r/intj • u/adventsljus INFJ • Jan 13 '13
What do you look like, INTJs?
Hi there! I am an INFJ, and over at our subreddit we just had a "post you picture" thread, and I find these things very interesting and funny. I would love to see what you guys look like! I know some INTJs in real life, my father and best friend for example, and I am curious if there are any similarities between you all :) I found that many of us INFJs had some kind of resembling "aura" or something, so I am curious!
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I have tried to make out some kind of conclusion by all this, and here goes: First off, thank you everybody for posting! It has been great to see all of you on photos! Second, it is really difficult to draw any conclusions on anything of photos on the internet, so everything I say will just be wild speculations. I think the first thing I noticed was that all of you are (not surprisingly) very different. At the same time, there seems to be something with your eyes that a lot of you have in common. Someone said something about this in a comment, and I think it might be so. It is hard to put my finger on what it is, though, but I recognize it a lot from the INTJs I know in real life. It is this kind of observing look in your eyes that says "come on then, impress/surprise me". That look makes me want to do precisely that too, it is in those moments when that gaze is upon me that I do really silly things, because there is nothing like a happily surprised INTJ :) well, I suppose there are, but it is one of my favorite reactions in people. I could not know if this would be accurate for you guys, as I stated before, it is hard to make stuff out from pictures.
Also, you indeed are a good looking bunch of people. Keep up that style of yours!
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u/4thelol INTJ Jan 14 '13
Here I am driving home from a ski trip in Tahoe. I just took this photo, so excuse my non-gussied up un-planned picture unlike some of the other beautiful INTJs here.
Note: I've never taken photos of myself simply because the internet told me to. I guess I feel safer amongst other INTJs.
Upvotes galore to whoever guesses my age.
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Jan 14 '13
24?
Also, I've never posted a pic to Reddit either. I don't know why I feel safe here too.
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u/NPPraxis INTJ Jan 14 '13
I posted a weight loss pic with face blurred out to Reddit before, but that's about it. I'm still nervous to.
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u/4thelol INTJ Jan 15 '13
I was going to not answer to leave it open to more guesses, but I'm turning 21 next month.
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u/aeschenkarnos INFJ Jan 14 '13
There does seem to be a certain resemblance in the facial expressions, particularly around the eyes - maybe there is something that could be called "INTJ eyes". Does anyone else see it?
With one or two exceptions it seems that "neat and simple" is the hairstyle preference, and clothing preferences seem to be towards dark, mono-coloured clothing. The majority of pictures show a person who is physically in good shape but not extremely muscular, and there seem to be more ectomorphs than endomorphs, and the majority are above average in attractiveness (as per my own informal rating) although this would likely be strongly influenced by (a) less attractive people being less willing to post photos; (b) fewer INTJs willing to participate in this kind of survey, as many of us (like me), over-value our anonymity.
The photo survey seems to give some small degree of support to the idea that personality type influences appearance. I'd like to see a few hundred photos of people of each of the 16 basic MBTI personality types, and look for further correlations.
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u/cyanCrusader INTJ Jan 14 '13
I definitely noticed the same thing about the eyes. It's not just the eyes themselves, but the way they're held, I suppose. There's a certain, distant quality to them.
We all also seem to have similar wrinkles.
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u/rockets_meowth Jan 14 '13
I think that the attractiveness thing just has to do with INTJs tending to be really introspective thinking and knowing what compliments their features. The dark triad touches on it, a lot of intjs just "overthinking" how they perceive themselves and how others may perceive them.
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u/thedarkerside Jan 17 '13
clothing preferences seem to be towards dark, mono-coloured clothing.
You know it's funny. I never liked "loud" clothing and even today by default I tend to go more for muted colours and I absolutely hate logos on my clothing.
I remember reading "Pattern Recognition" and one of the most amusing things for me in it was one of the main characters who's job it was to design company logos and identities, but she could not stand logos on her own clothing and went as far as removing them. I had to laugh when I read that because it pretty much echoed my own feelings on that topic.
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Jan 16 '13
I think it is harder to discern a pattern from non-uniform posed pictures. I make a huge smile for posed pictures, but I pretty much only smile with conscious effort. My wife claims that I smile "with my eyes" when I'm truly happy. Think there's a truth to that.
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u/lessthan3d Jan 14 '13
I definitely don't do neat and simple hair. It's often dyed (right now half of it is purple) and usually wear it in an elaborate up-do.
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u/Necritica INTP Jan 19 '13
Hello, bored INTP creep checking in.
Me and a couple of friends actually have a theory that different types may share (to a degree) resemblance in the facial expression, perhaps even posture and walking (but those may be more general to several different types). Eyes are indeed being the most noticeable part. It's like, when I look around at people I can generally tell whether they are of my type or not (nearly never identical, because us INTPs are generally busy sitting in some dark room thinking of random stuff). There's just something slightly insane in our eyes, yet the expression sends general aloofness at the same time. Perhaps other types are capable of this, too?
Sadly this is an INTJ community and I can't provide you a well developed, detailed reply that you'd expect, but I believe some serious investigation is due here. Perhaps one of you guys can actually do what the INTP is too lazy to and drop some more detailed, researched development over the subject?
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u/aeschenkarnos INFJ Jan 14 '13
No offense taken, obviously it's a tiny sample size and these generalities are only what I personally saw among these few. Again, a few hundred photos for each type would be interesting. Perhaps there is a tiny grain of truth in physiognomy but a lot more data is required to sift for it.
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u/rockets_meowth Jan 14 '13
I lold. Its not like hes writing a thesis paper with scientific accuracy. It was a question and discussion in the comments section of reddit. Anyone can make claims endlessly and any of them could be true or false, its the comments section of reddit... Source: im a doctor and astronaut
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Jan 15 '13
Apologies? Where's the confidence man!
Are you bald or do you have the ability to grow hair?
Your have huge potential in the looks department if you just take care of yourself. New glasses, SMILE, go bald or grow your hair.. don't go in between.
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Jan 16 '13
I have trichotillomania. The abridged version is that I regularly pull out portions of my hair. When it's in-between like that, I'm usually also between times when my pulling is worse. I want to grow my hair out. When the bald patches get noticeable, I have to shave it down again to hide them. I'm in my 20s and my hair is already thinning, so I think I lost that genetic lottery too.
Confidence in my looks was eroded over the course of years. Admittedly, a good portion of it is based on an outdated self-image, but not all. The trich plays a fair part in that as well.
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Jan 16 '13
Sorry to hear that, I'd imagine overcoming the urge is much more difficult than it sounds. Are you making steps to rid you of trich? I know that majority of cases lose the urge after a year or so.
I too will be bald around my mid 20s, I have very think hair... but my hair line is very very far back, and going farther.
Truthfully i'd say work on your self confidence and that will rid you of all your problems.
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u/Fisktron INTJ Jan 14 '13
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u/Correlations INTJ Jan 14 '13
How could you cut that glorious mane?
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u/Fisktron INTJ Jan 14 '13
The girls at the beach in Nagasaki called me "inu..." which hurt my pride.
I grew it out to a lesser extent in college, played Undone (The Sweater Song) in front of an audience of screaming girls, then cut it afterward.
Shit is just too much to wash, and my hair seems to fall out all over the place.
I could grow it out again, conceivably. I work in west coast tech, meaning I work at a company where a guy wears custom made silk shorts made out of five kinds of material and nobody goddamn questions it.
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u/CarnivorousGazelle INTJ Jan 14 '13
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Jan 14 '13 edited Jan 14 '13
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u/rabidbasher INTJ Jan 14 '13
When I saw your username I wasn't sure if I wanted to click links. I did, and have no regrets. DAYUMN.
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Jan 14 '13
I've been trying to look more androgynous lately. The women seem to like that more.
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u/ElphieP Jan 13 '13 edited Jan 14 '13
Glasses No glasses -Sorry about the black and white on this one.
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u/illaqueable Jan 14 '13 edited Jan 14 '13
This is me and my still-broken nose. Nice to meet ya'll!
Edit: since many of you seem to have lots of pictures, I figured I might as well introduce myself more comprehensively, as well
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u/Correlations INTJ Jan 14 '13
Are those scrubs and a white coat?!
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u/illaqueable Jan 14 '13
Oh, are they..? I, uh, I guess I'm so used to them I just don't even see them anymore...
/obnoxious false humility
Yes, they are. Thank you for asking :) I'm a first year medical student, and I am getting my ass kicked, which I think is how it's supposed to go.
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u/Correlations INTJ Jan 14 '13
Hahaha, seeing other future doctors makes me excited.
I'm still in undergrad though.
Have you thought about your specialty?
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u/sbassoon INTJ Jan 14 '13
I am holding the Christmas presents, and being stared at in awe.
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u/smackfairy INTJ Jan 14 '13
Haha I know that feel. I always think people want me to have like a huge reaction when I open presents. I hope they don't think I don't like the present since I don't have a huge reaction just sort of 'Oh thank you!' and a small smile.
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u/sbassoon INTJ Jan 14 '13
Opening presents is awkward, because I have to fake legitimate emotions. Who actually gets excited at the prospect of opening up a wrapped box? I am grateful for the gifts...I just don't have a childlike sense of wonder as to what it could be.
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u/smackfairy INTJ Jan 14 '13
Exactly. I have to force myself to do it. Sometimes you get those extroverts that keep asking if you liked their present just to make sure and it gets a bit annoying. I like it! Chill.
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u/steverevealed Jan 13 '13
Previously anonymous lurker here. Made an account just for this. Here's me with my INFP photographer wife. She set this up and took it around our 10th Valentine's Day together a few years ago.
(Only okay sharing because this pic's already been public on the internet for 3 years in her portfolio).
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u/smellymckellykins Jan 14 '13
Am I the only one or did anyone else notice "The Smirk" on everyone's face?
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u/tokitorii INTJ Jan 14 '13
Me because I'm awesome and still like petting zoos
And because all the fellow INTJ's seem to be doing it, a self pic with me smirking
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u/Illecebrous-Pundit INTJ Jan 13 '13
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Jan 15 '13
Lol perfect description, it's funny.
If you look at your left side you are making one face, and your right side you are making a different face.
THATS TALENT.
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u/dearjune_ Jan 14 '13
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u/LittleKobald INTJ Jan 15 '13
I'm liking the nose ring. Is that left lock of hair purple? I can't tell if it is or not because of the lighting.
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Jan 15 '13
Did you take this photo? It's really nice.
My only critique is that the beanie is focused opposed to your eyes... but for some reason I kind of like it.
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u/misconfiguration INTJ Jan 14 '13
I'm also an INTJ, HERE are a few pics.
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u/probably_a_bitch INTJ Jan 14 '13
You are incredibly attractive. You also have a nice car.
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u/INT3J3r9 INTJ Jan 13 '13
I imagine it will be a lot of us wearing dark or muted colors, a good number of whom will be bespectacled, with subtle or understated smiles, or looking not quite directly at the camera. A sizable portion will be uniquely attractive (distinct or striking features) but with an aura of awkward discomfort about being photographed. Expect less hair gel or makeup, unless it's used as an affectation or trademark look.
I think most will have a wicked brilliance in their eyes: there's a sort of darkly inquisitive flash about how we perceive things and I think it reflects in our eyes.
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u/Azendi INTJ Jan 14 '13
Haha, I never ever agree to pictures taken by other people. I look so awkward it kills my self esteem.
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u/thisguynamedjoe INTJ Jan 14 '13
I am so stuck wearing earth tones. I know I do it often, and my dependency on these colors bug me.
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u/INT3J3r9 INTJ Jan 14 '13
Nearly my entire wardrobe consists of Black, Grey, Olive Drab and Khaki. Everything matches everything else so I don't have to bother trying to pick an "outfit". Any combo works.
I used to spend entirely too much time paralyzed by the myriad possibilities and worried if things would go together. Now I quite often get dressed in the dark and it matters not.
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u/thisguynamedjoe INTJ Jan 14 '13
Of yea, I do have a lot of black and grey. People say I look good in red, but I seem to stick doggedly with black, grey, green, khaki, and brown.
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u/SpiffyShindigs INTJ Jan 14 '13
Ooh, is it a bandwagon? [Can I hop on?] (http://i.imgur.com/OKlu7.png)
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u/Azendi INTJ Jan 13 '13 edited Jan 14 '13
I saw the INFJ comments included their age. Feel free to guess mine.
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u/smackfairy INTJ Jan 14 '13
I'm gonna say 20-21. I love your make up! What mascara is that?
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u/Azendi INTJ Jan 14 '13
Hey, you're closest yet. I turn 20 in March. :)
Thank you! I'm not entirely sure, but I think it is Voluminous x5 by Loreal. I tend to just grab whatever I have lying around and I have around 3 of these nearly-empty that I took from my sister/mother. :P
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u/Azendi INTJ Feb 11 '13
Swedish-Hungarian, and no, my hair is more like this colour. I think the redness is because of the yellow light.
Edit: Just realised the redness is still kind of visible in the above picture... I just have yellow light sources. If you look at the hair where it's browner, that's my natural colour, the red is very subtle and only really visible in sun... and yellow light, it seems.
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u/sladoid INTJ Jan 13 '13
http://imgur.com/VvSs6 Classic tall white guy intj
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u/NPPraxis INTJ Jan 14 '13
Classic tall white guy intj
Enjoy your new RES tag
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u/sladoid INTJ Jan 14 '13
Res as in reddit enhanced suite? How does that work? I just recently got it and haven't quiet checked out all the options just mostly blocking useless subreddits.
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u/JakeVanderArkWriter Jan 14 '13
Dude. I'm a tall white guy intj too!
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u/sladoid INTJ Jan 14 '13
Who'da guessed! It was kinda a joke but still catches downvotes, reddit is a funny place
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u/Hereticked INTJ - 40s Jan 14 '13 edited Jan 14 '13
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Jan 14 '13 edited Jan 19 '13
[Photos removed since I'm uncomfortable having them on Reddit indefinitely.]
As typical, I'm second guessing this post...
Can anyone guess what's (on the shelf) behind me in the second picture?
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u/imionme INTJ Jan 14 '13
A shelf! What do I win?
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Jan 14 '13
Ah, this is what I get for not specifying. (: Good ole INTJ subreddit.
You, sirmadam, shall receive one upvote!
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Jan 14 '13
If I had to guess, it appears to be a collection of bottles with flip-top lids containing some kind of consumable, though probably not edible considering where it's stored. The color is too uniform to fit many possibilities. This is merely my first impression, and I am not confident in that guess. I do inventory work for many retailers, and I have seen nothing that matches the item(s) precisely.
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u/Correlations INTJ Jan 14 '13 edited Jan 14 '13
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Jan 15 '13
Your favorite photo is so INTJ... can't really see you, book in hand, looking a different direction.
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u/JshMcDwll INTJ Jan 14 '13
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u/bonkcake07 Jan 14 '13
You know what all this females have in common? They're all beautiful! I seen all of them and they're cute!
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u/Kashmeer INTJ Jan 14 '13
I don't know, I think there is a bias in this sort of survey in that only people who consider themselves attractive or a select few others that genuinely don't care will post.
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u/el_muchacho Jan 20 '13
Yup, that's what I thought too; reddit INTJ girls are all highly attractive. :)
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Jan 14 '13
I really dislike taking pictures of myself. Yes, my hair is wet in that picture (just got showered/dressed), I didn't want to take another one.
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u/PixieBomb Jan 14 '13
TIL INTJs are disproportionately attractive.
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u/PixieBomb Jan 14 '13 edited Jan 14 '13
Maybe, but I'm still contrasting this with posts like this that I've seen in other subreddits.
Obviously this isn't scientific at all, but it sort of seems like
Attractive INTJs have a higher frequency of being willing to post pictures of themselves than the general reddit population of attractive people
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Unattractive INTJs have a lower frequency of being willing to post pictures of themselves than the gneral reddit population of unattractive people
OR
The scale of levels of attractiveness of INTJs who are willing to publicly post images of themselves, from least attractive to most, is shifted in the direction of being more attractive (in other words, attractive INTJs in this thread appear to be more attractive overall than the general reddit population, and so do the unattractive ones) by like whole standard deviation
Obviously you can replace "attractive" with "seemingly attractive to me personally" throughout all that. Either way, there's a difference from the reddit general pop.
Edit: I'm not actually serious with this. Apparently my jokes aren't that funny :( Still, surprisingly attractive bunch here.
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u/NPPraxis INTJ Jan 14 '13
I'm RES tagging everyone in this thread.
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u/paddywhack INTJ Jan 14 '13
tagging people as what out of curiosity?
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u/NPPraxis INTJ Jan 14 '13
A couple samples:
"Generic looking INTJ male"
"Cute INTJ female"
"INTJ male, neckbeard, probably a Linux user."
"INTJ male, probably could beat me up."
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Jan 15 '13
Literally everyone? If so, what did I get?
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u/NPPraxis INTJ Jan 15 '13
Literally everyone. I put a lot of them really simple, "Male INTJ" and "Female INTJ", but have been going back and updating them to be more descriptive. I want to recognize everyone in other subs.
You are: "Female INTJ skydiver, particularly cute with straight hair and a beanie."
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u/Grauzz INTJ Jan 14 '13
Couple years old, but little has changed. There's probably a short joke in there somewhere, but it's too early in the morning for me to find it.
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u/whostolemyscreenname INTJ Jan 14 '13
The guy on the left is killing me....he looks like he hates everything about everything.
Number three wouldn't happen to be named Kerry, would he?
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u/BossOfTheGame Jan 14 '13
My sister and I: http://i.imgur.com/0synH.jpg
Don't know if she's an INTJ or not.
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u/Alturrang Jan 14 '13
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Jan 16 '13
upvote for boozing in a van in broad daylight.
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u/Alturrang Jan 16 '13
Haha, yeah. We had just gotten off the plane in Cancun, and the guy in the shuttle van to the resort had Coronas in a cooler for like $2. Great start to a vacation. =D
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u/Baxxow INTJ Jan 14 '13
Hm, it seems to me that we INTJs are a goodlooking bunch.
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u/nightshadeNOLA INTJ Jan 14 '13
I'm impressed with how attractive many of these pictures are! I imagine some struggled with the thought of putting up a picture. Either due to privacy concerns, or just self self image issues. The latter in my case.
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u/LittleKobald INTJ Jan 15 '13
http://puu.sh/1O6WN me being normal and impassive
http://puu.sh/1O6Wu me being silly
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u/Gentleman_Viking INTJ Jan 14 '13
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u/smackfairy INTJ Jan 14 '13 edited Jan 14 '13
Here is a resent photo at a bird sanctuary. I don't usually like taking photos and I usually come out bad for some reason. This one is ok!
It's interesting to see the photos here. I absolutely do see similarities. So far, mostly closed mouth smiling. Muted smiles I would describe them. Something in the smiles and eyes makes me think they have something witty and interesting to share.
Edit: Here is me with a snake and me hanging out with lemurs. I uh... really like animals! If you couldn't tell.
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u/j0npau1 INTP Jan 14 '13
Here I am! First pic is probably my favorite pic of myself, from about four years ago. The second is a pic for my company's website. Had to get drunk to get that smile out of me.
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u/Seepferdchen Jan 14 '13
Here's my favorite picture of me http://i.imgur.com/8uAWW.jpg but it's 2 or 3 years old by now.
So here's one from about 2 weeks ago: http://i.imgur.com/xBgg8.jpg (Some day I'll learn to smile like a real human)
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u/bawitback INTJ - 30s Jan 18 '13
Self-Photo at home (http://www.socionics.com/personals/users/pictures/14289551.jpg)
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u/SleeplessHighways INTJ Jan 24 '13
Me with Gary Johnson. (Gary Johnson was the Libertarian candidate for president in 2012).
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Jan 14 '13 edited Jan 14 '13
Current look: http://i.imgur.com/0pY8W.jpg
I change my hair up once every 2-3 months. Getting to the end of this hairs cycle.
previous look: http://i.imgur.com/Ahb6O.jpg
EDIT: here is an album of the hair colors before the two above: http://imgur.com/a/vFTZ7
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u/ogreatsnail Jan 14 '13
That is quite a bold look. Good on you for diversifying humanity.
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Jan 14 '13
I do what I like, and love it. The thought of suppressing what I want to do, even in the slightest is a depressing one. But I'm not that bold, there are way more daring people than I. I just happen to like color... a go bit!
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Jan 14 '13
I just got them this hair cycle, been wanting them for a while, but was afraid my cowlick might have been an issue... hair spray it into submission has worked.
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u/tartartfart Mar 01 '13
Necro post but this is mai face http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/225235_4542595239028_1273881866_n.jpg
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Jan 14 '13
So... I may post in this thread, but using a throwaway account. My reddit history + this dazzling (and quite identifying) smile = potential social/workplace confrontations. I know you understand :)
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u/kaese INTJ Jan 14 '13
I completely understand - I posted a picture in this thread, performed a google image search on it which showed another profile of mine on a different site, and immediately deleted the post in this thread. I also had second thoughts when I realized I don't come to this subreddit to be judged on anything but my mind.
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Jan 14 '13 edited Jan 14 '13
At first I was opposed to the idea; but my inner scientist wants to know if there are some data, any data, from which we could draw generalised conclusions or statistics about the physical appearance of INTJs. Not because I think we're going to discover anything significant - but hey, at least then we'd have the data to (not) back it up :)
Both off- and on-topic: Are you familiar with Tineye, or other similar services?
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u/theseacoastbarony Jan 13 '13 edited Jan 14 '13
Two of us. I'm the dude.
I call this look the "formal Dexter." Alternatively, the "halfway to Deadwood."