Bad Boys. And a Bad Habit.
If you’ve ever taken the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI) test, you know that it breaks your personality down into four different categories. To describe it in a way to make it easy for the people who’ve never heard of the test before to get what it’s about, it kind of goes like this … It’s like you have four different pieces of your personality: 1, 2, 3 and 4. Each piece has an “either or” part to it. You’re either an “E” or an “I” on the first piece, “S” or “N” on the second piece, and yada yada yada. You get the point. Anyway, so, at the end of the test, your personality is described by four letters. Me? It’s been a while since I took it, but I remember that I was an ESTP. Take the test for yourself if you wanna know how they’d score you.
Okay. So, I’m bringing up this personality test thing because it came to mind the other day when I got in an argument with this random guy at a bar. I have this terrible habit of trying to reason with people when I think they’re being unreasonable. It’s like, if someone says or does something that makes absolutely no sense to me, something clicks in my brain and I think I need to either repeat myself or present new arguments. “Clearly, they’ll come to see things my way if I just explain this to them again in a different way.” With the Myers-Briggs test thing, supposedly this is very typically of people with “T”s (e.g. ESTP) in their personality alphabet. My friend Bro is right when she tells me that this is a bad habit that I need to break. When I try to reason with someone who I think is being “unreasonable”, she says it’s like “they’re speaking Mandarin, and you’re speaking Esperanto. You’re never gonna come to the same place. So, don’t worry about it. Give it up.”
Give it up. Ah, but, that’s the funny thing about habits. They’re hard to “give up.” Anyway, so, if you missed it yesterday, check me out at Nerve if you want more details about my argument with the drunken New York City stranger. The man was a total asshole. And, believe it or not, I was actually trying to reason with him in order to help him to understand how and why his behavior was completely assholish.
But, enough about me and the asshole. I’m curious to hear about you. No, you an asshole. What? I’m kidding. That’s not what I was going to ask. What I really wanted to know is this: Anyone out there got any bad habits that they’re trying to kick? Are you addicted to watching porn? Do you waste too much time on the internet? Do you have Wii tennis elbow from playing too much Wii tennis? Feel free to use the comment section to share all of the dirty details about your dirty habits.
September 18th, 2007 at 3:11 am
Dirty habits?! I have none… except for that one small tendency to never really admit that I have any habits.
September 18th, 2007 at 10:01 am
I think I masturbate too much. But it is just my personal opinion because I am not sure what’s considerered “too much”.
September 18th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
I read too many blogs. Is that considered a bad habit?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Yay! I’m quoted! I feel special. :)
My habit? Don’t know how bad it is, but I spend waaay too much time on the Internet. But hey, too much of a good thing is…still a good thing, no?
September 18th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
so many addictions…chocolate! bitting my nails! internet and watching tv series… but i can somehow manage my addictions. sometimes it’s harder but…that’s the way it is!
September 18th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
My addiction hands down has to be caffeine. I am not a nice person, if I don’t get my coffee in the morning.
September 19th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
@ Fiyah: I don’t have that bad habit either. ;)
@ Jonathan: I know what “too much” is. And, yes, you do it too much. :)
@ Baba Doodlius: As long as the blogs are mine, it’s not considered a bad habit.
@ The Original Bro: That’s what I’ve always been told.
@ Carolina Pereira: I *love* chocolate!!!
@ Mags: I’ve never seen you not be nice in the morning.
September 19th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
So, I did the test… I was wondering whether they always say new bs.. but they were quite right!
Dirty habits?? hmmm, well I eat with my mouth open.. yucky enough? I do realize when I’m doing it so.. it’s not such a big deal! :)
September 20th, 2007 at 1:02 am
That’s hilarious! Well, at least you realize that you’re doing it.
September 24th, 2007 at 12:11 am
regarding nerve post:
“and $9 poorer from the Stoli raspberry and coke plus tip”??
You were buying that drink either way and you got another one on the house for the spilled one, so…
Also you need more crap for mixing vodka and coke.
September 24th, 2007 at 5:51 am
Can I just say that I absolutely love it that everyone rimmed me for drinks vodka and coke?
When I write my posts, I never really know for 100% sure what people will like, what they won’t like, what will resonate, and what won’t resonate. So, for that particular post, it was funny to see all the haters come out against my Stoli raspberry and cokes. Totally didn’t expect that. :)
And, yeah, technically, you’re right. I got one free, and I was buying the first one anyway. Evens out in the end.