The Enneagram: calling Jacob Raver

[thewormoftheworld'send]

hmmm...I ran across this randomly once upon a time...took a quiz, think it made me a 5 with a wing 4 or something? Did it the same way I look at my horoscope, for fun to see what it said. Didn't bother to check if it has any validity...but if Worm did it, it might...time to see if I saved it somewhere.

Thanks for popping this thread, Worm...glad someone else here knows a lil' bit.

It's about time you found it. I didn't know if you were a big Enneagram afficionado or just a dabbler. I'm not really "into" it anymore, it was a 20s thing for me. I learned a lot about it while writing articles on the subject at the time.

I'd bet there isn't one other 8 on the Watch. Have you seen/read any?

I don't know how to identify them. It was hard enough just to identify myself at one time. And there are other fine typologies out there, Myers-Briggs btw not one of them despite its popularity. I wouldn't recommend it, but it seems that everybody ends up taking it, either in high school, college, or on the job. The tests are also inaccurate. My highly extroverted step-daughter scored as an introvert on the MBTI in high school. The three other scale results looked accurate, however. My wife took an MBTI-like test through a website she joined before I even met her. Her result was inaccurate. It took me two years to figure out what her type was in that system. But it took me a relatively short time using the Riso-Hudson Enneagram, and that result was far more useful than anything the MBTI produced.

[aliantha]

It's okay.

Wrong.

He's a booger anyway.

Wrong.

etc.

<ali puts on her Mod hat>

Ooookay, guys. If you're joking around, it helps to use emoticons so other folks *know* you're joking around.

If you're *not* joking around, then let's ratchet it back a bit. Thanks.

[Reisheiruhime]

Furthermore, there's a huge difference between bipolar and emo.

Did I mention anything about bipolar? You're admitting to being a cutter then, correct?

That's going a bit far, matey. Definitely crossing the line. Bipolar, yes. Emo, no. Cutter, none of your goddamn business. That's one of those slurs that only a true jerk can throw around. And by the way, the whole condescending attitude you seem to have toward me, not cool. It's pissants like you that make playing around here so not worth it.

[thewormoftheworld'send]

I said not one word about her.

...Words: < 1 < , many options...

That's highly obscure, but you won't catch me assuming that it means something about me or was directed at me personally. I don't make that mistake, I have learned to give people on the Watch the benefit of the doubt because it's the best forum on the net.

Besides, I only address people to direct them on their course; but for some, words are unnecessary as their every choice already conduces to my ends.

[thewormoftheworld'send]

Furthermore, there's a huge difference between bipolar and emo.

Did I mention anything about bipolar? You're admitting to being a cutter then, correct?

That's going a bit far, matey. Definitely crossing the line. Bipolar, yes. Emo, no. Cutter, none of your goddamn business. That's one of those slurs that only a true jerk can throw around. And by the way, the whole condescending attitude you seem to have toward me, not cool. It's pissants like you that make playing around here so not worth it.

Then adios, "matey."

[jacob Raver, sinTempter]

Not everybody buys into that wing-theory stuff. So you're a Riso Enneagramist? Or is there a secondary wing in your flavor of the Enneagram? First there were 2 wings, then suddenly 1 wing, and now wing theory is mostly abandoned. On the other hand, I like Riso, he's my favorite Enneagram author. Helen Palmer sucked major juevos. What do you think of Ichavo?

My Ennea-type, by the way, is at your stress point. Makes sense, doesn't it? I used to publish articles in the Enneagram Monthly. I don't know if it's still around. I doubt it. This reminds me of Jack Labanauskas, and the rather impressive survey they did at the EM of their readership (of about 1000) attempting to match Enneagram types to Myers-Briggs types. The poll results are still available online if you're interested, although it is not under Jack's name and he wasn't directly involved in it.

I think there's two, one usually shows through much more than the other...my nine shows through far more often than my seven, but my seven does come out at times...

I don't subscribe to a particular author...I haven't seen anything from the various sourcs I've looked into that seemed innacurate...

You?

...Words: < 1 < , many options...

This was a joke about double-negatives...

Lastly, you are being a berk towards Turiya...

[dANdeLION]

Lastly, you are being a berk towards Turiya...

If that's the same as being a jerk towards her, I agree.

Then adios, "matey."

Heh, typical.

[jacob Raver, sinTempter]

I always thought berk meant big-jerk...

[dANdeLION]

I didn't know that, but I suspected you weren't making a typo.

[thewormoftheworld'send]

Not everybody buys into that wing-theory stuff. So you're a Riso Enneagramist? Or is there a secondary wing in your flavor of the Enneagram? First there were 2 wings, then suddenly 1 wing, and now wing theory is mostly abandoned. On the other hand, I like Riso, he's my favorite Enneagram author. Helen Palmer sucked major juevos. What do you think of Ichavo?

My Ennea-type, by the way, is at your stress point. Makes sense, doesn't it? I used to publish articles in the Enneagram Monthly. I don't know if it's still around. I doubt it. This reminds me of Jack Labanauskas, and the rather impressive survey they did at the EM of their readership (of about 1000) attempting to match Enneagram types to Myers-Briggs types. The poll results are still available online if you're interested, although it is not under Jack's name and he wasn't directly involved in it.

I think there's two, one usually shows through much more than the other...my nine shows through far more often than my seven, but my seven does come out at times...

I don't subscribe to a particular author...I haven't seen anything from the various sourcs I've looked into that seemed innacurate...

You?

I always had a preference for Riso, back in the day. He was a one-winger. But nowadays I like to say the answer is: these typologies are only subjectively valid anyway, so whatever works for you works for me too.

...Words: < 1 < , many options...

This was a joke about double-negatives...

I see now. Well, it's not a double-negative. At best, you could say it contains a double meaning. I made not one - in other words, it could be either zero, or more than one.

Lastly, you are being a berk towards Turiya...

Now I have to look that word up:

Definitions of berk on the Web:

* a stupid person who is easy to take advantage of
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

* Thursday's Game (also known as The Berk) is a television movie comedy written by James L. Brooks and directed by Robert Moore. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Berk

* Miles Joseph Berkeley (April 1, 1803 – July 30, 1889) was an English cryptogamist and clergyman.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berk.

* A fool, prat, twit; An idiot, in an affectionate sense; C*nt
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/berk

[That's not fair, the most you could call me is b*tch, but when I was growing up no males were ever called b*tches! ]

* Berks Station is an elevated stop on the Market-Frankford Line, above the corner of Front Street and Berks Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berks_(SEPTA_station)

* Berks - Berkshire (in postal addresses)
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Berks

[jacob Raver, sinTempter]

Now I have to look that word up:
Definitions of berk on the Web:
* a stupid person who is easy to take advantage of
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

lol...

Didn't know it had a specific, definitive meaning...

[thewormoftheworld'send]

...Words: < 1 < , many options...


jacob Raver, sinTempter wrote:
This was a joke about double-negatives...

I just realized that < 1 < means anything but 1. DUH!

[jacob Raver, sinTempter]

I didn't know if you were a big Enneagram afficionado or just a dabbler.

I'd say I'm a serious dabbler...

[magickmaker17]

Did I mention anything about bipolar? You're admitting to being a cutter then, correct?

Bipolar does not equal cutter. And cutter does not equal bipolar. And how dare you even ask that of someone?

[thewormoftheworld'send]

I didn't know if you were a big Enneagram afficionado or just a dabbler.

I'd say I'm a serious dabbler...

Might as well take it to the next level and become an Enneagram therapist!

[dANdeLION]

Lastly, you are being a berk towards Turiya...

Now I have to look that word up:

Now that you've looked it up, how do you plan to rectify it? I suggest apologize to Turiya. Here, I'll save you the trouble of looking it up:

a⋅pol⋅o⋅gize
   /əˈpɒləˌdʒaɪz/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [uh-pol-uh-jahyz] Show IPA
–verb (used without object), -gized, -giz⋅ing.
1. to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing her falsely.

[thewormoftheworld'send]

Lastly, you are being a berk towards Turiya...

Now I have to look that word up:

Now that you've looked it up, how do you plan to rectify it? I suggest apologize to Turiya. Here, I'll save you the trouble of looking it up:

a⋅pol⋅o⋅gize
   /əˈpɒləˌdʒaɪz/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [uh-pol-uh-jahyz] Show IPA
–verb (used without object), -gized, -giz⋅ing.
1. to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing her falsely.

You're a thread hijacker. Want me to look that up too?

Keep it to PM's like the good lady said.

[Loredoctor]

You're a thread hijacker. Want me to look that up too?.

Could you help me look up the term for someone who insults people in threads? I wager that's worse than a thread hijacker.

Did you apologise, by the way?

[Seareach]

where's my big fish gone?

[dANdeLION]

You're a thread hijacker. Want me to look that up too?

Yeah, you apparently don't understand what it means.