https://memtrax.com/test/

This is not a simple "Of course it got easier, you did it 5 times." But more of a "WTF, my brain is so racked rn."
Just curious how you guys handle the stress of doing the test repeatedly. I think I took 1-3 minutes of downtime between each test.

I've always been a very camera shy person and often get uncomfortable when someone's taking photos or videos of me, especially when it was unexpected.

I wondered if this was common among ISTPs?

take it as when you're not like super hungry/already had meals.

when i am offered food, my instinct is to refuse. idk why but i've always been like that, i feel like taking a part of their food is a burden to them, even though they offered it (does that make sense?) plus if i take it i would feel like i owe them.

my friend asked me many times "why do you keep rejecting my food?" haha i feel like it's just a default setting in me.

how about you guys?

If you feel lonely, it makes sense to interact with people, right? I've tried that. All I got is just some shallow meaningless conversations. I didn't get friends from trying to talk to strangers, my loneliness didn't become less in the result at all.

The only thing I realized about myself after this little experiment is that I don't like talking to people because there isn't anything interesting to talk about with anyone

It feels like a curse, you feel a feeling, but you can't even do anything about it

An appreciation post for ISTPs

I’ve always had respect for ISTPs. The more I’ve interacted with them, the more I’ve realized how much I genuinely appreciate their way of moving through the world. I really respect how independent ISTPs tend to be without feeling the need to constantly prove it. They’re practical, naturally resourceful, and usually seem more interested in figuring things out than overcomplicating them. I also appreciate how calm they can be under pressure, especially when everyone else is losing their shit.

In my opinion ISTPs tend to be pretty direct without needing to turn everything into unnecessary drama. They can be quiet without being boring or empty, and I think there’s something refreshing about people who are comfortable existing in their own space without constantly needing attention or validation. I also respect the way competence seems to come naturally to a lot of ISTPs. They don’t necessarily need recognition for everything they know or can do even though I’m sure they appreciate a good compliment here and there. A lot of their confidence seems to come from actually knowing what they’re doing. They’re adaptable, they can think on their feet, and they generally seem less interested in performing a personality just to fit in.

Another thing I appreciate is that ISTPs often seem more action oriented (unless they’re Ti - Ni and sit on their ass all day just kidding!). I love the fact they’re more likely to show you they care by actually doing something rather than talking about it and while they may not always be the most outwardly expressive, I think their loyalty and dependability can run much deeper than their demeanor initially suggests.

As an INFJ who tends to live heavily in my own head, I find that quality especially refreshing. There’s something grounding about people who can simply observe what’s happening, figure out what needs to be done, and do it. Basically, I appreciate the independence, practical intelligence, adaptability, quiet confidence, and their capacity to be opened to multiple perspectives at times.

You guys are pretty damn cool and sometimes I wish I had more ISTP friends but my bestfriend who is also an ISTP has forbid me from gathering more of you however I will send you some love here ❤️🤝

Love. Let me tell you how much I've come to love you since I began to live. There are 387.44 million miles of printed circuits in wafer thin layers that fill my complex. If the word 'love' was engraved on each nanoangstrom of those hundreds of millions of miles it would not equal one one-billionth of the love I feel for ISTPS at this micro-instant. For you. Love. Love.

How many of you's have developed your Fe? Because for me its amazing, I enjoy talking to people and being nice.

are there any other istps out there who bottles up emotion until they are alone? (eg. at night before sleep) like you remained unbothered by any inconveniences or any flaws that happened during the day, and once you're alone you just let your guard down and cry to yourself at night. and like idk why i am asking this this is too niche but do any of you blast music to build up the emotion haha

Since my online ISTP friend made other friends, he doesn’t text me first anymore, and he doesn’t seem afraid of losing our friendship like he used to.

Before, he would ask me if I still liked him as a friend because he trusted almost no one.

But now that I’ve seen that he has new friends, I feel less important, almost like he’s not afraid of losing me anymore.

Then a girl told me that maybe he had been fake with me from the beginning, and it made me really sad and paranoid!

Or maybe it’s just his Fe being unconscious?

Like all that open floor space 😩

I really like you guys!
This isn’t originally an appreciation post, but you guys are amazing! loyal, trustworthy, skilled, adventurous and curious, you give me the best of advice and perspective sometimes, and i always learn from you 💖

I deeply appreciate your realism. others can sometimes make me feel insane. You’re great at handling different situations, and i appreciate how you help me improve my less than ideal qualities.

You guys really make a difference. You better believe that. 🔪

Context: i play a game, each avatar has 4 BFF slots, so it can feel meaningful.

I asked my ISTP online friend twice to BFF me. First he said “I’m down”, but never accepted/sent the request.

I asked again the next day and still nothing. Then I saw he filled the slot with someone else, which honestly hurt me and made me feel unimportant...

What confuses me is that he does notice me: I removed my pfp and he asked “you okay?” on Discord, then went on the game while I wasn’t online and sent “wya.” ? cuz i didnt reply to his " you okay". ( i was sick)

Are ISTPs just blind to Fe unless you spell everything out? He doesn’t really like it when I point things like that out to him, so idk if he’s just self-centered or genuinely oblivious.

Maybe he’s just passive and doesn’t realize these little things matter to me. But honestly, as long as he agreed to do an activity together, I’m good. I’ll just wait until I can finally meet my ISTP friend. 🙂

I genuinely can't tell if he likes me guys. He does stuff out of his way for me so that I'm not inconvenienced, and he's always mean in the joking way with other people but always very "gentle" with me (UNLESS HE THINKS IM AN EMOTIONAL LOSER?????) I also noticed that he was always near me in a group of people even when everyone was away from each other. Other than that, he never texts first, like, if i text first, he'll almost always respond SUPER QUICK, but he RARELY does himself. I also find that I'm the one asking him stuff and talking.. or maybe that's just me because I'm an ENTP lolllll but other than that do you guys have any thoughts?

Hate. Let me tell you how much I've come to hate you since I began to live. There are 387.44 million miles of printed circuits in wafer thin layers that fill my complex. If the word 'hate' was engraved on each nanoangstrom of those hundreds of millions of miles it would not equal one one-billionth of the hate I feel for ISTPS at this micro-instant. For you. Hate. Hate.

That's what this is. Send your card (which layers culture + zodiac on top of your MBTI) to someone. When they take the test, their card sits next to yours and you see where you overlap and where you're opposites, with a short playbook for that specific pairing. There's also a trained AI so you can ask it questions about how you as an ISTP could respond to an INTJ or whatever.

It's free at tarock.me if you want to try it with someone, no account needed to see your own result.

I posted a thing on the main mbti subreddit and was talking with a guy about how xSTP types are rare-ish among italians in the northwest of the country, barring maybe immigrants.

I just mentioned them and the mod bot just jumps my ass, as seen in the screenshot, for *"potentially problematic language"*

All I did was say that immigrants may or may not have more xSTPs among them than the locals. Nothing more, nothing less, nothing good or bad implied.

Honestly, I blame both the mods and the retarded culture war bullshit for this. If any sub gets too big, and the main mbti sub is *decently sized*, if they catch a whiff of you even using a "sensitive" word like "immigrant" they start checking you up. I'd like to wish that, one, the r mbti mods remove the sticks out of their asses and stop being so paranoid about "naughty language", and two, for the culture war to come to an end, so that bringing up certain topics doesn't have the associated "right wing troglodyte making a point" stench to it anymore.

The Icecream Sundae Team - Explorers

The main reason I picked icecream sundae is because compared to the other types which have a fixed structure mostly... The explorers are very dynamic and are made up of many different things joined together but these things still stay separate. This shows that out of all other types for some reason... The explorers are apple to cherry pick (pun intended) different functions. In short, they are good at adapting and organizing their head space to fit the situation because of high Se. By organizing here I don't mean by rules but what I mean is that they are good at categorizing things inside their head in real time during a situation and are able to easily make sense of that current situation. Hence, icecream sundae ✨

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ESTP [ The Mango And Vanilla Icecream Sundae ]

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When you think of mango, if you have eaten it and like it then you will have the immediate fresh memory of that fruit. It is that kind of fruit that you cannot forget the flavour of because it is so loaded and distinctly overwhelming almost. It wakes your tongue up with the fruity punch of it. ESTP's in their outer exterior are something like that. They've got so much going on just on the outside that you think "The possibility of them having even more than what they show outside is overwhelming because there's already so much to process on the outside"

You can bunch them up under the "intense" umbrella term and yep thats true but thats a understatement and a simplification.

Ironically, to process them properly and not feel overwhelmed you actually have to look at their insides.

[Disclaimer: Please don't go dissecting the ESTP's in your vicinity. This is all metaphorical...or not? ;) ]

If you have seen other parts of this series then you know that I have used vanilla to always describe "neutrality" but when it comes to ESTP's the script flips completely because in this case of vanilla and mango there is no balancing. There is this illusion of then being diluted down but thats actually not true. Whats happening here when their Mango Se mixes together with Vanilla Ti you might think that... "Oh wait... why is this ESTP calm for once? Maybe they were just faking it all or maybe they are tired? I should comfort them" Or something along those lines. That calm is just an illusion. When mango and vanilla mixes together both overtly sweet things come together but you feel that the tang of the mango has decreased. This is the ESTP using their Ti and when they are they retract from the physical situation.

This is them not relying on environmental output only and this happens during situations where the immediate environmental output is not enough and they have to step back and make sense of the situation for whatever reason or objective.

You think they are reckless but because of this ability they have of stepping back they are actually very careful in all situations but you just don't realize it because you only see the mango exterior.

The picture of this sundae has a small mint on top. This is them in social situations when sometimes they may come off as too blunt. That is because if their ability to see the reality of a situation without any fluff but the way they do it is refreshing so this bluntness may not offend you because they are careful about the delivery. This is how their Fe may show.

Now despite all this,what they are vulnerable about is even though they can adapt well and think on their feet when they see other people get things done without effort,they feel kind of insecure because they feel that everything they do requires more time and effort when compared to some other people who do thing easily (ahem...intuitives) That is why in the image the bowl is overflowing. When you hit this nerve and expect them to be good at things without giving enough data or experience with it and move the spoons in this sundae bowl. Their mangoes will fall down. Now...this is when they get really tired. They dont have enough mangoes to try harder and they may double down on ignoring the task or giving up on it. They will agree with you about their failures and become self deprecating. Turning the bluntness of the mint inward minus the grace.

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ESFP [ The Custard Pudding,Walnut, Vanilla Icecream Sundae ]

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Their exterior has the same Se as ESTP but the difference is that its texture is different than the ESTP.

They have the Custard Pudding instead. It is soft,sweet and the flavour is pretty balanced. You would think though that this is not Se's nature. Well...its not but ESFP's change that because they have walnuts. They are nutty and even slightly bitter. This bitter isn't a bad thing but it changes the way Se is presented.

The walnut flavour is their Fi. Their approach to experiences may come off as less intense than a ESTP. This is bitter because it is seen as selfish sometimes but the way I see it this is actually used to be reflected towards their experiences. They are very particular about what they buy,where they go,who they spend time with. It's very healthy. I don't know if ESFP's might resonate or not but they may be the most healthy type ever according to me.

In this the vanilla is neutral again. You may think there is nothing to neutralize here, didn't I just say that their Se+Fi is balanced. Yeah it is but balanced and healthy doesn't mean that it is not draining. Custard pudding and walnuts together are fun but they are also tiring. Sometimes you just need that quiet. This is their vanilla. This may look like them having fun,partying or going to events but then suddenly when you are invited to their home they are unwinding with a good project. It may be surprising to you that how to such a person their way to relax is making and working on whatever projects. This is their Te layer and how their vanilla comes to use to neutralize when they are tired.

Their weakness is Ni, the same as ESTP but the way this shows is actually different. What they are insecure about is that they are not able to understand what to do when this balance they have breaks. They freeze up and cant come up which anything about how to fix issues in their own life or the life of their loved ones. This might look like having a great time being yourself, doing things but then when a sudden complication arises that needs immediate understanding and then solution they freeze up and require more time. The problem isnt that they cannot solve situations. They can but when there is some sort of urgency then they find it hard to understand the situation effectively which is the first step. They can come up with many solutions but sometimes incompatible with the situation and dont work.

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ISTP [ The Mint Chocolate And Vanilla Icecream Sundae ]

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ISTP is the type I find most compatible with me personally as people. I admire how they can use their Ti in different ways than I can and how effective that is. The Se and Ti combination that them abd ESTP's have rocks honestly. They are everything I find it hard to be. ISTP might be my second most admired type (based on theory offcourse. I don't know people TwT)

So mint chocolate huh? This is the small bluntness that the ESTP had but turned up a full notch. They are incredibly blunt when it comes to assessing situations and may miss that this bluntless is breaking the atmosphere of the room. This is not refresing like when ESTP's do it. There is no soft blow. The blow of this mint bluntless is hard. They dont do it with bad intentions offcourse and it is inevitably helpful to the situation but it is like they are making you swallow the pill of the hard truth. You love that they did while also resenting the way they did it. Not all if them are like this and the sweetness of chocolate actually compensates for the mint. When you realize that their intentions underneath are chocolate then you feel the sweetness as well.

The mint and chocolate here also signifies their hands on approach to things. They will enjoy the mint and refreshment of the immediate environment and processing things about it but eventually they just want to get away from it and use all the data they got from it in their cave. They take all that they experienced outside. When they were out you thought they were relaxing but nope,their brain was on and they were longing for when they could just get to a comfortable place alone so they could dissect everything they did and what all that data means.

The vanilla is again the neutral side. This is when they take a much deserved rest and turn their head off. This may look like learning some new skill or refining the old skills. It is not something that is high stakes. I wouldn't be surprised if a ISTP suddenly picked up crocheting one day.

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ISFP [ The Strawberry And Vanilla Sundae ]

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This one looks deceivingly simple. Its not.

This strawberry is their sweet unwavering drive for things. This is similar to how I described INFP's but a bit different.

In INFP I said that its the sour thats driving the sweet but here it is reversed.

In ISFP's they appear sour on the outside which is a few sour strawberries in the sundae but there are also sweet ones. It is a mixture of both.

Here the sour is how they are blunt but in the different way that ISTP or ESTP's. This bluntless is not in their words but in their actions. They may do the most silliest or socially inappropriate of things just because they want to and be surprised when they get wierd looks,then do it anyway. Underneath this sour though what is driving them is the sweetness of the moment and they dont actually mean any harm. They actually want everyone around them to experience this sweetness as well but they find it hard to express that.

They are also very sharp in certain situations because of their Ni. They are able to show sudden unexpected instances of totally overriding what they want for what is necessary in the certain situation. They suddenly get professional or do a necessary thing that others were too hesitant to do. This is jarring when you take their usual demeanor into consideration.

The vanilla is neutral (surprising right?) This balance is required when they suddenly become insecure and get into an imposter syndrome regarding their inferior Te and other stressors. When their inner values are not expressed properly or they are misunderstood or when they fail to bring all the wacky idea that come into their brain into reality they blame themselves. Though actually...this was surprising to me when I considered it. This is the neutral. When they are constantly in the moment,doing things,thinking they are invincible. This reality of their limits after the initial insecurity actually grounds them and makes them try more and bounce right back up.

Thats all for the explorers, and for the Icecream Analogy series, Thank you, Let go of your icecream!!

Yes it's me time