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I was reading Cracked today and because I'm a self indulgent asshole I needed to write about something I spied with my little eye. Now because it is cracked I'm going to say it was probably researched, I didn't do it and I didn't read it. Therefore, this might be wrong but like the new settings on blogger, I just don't care. But I did read this description:
"You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself. While you have some personality weaknesses, you are generally able to compensate for them. You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing. You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You also pride yourself as an independent thinker and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof. But you have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others. At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic."
Read more: http://www.cracked.com/article_20214_5-so-called-signs-genius-that-any-idiot-can-learn_p2.html#ixzz2JPAm0cig
So some jackass scientist found out that if you apparently say this blurb to any old person they will think you are giving an in depth psychoanalysis of them. Or at least 84% of people will think that, i think, i didn't really read the cracked article either. This comes out of a study where he had people fill out psych evaluations, and then pretended to read them, and then said the above junk to them pretending it was a specifically catered to each person.
Here is my problem with the whole thing: If someone said all this to me, I would say: "BULLSHIT!"
Why would I say bullshit? I am more than happy to tell you:
You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself.
No. First off, I don't think I have ever wanted anyone to admire me. Second, the only people I care about liking me are people interviewing me for jobs. Also my cat, Mungo, I care that he likes me, but that's mostly because if his opinion of me ever turns I don't think he would hesitate to shit in my face. I think that's why he puts his butt in my face all the time. It's clearly a threat... ...and it works. The last part about this, being critical about myself, Well I suppose everyone is in some way. I know I have thought things like "I'm too fat" or "I'm too lazy" but then what do I do? I eat a bag of potato chips or take a nap. So while I may be critical of myself sometimes, I don't think I could ever take those critiques seriously - at least not until I actually do something about them.
While you have some personality weaknesses, you are generally able to compensate for them.
I honestly think my only personality weakness is my total laziness and I can assure you that in no way shape or form* do I compensate for that. Unless by compensate you mean continue to lay in bed watching Netflix and not move. In that case I compensate the shit out of it.
You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage.
This may be one of the few points that is entirely true. See above for evidence.
Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside.
I will only address the first part of this sentence as I have previously addressed the second part. To the first part: I don't know a single person in the entire world who would ever, I mean ever, call me disciplined or self-controlled. I think that actually might be the anti-thesis of me. In fact the majority of my success in life comes from bursts of hard work after weeks and weeks of doing absolutely nothing. Those are not the actions of a disciplined or self-controlled person. Also I don't think a disciplined or self-controlled person would be such an advocate for nose picking. Or for drinking. Or for burping. Or for CW TV shows. Or for things vampire related. Or for any of the things that I like at all.
At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing.
Probably every year or two, especially around Christmas time I get super "what is the meaning to life" -ish. I think it's because I can't get my tan on no more. But for the most part I would say I'm one of the most happy go lucky betches I know. You know, if a betch can be happy go lucky. Maybe that's not possible, maybe I'm just carefree or irresponsible. Yeah irresponsible sounds about right.
You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations.
I think I am one of those rare birds (possibly a macaw or a emu, since they are so similar looking) who loves stasis. Major reason why I went back to grad school was because I wanted to go back to school and did want the change of being an adult. Yes, I prefer a certain amount of change in the sense that in college I preferred rum & coke and now I love gin & tonic. Other than that? I want my same cat and my same tv shows and my same junk. And I want them the same.
You also pride yourself as an independent thinker and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof.
Ok to prove that this is not me - read this article. Independent thinker - maybe - but the part about needing proof? No. I'm writing this article with out any proof that what it is based off of is true. Which I admitted when I first started writing it.
But you have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others.
This might be one of those things that I should think/learn/feel but it definitely doesn't describe me. Once again I'm the exact opposite in that I give out far too much information about myself to other people - too a point where I start disgusting them. But that is one of the moments I cherish the most in life - the look in other people's eyes when I have thoroughly disgusted them. So I will most likely never change this about myself.
At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved.
I think this might be the only thing said above that is a fair evaluation of me. At the same time it is the most vague crap I have ever heard in my life and therefore applies to everyone. It's on par with saying "you are a human who eats, sleeps, and poops." At one point in time no matter how introverted you are - you will be extroverted around the right group of people. On the flipside - no matter how extroverted you are, at one point in time you will act introverted if you were around the right people, say like a group that made you nervous. For me that group might be my boyfriend's parents, the pope, children, or foreigners. I really hate all but one of those groups - you guess which one.
Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic.
This is interesting because it forces you to think about what your aspirations are, and mine are: DUH DUH DUH! To be happy with as little effort as possible. I think that might be the most realistic aspiration there is. That or I'm super unrealistic, like so unrealistic I just don't even know how unrealistic I am.
Another aspiration I have is to own a claw footed tub and a walk in closet. These might be unrealistic seeing as I be poor.
Now readers (and by that I mean mother - yo wassup?), now that you have read that junk there - how does it/does it not describe you?
