy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906.md?page=2)