Oh God, I can't tell you how many of these extroverts have been asking me about what I'm reading. Jeezh people, I'm reading a Polyamory.com thread, what does it look like?
[shakes head with hand on face]
When introverts read or have earbuds in in a public place, they're trying to send the message that they want to be left alone. When extraverts do it, they're trying to convey the message: I'm good at keeping myself entertained, but I'd much rather be talking to someone. The behavior looks exactly the same, but in reality conveys opposing messages. Introverts don't want the interruption, with extraverts, this happens twenty seconds into the conversation:
"Sorry to interrupt you. I'll let you get back to your reading."
"No, it's fine. I'd actually rather talk to you."
"No, really. You're busy but too polite to say so, I've got something else to do anyway."
Usually this happens when it's someone really cute and is frustrating. So, I started saying the following:
"If I wanted to be left alone, I'd say so. If it seem less talkative than you expected, it's probably because I'm trying to figure out if you approached me because you want to fuck me, and I'm not good at multi-tasking."
Sometimes this pisses them off, sometimes they find my bluntness amusing, and occasionally they
do want to fuck me. I'm okay with all of this.
For those that don't want to be disturbed: sigh heavily, turn the cover of the book so they can see it better, and glare at them.
INFJ... Introversion is the only factor that was really, really high though (89%), all the other preferences were merely in the 12-20% range.
I'm still baffled at ending up as F instead of T, at all. *shrug*
Psychological inventories are meant to be an indicator of psychological traits, they're not set in stone. Most people are somewhere in the middle. Extraverts occasionally enjoy quiet nights at home, Fs can be analytical, Ts can act on emotion. Myers-Briggs tests are essentially a simple set of explanations for a very complex set of phenomena.
