# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/21 "2001-04-23T05:20:01Z")
53.85% Melancholy. The rest, evenly split at 15.38%, just like **JavaMaven1**. Who’da thunk it? ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/22 "2001-04-23T05:20:26Z")
Sanguine 15.38% Choleric 38.46% Phelgmatic 15.38% Melancholy 30.77% Woo. I’m have choleric menlanchoia. Now, where _did_ I put that Uzi …?? ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/23 "2001-04-23T05:21:45Z")
Known side effect #1: Bad typing. _Melancholia!!_ for the love of … _mutter_ ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/24 "2001-04-23T06:18:17Z")
Sanguine 53.85% Choleric 38.46% Phlegmatic 0 % Melancholy 7.69% ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/25 "2001-04-23T08:53:42Z")
Sanguine: 23.08% Choleric: 7.69% Phlegmatic: 0 **Melancholy: 69.23%** ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/26 "2001-04-23T09:12:42Z")
Sanguine 15.38% Choleric 23.08% Phlegmatic 23,08% Melancholy 38.46% I’m not entirely sure if I agree with this. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/27 "2001-04-23T09:13:29Z")
Sanguine: 7.69% Choleric: 23.08% Phlegmatic: 23.08% Melancholy: 46.15% ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/28 "2001-04-23T13:26:19Z")
Well, I scored over 50% Melancholy. If you say so, buddy. By the way, on the member registration page…it’s “highway,” not “hi-way.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/29 "2001-04-23T15:16:57Z")
**Airman Doors** and I are twins, I guess. Not that it matters much. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/30 "2001-04-23T15:36:58Z")
Sanguine 7.69% Choleric 15.38% Phlegmatic 23.08% Melancholy 53.85% ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/31 "2001-04-23T16:27:52Z")
I too am the superior being (can there be more than one of us? I think not. ExTank is clearly lying). No need for bowing or saluting. To do so would imply that I acknowledge you at all. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/32 "2001-04-23T16:49:57Z")
Sanguine 30.77% Choleric 23.08 Phlegmatic 7.69 Melancholy 38.46 And it sends me to the Straight Dope home page? What the hell is this, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/33 "2001-04-23T17:33:07Z")
Sanguine: 23.08%, Choleric: 23.08%, Phlegmatic: 23.08%, Melancholy: 30.77% Who would’ve guessed I was that eclectic? :rolleyes: Oh, and **BoS**? I don’t bow to anyone who mixes up “superior” and “supreme” in this context, so 😛 The Happy Hunting Grounds are the third door on the left, the one that opens just over the edge of the cliff. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/34 "2001-04-23T18:05:50Z")
Sanguine: 15.38% Choleric/Phlegmatic: 23.08% Melancholy: 38.46% …although I suspect my phlegmatic component shoots up during the flu and allergy seasons. Not that I know what any of it means. I just know the humors connected with 'em: melancholy - black bile choleric - yellow bile sanguine - blood phlegmatic - boogaz ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/35 "2001-04-23T18:07:54Z")
Sanguine 15.38 Choleric 23.08 Phlegmatic 30.77 Melancholy 30.77 > [@](#): > > 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? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/36 "2001-04-23T18:45:50Z")
You’re eclectic. What can we say? Sanguine 30.77% Choleric 7.69% Phlegmatic 23.08% Melancholy 38.46% ---
**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 23, 2001, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/37 "2001-04-23T21:29:14Z")
BTW, at my last job we did this, but used slightly different (more understandable) terms: [ul] [li]Analytical = Melancholy: Detail oriented, emphasis on thinking(needs to be right)[/li][li]Driver = Choleric: Work oriented, emphasis on getting things done (needs decisiveness)[/li][li]Amiable = Phlegmatic: People oriented, emphasis on relationships(needs everyone to get along)[/li][li]Expressive = Sanguine: Creative, emphasis on communication(needs attention)[/li] [/ul] I liked this system better because 1. The terms are more obvious when connected to the behavioral patterns (what does depression have to do with being logical?) 2. The analysis we had done (called Social Styles) was done by polling other people, not self-report, which is notoriously flawed. In a sense, it was like a magic mirror, showing me how other people saw me. 3. Hi, Opal! 4. It has predictive value - know the social style of two people, and you will be able to predict what basic arguments they will have. Know the social style of your boss and you can direct how you give information to him in the way he prefers. 5. With just a little training, it’s possible to read the social style for most people. 6. Finally - every style adds some advantage to the group. Can you imagine this board without purplebear or Scotticher(amiables)? Crunchy Frog, Scylla, or Chef Troy(expressives)? Manhattan or TubaDiva(driver)? pldennison(analytical)? BTW, my social style is Expressive/Driver (Me? Want attention? Never! 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906/38 "2001-04-23T22:24:10Z")
Sanguine 7.69%, Choleric 7.69%, Phlegmatic 38.46, Melancholy 46.15% [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperament/62906.md?page=1)