INTJ and INFJ

INTJ: Hey, I saw this event on post-career options. Here’s the link in case you’re interested.

INTP: Oh, right. I was actually thinking that I should start attending to these event sort of things. 

INTJ: Yeah, you mentioned it.

INTP: Did I?

INTJ: Yup, a couple of months ago. That’s why I thought I’d share. 

INTP (to self): Well I still got finals by then. The question is, should I take care of the immediate future or the important future?  INTP (to INTJ): Anyway, are you going?

INTJ: Yes. I already booked it. 

INTP: You’re on fire when it comes to your future, huh? Already thinking about it? Like in a serious way?

INFJ and empathy with stories:

Put a sad face on anything.

INFJ: Oh, no! D:

INTJ and empathy with stories:

Something sad happened in a story. 

INTJ: Oh, that’s sadness.

Something tragic happened in a very well constructed story. 

After INTJ figured out something INFJ didn’t want to say: 

INFJ: Why do you have to be so perceptive lately? It is so freaking annoying.

INTJ: I just got bored of pretending that I’m not. 

INFJ: Fun fact, I call you narcissistic by text so often that I no longer have to think how it’s spelled. 

INFJ: Scoprions everywhere. 

Sleep deprived ESFJ reads the message when she wakes up. 

ESFJ: Yeah, right? There are a lot of scorpions in the world. 

ISFJ: ...Are you guys drunk?

ESFJ: Of course not?

- Call them ordinary.- Find a way to make every innovative idea seem pointless, flawed or, even better, boring and unoriginal. - Defend points of view from a completely biased perspective with arguments that make zero sense. Refuse to listen. - Be overly cheesy. All the time. - Consistently tell them what to do. - Follow (or pretend to follow) a very restrictive schedule and suggest that they should follow your example. - Flirt with them in the most open and direct way. - Elaborate on how cute they are, including very descriptive phrases. - If they blush uncomfortably, you‘re on the right path. Keep going. - Make them the same present every day, like an apple. Even if they seem happy at first, just carry on consistently. - Tell them to be more polite 24/7. - Be condescending.

I already feel like a monster.

Te vs. Ti

The main and most evidence difference between these two cognitive functions is that extroverted thinking (Te) is focused on the external world, while introverted thinking (Ti) happens mostly inside the individual’s mind.

Te => primarily used outward. Ti=> primarily used inward.

This originates a series of consequences:

Te: deductive logic: 1. observation (external); 2. theory + conclusions (internal).

Ti: inductive logic: 1. develops a theory (internal); 2. observes to falsify or confirm it (internal).

Te prefers to deal with logic with a problem at hand. Applied logic. Best at logically organising. 

Ti enjoys logic for its own sake. Best at (sometimes impractical) problem-solving. 

Te: focuses more on the outcomes and its consequences. 

Ti: focuses more on the ‘hows’ and ‘whys’ behind the enigma, without necessarily reaching for a certain path. 

Te: sees tasks in a logical and sequential order. Seeks effectiveness. 

Ti: ability to find commonalities in apparently unrelated elements. Seeks efficiency and can get frustrated if they believe that something is not working well.  => Ti users can sometimes be seen as lazy for seeking the way that requires the less amount of work. This is probably is utterly unfair The truth is that it just doesn’t make sense for them to use unnecessary energy. 

Tertiary Ti

IxFJ types have Ti as their tertiary function. There are significant variations between those who have a strong Ti and a weaker Ti. The dominant Si (ISFJ) and Ni (INFJ) also plays an important role. Today I will focus on the INFJ type.

Strong tertiary Ti in INFJs

INTJ shows INFJ this message.

INTJ: What on earth am I supposed to answer to this message.

INFJ: Be nicer to me.

INFJ: Hey, you fuck, you owe me some bed sheets.

INTJ: Oh, really?

INFJ: Yeah. Cause I don’t have them. So you owe me some. One got ripped after you were staying here last time.

INTJ: Sure.

INFJ: Yeah, that’s right, you fre- Wait, what?

INTJ: They will arrive in two weeks.

INFJ: ...

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INTJ: Just for the record, I did know it was a joke. It still seemed reasonable to me.

INFJ: It was not a joke, it was a Mean Joke, which is worse.

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INFJ: You are such a weirdo. I really mean it. It is difficult for me to put you into a category with the rest of humankind. And I do understand that your brain works differently. But from time to time it just surprises me, even after all these years.

INTJ: I’m taking that as a compliment and I don’t give a shit if it wasn’t meant that way.

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INFJ: Sometimes I have these random moments of being mean and salty. And your nice robot-like reactions leave me completely disarmed.

INTJ: I’m the robot from the Big Hero 6 film.

INFJ: Yeah, that’s you.

ISFJ - picture of a loved one.

INFJ - Cool image or a sentence/idea to live by.

INTJ - Aesthetic Science™️

ISFJ: Yeah but you can’t tell people that what they have been doing their whole life is wrong.

INTJ (eye twitching, glitch incoming): What? I don’t understand, ISFJ.

ISFJ: Because it is hurtful.

INTJ: But they are wrong.

ISFJ: They probably won’t listen anyway.

INTJ: But-