Do you care about MBTI when making new friends?

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SeaworthinessNo6073@reddit

Americans don’t know what an MBTI is, please elaborate

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tortie_shell_meow@reddit

MBTI is not based on science so no. It’s no more accurate than astrology or star signs.

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TopHatGirlInATuxedo@reddit

No. In the US, you're far more likely to get asked your star sign, and those people are seen as insane for caring about it.

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OneHappyTraveller@reddit

When making new friends, neither their age or MBTI is something I care about.

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What is mbti? Is that horoscopes? I try to steer clear of these pseudoscience stuff with people because it is hocus pocus to me. The idea that stars millions of light years away would be able to have an effect on a specific group of people's personality or traits is mindblowing. It's prejudice with more steps.

Okay looked it up. It is pseudoscience. In a mean way I will call it bullshit. In a nice way I will call it a way to be prejudice. No I don't give a fuck what your mbti is. I will talk to you, if you're chill we can be friends. It's pretty simple. We need to stop putting these outrageous labels on people. This will probably not help you widen your circle or have better quality friends. Can you imagine? A group of people hear person X is INTP or whatever and they go oh no I cannot be that person's friend. Meanwhile this person is just going about their business, volunteering for the homeless and trying to finish med school to save lives. I mean come on.

America already have enough issues with labelling people and stereotypes. We don't need any more of this kind of crap. So let me be clear: I don't give a shit if you're black, white, brown, or rainbow or if you're an intb or eptf or whatever other abbreviations you may be. My only requirement is if you are a decent, respectable person. If you're chill, that's all that is important.

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somroaxh@reddit

Nah I’ve never heard someone mention a friend’s mbti. I personally wouldn’t care about my potential friend’s mbti, as I feel like I get a better read on their character archetype through lived experiences than an online personality test.

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PenteonianKnights@reddit

Most people know what it is. Most people will also find it weird if you immediately ask them what type they are

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Shadow-Spark@reddit

MBTI is pseudoscientific nonsense. It makes about as much sense as caring about blood type or astrological sign when making friends.

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Spirited_Ingenuity89@reddit

I feel like more and more people are into astrology, though. It seems like it’s on the rise.

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Bright_Ices@reddit

I agree and I don’t think your comment deserves downvotes, since it’s true. You’re not saying it’s a good thing, just a weird thing.

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Spirited_Ingenuity89@reddit

Yeah, I definitely don’t think it’s a good thing (in fact, I’d argue that’s it a bad thing). But I do think it’s becoming more popular/prevalent.

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Shytemagnet@reddit

Ugh. Such a Capricorn thing to say.

(I figure I had a 1/12 chance.)

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Dr_Watson349@reddit

That's why you say - "classic fire sign". Now it's only 1/4

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SpookyCatMischief@reddit

A Capricorn isn't a fire sign... Lol. It is earth.

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Shytemagnet@reddit

taps head

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WrongAssumption@reddit

Funny you should say, South Koreans also use blood type to determine personality traits.

https://theculturetrip.com/asia/south-korea/articles/how-koreans-predict-personality-by-blood-type

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candlestick_maker76@reddit

Hey now, caring about blood type makes sense! You never know when you might need a donor.

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Bright_Ices@reddit

Those AB+ types are going to have a hard time finding friends….

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candlestick_maker76@reddit

Right? Selfish bastards...

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codenameajax67@reddit

Blood type is very important for making friends.

I have a fairly rare blood type and only a few people can give me blood, so I make sure they are always on hand.

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lesbianvampyr@reddit

I would say that most Americans who even know what it is recognize it as the weird pseudoscience that it is, maybe a fun sleepover event for everyone to take the quiz together but certainly nothing to care about or take seriously

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RickyNixon@reddit

Yeah I’m much more likely to be asked my horoscope than my mbti these days, but is it not still known? For awhile it was everywhere

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Kestrel_Iolani@reddit

A punchline that stayed with me is "MBTI categories are horoscope signs for people with Linked In accounts."

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buoyantjeer@reddit

MBTI is clearly more useful than horoscope or blood type like people on this thread are insisting. You are literally answering questions about personality traits and the result is a descriptor based on your own preferences. Sure, everyone is on a spectrum of say introvert vs. extrovert, but it is a useful description for most people. Psychology uses Big Five traits these days, but there is plenty of overlap between that and MBTI.

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santar0s80@reddit

You just saved me a Google search

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ColossusOfChoads@reddit

Today I read that there's been a resurgence of astrology among the under-30 crowd. I guess it comes and goes....

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HailMadScience@reddit

Its become so much rarer I had to think hard what it meant, and have no idea what mine even was cuz the only time I did it was in a college psych class. If I met someone who asked seriously about it, I'd laugh so hard.

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InfidelZombie@reddit

Is this one of those goofy personality tests? It's just corporate astrology.

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moonchic333@reddit

Basically it categorizes a person as either introvert or extrovert

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Lothar_Ecklord@reddit

It is exactly that. I've met a couple people who took it seriously but most of the people I met only knew of it because it was part of some work event that got you out of working lol

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FWR978@reddit

I'm American, and if you take your MBTI seriously, I'm not going to be your friend. So it is pretty important to me.

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Spidersensei@reddit

Disagree. I would say most Americans don't know what MBTI is... Some Americans know it and appreciate it as a helpful tool. Others don't know very much about it and/or they discount it because they cling to a science/not science duality, so they don't understand complexity nor how to hold paradox. These people are usually STJ's.

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Mountain_Man_88@reddit

they discount it because they cling to a science/not science duality

I like this description. It's not supposed to be some hard science thing, it's literally just describing personality type. It's basically four questions:

Are you an introvert or an extrovert?

Do you rely on observation or intuition?

Do you draw conclusions based on logic or emotion?

Are you organized or comfortable with disorganization?

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hotpie_for_king@reddit

Agree. There are definitely some people that treat it like astrology and obsess over it, but it's actually a pretty interesting categorization that can help people learn more about themselves and others. If you use it just for that (self reflection and considering others' ways of thinking) it's a good tool.

Both people who hate on it and people who obsess over it think that it's some attempt at predicting everything about a person. It isn't. All it is is a reflection of the inputs a person puts into it - you answer simple questions about yourself, and it explains more detail about what you answered.

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Mountain_Man_88@reddit

It's a really polarizing subject and it doesn't need to be. It's funny that people are totally happy with the concept of introverts or extroverts and emotional thinkers or logical thinkers, but when you combine them the same people will shout "pseudoscience!"

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IllaClodia@reddit

Well, I kinda say the same if anyone tries to sell me an overpriced corporate fake psych tool about any of those axes, though. Especially if it purports to have validity and reliability but actually has neither. MBTI is a scam, and the reason it works as a scam is because it is saleable as "science" without any of the work of science. That's why I roll my eyes at the like "what's your color" or "what's your compass direction" workplace things, but only get really annoyed by MBTI. No one pretends the other ones are real, but for a while there, people were including MBTI in HR decisions. That's nuts.

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Mountain_Man_88@reddit

MBTI doesn't cost any money though? It's literally just an efficient way to describe your personality.

Do you not believe that some people are more introverted and some are more extroverted?

Do you not believe that some people think more logically and some think more emotionally?

Any claims that some certain personality type is destined for greatness are bunk, but is it so crazy to think that an extroverted, well-organized person might do well in sales? Or that an introverted, sense based, logically thinking, and organized person might be happy in some analytical role?

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IllaClodia@reddit

So, I am quite sure that there is such a trait as extroversion. It has been empirically validated. Emotion/logic has not been because there are too many confounding variables and how would you even get at that anyway. It isn't about belief. It's about proof.

The MBTI is an organization that does make money even if there are pirated tests available. There arealso psychometric personality tests that are both more valid and more reliable (most expanded 5 factor tests go here). Again, I think social categorization is fine, and scientific categorization is fine. It's the veneer of science I don't like.

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AllKnowingFix@reddit

I did a couple classes for corporate,,, one did the whole ENTJ thing. Which that seemed better for self reflection like you mentioned.

Then we did another about learning to identify someone's personality types,,, identifying if they were introvert/ extrovert & analytical/feel and that one helped me a lot in understanding how to better read people and how to communicate better with others.

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Massive_Length_400@reddit

Reread

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Miss-Tiq@reddit

I used to see a lot of emphasis on it in my psychology classes when I was still in school. These days, I kind of liken it to horoscopes (though I know some people take these very seriously, as well). It's a fun little thing to know about yourself, but outside of that, I don't really put as much stock in it.

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No-Independence548@reddit

Yes, we don't take it seriously. Unlike a daddy sky wizard, that one we'll defend to the death.

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mossryder@reddit

No. If someone shared that mumbo jumbo with me, they wouldn't be a friend anymore.

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Sweets_0822@reddit

I know my MBTI. I have never once cared about anyone else's MBTI. I have never thought to ask about it. It's a fun, interesting exercise but that's about it. I personally doubt most people in the USA even do the quiz, but I could also be 100% wrong on that. Maybe we all do and care so little we never talk about it.

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aquay@reddit

when i started college, they forced us to take the test. they added the fee to our accounts, too, which pissed me off because it was over $300. i remember they posted the results publicly, and i was concerned that i was the only INFP in my entire class. FF to today, and most people i know never even heard of the MBTI, and honestly i think i sort of changed. is it possible to change types? IDK. and really before i took it, i already pretty much knew myself so i didn't feel like i needed to be typed.

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Left_Lengthiness_433@reddit

I have no idea what MBTI stands for, but i suspect that I dint really care.

When getting to know people, Americans generally ask about interests, hobbies, and employment.

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cornlip@reddit

I’ve been asked one time by a potential. I didn’t know what it was, but apparently I’m ENFP. At least I was. I forgot what all the letters mean besides the first one.

It probably changes results depending how you feel at the time like the political spectrum test. That changes every year for me as I drift further to the left, apparently, but I think that thing is probably more accurate.

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PopEnvironmental1335@reddit

Ohhh I’ve gotten a different answer every time I’ve taken it. The question leave a lot up to interpretation.

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punkwalrus@reddit

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, you know, like the ENTJ-type labels and such about as accurate as a zodiac.
This is what most likely is the case, but also common areas to meet also plays a huge factor (like at the bar, the gym, work, etc).

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brand_x@reddit

The introverted/extroverted thing can have real and meaningful implications about how two people get along. Sometimes. But more in the "understanding why we get along the way we do" than "predicting how we would get along" sense. Nothing else about it is, as far as I can tell, either predictive or useful.

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Bundt-lover@reddit

Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator.

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1PumpkinKiing@reddit

100% this

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hyesunnie@reddit

korean american here :) non-asian-americans won’t usually know their mbti, but a lot of asian americans our age do. Korean Americans who are somewhat involved in Korean culture will almost always know. We don’t really believe in it, but we do talk about it and it’s usually brought up as an introductory question, even if neither person believes in it. It’s sort of like an ice breaker

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BubblelusciousUT@reddit

No. The only place I ever even heard of it was at a job and they just use it to find better ways to manipulate you.

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SufficientComedian6@reddit

I haven’t heard about MBTI. I have heard about the Meyers Briggs test. I have never heard someone ask my type.

Age, interests, what do you do professionally.

I guess if you’re younger (gen z) Where do you go to school? Where did you grow up? What do you like to do for fun?

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DukeOfMiddlesleeve@reddit

Absolutely not

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grunkage@reddit

MTBI was huge 20 years ago, and no, I never once asked anyone about their results, because why? It's silly.

Here's a song about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-9AtkL-lZI

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Old-Door1057@reddit

No that’s stupid. You should aspire to be friends with people of all backgrounds and personalities. It’ll give you character.

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PipecityOG@reddit

You can usually figure out how people are or behave without them needing to disclose their “MBTI”, if you have any social sense. I know the kind of person I am, I would prefer to learn about someone or have conversation with some substance

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Adorable_Dust3799@reddit

There are 2 different answers i typically get for mine and i can't remember either of them

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GingerTea69@reddit

ESFP, former INFJ here. It's on the same level as horoscopes. Some people are crazy about it and will definitely use it as a social barometer with some bosses even hiring horror not hiring people based on it. Others like myself think it's a cute thing to pass the time and not much more than a social shorthand for how one views themselves rather than how they actually are as people.

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asoep44@reddit

I had to Google it because I've never seen it abbreviated like that. No, I would absolutely not care about someone's Meyer Briggs test in regards to friendship

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dangleicious13@reddit

I have no idea what MBTI is.

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SituationSad4304@reddit

Myers Briggs personality tests

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SituationSad4304@reddit

The MBTI is highly favored among Christian communities. The rest of us consider it equal to astrology. Fun, harmless, minor insights, but if you take it really seriously that’s kind of a red flag.

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seatownquilt-N-plant@reddit

However, many Koreans enjoy using it because they believe knowing each other’s type helps them understand one another better. Also it's sometimes fun.

In the USA, MBTI might be less well known than generic astrology. A minority of people think astrology is fun.

I honeslty didn't know what MBTI meant, but someone else posted "myers briggs" and then I knew what the topic of discussion was.

in the same vein, I kinda love (for the luz and concern-lulz) Harvard implict bias test https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html I have some biases.

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Pretend-Set8952@reddit

I'm a millennial but my version of this is asking each other's astrological sign

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seifd@reddit

No, but I do require them to complete the Revised NEO Personality Inventory before we speak.

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RotationSurgeon@reddit

MB seems to have lost a lot of gravitas over the last decade or so. I don't know many people who even know their type. I don't.

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DogOrDonut@reddit

We did them one day in high school and everyone asked each other what they got. The next day we probably moved onto a quiz on like what type of bread we are and found it equally important.

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Standard-Outcome9881@reddit

What kind of school was it that inflicted upon its students this pseudoscientific crap?

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Express_Barnacle_174@reddit

My high school (in the US) did it in the 90’s, and were very serious about it. They had us do worksheets and shit depending on our rating? Letters? Whatever the fuck, that was supposed to help us decide on career paths we might take in college.

I have LONG forgotten what mine were, but I ended up in a career far from anything the worksheets said I should do.

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NinjaKitten77CJ@reddit

I remember those! Mine said I should be a teacher or some shit. I've been a career bartender for the past 20 yrs. So accurate. 😂

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iloveartichokes@reddit

Those jobs aren't that different.

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NinjaKitten77CJ@reddit

Ah... You're not wrong. Working behind the bar is like wrangling a bunch of toddlers.

"Put that down!"

"Don't pee on the floor!"

"Use your words, please..."

"You have to wait your turn."

"I'm sorry, Johnny, but I have to put you in timeout."

"Keep your hands to yourself, please."

"I know you're having some big feelings right now, but it's not ok to hit others."

"No biting!"

I've even told a customer to catch a bubble once.

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domestic_omnom@reddit

My high school was the same. I work in IT now, which is what it said for my personality type, INTJ for those who care.

I never wanted to work in IT, that's just what fate decided.

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roadsidechicory@reddit

They did it at my high school back in the 00s, and it was rated the best high school in the nation (US) at the time, and has consistently been one of the top high schools on the list over the years. They made the whole school district do it. It's a school district with a bunch of the national top high schools. I don't like MBTI but it definitely wasn't just weird schools doing it.

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Dandibear@reddit

It's widespread enough that learning about it in psych class is valuable just to know what everyone else is going on about. It's also a perfect case study a teacher can use to talk about pop culture pseudoscience and critical thinking. This is knowledge Americans are sorely lacking, as evidenced by RFK getting anywhere near a position of medical authority.

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DogOrDonut@reddit

We did it in AP psyche, I'm pretty sure my teacher said not to take it too seriously but it was a fun activity.

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animepuppyluvr@reddit

I did the 16personalities long test once just for fun, then like 2 years later we had to do it in class as part of our college class (I forget which one but it was a psyche or similar class) so I just logged into my account and did other shit for a while on my phone lol

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Stock-Cell1556@reddit

Oooh, what Hogwarts house are you in?

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DogOrDonut@reddit

I'm a Hufflepuff and proud of it!

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Stock-Cell1556@reddit

As well you should be!

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TheNerdofLife@reddit

That's how it was for me too. In middle school and high school, there'd be a day where we'd do some career development activity where we'd take the MBTI test and see which careers it said would align with our results, but like a lot of people, we just didn't care about it except for completing that activity.

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blipsman@reddit

For friends? No!

There was a time it was used a bit in workplaces as part of interviews or to help co-workers figure out how to better relate to each other but haven’t seen it as much past 10 years or so.

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Azariah98@reddit

I find it harder and harder not to judge the lunacy of people younger than me.

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RobinFarmwoman@reddit

What does your judgingness have to do with cultural practices in Asia?

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Azariah98@reddit

Needing to know someone’s result on a personality score before you’re willing to consider interacting with them socially is ludicrous.

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RobinFarmwoman@reddit

Absolutely true. However, your random statement about judging young people seemed completely off topic. But if you want to find a way to act like a boomer, you just carry on.

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Azariah98@reddit

I’m not a boomer at all, but not all of their behavior is unjustified. As society solves the most glaring injustices, young people have to look harder and harder for something to passionately fight for. When your grandparents fought wars to keep people from being owned, your parents protested for half of society to be able to vote, and you marched for those freed people to be treated like actual human beings, it’s hard to not roll your eyes the silly things young people are up to today.

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RobinFarmwoman@reddit

My goodness, you were really working on being old and judgmental early in life then.

I am awed by today's young people. They live in a world where hope is hard to come by, and people treat each other badly all the time, but somehow many of them retain a sweetness and optimism that brings me hope. They are creative, they have different ways of doing things and thinking about things which will move the world in different directions. They dgaf about stupid social constructs like gender and hierarchy. They are inspiring!

Maybe you should try to really understand where people are coming from instead of just judging them because of their age. Just a thought. You may want to continue being a judgmental jerk, and that's fine too.

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ColumbiaWahoo@reddit

Nope

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One_Recover_673@reddit

I’ll figure out my mbti when im done investigating who moved my cheese. I’m pretty sure it’s that highly effective teen down the street but lack a motive.

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One_Recover_673@reddit

I’m still not sure what color my parachute is.

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thattogoguy@reddit

No.

MBTI is bunk science. About the only utility it has is helping you figure out what kind of job to do (and not even if you'll be any good at it.)

It's a horoscope for nerds.

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high_on_acrylic@reddit

It’s something most people over here do for fun but don’t really consider when making friends. Usually we just go on a case by case basis. If so and so doesn’t like going to parties, you find other ways to hang out. If another friend has a tendency to push boundaries, you address their actions and the pattern of behavior. Individual relationships are typically seen as just that — individual.

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7empestSpiralout@reddit

Never even heard of it

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aquay@reddit

Nope. Most people I know never even heard of it.

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Aggressive-Bath-1906@reddit

I am a practicing Psychologist, and I dont even know my MBTI, or anyone else’s.

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Cyoarp@reddit

What does Mbti or mbil? mean? Sorry my brain doesn't initialism.

Possibilities:

Men be teaching literature

Monday baseball teems international

Men belive things literally

Members of Benedictine theological litergy.

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TeratoidNecromancy@reddit

I don't even know what the hell that is, so no.

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Captain_A@reddit

No. And they shouldn’t. MBTI is astrology for people with a bachelor’s degree.

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froodiest@reddit

Absolutely. Fun fact - in some Asian countries (idk about South Korea, so no reflection on OP) it’s popularly believed that blood type can predict personality. People believe some silly things.

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eldakim@reddit

It absolutely was a South Korean thing too. Lol, my mom is (was? IDK about now) a heavy believer in this. This is generalization, and honestly I forgot most of it, but she told me:

O- Clumsy but the nicest people. Often considered the "best" people to be friends with.

A- Generally nice but tends to hold in grudges/sadness.

B- One of the worst. I think there was a Korean movie or show that was basically about a couple who are both B's, so it leads to shenanigans. They're high-tempered, easy to anger, and usually forget causing harm to someone the very next day.

AB- The worst of the worst, especially since they take in the worst of both A and B blood types.

So basically, she, as an A, is a misunderstood, persecuted person. My dad (AB) is high-tempered and also sentimental. And I (B) am a high-tempered POS who always leave a bloodbath in my moment of anger.

My brother was always thought to be an A, but when he got his blood sample and the doctor said it was AB, my mom freaked out and kept asking the doctor to check again lol. My mom said she felt betrayed, because she always thought my brother was similar to her. I cheekily joked," Guess you're alone now, Mom." Also strange how she married my dad if his blood type was the worst one.

I think she chose to forget about it since she let me marry my wife, who's also a B.

I mean, I love my mom, but I always found her superstitious attachment to blood types hilarious.

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WulfTheSaxon@reddit

O- […] Often considered the "best" people to be friends with.

If you need a transfusion, sure. :P

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BeatingsGalore@reddit

Actually if you need a transfusion it would be best to be AB. Then anyone can open a vein for you. Maybe they’re a bit jealou.

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obtusername@reddit

So, everyone is either a Useful Idiot, a Persecuted Victim, a Sociopath, or a Persecuted Sociopath.

Sounds about right, tbh.

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athomsfere@reddit

It's been my experience too that Korean people really believe the blood type thing, whereas the Japanese it's more akin to "what's your favorite color?".

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silliestboots@reddit

They also believe in "fan death", so there's that. On the other hand, lots of people everywhere believe all kinds of things.

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froodiest@reddit

Very true. And wow, I hadn’t heard about fan death. What a trip.

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SevenSixOne@reddit

I assumed "fan sickness" and "fan death" was mostly just plausible deniability for (attempted) suicide, child/elder abuse, etc... but it seems like a lot of people really take it seriously

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klimekam@reddit

Even weirder: some cultures even believe that the genitalia you are born with will predict a whole bunch of things about your personality, and then get angry AT YOU when it ends up not coming true.

They base their entire society structures around it. It’s even listed in official identification.

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Bright_Ices@reddit

Remember when someone here in the US published a book about “how to eat right for your type”? So goofy.

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MotherofJackals@reddit

But that almost makes sense. The base of the book was that certain blood types were more common in some parts of the world and that that genetic history affects the foods your body does best on. I mean there is obviously much more to it but genetics playing a part in what diet your body does best on does make sense.

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froodiest@reddit

The types don’t vary THAT much. There are only eight of them, after all. You can’t determine what part of the world someone is from by their blood type with any kind of accuracy, unless they have one that is really rare in most of the world but more common in one specific place, which is definitely a fringe case.

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MotherofJackals@reddit

Oh I realize that the book was really off the mark with it's generalizations and super flawed but the idea that our genetics could affect our metabolism is sound I think. It's like how they use to use blood type to determine paternity and now we use DNA.

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froodiest@reddit

Sorry, I edited my comment to be clearer right before you posted your reply.

Blood type can sometimes be useful for determining whether specific individuals are related, but they don’t vary nearly enough to indicate where someone is from.

Even with paternity, the most common types are common enough that the broad blood types (the major 8 that we talk about, not the many specific antigens that might be evaluated in tests) of the subjects could be compatible without them being related at all.

Blood type simply doesn’t carry enough information to vary enough to be used like DNA for those kinds of things.

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MotherofJackals@reddit

I'm aware of that. I was commenting on how things changed as we understood them better. The idea of your genetics having an effect on the diet that best suits you is sound. How that is actually decided requires an understanding of genetics that simply does not currently exist.

Just as the idea that who your parents are could be determined by your blood was a long held idea but only recently became possible to determine very accurately.

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eyetracker@reddit

Japan. It's an ancient Japanese mythology, deeply built into the culture, since it was invented in... the 1970s?!?

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TricellCEO@reddit

I wonder if that's why loads of video games will randomly list a character's blood type?

I recall someone saying there was a reason for it, but I can't recall what that reason was.

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froodiest@reddit

Yup. That is why.

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HailMadScience@reddit

It is, especially JRPGs like FF7. Literally the equivalent of giving them astrology signs to explain their personalities.

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rawbface@reddit

Less than six months after FF7, FF Tactics literally gave them astrology signs

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skaliton@reddit

it is always funny when complete nonsense appears comically recently. But I guess every country has their own 'magic underwear guy' in a way

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froodiest@reddit

Ah, yes. For some reason I thought it was more than just Japan.

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eyetracker@reddit

Mainly because of this guy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masahiko_Nomi

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froodiest@reddit

Huh! I always wondered where that came from, but not enough to look it up. Thanks for the rabbit hole lol

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brzantium@reddit

Haha - I came to say it was astrology for business school. I only took it as part of my MBA program.

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klimekam@reddit

We took it in high school

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RawbM07@reddit

I kinda disagree. I had a manager that really believed it had value so he had me go through it. After he got the results, he completely changed the way he managed me…and it worked. I felt like he understood my intentions much better afterwards.

Now, he “believed” in it far more than I ever will, but going through the process did help him understand me better and gave him a better idea of how my brain works.

Basically my feeling is astrology is completely useless, but MBTI does possibly add value in certain circumstances.

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Bright_Ices@reddit

Idk… I would have agreed with you 20 years ago, but these days it seems like astrology is astrology for people with a bachelor’s degree.

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Spam_Tempura@reddit

That’s funny, I’m gonna steal that one.

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rolyfuckingdiscopoly@reddit

I don’t know what mbti is.

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TheBimpo@reddit

In a sense. If I met somebody and they excitedly wanted to get into my MBTI, I'd find a way to end the conversation and not talk to them any longer.

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SevenSixOne@reddit

Taking a personality test together can be a fun conversation starter as long everyone involved is up for it... but introducing yourself with your personality test results or asking someone about theirs is weird and a little off-putting

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ilovjedi@reddit

Wait this is Myers–Briggs type? I think in like the 2000s doing little quiz lets that’s matched you up with Harry Potter house and your Myers-Briggs type or characters from novels were really popular.

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Garden-variety-chaos@reddit

No. I've never asked someone what their MBTI is. I know what mine is, but I view it as less than 5% of my personality. It's entertaining, but means nothing.

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420kennedy@reddit

I've heard it be debunked enough to believe it's total bullshit, so, no. However, on second thought, it could still be useful as it really has a lot to do with what categories the individual believes they belong to. Those beliefs have to do with a person's personality

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MuppetManiac@reddit

I care as much about MBTI as I do about your astrology sign: which is, not at all.

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bobbichocolatthe2nd@reddit

Hahaha

I had to do the Myers Briggs thing many years ago as a part of a workplace thing. For me, it was an enjoyable way to get paid to learn something fairly stupid.

However, the comments full of loathing for Myers Briggs are even more ridiculous than the content of that course. If people wanna use it and let it guide their lives, who is being hurt? Well, other than the "serious" psychology students here in the comments.

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run4cake@reddit

Yeah. Like I totally get some people take this stuff way too seriously but some people take astrology way too seriously, too.

We seem to have an annual corporate cosmo quiz of some flavor and there is a point to it. It’s decent team building because everyone wants to compare their results like teenagers at a sleepover. Also, it’s a fairly decent way to at least open people up to trying something different. Your corporate horoscope is telling you to ask your boss for more detailed directions in your work so maybe you’ll give it a shot.

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Best-Cucumber1457@reddit

What is it?

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Best-Cucumber1457@reddit

Meyers Briggs??!??? That's a blast from the past! I don't know anyone that would think about this when making or trying to make friends.

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OceanPoet87@reddit

I don't know what this is without looking it up.

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PuzzleheadedLemon353@reddit

My dad sent me to a psychologist at Duke University (I'm American) before I graduated high school to go through the Briggs-Meyer exams...his goal was to help me decide 'what to do with my life' and where to push myself in college. You can read the book, but you really need an experienced person to guide you through all the quizzes to know what they all mean together for you. I'm sure there are algorithms that can do this for you online now. I took this in the early 1980's. It's just a personality test. It told me everything I already knew...because, who knows us better than ourselves? I would never choose friends from these exams...who wants to only hang out with people identical to ourselves? That would be...boring!

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4x4Lyfe@reddit

My dad sent me to a psychologist at Duke University (I'm American) Briggs-Meyer exams

No he didn't what a stupid thing to lie about no doctor of psychology would touch this nonsense

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Capital_Public_8145@reddit

But no one said they would only hang out with people with the same type.

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PuzzleheadedLemon353@reddit

True. So how would you choose your friends according to this?

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Capital_Public_8145@reddit

I'm not OP so I don't know, but just use it as a heads up I guess? There has been enough movies about unlikely friendships that people should have gotten the point by now.

I know MBTI is not scientifically proven, but all it is really claiming to do is to categorize how people take in information and what they do with it. That's all. And it doesn't say if anyone is a good or bad person.

The problem is that 99% of people don't understand the tests, get the wrong type, and read way too much into it. I've seen a lot of people literally not know how to handle it and still treat it as a religion and I've seen people understand it for what it is and be able to use it as a tool to understand people a little better.

The 4 colours works the same way, but is extremely simplified. "I'm red but you're green so now I know not to expect red from you, wow!" and people seemed to take to that. Should it be common sense that we're different? Yes. Did that book still become a best seller? Yes. But was it good, that people gained insight, however simplified? I mean, yes?

I sidetracked a bit. Oh well, my 5 cents :)

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cdr-77@reddit

MBTI is dumb. It is just another way to get companies to pay money for “team building” activities that no one wants to waste time on.

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Mata187@reddit

No, not really

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shelwood46@reddit

No, not even a little bit. We know it's just basically the same as your zodiac. It's all self-reported, it would be silly to give it any weight whatsoever.

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RoyalOrganization676@reddit

It can be a somewhat useful way to help understand the broad strokes of a person. I have a friend whom I believe to be autistic who really likes them because he can have difficulty picking up on character nuances just from observing. I think MBPTI is fun, but at the end of the day, it's sort of like astrology for people with less of a penchant for magical thinking.

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Anthrodiva@reddit

People know it if they had to do them at work. Not typically something that comes up randomly.

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peter303_@reddit

No one I know does, or even knows their category. Then I've heard people judge by astrological sign, blood type and college.

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cohrt@reddit

wtf is mbti?

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not_a_witch_@reddit

MBTI is basically astrology for middle managers. But I mean, at least astrology is fun.

A lot of businesses types use it for some godforsaken reason. I took it in high school for a mentoring program I did. I’ve taken it a million times since then because various HR departments think it adds something to the hiring or training process even though it’s been proven to be bullshit pseudoscience.

So a lot of people know what it is, a lot don’t. I can say that if someone introduces themselves and leads with the fact that they’re an INTJ or whatever I definitely judge them.

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Don_Q_Jote@reddit

Yes, I know my MBTI, and my wife's. But it wasn't a factor at all when we were getting to know each other. Only came up after we were together. More of an "aha" moment, that explains why we are so compatible in certain ways.

I also consider MBTI in my teaching. I'm a professor in US. I know that I need to avoid the mistake of assuming all my students learn according to my preferred learning style. So, I'm interested in the link between teaching and MBTI (both from a learner and teacher view).

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HairyDadBear@reddit

The time it comes up is when I find someone who matches my except personality type. But at point we're already friend lol

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Riker_Omega_Three@reddit

MBTI is pseudo science

Humans don't make friends by taking surveys

That's just nonsense

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tubular1845@reddit

Nobody gives a shit about that here lol

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discourse_friendly@reddit

Nope, but I'm GenX. most of us (GenX) at office jobs have had an MBTI test or two, but we don't put any weight on it. That's interesting that Gen Z is, perhaps, taking the test results into account when making friends.

I always go off of hobbies / interests.

tangent, I've recently become more interested in Korean culture. very cool to see you posting here!

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scipio79@reddit

No, I usually try and figure out someone’s MBTI if I’ve known them

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danceswithsockson@reddit

I had to look to make sure I knew what you were talking about- the Myers Briggs! Sure, we know that test. I think most of us have thrown it out. It’s just not very accurate. I had to do mine a few times over the years between business and psychology degrees, and I don’t even get the same results from test to test. It’s just nonsense.

The zodiac is probably more common here and just as silly.

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qu33nof5pad35@reddit

I thought they ask for the blood type.

I don’t care about MBTI though when making new friends.

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OwnLobster1701@reddit

I would actively stay away from someone that used this metric as any kind of indicator for anything. It's literally only telling you what the respondent idyllically wants to think about themselves. To me its like someone touting their astrological sign as a reason their personality is the way it is. It's ridiculous to a fault and I'm not socially compatible with anyone who believes in this bullshit.

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No-Resource-5704@reddit

I was a manager with a contractor for the US government back in the 1990s. We spent a couple days wasting time for our management team to take a bunch of tests to determine our MBTI scores. This was supposed to help us better relate as a team. Ultimately it was meaningless. Now, thirty years later I can’t even remember what my type was. At the time I thought it was a waste of time but that’s what government is good for.

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Far_Winner5508@reddit

2 diferent companies in early 2000s had us do this. Astrology for business managers

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Weird_sleep_patterns@reddit

Absolutely the fuck not. I only learned mine when I went for my Master's, we had to take the test.

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Far_Winner5508@reddit

Mbtim Main Battlefield Tank Index?

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nofuckinwayryo@reddit

MBTI was pretty popular with my social group about a decade ago in high school, but I think it's fallen out of popularity in the US.

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brookish@reddit

MBTI is meaningless and debunked, so no.

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ThinWhiteRogue@reddit

I have no idea what MBTI is.

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Relevant-Ad4156@reddit

I'm not a Gen Z (on the line between Gen X/Millennial), so I'm not in your target audience, but...

I do know my MBTI (or at least the one that the tests point to and that I find that I fit in with the most in online groups), but I have zero idea of the MBTI of *anyone* else that I know in real life. I never bring it up and have no idea how to "type" others.

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froodiest@reddit

Not everyone here even knows what MBTI is, as shown by the first comment.

Some people know theirs and it can come up in conversation, but it’s not a typical getting-to-know-you question.

We don’t usually ask about age, either. It’d be seen as creepy (or at best odd) to ask someone you’ve just met their age.

As for what we do ask, some topics might include hobbies, favorite movies, TV shows, books, music genres and artists, things like that.

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CaptainTripps82@reddit

I feel like age is absolutely not weird, hell A/S/L is a trope for a reason, when we started meeting people online 30 years ago it was considered primary information to have ( or lie about) about the person you were talking to. When you meet in person you can usually gauge it better, but you would definitely ask if you were unsure, or it appeared there was a larger gap than you might be comfortable with. With everyone seemingly dating online these days, I can't imagine people being uncomfortable requesting or providing that information.

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froodiest@reddit

Never mind, then! Thank you for correcting me. As someone who spends more time on Reddit than getting to know actual live human beings, I probably shouldn’t be answering this question xD

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jamminontha1@reddit

I've taken the MBTI test numerous times and get varying results, either ENTP or INTP, so I don't take it that seriously. No one hardly talks about it.

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Head_Razzmatazz7174@reddit

I had to scroll to find what MBTI meant- It's the Myer's Brigg test. As I recall it was four boxes where you put different attributes and whatever box fit your personality the best, that's what you were labeled.

We did that in school and spent a few weeks afterward teasing each other about it. Then it was forgotten and on to the next stupid IQ/personality type test.

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Low_Attention9891@reddit

I didn’t even know what that was before this post. I’ve never asked for it or been asked for it.

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Current_Poster@reddit

If you jogged people's memories, a fair number of people would know what MBTI is, but it is not especially common to bring it up in conversation. Some businesses might do it.

I certainly wouldn't decide to be friends or not with someone by technical compatibility, even if I did trust the exam. Some of my lifetime-favorite friends turned out to be people that "on paper" would have barely been acquaintances. The idea of filtering by personality type kind of makes me sad, a little.

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FlamingBagOfPoop@reddit

If someone was talking to me about personality tests I would assume they’re recruiting me for Scientology. I would then swiftly remove myself from said conversation.

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Cacafuego@reddit

It has one good use: as a prop for a discussion to teach people to stop being annoyed at people just because they are different from you. Human Resources offices across the country use it to promote harmony and flexibility.

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tcspears@reddit

I wasn't even familiar with that acronym, but I'm familiar with Myers-Briggs. I'm a millennial, not GenZ, so they may have a different answer, but that doesn't usually come up when meeting people. It's common on dating sites/apps and in corporate environments, but if you meet someone at a bar, that usually won't come up in conversation.

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E8831@reddit

I have never heard of it to be honest, only thing I care about it friends however is if they are a good person.

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Carinyosa99@reddit

Those who know about MBTI are probably older. I'm GenX and that's something I learned about in college. I don't think my GenZ son even knows what MBTI is. If anything maybe Enneagram might be a thing but that might be Millennials more than GenZ.

But personally, I wouldn't want to look to make friends based on some kind of personality quiz because you're likely looking for someone like you when, in fact, you probably wants someone who is opposite from you in many ways. My husband and I are the perfect example of this. I bet if we both took MBTI, we'd come out almost complete opposites, but we're happily married for 30 years.

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famousanonamos@reddit

I had to go through the comments to see what it is. No, we don't care. I had to do the test for a class a couple years ago and I don't remember what my result was. I don't think it offered me any new insights and I would get better information about people by just asking them questions and getting to know them.

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ChicagoJohn123@reddit

MBTI is viewed as dumb shit that HR wastes an afternoon making you do.

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4x4Lyfe@reddit

What the fuck is MBTI

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Plus-Kaleidoscope-56@reddit (OP)

Sorry, MBTI is a type of personalities.

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LonelyAndSad49@reddit

No one in the US cares about this at all.

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SirPsychoSquints@reddit

I downvoted this because it was a really shitty and unhelpful answer to the question. I’ve done my Myers Briggs before, but had no idea what “MBTI” referred to.

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4x4Lyfe@reddit

Definitely not especially since it's well refuted nonsense that was invented by grifers who used it to make money

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froodiest@reddit

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. It’s a personality test. Here in the U.S., sometimes used to help suggest what kinds of jobs people should do, help people know themselves better, and things like that. Originally developed by legit psychologists, but over time hasn’t been held up as meaningful by further study and is now considered mostly bunk.

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Captain_A@reddit

It was absolutely not developed by legit psychologists. It was developed by a mother-daughter duo, and while the mother was really into Carl Jung, neither had backgrounds in psychology. I highly recommend a book called the Personality Brokers by Merve Emre. It goes into detail about the women, the history of the test and its usage.

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froodiest@reddit

Oh, never mind, then. Thank you for the correction.

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n0exit@reddit

No clue.

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CuNxtTuesday_@reddit

I’m American, what’s MBTI?

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notyogrannysgrandkid@reddit

I have a psychology degree. If someone mentions their Myers-Briggs type either in person or online, it makes me extremely confident in my decision to not be that person’s friend.

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Mobile_Reward9541@reddit

What if they mentioned their big 5? Mbti is really good indicator of personality imo

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Ellemnop8@reddit

According to the psych field, no it is not. MBTI is a self-report, good vibes reflection of what you want to hear. The Big 5 has empirical basis. Good for you if you got something from the MBTI, but it's not comparable to empirically supported tools like the big 5 or the MMPI.

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kiltedkiller@reddit

It’s a good indicator that the person considers themselves intelligent but are very gullible.

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Hillbillygeek1981@reddit

MBTI is essentially astrology for pseudo skeptics.

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DeathandHemingway@reddit

I've called it 'astrology for HR departments'.

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Hillbillygeek1981@reddit

I consider any company that incorporates it into hiring decisions a bigger red flag than a girl with crystals in her pocket and a septum piercing asking me what time I was born at a bar, lol.

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ColossusOfChoads@reddit

You were born at a bar?

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Hillbillygeek1981@reddit

A girl in a bar asking what time I was born was the meaning I apparently garbled, but given where I'm from, being born in a bar is a valid assumption as well, lol.

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ColossusOfChoads@reddit

What about in the backseat of a Greyhound bus, rolling down highway 41?

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moonwillow60606@reddit

HR departments don’t like it either. And no reputable company will use it as part of the hiring process.

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Spidersensei@reddit

Yeah, and skeptics tend to be simpleminded, dualistic thinkers who can't hold paradox and are bought into the mythology of science and its supremacy as an arbiter of truth.

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Infamous_Towel_5251@reddit

Mbti is really good indicator of personality imo

The difference between people who believe in MBTI and who used horoscopes is the horoscope people are more open to admitting it's complete bullshit.

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Mobile_Reward9541@reddit

I understand it makes you feel better calling this BS. It really helped me understand myself and others. And i don’t think you even know what big 5 is.

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Infamous_Towel_5251@reddit

Excuse me?

Actually, I feel sorry for you. How weak and sad you must be, how helpless you must feel, to be looking to absolute tripe for understanding.

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Mobile_Reward9541@reddit

25 mins ago you commented on this topic, saying you have no idea what mbti is. You still have no idea on the topic. You are a person who has zero self control to avoid speaking about something you have no idea on. This stems from the same root of avoiding understanding yourself. Deeply scared of what you’d find.

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Infamous_Towel_5251@reddit

I can read. So I did. It's Myers-Briggs. Oh, that old shit.

You're a loon. Please go lick a crystal or something.

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corporate_goth86@reddit

I don’t think anyone is saying that it’s a bad thing if it helped you understand yourself. I think they are saying if they met someone new and that person started off by discussing their personality type (from a test that many find dubious) it would be a turnoff, not that if you enjoy taking this and feel you got something out of it (but didn’t advertise your personality type) that they wouldn’t be your friend.

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Choice_Philosopher_1@reddit

Big 5 is more respected than MBTI by professionals. There are reasons for that.

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Mobile_Reward9541@reddit

Like if a person educated themselves a bit about personality concept and read about big 5 and mbti, such a person wouldnt be here advocating for mbti hate. If it is ok to ask someone (or to be curious about) if they are more of an introvert or extrovert, or if they are comfortable with new experiences or they love their safe routines, asking for mbti is just fine.

There is definitely a different reason for the hate i see here.

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Choice_Philosopher_1@reddit

I agree that these people are not all highly educated on it, but there are enough highly educated people who talk shit about it that word gets around. There’s nothing wrong with MBTi but it’s not consistent so that’s why org psychs tend to not use it. Big 5 is backed by more research as intrinsic personality measurement. MBTI is proven to change depending on your environment so it’s useful for the purpose of seeing how you are currently responding to your environment but not as a consistent intrinsic set of personality traits

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Emotional_Star_7502@reddit

That’s interesting. I dated someone that was all about Meyers Briggs. She also had a psychology degree.

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KTKittentoes@reddit

That's absolutely fair. (Personality tests make me cranky )

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Forward-Repeat-2507@reddit

Nothing so personal. Just general life questions

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Forward-Repeat-2507@reddit

Took it once 30 years ago. Way behind times and seriously not scientific by any means.

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Capital-Meringue-164@reddit

I appreciate MBTI after spending an in depth week with an advanced version of it in a leadership training. I also like the DISC assessment as it talks about your motivators. I also enjoy talking about my Sun, Moon and Rising astrological signs. It’s all just insights! That’s cool to learn that it’s so commonly used that way in Korea.

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sheppy_5150@reddit

The fuck is MBTI?

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AncientGuy1950@reddit

I think I speak for quite a few people when I ask the question: "What the fuck is MBTI?"

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Forward-Repeat-2507@reddit

Oh my god no. Had to retake this test for a job 30+ years ago. Was a giant joke and I opted out before they opted me in. Too much freely ojai vibes.

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SnowblindAlbino@reddit

The vast majority of Americans have never heard of MTBI, much less know their traits. I didn't encounter it until graduate school, and then it was a joke passed around among friends, like a horoscope. I'm sure even fewer Gen Z Americans would know of it....as a college professor I've had some students take the MTBI in our career center and they've all said things like "I've never heard of this before" and "this is a total joke."

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Jorost@reddit

I have never met anyone who cares about Meyers-Briggs typology. It's just astrology for people who went to college.

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FluffySoftFox@reddit

No most Americans do not care about that at all

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silence_infidel@reddit

No. The Myers-Briggs test was popular years ago when websites starting popping up for it, and it was something a curiosity where everyone wanted to do it and see what they got. It was popular enough that it wouldn't strange to ask about it during ice-breakers or small talk. I'd say a lot of Millenials and Gen Zers know what it is and might've taken it at some point, I know I did.

But that was like, 8 years ago or something? The fad died off within a year or two, I think at a certain point a lot of people realized it was just pseudoscience. It was fun to take the test and discuss it a bit, but it doesn't really have any lasting value so it fell off pretty hard. It hasn't disappeared, but I can count the amount of times I've heard it mentioned in the past few years on a single hand.

More common questions for getting to someone would be things like, what do you do for work/school? What's the most interesting place you've traveled? what are your hobbies? are you in introvert or an extrovert? what's your favorite kind of music? Mostly icebreaker questions, hoping to stumble upon something you have in common that can spark a conversation.

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TpaJkr@reddit

It’s been around since 1944, based on Jung’s personality types before that. The only recent fad is people calling it a horoscope.

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ColossusOfChoads@reddit

It's been around for that long? I was thinking it was some kind of 1990s wine mom thing, back when they were still called soccer moms.

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Chance-Business@reddit

This is quite true. I heard of it in high school back in 1992, and back then a teacher taught it to us as if it was real real science. I remember that day because it was a lot of fun and I was the only person who matched the teacher. Nobody really knew much about it then. I also went to therapy/counseling around 1996ish and the counselor gave me the mbti test and gave me advice based on that. It was legitimately seen as real and was taught to me as if it was 100% a real thing by real authority figures who technically should have known better. But there wasn't information at all about it being "wrong". In fact I'd say there was probably none whatsoever.

So I quite literally grew up thinking it was real. I didn't really think about it at all, but later in my 30s I heard people talking about it online and in some irl conversations, and with my life experience I just looked back at it and the test and all the literature online about it. And I just thought "this is a load of bullshit". I thought this couldn't be real based on my observations of people and how they acted. It just didn't match these categories at all. So I put mbti out of my mind in the opinion that it couldn't be real, even though I was literally taught that it was.

I haven't heard anyone start speaking out against it and calling it a psuedoscience/horoscope until recent years. People were still taking it seriously in the early 2010s. I had far left it behind by then. I'd say it wasn't until mid to late 2010s that people were really starting to get really strongly mad about it as fake.

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cori_2626@reddit

There literally is evidence to the contrary. It’s a known fact that the woman that invented it just made it up. It isn’t based on any studies or anything (like the big five personality test is)

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Chance-Business@reddit

I'm agreeing with everyone saying MBTI is bs yet i'm being downvoted.

What I'm saying is BACK IN THE 1990s there wasn't anyone to tell us that it was fake. No internet, no online psych forums, no social media, nothing to look up, no way to verify if what a teacher has taught me was wrong.

I'm saying if people were my age in the 90s, they would have learned MBTI as if it was a real, true thing.

And I'm also saying that even though I learned it as if it was real science from teachers and such, I still rejected it.

Good for me right? Nope, apparently not. I wasn't sure why people were downvoting me for rejecting MBTI as a load of crap. Now I get it. I'm being downvoted because people think I'm somehow pro-mbti because apparently a ton of people have bad reading comprehension.

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Rubycon_@reddit

I get what you're saying and I don't get the downvotes either. You're correct.

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Adjective-Noun123456@reddit

Based on Jung's personality types by a woman who had no background in psychology.

You forgot the rest of that.

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cori_2626@reddit

Just because it’s old doesn’t mean it’s not made up, it’s just as made up as the four love languages

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absenteequota@reddit

MBTI is astrology for people who think they're too clever to fall for nonsense

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tuberlord@reddit

I don't really hear people talking about it much.

When I was in 10th grade (mid 90s) we took the Meyers-Briggs test for some reason. For the next decade or so it seemed to come up occasionally.

I've heard it described as "astrology for smart people" or possibly being a couple of steps away from measuring the bumps on people's heads. On the other hand, I seemed to get one of the same two results every time, so at least it's consistent.

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Decent-Apple9772@reddit

More like astrology for people that want to be smart.

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Decent-Apple9772@reddit

Older than gen z, but I will respond anyways.

Myers Brigs, astrological signs, blood types or skin color for personality evaluation, alpha/beta, Hogwarts house, are all trashy ways to categorize people that are only taken seriously by the mentally challenged.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Ahqavk7XR/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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ColossusOfChoads@reddit

I remember that being trendy back in the late 90s and early 00s when I was in college. I haven't heard much about it since.

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lewisae0@reddit

Gosh that really fell out of fashion here about 10 years ago. The new one circling my job is DISC

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flootytootybri@reddit

Your Myers-Briggs can be one type one week and a different type two weeks later. I don’t really give much weight to it…

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baalroo@reddit

No, I'm not into horoscopes.

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sneerfuldawn@reddit

I have taken the test years ago out of boredom, but honestly when people bring this up or zodiac I tend to be put off. I don't care about it all, but know people who put serious weight behind this and their astrological signs and I find it a weird and sad way to define who you choose to be friends with. Not suggesting that is what you or your friends do, just my personal experience with armchair psychologists and astrologers.

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IanDOsmond@reddit

Meyers-Briggs tests are essentially a more complex version of Which Hogwart's House Are You, and have the same degree of predictive power and scientific usefulness.

I care about Meyers-Briggs to the same extent as the Sorting Hat. (Or, anyway, did before JKR went crazy.)

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fenrirwolf1@reddit

I have a masters in industrial-organizational psychology, almost no one in “average” America knows about Meyers-Brigg. Its pseudo science of the most pseudo type

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Danibear285@reddit

AHAHAHHAH

What gibberish

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dopefiendeddie@reddit

Even at it's most popular, nobody I know ever seriously asked for my MBTI. My sun sign maybe, but never my MBTI.

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stroppo@reddit

Have no idea what that is. I will look it up.

I looked it up. Those kind of tests are fun to take, but using it to decide whether to be friends with someone or not sounds idiotic to me.

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hayleybeth7@reddit

Not at all. It’s basically pop psychology at this point, anything relevant and evidence-based in terms of human personality has been so diluted.

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Breklin76@reddit

No.

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Extension_Camel_3844@reddit

Never heard of it, don't think I need to....

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vingtsun_guy@reddit

Fun fact: if you understand MBTI enough, you can get the test to say whatever it is you want.

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like_shae_buttah@reddit

When I first started my career, we had to do the mbti quiz and discuss our types. It was pointless then and now.

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TemperMe@reddit

I’ve never even heard of whatever this acronym is….

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RobinFarmwoman@reddit

That would be AKA astrology I believe? Astronomy is a real science.

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TemperMe@reddit

Damn that’s what I thought I put 😭

Gonna edit

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Shot-Artichoke-4106@reddit

I cant remember the past time a discussion about Meyers-Briggs came up. It's been at least 10 years.

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smokiechick@reddit

I was given a test by my university when I applied for an RA position (did not get the job). Again, several years later by the state department of employment while trying to help me find a job (they sent me back to college instead). And at the beginning of a "fun" young professionals day of seminars and workshops. Not once did the tests agree with one another. My husband thinks they should have read my palm or tarot instead.

I'm much more interested in your zodiac sign. I'm collecting Pisces and Scorpios. It makes going out for events super fun! 😂

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L8dTigress@reddit

We mostly talk about it after we become friends depending on how we're into that stuff.

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SignificantKitchen62@reddit

Never did that test but did a different one in a leadership class for work several years ago. It said (paraphrased) I was a dull, boring, and predictable perfectionist that has anxiety. ... didn't need to take a 30 minute corporate Cosmo quiz to tell me that.

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languagelover17@reddit

Do you mean Myers Briggs? That’s so funny. No one would ever ask that in a getting to know you conversation, it would be more like something you talk after you’re already friends.

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bit_shuffle@reddit

Meh. Most redditors work in tech, so we're all INTJ. And we're on reddit, so extra J.

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Rubycon_@reddit

Everyone's a INTJ. That was one of the first inklings I had even as a teenager that the test was bunk. Every person I met it was 'omg I'm INTJ too' but allegedly the rarest type. Trisha Paytas is an INTJ.

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raechuu@reddit

A student organization that I was in used it to determine partners, but that’s the only time I’ve used it outside of like a fun little online quiz

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PA_MallowPrincess_98@reddit

Not really because I am an INTP and I need people who are different from me to get my spirits up. I can be withdrawn and introverted but the right friends get me out of my shell.

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aznsk8s87@reddit

Lolwut no.

It's a fun little personality test but I don't put any stock in it. I have friends who are similar to me and some who are the direct opposite, including my fiancee.

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Ohhhhhhthehumanity@reddit

No. I never even heard of it until me 20s. Interesting? Sure. A basis for making friends or not? Nah.

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FiendishCurry@reddit

I know a lot of people who use it as a quick way to let people know the basics about them, but no one I know takes it seriously. I think people are also very aware that it is pseudoscience and made up, so it is no better than a personality quiz in a magazine or one of those tests telling you what Disney princess you are the most like.

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TheJokersChild@reddit

Meyers-Briggs test? Very few of us off reddit even know what that is. And asking what someone else's is is like asking what someone's horoscope sign was in the '70s - a hokey compatibility test that's a good way to turn off a potential mate.

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mothwhimsy@reddit

The three opinions of MBTI in America in order of most common to least common are:

1) "What is that"

2) "that's a pseudoscientific bullshit quiz some jobs make you take in the interview process"

3) "OMG I LOVE MBTI I'M AN INFP!!"

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Mr_BillyB@reddit

The vast majority of Americans who have taken a full length questionnaire will only have done so as part of a course in psychology. If you ask Americans what their MBTI is, 99% of them are going to look at you funny because they won't know what it is. I have an associate's degree in psychology, and I didn't immediately recognize the acronym. We just don't call it that as a general rule.

Part of why even those of us who have taken it aren't going to put a ton of stock into it is that it's not necessarily consistent. (Or we aren't.) I am an INFP. Or at least I was the first time. I've also been scored as INTP and INTJ. Introversion is the only thing I show a significant...preference(?) for. The others are very much closer to center and vary with the wording of questions and whatever I may be thinking about or feeling at the time.

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Elegant_Bluebird_460@reddit

No, of course not. MBTI isn't even remotely an accurate gauge of one's personality. Take the test twice and you will get two different results.

We get to know someone through conversation asking questions like where they are from, what their family is like, what they do for work. We inquire about hobbies, taste in music and movies and tv, and politics.

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sohcgt96@reddit

And really, isn't any test that relies on the taker to self-report information about themselves going to be inherently flawed? People in general tend to have fairly shit ability to be introspective and make an honest assessments of themselves.

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Free-Sherbet2206@reddit

I have taken the tests to determine my type, but I don’t remember and don’t care. I also don’t care about age for friends. I either like you or I don’t.

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Arleare13@reddit

I do, in the sense that anybody who gives a shit about "MBTI" is someone that I'm unlikely to want to be friends with.

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MulysaSemp@reddit

my goodness, no. Honestly, it'd be a red flag if anybody took it with any degree of seriousness. It's a fun little thing, sure, but it's so fake.

Generally, I doubt most people in the states even know what it is.

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Tommy_Wisseau_burner@reddit

No because it’s basically the psychology equivalent of astrology.

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InsertNovelAnswer@reddit

I don't think I've ever asked anyone their age... I think we tend to none over generation. I'm 41, and I'd say the majority of my male friends are 50+ with a couple of way younger (20s and early 30s). As far as MBTI, I've never really asked that either. My friends are probably a wide variety of these. It also changes a bit by mood and by years of life experience.

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WrongJohnSilver@reddit

Of course not. If we click, we click. I don't need a horoscope to limit my choices.

(Of course, that might just be my INTP speaking.)

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Crafty_Sandwich0@reddit

No, because it's bullshit

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evil_burrito@reddit

I use a different, but no less scientific approach: chat a bit, make a.joke. if the person laughs, they have good taste and discernment, and are worth more of my time and energy. If they don't, then they are deficient in vitamins, minerals, and wit, and are not, move.on.

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sgtapone87@reddit

What the fuck is an MBTI

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GamerGramps62@reddit

62 here and never even heard of MBTI

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silence-glaive1@reddit

No I would say most people don’t know their MBTI but I will say it is fun to think about. The question that often gets asked as soon as you meet someone new is what do you do for a living. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and that seems to be the only question people care about. I hate asking that question because it’s a way for people to judge you and judge your worth based on your income. I don’t know what the getting to know you questions are around the rest of the US but honestly I would rather ask the MBTI than a veiled attempt to figure out my income.

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InevitableCup5909@reddit

I legitimately do not know what MBTI is, and I have no intention of basing my friendships off of any concept other than ‘do I like this person?’

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Olive___Oil@reddit

No, it’s astrology for men who hate astrology. Thinking about it if someone were to ask me for my MBTI in a social setting it would be a huge turn off of like I don’t know if I wanna be friends with that person. I think mostly because it’s so forced in job settings.

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RealAlePint@reddit

It’s a yellow flag on dating profiles for me.

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ronshasta@reddit

I have no clue what that is and if someone asked me what mine was I’d probably laugh and walk away

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Cheap_Coffee@reddit

I've never known anyone to use MBTI outside of a work environment. Back in the '80s and '90s it was commonly used in businesses to help people work together better.

Yet another in a long line of HR-mandated activities that did nothing to help get work done.

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Independent_Prior612@reddit

Gen X here. I honestly don’t think I have ever done my MBTI

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Adorable_Ad_7639@reddit

No absolutely not. It’s not even something that comes up. 🔝

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distrucktocon@reddit

I had to look that up. No we don’t care about that at all in social situations.

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brzantium@reddit

No, most people here have not taken the Myers Briggs test.

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OnlyMyNameIsBasic@reddit

This was popular in the early 2000’s. I haven’t heard anyone mention Myers Briggs in at least a decade.

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Bluemonogi@reddit

No. I have never asked a potential friend about their MBTI or their astrology sign or their blood type. If I wanted to get to know them I ask them about things like where they are from/live, what their job is, hobbies, relationships.

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papercranium@reddit

Even my INFP ass would be kind of weirded out if someone asked me that, and I thrive on odd conversations.

On the other hand, I once asked a dude I'd just met what his favorite cephalopod was, and the way his eyes lit up to be asked that instead of what he did for work? Absolutely priceless. I highly recommend choosing original conversation starters rather than faddish ones.

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bluescrew@reddit

Few of us know the acronym MBTI. Many of us will recognize the phrase "Meyers Briggs," and have taken the test 20 years ago when it was trendy, but won't remember the results. Some of us are very aware of their type, can explain it in detail, and bring it up all the time in relation to most aspects of their lives, expecting others to find it interesting and significant. Those people are generally considered insufferable by the rest of us.

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RobinFarmwoman@reddit

I used to work at a place that believed in this bullshit and made us all take this test so we would know how to work together better. Shockingly, it didn't work. What a bunch of crap. Trying to sort people into four categories and predicating everything in their relationships on that is even dumber then the 12 categories for horoscopes.

I do care about the mbti score when I make friends - anybody who knows what theirs is, or makes a point of talking about it with people, is somebody I will ghost immediately.

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Bottled_Penguin@reddit

I'm not gen z, but I know my generation (millennial) was obsessed with this quiz for awhile too. I haven't taken a quiz for it in years, so I took it for giggles and got an INTP.

I think it's fun, just like astrology, but it really doesn't mean anything. Anyone who puts any serious stock into it, is someone I'm not gonna get along with lol. I have yet to meet someone who does irl.

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ZaphodG@reddit

Myers-Briggs in my life experience is more of a workplace organizational behavior predictor than something you would use for personal relationships. When I was a hiring manager in a product development engineering group, I tried to avoid dogmatic people. It doesn’t exactly align with Myers-Briggs but I tried to avoid hiring that personally type because I was on the bleeding edge of technology where engineers needed to change quickly. Engineers resistant to change will put your company out of business.

I think opposing personality types can be beneficial in a relationship.

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slumplus@reddit

No, I’ve only done it as an icebreaker at a work training event and then immediately forgot my type. Maybe the closest analogue would be that a decent percentage of girls would want to know someone’s zodiac sign when they meet them, but it’s not as important as things like age and interests

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Recent_Weather2228@reddit

MBTI isn't just "not scientifically proven." It is actively contrary to our best scientific models of personality. It's completely bogus. So no, I don't care about it.

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jchesticals@reddit

Wth is MBTI?

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YaKnowEstacado@reddit

I love MBTI and find it very useful in my interactions with people, especially at work. But I don't use it as a screening tool. I think it's reductive to be like, "Oh, that person's an ESTJ, I can't be friends with them."

I do find that there are patterns in who I tend to get along with. With very few exceptions, my closest friends and significant others have all been P types.

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freddbare@reddit

Yet another unknown term so, no?

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G00dSh0tJans0n@reddit

No, that's just the Millennial version of astrology sign.

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Todd2ReTodded@reddit

What's mbti, is it a racism thing?

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AdjectiveMcNoun@reddit

I had no idea what MBTI was without looking. I do know what Myers Brigg is but the only context I've ever seen it used is in workplace settings, like how to approach different types of challenges with different types of people. I have never considered it is regards to my social life or how I make friends. I don't remember my own or know anyone else's.

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TheHarlemHellfighter@reddit

I’d rather someone just ask me about myself instead of wanting to hear me recite some sort of opinion about myself.

It’s no different than horoscopes. Actually probably worse because most people who practice astrology nowadays really don’t try to let it control their lives the way someone will let “scientific” test like the Myers Briggs shape their focus and mentality. People are more invested in science, even if the science isn’t proven.

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mustang6172@reddit

When someone introduces themselves with an MTBI, I take that as a red flag and walk away.

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Appropriate-Fold-485@reddit

Americans don't care about MBTI for the most part and hardly ever have prescriptive standards for who can be called a friend.

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Gex2-EnterTheGecko@reddit

I don't even know what that is

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Odd-Help-4293@reddit

No. It was briefly trendy maybe 10-20 years ago, but it's something you rarely hear about these days.

Astrology sign is more common to ask about, but most people don't take that seriously either, it's more just a fun silly thing.

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brak-0666@reddit

I am immediately dismissive of anyone who tells me their MBTI. So, I guess you could say I care that people are stupid enough to buy into it.

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ThroatFun478@reddit

Some of us may have had to go to some sort of irritating MBTI management course, like "Managing Different Types" for our jobs. It's probably not something we bring up with friends, though.

I'm more likely to jokingly bring up Western astrology, which my friends and I don't actually believe in.

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peppermintmeow@reddit

Most people don't know what that is or what their MBTI is, so no.

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haveanairforceday@reddit

I mostly hear MBTI brought up as a joke

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ReverendMak@reddit

It’s a silly party game type topic that some people take seriously, some are extremely derisive of, and most people are aware of but not very interested in. But I’ve never heard an american call it MBTI—it’s generally just called your Mayer’s-Briggs score.

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gyeran94@reddit

Koreans really like pigeonholing people into categories. Years ago it was blood type. American Gen Z largely don’t know what MBTI is, maybe if they dabbled in personality tests a bit. I would say the people that pay attention to it more are younger gyopos and people learning the Korean language and end up getting ask what their MBTI is by Korean speakers

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TheOtherElbieKay@reddit

No that is super awkward. Just get to know them as a person instead of a test result.

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ophaus@reddit

Don't even know what that is. Never heard of it.

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AmalCyde@reddit

Wtf are you taking about

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Spidersensei@reddit

This thread reveals so much about Americans and how they tend to be overly attached to a dualistic worldview and scientific materialism. An incurious culture.

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Littleboypurple@reddit

Probably a fun little thing to do but, just always felt like pure confirmation bias. Most people aren't too invested into it to really care

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Traditional_Entry183@reddit

It was popular when I was at University, 25-30 years ago, and I've always been interested in it. I've increasingly found that many people, especially younger generations, have a strong dislike for it these days though.

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legallychallenged123@reddit

No.

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legallychallenged123@reddit

No.

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BoldBoimlerIsMyHero@reddit

MBTI is essentially astrology.

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Infamous_Towel_5251@reddit

I have no idea what MBTI is, so no it's not a factor.

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fatapolloissexy@reddit

Could not care less about that. Would never consider it, ever.

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Fire_Mission@reddit

We do not care.

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OrdinarySubstance491@reddit

I knew it was bullshit when I got the same results as a lady who is super outgoing.

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InsidiousDefeat@reddit

I've taken that for work and school a dozen times.

I've back to back times gotten opposite. Infp. Estj. I've never gotten the same result completely.

My very large company has switched to a few version of this called the "true colors"assessment. But it is basically another Myers Briggs.

Mbti/Myers Briggs is equal to your horoscope. Meaning it is close to telling you nothing but what it tells you is vague and high level and highly applicable to huge amounts of people.

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GhostOfJamesStrang@reddit

I dont know what that is, so I can confidently say....no.

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PabloThePabo@reddit

I’m interested in MBTI but it has zero factor in who I’m friends with

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moopmoopmeep@reddit

It would come across as incredibly pretentious if you brought up Myers-Brigg personality types when you met someone. The only exposure here to MBTI is if you have a really bad manager who makes you take the stupid quiz. Then you and your coworkers made fun of the results for a month.

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According-Couple2744@reddit

Their MBTI is none of my business. If I like them and we have things in common,we can be friends. If I don’t like them or have anything in common with them, why waste my time?

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SharpestOne@reddit

I do give out my MBTI on my Tinder profile, but only because so many others give theirs out.

But reading the comments here, it might explain the kooks I’ve been getting…

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naturalgja@reddit

While it probably would be useful, most Americans either aren't familiar or think something like type indicators are pseudo hippy science. I do feel like it's becoming more prevalent, especially on dating apps but nonetheless.

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betterbetterthings@reddit

I grew up in Europe and now live in the states. I don’t know anyone who asks that when making friends in either places. No one cares.

I ask about their interests and hobbies and in general I care about their life style (but that’s something you find out over time, don’t necessarily ask). We also ask what people do for a living. I think it’s just a good conversation starter

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greatteachermichael@reddit

As a teacher in Korea, my friends are always shocked when I tell them MBTI is BS. They can't believe I don't know my own MBTI type. I can't tell you the number of times I've gone to work, seen a dating profile online, or been at a meet-up language exchange where I probably insult a lot of people by telling them it is stupid.

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Mobile_Reward9541@reddit

I can see its not the common thought here but i have to say i find mbti, disc, big 5 and similar personality tests (i believe most stem from similar roots) very very useful in understanding where one i coming from with their arguments and decisions. Most people are not even interested in understanding themselves or others. If you are, mbti really helps. I’m an istj.

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DecemberPaladin@reddit

Jesus Christ Almighty, no. MBTI is the Four Humours for HR.

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_BlueJayWalker_@reddit

🤣

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JadedCycle9554@reddit

I'm going to go against the grain here and say that about half the online dating profiles I come across have it listed. It's still just astrology with extra steps and silly. But it is pretty popular among women in their 20s and early 30s in the areas I've lived. How seriously people take it is another story.

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Bright_Ices@reddit

It’s also getting more common to see people discussing their astrology whatever in public. Mystifying.

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bofh000@reddit

It’s not only not a scientifically proven method. It was made up by a couple of people with no qualifications whatsoever in any remotely relevant field - as in psychology. It was just made as a glorified parlor game to see why the new son-in-law didn’t really seem to gel with the rest of the family. Probably because they were a bunch of entitled loons basing their relationships on pseudo-science.

So use the system at your own peril.

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seanx40@reddit

I doubt one in a thousand Americans even know what that nonsense is.

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Ketzer_Jefe@reddit

I care about it just as much as I care about my zodiac sign matching theirs, what their blood type is compared to mine, and whatever my last tarot card reading was before we met (aka its all pseudoscience bullshit).

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mid-random@reddit

Most folks I know probably consider it a discredited system from the 70 that nobody takes seriously.

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Burn3r_321@reddit

I think this MBTI thing is an Asian fad. I’ve been asked for it in Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines. I was made to take it by a girl I took out on a date or she wouldn’t talk to me. I took it and then immediately she was like … OH we don’t match bye have a good night… I was freaking shocked, couldn’t stop laughing though. I told my next date that if you want to get to know me… you have to actually go out, talk and get to know me. I’m not going to provide my details in platter just to get judged really early …

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Ghazh@reddit

Nah, we keep it real in the states.

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Otherwise-OhWell@reddit

Gen X here. You and your friends would have spent a lot of time being stuffed into a locker or upside down with your head in a flushing toilet.

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Chance-Business@reddit

MBTI is not important here at all. I think a lot of people here DO think that it's real and don't realize it is not real science. But even so, they still don't care about it at all. It's really not a factor, more like a novelty like people would consider the horoscope.

The people here saying "most people know it's fake" haven't met as many people as I have. I know a ton of people and a lot of them do believe in it and a lot don't... but an even greater amount of people have never heard of it. But like I said, even the people who do believe it don't factor it in friendships, and upon meeting people definitely would not bring up mbti quickly as if it was important for them to know. There will be a couple of people who are REALLY into it, but they still don't consider it when making friends or meeting people.

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DanceClubCrickets@reddit

I associate it more with silly stuff to do for a YouTube video or some other social media post. I watched a Twitch streamer take a quiz during a 24hr stream once.

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homebody39@reddit

MMPI is the first test I think of when it comes to personality testing. Noone talks about it or shares their results.

Myers-Briggs goes in and out of fashion with young people. A few years ago it was popular again. I have also seen it on people’s dating profiles. Other than I/E, I can never remember what the rest of the letters signify. I know what they stand for (T is thinking, J is judging, etc) but I never remember what that’s supposed to say about a person. I think to get a snapshot idea of each other, results of a Big 5 personality test would be better because those 5 categories make sense without a lot of explanation, and people would be willing to share those results.

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curry_man56@reddit

It’s something that I’ve talked about with my friends, but not necessarily when meeting new people, whenever I meet someone new usually it starts off with whatever context we are in and then moves from there, I will say 50% of the time it’s due to whatever sports team merch the other person is wearing

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Potential-Mine2069@reddit

Probably the only Americans who know about the MBTI are kpop fans . . . and they're still confused by it.

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stellalunawitchbaby2@reddit

No, definitely not. Someone would ask zodiac sign before Meyers-Briggs tbh, and either way neither is taken seriously.

I’m ENFJ btw lol.

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Bargle-Nawdle-Zouss@reddit

No, Americans do not care about what one's Myers-Briggs Type Indicator result is. Many more of us are aware of our Western zodiac sign, but we regard both with an equal level of cynicism and mild derision.

P.S. I tested as an ISTJ thirty years ago, at my first job. In the handful of times that has ever come up in conversation since then, absolutely no one has agreed with my score as an introvert. So much for the MBTI's accuracy!

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Beruthiel999@reddit

HA, I am your exact opposite, I tested as an ENFP. And I agree with you that the test is BS.

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Beruthiel999@reddit

No, most Americans don't even know what this is. The ones who do treat it as kind of on the same level as an online quiz to determine our Hogwarts house (not very seriously at all)

I've taken it, and supposedly I'm an ENFP. I can promise you in all my life this has never once come up in a job interview or first date.

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moomoooo99@reddit

I'd say more people might ask for astrology signs just for fun when first getting to know someone, but I see that more as a millennial thing lol. And probably women are way more likely to ask/know what personality is associated with each sign. MBTI isn't too common to ask but it is something me and my friends talk about for fun once in awhile, so not unheard of!

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raisetheavanc@reddit

Americans who talk about it mostly talk about it just for fun, like you’d talk about astrology or something. It’s a silly thing people don’t take seriously.

Cliftonstrengths, though, some peoples jobs leaned HARD into that and that was a weird cultural moment.

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tsukiii@reddit

No. I’ve never even bothered testing what my own MBTI type is.

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HellaTroi@reddit

I've seen many different "personality type" tests, some even given by employers.

They seem to be junk science in that one interprets a response one way, and others show completely different results.

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Standard-Outcome9881@reddit

There’s no seeming about it. It’s pseudoscientific BS.

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HellaTroi@reddit

I was trying to be gentle,, lol

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NarrowAd4973@reddit

I had to Google what MBTI even was. I guarantee nobody I know knows what it is. And if they did, they wouldn't care.

It's the kind of thing people do when they're screwing around. Nobody would take it seriously. They're more likely to care about your zodiac sign. And nobody I know cares about that either.

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Standard-Outcome9881@reddit

The moment somebody new starts talking to me about pseudoscience like MBTI or other woo-woo garbage is the moment I decide I’m not gonna speak to them again.

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LadyFoxfire@reddit

MBTI is astrology for people who think they’re too smart for astrology.

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thatsad_guy@reddit

Nope

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anneofgraygardens@reddit

I would be very turned off if a potential friend asked me my Myers Briggs score or whatever you call it. I'd immediately assume they were a total weirdo, and not in a fun way.

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Cavolatan@reddit

Americans meeting each other will ask about the other’s job, what you do for fun.

Not sure why everyone is so het up about the MBTI, it does tell you something about a person, if only how they answer a certain type of question? But no, I’ve been at a couple of parties where people talked about it (and oddly almost everyone was rhe same type), but it doesn’t come up much in the States.

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Jack_of_Spades@reddit

No because its stupid as hell. It's as valid as astrology and just as asinine. It gives zero insight into anyone, except if they're stupid.

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Mellow_Zelkova@reddit

Absolutely not. MBTI is just astrology for pseudo-intellectuals.

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sneezhousing@reddit

No it's not something anyone will ask or care about

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ALoungerAtTheClubs@reddit

Literally no one this side of a padded room is going to avoid you because you're an INTP instead of an ESFJ or whatever.

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Traveller7142@reddit

Yes. If someone cares about it, I’m less likely to be friends with them

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firstjobtrailblazer@reddit

There’s a popular enough subject in the US about horoscopes and zodiac signs. But nobody really takes them seriously.

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VeteranYoungGuy@reddit

It would be pretty boring to only be friends with people some test says I'm compatible with personality wise.

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greatBLT@reddit

I have fun discussing it online, but I don't let it dictate who I form relationships with. It'd be way too rigid and small in scope for that. Honestly, I'd be wary if someone was way into MBTI and let it decide things for them or had them assuming so much about other people. I know it's kinda normal for that in South Korea, though. I just ask people what they like to do or their thoughts on a variety of topics, from news to philosophy. Always very easy to have great conversations if we share a favorite hobby or piece of media.

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BippidiBoppetyBoob@reddit

No.

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fromwayuphigh@reddit

Only insofar as I look askance at anyone who takes it seriously.

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garden__gate@reddit

I’ve definitely had lighthearted conversations with people I’m already friends with about it but we know it’s not the most reliable and it’s not something I’ve ever been asked about when I first met someone.

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Spam_Tempura@reddit

No, for most people in the US the MBA holds bout as much weight as blood type in determining compatibility. We tend to base friendship off of vibes.

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weirdoldhobo1978@reddit

I don't care about the MBTI because it's pop psychology junk made up by a couple of magazine journalists.

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TheNerdofLife@reddit

I'm a Gen Z (2003) American, but as far as I know, it's rare to ask about MBTI when making new friends in America. I'm a college student, so some common things people in my age group (18-25) may ask others to get to know them are their major, hobbies, career interests, leisure activities, and other interests (sports, what type of music they listen to, what movies or shows they like to watch, etc.) I also think a lot of people don't know their MBTI, since it's not something that Gen Z Americans focus on. Middle school or high school students may take an MBTI test during one day in the school year for a career development activity, but that's usually the extent of it in my experience, so it's not really emphasized more than that.

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FerricDonkey@reddit

I highly suspect most people do not know their mbti, and some of those who think they do got it by taking random internet quizzes that aren't meaningful. Of course, mbti itself isn't considered scientifically sound, but even beyond that.

I'm not gen z, but I haven't regularly heard anyone, young or not, ask about mbti type. A lot of us consider them horoscopes for people who like science words.

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Glad-Cat-1885@reddit

No they are bs too I think

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Legitimate-Log-6542@reddit

Most people don’t know their MTBI. People might know from work if it’s something the company likes doing.

One of the most common questions when meeting someone new is what they like doing for fun (going to the movies, going out to eat, etc) or what are some of their hobbies

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