Definitely. If i get angry at someone it's because I see a little bit of me in them so I think it's best to try and figure out what that thing is so I can work on it and improve (Not that I do it well). It also means if someone is angry at you it's to do with them, obviously you may have done something annoying but they didn't have to react to it they subconsciously got triggered. New thought, if something is annoying that's just a common enough thing that most people are triggered even if they don't admit or even know it. Do any of us have the self understanding as well as the connection with a lard enough group of people that we can all became aware that something that is commonly known as "annoying" is actually a type of mass denial.
My husband is an INTP and when he gets emotional he's very childlike and in the moment. He gets excited about things very easily and it's very cute. I have never once heard him curse when someone has made him angry. Instead his voice just gets louder and higher pitched and he does whatever he can to insult that person's intelligence. Then his body language becomes very dramatic and he will jump up and down and wave his arms about. Then he'll say something like 'oh my god!' if he's speaking in English or 'mo chun!' (no stupid) If he's speaking in Chinese.
My boyfriend and I are both INTP and we understand each other perfectly and everything is amazing but NOBODY understands us and our relationship and our emotions and it is absolutely hilarious
I would love to find another INTP, but they say we are the worst type for ourself. If you have compatible ideas and beliefs, being stubborn shouldn't be a stumbling block.
kinda same? i have a friend who is most probably an intp as well and we have really deep discussions and i really like talking to him because we'd come up with things nobody really talks much about but it very questionable and debatable. i get happy because i can share stuff and he'd take it seriously. likewise, when he shares stuff that gets me thinking, i like it. skl skkskskssks
First I was confused about the title...INTPs talking about emotions??? Well, but then I understood...they are not talking about THEIR emotions, rather how to deal with them. :D
It's like trying to help yourself with forming a thought in a proper manner, right? INTP myself, I just don't sound normal until I spend time shaping a thought
Whenever I open a present from someone I have to exaggerate my emotions because I can be thinking "damn that's the best present ever" and look so calm in the outside they think I don't like it at all. I am quite expressive when I'm angry, though. People just know it when I'm angry.
I don't understand why most of you guys think that the left guy is an ENTP. I'm INTP myself, very introverted, but I act very friendly, you would see me talking loudly and giving smiles to everybody when I'm in a good mood to fake it. You could misunderstand me for an ENFP easily, as I fake being emotional, and would rather listen to people's stories rather than rave about what's going in on in my mind. I feel like most of INTPs and INTJs are stuck in a small box and can't get out of it. Just so you know, people don't give a crap about our theories, our existential crisis, our inquires.. etc so stop boring them with it, we're not the center of the world.
Same here man. I am so good at faking it that people think that I am mentally ill when I am being my normal self. And sadly, you are right - people really do not give a crap about our theories. In some ways I feel quite guilty for subjecting my ex girlfriends and friends to some of my INTP crap.
yeah man i work in customer service and im really good at it i love doing it and the skill causes some bleed over into my personal life so i can appear extroverted but its surface level
I can fake being an ENTJ or ESFJ very easily with people i don't know, it's really fun because they'll never know who I truly am, therefore they can't judge me in a way that matters
When someone gets emotional with me I very badly short circuit. Then people think I’m rude because I roll my eyes back but that’s just my “thinking how to respond” face. Then I see that they think I just rolled my eyes at them, then have to explain that I’m not being rude. It can be exhausting. The only emotion I can exactly pinpoint is anger lol
@@bblee3859 Even anger, sometimes, it's hard to reach it. I'll overthink it unless if the anger is actual rage which will have to be from spontaneous provocation.
I'm so glad you mentioned over-exaggerating emotions. So often I've been told to smile, or that I look mildly unhappy/nervous when I'm feeling totally fine. As a result I've noticed I've begun smiling rather too broadly, or gesticulating extra wildly when I speak, in order that the other person will definitely know how I'm feeling. Like you said, it's all about accuracy. I agree, too, very much with the idea of categorising emotions and judging which is most appropriate for a given situation.
I feel your pain. My ex hated that I couldn't smile right for the camera. My best pics are when I'm laughing and need someone to hurry and take a picture before I lose the thought!
Is it common for INTP to pretend to be more expressive in company (like say, at work) but at home they're stoic (like you were joking about here in this video)?
I find I can express myself more in public than other INTPs I come across but most definitely when I am alone, my natural stasis as being stoic comes out. It is terribly difficult when people are around me when I am suppose to have that personal time because they expect that hype and I can't rest and be ugly haha
Yes, my husband is super possessive of his 'alone' time. And he really means alone. If I try to engage, he's like cold. Have you ever dated an INFJ? Do you have a video about that by chance? lol I like your vids, they're helping me - thanks!
Yes I am like the most hyper cheerful girl in school while at home I like to stay quite and in my own world in my own thoughts. My mom thought something was wrong with me and I am hiding things from her while I am actully just being myself. One time I was bullied in school and I couldn't understand what I was feeling so I hid it form my mom for months and she started seeing that something was affecting me about school then she made me talk and then I understood I was scared. Maybe that's why she still worries that I might be hiding things like that from her. But staying quite and analysing a few hrs a day keeps me mentally healthy and engertic to interact with people again next day so that they don't think I am weird. That is the best thing because you would also not get too lost in your own analysis and thoughts when you interact with people and few hours each day too. There should be a balance between the time you spend inside your head and the time you spend outside. Too much of both are harmful for an INTP.
As an intp, I concur. People usually think that I am very angry if I simply leave my face in neutral, which happens accidentally every now and then. The expression only works when I turn it on.
Love how Eric breaks the awkward tension by going as extroverted as possible. That's one thing I like to do as well. If I feel that other people are unsure and feeling awkward around me I'll go as goofy as I possibly can to make them laugh and ease the tension in the area. Really only if it's a one on one situation though. Loudly yelling something self deprecating and looking around to make sure as many people as possible could hear me tends to work well and put other people at ease quickly.
roflmao - I'm an INTJ married to an INTP, and yes, his natural state is exactly what you were doing at around the 6:30 mark. I nearly woke the house laughing.
I wish there was a dwelling place on earth to meet like minded types and talk about stuff like this. I'm an INTJ and it's sad yet joyous I can only find intjs and intps online. The internet is our dwelling place. Loved the video🙂
I'd say the left guy (Eric) is fully going on his goofy aux. function Extroverted Intuition in these videos. I think some people are surprised INTP's have that side, since I think they only let that side out when they're more confortable (Ti is such a serious function, and Ne such a lively and funny function). If they feel less at ease, they will go on full-Ti robot modus, which is very boring in an interactive manner. In that sense I can understand people not thinking he's an INTP but an ENTP, since in these periods of times INTP's can act somewhat like ENTP's . (although he could be an ENTP too) INTPs can sometimes hide their serious Ti side, because it does not really work that well in group situations because it's so robotic. Not sure why I'm talking in a 'them' sense, since I'm an INTP myself. Anyway, I've really learned to get better in social situations by letting my Ne out more in group situations or at least trying that. It works well and much better than going on Ti boring robot mode. However, I noticed when I go back to a more serious conversation or a more intimate setting (1 on 1) I can sort of flip back to my serious Ti function more and make it work there. In deeper and more personal conversations Ti is a great function and Ne much less so. However, still the hardest thing is getting my Ne out when I do not feel comfortable. I want it, but Ithat function seems to get blocked often in these sitautions unfortunately. Sometimes I try to emulate my own Ne function with my Ti with the idea of 'fake it till you make it'...so I try to act more Ne outward, but it's really an act. Then when I'm doing that and the interaction goes well, I start to feel more comfortable again and my Ne function flips on again, and then I can really use the function and be funny and witty and such, which works great in certain interactions. Do others INTPs reconise this?
Agree, our emotions primarily go through an emotions filter, in which we analize the optimal (or what we percieve as optimal) output to maintaing the environment as harmonious as possible. It's our social chameleon in action. And about displaying emotions, once I was accepted into 2 high prestige colleges, I told my mom with a straight face, she was screaming and crying and asking me how could I be so calm. 6:38 hahahaha, that's literally how you spot 2 INTPs in the wild
"Parking lot, field back there." Oh he's INTP alright. :D You two ar an excelent pair. Perfect balance of goofy and content. You should do more videos like this.
awww you guys are so cute, I'd totally chill hard with you. I can see the extroverted intuition coming out to make this video. Signed, an antisocial INTP
Please do more INTP duo videos! i loved it! :) thanks for dressing pretty for us :) I think its funny that we suppress our emotions to make the whole ordeal end faster - especially if the other person is negatively charged and overreacting and will clearly not listen to reason ... yes we can be lovable fools when we're trying to make friends if the moment calls for it ! INTP girls do this too
im both surprised and relieved that u guys were more extroverted, awkward goofs together. ive doubted myself at times on whether i was truly an intp or not because around my really close friends i am childlike, energetic and incredibly clingly haha
I analyze particularly strong negative emotions for days in a journal as if training them to submission, even though I don't fully express them outwardly. Sometimes I develop algorithms to avoid the circumstances that led to the "tragedy" and attempt to test their robustness. Over the years, the practice has proven invaluable insofar as it allows me to read people much more accurately given that these analyses give me insight into myself. Tangential note: this is the first time I see INTPs in youtube. Your calm and thought patterns feel like such a balm. As I've never met any in my life I'm looking forward to watching the rest of your videos!
I’m an intp and an actress. I find it really easy to understand characters and their situations so acting comes very natural to me. However, when I’m not acting and I’m just myself I have no idea how to be anything other than “blank”. People are always so surprised that I’m not the outgoing bubbly person I am on stage and it makes everyone think I don’t like them because my behavior in real life is so different.
It takes my husband hours, sometimes days, to have an authentic conversation about feelings. He'll just say whatever he has to in the moment to throw me off the scent. But I'm INFJ so I know something is up. It's very exhausting for me.
Embracing and expressing raw emotion can be terribly uncomfortable for INTPs. I try to embrace it more and more but it still feels like a parasite grabbing my intestines haha. If you try to meet him half way and articulate the emotions as variables or something impersonal, he may able to reciprocate more for you.
thanks for the reply! As variables.. I can't even make my brain do that. Do you have an example? We've been together for almost 21 years, since I was 14, and we (he) still hasn't learned how to communicate 'in the moment' with any degree of productivity. And by that I mean, we don't get anywhere until he has either imploded or exploded and then taken at least 4 hours, sometimes 4 days or 4 weeks to, to understand his feelings and be able to articulate them. Typically his feelings are based on very subjective and incorrect assumptions, so it takes quite a bit of discussion dismantling those outrageous theories before we get anywhere. And it is exhausting. No offense to you or INTP - I came here trying to understand more in hopes of salvaging hope for our future.
@@Ephesians5-14 I am an INFP and it takes me a long time to process my emotions. Like, something happens and at first I'm kind of shocked and numb, then I pass through that and figure out that I am indeed upset, and then it takes me quite some time after that to figure out how to communicate this to the person, if at all, because I am such a huge over thinker. My advice is that when you sense that something is up, just try to accept that he will get around to being able to discuss it in his own time. When people push me to talk about something before I am ready, I just shut down all the more, because my emotions are really intense and I'm afraid I'll make some sort of misstep if I talk about things before I'm ready and have thought out all of the variables.
I'm an infj and i can relate to looking emotionless lmao. Sometimes i'm dying of excitement on the inside but on the outside I have the straightest blank face. And then i go ''I am so excited''. Then people think its sarcasm.
As an INTP i too feel what others are feeling. An example: if im watching a movie with someone, i can tell exactly how they feel about the movie. So, I can watch something with that person and enjoy it, even though i would have never cared to watch it myself. I explained that to an INFP. She looked very confused. I don't like watching movies with people who aren't enjoying it, because i feel that too. However, i can feel if the person is content watching it with me, even though they aren't so much into the movie. If im into it, then i don't mind watching, as the emotions between the two of us are at peace. I come fairly close to F on the scale, but am very much an intp. Maybe that will make sense to INTPs who do not experience the same as i do above
As a young female INTP who is continually maturing and changing as I adjust all the information I keep constantly taking in,the problem comes when I think I'm too busy to properly process my emotions as if they need a specific scheduled time to be felt. This often leads to the building up of lots of emotions that I have stored for so long that are now starting to spill out of control with absolutely no idea how to handle them. Overall analysis is that we should probably remind ourselves not to alienate our own emotions as much as we do simply because it is counter productive in the longer run if we are to grow in which ever way we choose.
To those who say that the INTPs look like unexpressive robots: I actually have several "personalities", and among them: - the "indifferent" one (according to my mom lol) when my social battery is low and i just wanna be alone - the very expressive one: when i feel happy / comfortable, i can get very enthusiastic, even childish, and i may act like a 6 y/o X) I can be both of these persons, it really depends on my mood, but sometimes i can laugh very easily. I internalize mostly my *negative* emotions
You guys did a great job of describing INTP emotion through imagery and visualization. Linking accurate commonalities based on my own experiences as opposed to your depiction was interesting. Nice job
Oh my ... you two are an absolute stitch together! I don't even know if I have the words to say how much I enjoyed watching and listening to you talk about emotions. I have a very dear friend who's an INTP and some days it's ... a challenge? to know what he's thinking, much less how he's feeling. Well, I learned not to ask him how he's feeling because I'm likely to get a huh? LOL. Okay, so it's not that bad but I can tell he prefers to talk about his thoughts instead. I look forward to watching more of your videos and I hope you'll do more duo talks.
I love the way they feed off eachother. One of them does the INTP deflection (talking where they cause you to smile and laugh and them to smile and laugh without divulging anything/ only saying what the other "wants" to hear) and then the other one does it, and it just continues and continues.
Yes I am like the most hyper cheerful girl in school while at home I like to stay quite and in my own world in my own thoughts. My mom thought something was wrong with me and I am hiding things from her while I am actully just being myself. One time I was bullied in school and I couldn't understand what I was feeling so I hid it form my mom for months and she started seeing that something was affecting me about school then she made me talk and then I understood I was scared. Maybe that's why she still worries that I might be hiding things like that from her. But staying quite and analysing a few hrs a day keeps me mentally healthy and engertic to interact with people again next day so that they don't think I am weird. That is the best thing because you would also not get too lost in your own analysis and thoughts when you interact with people and few hours each day too. There should be a balance between the time you spend inside your head and the time you spend outside. Too much of both are harmful for an INTP.
I know what you talking about, its so me. Like when I don't talk to anybody I have this emotionless face, but when I talk to somebody (a friend) I'm smiling because otherwise the conversation goes boring or they ask whats wrong. Also when I'm sometimes excited I'm acting like a little child. (English its not my first language, for everybody that want to criticizes my grammar!)
Totally. I spend a lot of time talking with INFPs and theyre so animated and funny. Unconsciously I try to relate with others in the way INFPs do and no one thinks its cute, funny.. or effective. I get the best laughs when Im in my natural INTP state but I'm not practised at it so.. hopefully the day will come when Im comfortable in my own skin
I am an INTP. I THINK my wife is an ENFJ but I am still not completely sure. I can read my wife's emotions easily, mainly because she wears her feelings on her sleeve. She can't read me at all in my normal state. She taught (forced) me to fight with her fairly early in the relationship. I have gotten better at adjusting that filter with her and letting myself express myself (vent) in a controlled way. It is actually refreshing and, surprisingly, she feels closer to me because of it.
Yes yo the idea of a filter. All external expressions (feelings and facts) can alter the environment, so I'm an effort to achieve a comfortable environment, the expressions must be controlled. Also, even for expressions that remain internal (e.g. suicidal ideation, etc) the emotion is filtered through a reality-checking-machine, to ensure that unfounded or inaccurate emotions are not acted upon. Good video. Apropos of nothing, and speaking for myself, there's no need to be so hyper "on-camera personality"... just be yourself. Cheers
Aaah, I love your interactions in the beginning. That's exactly how I used to act around my best friend when we were younger. It's very hard to become comfortable with someone nowadays
I’m a INTP who is also a rapper and this is a weird place to be. I rap because it’s something that puts me in flow, writing a verse up to my standards is challenging and i love it. Its also the only way i can express my emotions freely. It’s hard to connect wit people or get them to understand how i feel, or that i do feel regardless of my demeanor. I was in the streets a lot when i was younger and my introverted thinking kept me alive i. A lot of situations and those situations took a role on me emotionally and mentally.. i didn’t realize until i got into a serious relationship that i expressed my emotions differently or not at all.. she would complain i was too nonchalant about everything but if a principled i held dear was challenged i was quite explosive.. when i started taking music more serious i found my tolerance of people grew.. i find ppl to be simply annoying, emotional and completely absurd in their decision making. Once i found a way to decompress and translate my emotions thru my lyrics my temperament changed. I still struggle with expression because we don’t live in a musical n i can’t rap everytime i feel, but it has definitely helped me process some tough emotions. Like the loss of people i loved, i never cried. I felt the weight of that pain but it didn’t manifest externally.. i felt bad and broken i couldn’t mourn how normal people do.. i put it in my music.. some songs will never see light of day , they were just me letting off steam.. and I’m a better more efficient person now.. fellow INTPs , FIND A OUTLET. We need outlets for all these bottled up emotions… even if it’s not expressive , just something to help u decompress. It definitely makes keeping composure easier in emotionally distressful situations.
That is interesting. For me I analyze my emotions about experiences as a part of a whole to gain understanding. I analyze my thoughts and If I feel justified because it was logical that I feel a certain thing,then it is based in truth so I have zero problem expressing indignation. If I blow up and later analyze it and come to a conclusion that I was in error . I am quick to admit my own flaws. I then over analyze my mistake and have a need to correct my error. I have difficulty letting any errors slide without explaining my thought process along with my reactions that were triggered, so the other person understands why I made an error in judgement and both parties can learn from a conflict. I am introverted in my thinking but extroverted in my feeling so If their is a strong feeling I often feel justified because I think so much.
People could be thinking you're not an INTP because you might the Ne subtype. They see you expressing extroverted intuition a lot more than the stereotypical Ti subtype. It's charming and endearing.
I liked this video and to hear your way of handling emotions. I do mostly the same thing. I hope you make more videos of intp talking about subjects like a podcast or something..I like hearing intelligent people talk. - love from India
So this is what look like when my mates say I'm acting goofy, no wonder it concerns them when I go from cold and distant to eclectic alien(thanks for blowing our cover btw, Eric!)
Loveable fool - that just about sums up me and all of us INTP’s. I describe my self as a Joyful INTP. I work in the arts/entertainment so I need to be extrovert and bouncy but when I have to focus on a show ….. engage robot mode…. And then I need downtime recharge….. Emotions !!!! Ugh.. I’m full of the damed things, annoyingly, but I process them as well as I can and sometimes very effectively but for my ex it must have been really painful to not get an instant emotive complete answer to a VERY emotional question or her lack of understanding when I looked at her beaming a radiant smile and say “ I’m happy right now” and turn back happy at the sunset we are watching whilst I’m content holding her hand and just looking Yup INTP and emotions - Lovable Fools
There is this contained energy about INTPs that, when they let loose, is like a perfectly calibrated supernova. ;) Emotions, well, you seem to have a lot of them in store and you're expressing them very well (unlike IxTJs, for example). I guess being around your friends helps a lot? Personally, I find emotional expression too physically demanding. If I have to think about how to show what I feel, I end up scraping it all to remain stoic. However, when something genuinely cracks me up, I will be giggling (mostly to myself) until my mind switches back to business. When I think about it, I probably come across as a lunatic when that happens. :p Something I have noticed though: when INTPs make the effort to "read" people, it's a very hit and miss entreprise. As far as I'm concerned, I can appreciate the effort when I see it directed at me, but most often than not, I have to clarify what is going on inside my head because I can't stand being misunderstood
Okay, i dont have like, a resting emotion-less face, moreof, my face is just consistently smiling when im with friends to make them feel comfortable. Someone comment and tell me im not the only one
This is amazingggg I love itt! Please make more videos like this (I'm gonna check out all your videos you probably made them but this comment is my (filtered) reaction so yeah) Relatable 100% Amazing 100% More videos like this 100% :D Loved it!
I'm an INTP and I definitely tend to gravitate toward expressive people. I love to see their facial expressions and how they use their whole body to convey their meaning. I'm also rather stoic but throughout the years I've learned how to model the behavior of the people around me. If the person I'm talking to laughs, I laugh too. If they cry, I cry. That's what had worked for me to not come across as too awkward. 🤷
but i guesstbh i remember telling few people as an experiment that i am an intp.... and they all where like "NO YOUR NOT" and their reason was like "you are always happy, easy going, talkative, all in.... extroverted....... not depressed............. and naive" i was actually speechless cause i was actually not expecting them to say that.... but i guess its good? cause thats exactly what i want them to think??? though i often ponder about how ppl jus act around jus with what they see cause there could be so much more happening behind the scenes specially with a human... i mean at the end of the day ur just seeing what they want u to see... i mean it does depends if they r good at it or not but... u never know maybe they r naive or maybe they r just excellent actors.... and its kinda make me both more interested and somewhat deserted away from ppl cause their personality is like a puzzle and u know intp nature to solve every freaking puzzles they see..... (one of the reasons i spammed mbti test to almost every of my online friend...cause mbti is like a clue to the human personality xD)
Top of the morining to you good sirs. It's nice to see people exist out there who are like me. I don't even have any INTP friends....well ok 1 but he is a pain in the arse...always trying to one up me. Do you guys love ENFPs as much as I do? Hey, why are you guys dressed well? What's up with that nonsense?
"Speaking of parking lots, were going to talk about emotions."
Funny
"He's...a person." My god, that's the most INTP thing I've ever heard lmao.
XD
same
That was forced and didn't come naturally.
"If I'm angry, it's my fault." Straight out of the INTP field manual.
Hell yeah
Definitely. If i get angry at someone it's because I see a little bit of me in them so I think it's best to try and figure out what that thing is so I can work on it and improve (Not that I do it well). It also means if someone is angry at you it's to do with them, obviously you may have done something annoying but they didn't have to react to it they subconsciously got triggered.
New thought, if something is annoying that's just a common enough thing that most people are triggered even if they don't admit or even know it. Do any of us have the self understanding as well as the connection with a lard enough group of people that we can all became aware that something that is commonly known as "annoying" is actually a type of mass denial.
@@TheLordFinny it's happen to me yesterday huft
The pure INTP awkwardness is so tangible
My husband is an INTP and when he gets emotional he's very childlike and in the moment. He gets excited about things very easily and it's very cute. I have never once heard him curse when someone has made him angry. Instead his voice just gets louder and higher pitched and he does whatever he can to insult that person's intelligence. Then his body language becomes very dramatic and he will jump up and down and wave his arms about. Then he'll say something like 'oh my god!' if he's speaking in English or 'mo chun!' (no stupid) If he's speaking in Chinese.
Well I am a Chinese INTP and I don’t know what mo chun means lol
i curse all the fuckng time
"mo chun" is in cantonese :D
@@zoez8185 i think it's 不, 蠢 ?
Dramatic body language and lines like I can't believe or are you serious
You 2 are too overdresed for INTP, it is suspicious.
Oliwia Burczymucha exactly we normally look homeless and are perfectly okay with it
My husband is an INTP and he usually looks like a mismatched bum. When he does dress up for an occasion he manages to look very smart and snappy.
or we were coming out of a funeral 😅
who died?
He was a well renowned missionary and doctor. I did not personally know him very well. I was hired to film the ceremony.
My boyfriend and I are both INTP and we understand each other perfectly and everything is amazing but NOBODY understands us and our relationship and our emotions and it is absolutely hilarious
First off, we have the same last name. Second, that is amazing :)
I would love to find another INTP, but they say we are the worst type for ourself. If you have compatible ideas and beliefs, being stubborn shouldn't be a stumbling block.
kinda same? i have a friend who is most probably an intp as well and we have really deep discussions and i really like talking to him because we'd come up with things nobody really talks much about but it very questionable and debatable. i get happy because i can share stuff and he'd take it seriously. likewise, when he shares stuff that gets me thinking, i like it. skl skkskskssks
You managed to find another INTP?? And of different gender?
How???
amazing i hope the best for you
First I was confused about the title...INTPs talking about emotions??? Well, but then I understood...they are not talking about THEIR emotions, rather how to deal with them. :D
Sarah Klostermair
we have emotions you know...
Perhaps that was the joke...
Ahh whatever...
@@danielfisher898 perhaps..
The replies to this comment are very INTP. Missing the joke, realizing they probably missed the joke, analyzing whether or not it was a joke.
@@gotchathespider7850 Wait. What joke? Where?
The white shirt guy is avoiding eye contact most of the time, his hand gesture while explaining is totally same with me!!
me too
It's like trying to help yourself with forming a thought in a proper manner, right?
INTP myself, I just don't sound normal until I spend time shaping a thought
I'd love to see a café with all INTPs, we'd be like The Big Bang Theory. Meanwhile the ENTJ café would be more like The Hunger Games.
Marcus M INFP cafe would be like Woodstock lol.
Entj would be wows or mad men, estp would be hunger games
I'm concerned that you relate to the Big Bang Theory lmao
lmfao
An intp cafe would be terribly quiet unless there was a qna thing cause we normally won’t talk unless there’s a reason of some sort
Whenever I open a present from someone I have to exaggerate my emotions because I can be thinking "damn that's the best present ever" and look so calm in the outside they think I don't like it at all.
I am quite expressive when I'm angry, though. People just know it when I'm angry.
I don't understand why most of you guys think that the left guy is an ENTP.
I'm INTP myself, very introverted, but I act very friendly, you would see me talking loudly and giving smiles to everybody when I'm in a good mood to fake it. You could misunderstand me for an ENFP easily, as I fake being emotional, and would rather listen to people's stories rather than rave about what's going in on in my mind.
I feel like most of INTPs and INTJs are stuck in a small box and can't get out of it.
Just so you know, people don't give a crap about our theories, our existential crisis, our inquires.. etc
so stop boring them with it, we're not the center of the world.
Same here man. I am so good at faking it that people think that I am mentally ill when I am being my normal self. And sadly, you are right - people really do not give a crap about our theories. In some ways I feel quite guilty for subjecting my ex girlfriends and friends to some of my INTP crap.
yeah man i work in customer service and im really good at it i love doing it and the skill causes some bleed over into my personal life so i can appear extroverted but its surface level
Lol I don't even know if I'm INTP or ENTP
@@taku9060 learn about the cognitive functions
I can fake being an ENTJ or ESFJ very easily with people i don't know, it's really fun because they'll never know who I truly am, therefore they can't judge me in a way that matters
When someone gets emotional with me I very badly short circuit. Then people think I’m rude because I roll my eyes back but that’s just my “thinking how to respond” face. Then I see that they think I just rolled my eyes at them, then have to explain that I’m not being rude. It can be exhausting.
The only emotion I can exactly pinpoint is anger lol
This is so true. I have to think and analyze ever emotion but anger. I know what it is as soon as it starts approaching.
@@bblee3859 Even anger, sometimes, it's hard to reach it. I'll overthink it unless if the anger is actual rage which will have to be from spontaneous provocation.
I'm so glad you mentioned over-exaggerating emotions. So often I've been told to smile, or that I look mildly unhappy/nervous when I'm feeling totally fine. As a result I've noticed I've begun smiling rather too broadly, or gesticulating extra wildly when I speak, in order that the other person will definitely know how I'm feeling. Like you said, it's all about accuracy. I agree, too, very much with the idea of categorising emotions and judging which is most appropriate for a given situation.
I feel your pain. My ex hated that I couldn't smile right for the camera. My best pics are when I'm laughing and need someone to hurry and take a picture before I lose the thought!
Genuine blokes, they seem like my kind of people.
This just proves INTP’s are the most fun people in the world.
Me an INTP: "Can this man finish a thought?"
Also Me: Realizing I speak the exact same way...
I looks like a kid when i express my emotions xD.
Same though, I can't keep eye contact and just space off while swinging my arms everywhere trying to demonstrate stuff
Me too
Is it common for INTP to pretend to be more expressive in company (like say, at work) but at home they're stoic (like you were joking about here in this video)?
I find I can express myself more in public than other INTPs I come across but most definitely when I am alone, my natural stasis as being stoic comes out. It is terribly difficult when people are around me when I am suppose to have that personal time because they expect that hype and I can't rest and be ugly haha
Yes, my husband is super possessive of his 'alone' time. And he really means alone. If I try to engage, he's like cold. Have you ever dated an INFJ? Do you have a video about that by chance? lol I like your vids, they're helping me - thanks!
Yes I am like the most hyper cheerful girl in school while at home I like to stay quite and in my own world in my own thoughts. My mom thought something was wrong with me and I am hiding things from her while I am actully just being myself. One time I was bullied in school and I couldn't understand what I was feeling so I hid it form my mom for months and she started seeing that something was affecting me about school then she made me talk and then I understood I was scared. Maybe that's why she still worries that I might be hiding things like that from her. But staying quite and analysing a few hrs a day keeps me mentally healthy and engertic to interact with people again next day so that they don't think I am weird. That is the best thing because you would also not get too lost in your own analysis and thoughts when you interact with people and few hours each day too. There should be a balance between the time you spend inside your head and the time you spend outside. Too much of both are harmful for an INTP.
As an intp, I concur. People usually think that I am very angry if I simply leave my face in neutral, which happens accidentally every now and then. The expression only works when I turn it on.
Yup. We are aware of social rules. We are INTP’s, it’s not the same thing as sociopaths. 😂
lol this made me feel at home instantaneously
You're not going outside of your house anyways so...
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Love how Eric breaks the awkward tension by going as extroverted as possible. That's one thing I like to do as well. If I feel that other people are unsure and feeling awkward around me I'll go as goofy as I possibly can to make them laugh and ease the tension in the area. Really only if it's a one on one situation though. Loudly yelling something self deprecating and looking around to make sure as many people as possible could hear me tends to work well and put other people at ease quickly.
roflmao - I'm an INTJ married to an INTP, and yes, his natural state is exactly what you were doing at around the 6:30 mark. I nearly woke the house laughing.
I wish there was a dwelling place on earth to meet like minded types and talk about stuff like this. I'm an INTJ and it's sad yet joyous I can only find intjs and intps online. The internet is our dwelling place. Loved the video🙂
I'd say the left guy (Eric) is fully going on his goofy aux. function Extroverted Intuition in these videos. I think some people are surprised INTP's have that side, since I think they only let that side out when they're more confortable (Ti is such a serious function, and Ne such a lively and funny function). If they feel less at ease, they will go on full-Ti robot modus, which is very boring in an interactive manner. In that sense I can understand people not thinking he's an INTP but an ENTP, since in these periods of times INTP's can act somewhat like ENTP's . (although he could be an ENTP too)
INTPs can sometimes hide their serious Ti side, because it does not really work that well in group situations because it's so robotic. Not sure why I'm talking in a 'them' sense, since I'm an INTP myself. Anyway, I've really learned to get better in social situations by letting my Ne out more in group situations or at least trying that. It works well and much better than going on Ti boring robot mode. However, I noticed when I go back to a more serious conversation or a more intimate setting (1 on 1) I can sort of flip back to my serious Ti function more and make it work there. In deeper and more personal conversations Ti is a great function and Ne much less so. However, still the hardest thing is getting my Ne out when I do not feel comfortable. I want it, but Ithat function seems to get blocked often in these sitautions unfortunately. Sometimes I try to emulate my own Ne function with my Ti with the idea of 'fake it till you make it'...so I try to act more Ne outward, but it's really an act. Then when I'm doing that and the interaction goes well, I start to feel more comfortable again and my Ne function flips on again, and then I can really use the function and be funny and witty and such, which works great in certain interactions.
Do others INTPs reconise this?
You articulated it perfectly. Sometimes I get ESTP by other people...
PowerRedBull Perfectly said. Specially the comfort part.
yep
Sometimes I get PTSD by other people ;-)
Too long, didn't read
Agree, our emotions primarily go through an emotions filter, in which we analize the optimal (or what we percieve as optimal) output to maintaing the environment as harmonious as possible.
It's our social chameleon in action.
And about displaying emotions, once I was accepted into 2 high prestige colleges, I told my mom with a straight face, she was screaming and crying and asking me how could I be so calm.
6:38 hahahaha, that's literally how you spot 2 INTPs in the wild
"Parking lot, field back there." Oh he's INTP alright. :D
You two ar an excelent pair. Perfect balance of goofy and content. You should do more videos like this.
awww you guys are so cute, I'd totally chill hard with you. I can see the extroverted intuition coming out to make this video. Signed, an antisocial INTP
Please do more INTP duo videos! i loved it! :) thanks for dressing pretty for us :) I think its funny that we suppress our emotions to make the whole ordeal end faster - especially if the other person is negatively charged and overreacting and will clearly not listen to reason ... yes we can be lovable fools when we're trying to make friends if the moment calls for it ! INTP girls do this too
I think they are wearing school uniforms.
I loved it too
im both surprised and relieved that u guys were more extroverted, awkward goofs together. ive doubted myself at times on whether i was truly an intp or not because around my really close friends i am childlike, energetic and incredibly clingly haha
"speaking about parking lots, we're going to talk about emotions" lol
Lol is it bad I've spent like 10 minutes analyzing that comment :p
Seriously, I haven't found an INTP I'm not attracted to ~ INFP.
Also, I find you guys hilarious
Call me, Clau! My INFP girlfriend just broke up with me! lol
This is me like, at all...
This little weirdos lovely leprechauns make me mad and fell in love
INFP here too
Im the same but opposite
I feel like intp’s and entp’s are just a chaotic vibe
5:10 both of their Ti fighting, lol, luv it
As an intp, I have always used emotions as fuel to actually get things done. Anger works best for that.
Physically difficult to express emotions. Words don’t come out.
I analyze particularly strong negative emotions for days in a journal as if training them to submission, even though I don't fully express them outwardly. Sometimes I develop algorithms to avoid the circumstances that led to the "tragedy" and attempt to test their robustness. Over the years, the practice has proven invaluable insofar as it allows me to read people much more accurately given that these analyses give me insight into myself. Tangential note: this is the first time I see INTPs in youtube. Your calm and thought patterns feel like such a balm. As I've never met any in my life I'm looking forward to watching the rest of your videos!
I’d love to be in a group of my fellow intps. Watching y’all together is so fun lol
I’m an intp and an actress. I find it really easy to understand characters and their situations so acting comes very natural to me. However, when I’m not acting and I’m just myself I have no idea how to be anything other than “blank”. People are always so surprised that I’m not the outgoing bubbly person I am on stage and it makes everyone think I don’t like them because my behavior in real life is so different.
The robot with the tired arm, I feel you, the face of nothingness and all the expressions simultaneously :) Great food
It takes my husband hours, sometimes days, to have an authentic conversation about feelings. He'll just say whatever he has to in the moment to throw me off the scent. But I'm INFJ so I know something is up. It's very exhausting for me.
Embracing and expressing raw emotion can be terribly uncomfortable for INTPs. I try to embrace it more and more but it still feels like a parasite grabbing my intestines haha. If you try to meet him half way and articulate the emotions as variables or something impersonal, he may able to reciprocate more for you.
thanks for the reply! As variables.. I can't even make my brain do that. Do you have an example? We've been together for almost 21 years, since I was 14, and we (he) still hasn't learned how to communicate 'in the moment' with any degree of productivity. And by that I mean, we don't get anywhere until he has either imploded or exploded and then taken at least 4 hours, sometimes 4 days or 4 weeks to, to understand his feelings and be able to articulate them. Typically his feelings are based on very subjective and incorrect assumptions, so it takes quite a bit of discussion dismantling those outrageous theories before we get anywhere. And it is exhausting. No offense to you or INTP - I came here trying to understand more in hopes of salvaging hope for our future.
Good!
@@Ephesians5-14 I am an INFP and it takes me a long time to process my emotions. Like, something happens and at first I'm kind of shocked and numb, then I pass through that and figure out that I am indeed upset, and then it takes me quite some time after that to figure out how to communicate this to the person, if at all, because I am such a huge over thinker.
My advice is that when you sense that something is up, just try to accept that he will get around to being able to discuss it in his own time. When people push me to talk about something before I am ready, I just shut down all the more, because my emotions are really intense and I'm afraid I'll make some sort of misstep if I talk about things before I'm ready and have thought out all of the variables.
Your channel is sooooo underrated.
I'm an infj and i can relate to looking emotionless lmao. Sometimes i'm dying of excitement on the inside but on the outside I have the straightest blank face. And then i go ''I am so excited''. Then people think its sarcasm.
i become like the left guy when im with the people i have known for long and i become like the right guy when im bonding with new people
Same!
As an INTP i too feel what others are feeling. An example: if im watching a movie with someone, i can tell exactly how they feel about the movie. So, I can watch something with that person and enjoy it, even though i would have never cared to watch it myself. I explained that to an INFP. She looked very confused. I don't like watching movies with people who aren't enjoying it, because i feel that too. However, i can feel if the person is content watching it with me, even though they aren't so much into the movie. If im into it, then i don't mind watching, as the emotions between the two of us are at peace.
I come fairly close to F on the scale, but am very much an intp. Maybe that will make sense to INTPs who do not experience the same as i do above
As a young female INTP who is continually maturing and changing as I adjust all the information I keep constantly taking in,the problem comes when I think I'm too busy to properly process my emotions as if they need a specific scheduled time to be felt. This often leads to the building up of lots of emotions that I have stored for so long that are now starting to spill out of control with absolutely no idea how to handle them. Overall analysis is that we should probably remind ourselves not to alienate our own emotions as much as we do simply because it is counter productive in the longer run if we are to grow in which ever way we choose.
To those who say that the INTPs look like unexpressive robots: I actually have several "personalities", and among them:
- the "indifferent" one (according to my mom lol) when my social battery is low and i just wanna be alone
- the very expressive one: when i feel happy / comfortable, i can get very enthusiastic, even childish, and i may act like a 6 y/o X)
I can be both of these persons, it really depends on my mood, but sometimes i can laugh very easily. I internalize mostly my *negative* emotions
analyzing emotions seems like an amazing way to regulate them and stop them from getting in your way
You guys did a great job of describing INTP emotion through imagery and visualization. Linking accurate commonalities based on my own experiences as opposed to your depiction was interesting. Nice job
You two are fucking adorable and seem to be a blast to be around.
A fellow INTP~
Imagine how amazing it would be if all of us INTPs get together?
Oh my ... you two are an absolute stitch together! I don't even know if I have the words to say how much I enjoyed watching and listening to you talk about emotions. I have a very dear friend who's an INTP and some days it's ... a challenge? to know what he's thinking, much less how he's feeling. Well, I learned not to ask him how he's feeling because I'm likely to get a huh? LOL. Okay, so it's not that bad but I can tell he prefers to talk about his thoughts instead. I look forward to watching more of your videos and I hope you'll do more duo talks.
I wish I knew friends that understood my INTP traits and their own MBTI types. You guys seem to have a healthy friendship.
I love the way they feed off eachother. One of them does the INTP deflection (talking where they cause you to smile and laugh and them to smile and laugh without divulging anything/ only saying what the other "wants" to hear) and then the other one does it, and it just continues and continues.
I really enjoyed this video. INTPs Ti-ing their emotions.
the way he just doesnt looks at the camara and will only look when he feels it is needed is damn relatable
im so confused i expected it to be a meme i wasnt ready for this
INTP here. I know that when I experience an emotion, or a strong feeling, I tend to either over analyze it, or rationalize it.
I am in therapy atm and I am learning to identify my feelings. It is kind of liberating...
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Yes I am like the most hyper cheerful girl in school while at home I like to stay quite and in my own world in my own thoughts. My mom thought something was wrong with me and I am hiding things from her while I am actully just being myself. One time I was bullied in school and I couldn't understand what I was feeling so I hid it form my mom for months and she started seeing that something was affecting me about school then she made me talk and then I understood I was scared. Maybe that's why she still worries that I might be hiding things like that from her. But staying quite and analysing a few hrs a day keeps me mentally healthy and engertic to interact with people again next day so that they don't think I am weird. That is the best thing because you would also not get too lost in your own analysis and thoughts when you interact with people and few hours each day too. There should be a balance between the time you spend inside your head and the time you spend outside. Too much of both are harmful for an INTP.
Love the energy they have lol
- INTP
We are supposed to be weird and awkward
All my feelings go in boxes as with everything. lol
What about your emotions, what do you do with your emotions?
...! Oh "as with everything" actually means "as with everything else...."
Lol my husband is INTP and he says he has a "vault"
I know what you talking about, its so me. Like when I don't talk to anybody I have this emotionless face, but when I talk to somebody (a friend) I'm smiling because otherwise the conversation goes boring or they ask whats wrong. Also when I'm sometimes excited I'm acting like a little child. (English its not my first language, for everybody that want to criticizes my grammar!)
You spoke English well! Thank you for sharing :)
*migrates toward a feeler* 'that's what I'm like on the inside!' ... haha so cute. I love intps. - Infj
I, 'slightly' cringe when I or when I hear other intps talk about emotions
I SHALL SAVOR MY EMOTIONS NOW BY BEING VERY EXPRESSIVE HERE AND CAPITALIZING ALL OF THIS TEXT :^D
Lmao
Totally. I spend a lot of time talking with INFPs and theyre so animated and funny. Unconsciously I try to relate with others in the way INFPs do and no one thinks its cute, funny.. or effective. I get the best laughs when Im in my natural INTP state but I'm not practised at it so.. hopefully the day will come when Im comfortable in my own skin
This is hilarious i love you guys already i feel so understood-a fellow INTP
Over gesticulating is the term you're looking for flappy boi 😹😹😹😹
I am an INTP. I THINK my wife is an ENFJ but I am still not completely sure. I can read my wife's emotions easily, mainly because she wears her feelings on her sleeve. She can't read me at all in my normal state. She taught (forced) me to fight with her fairly early in the relationship. I have gotten better at adjusting that filter with her and letting myself express myself (vent) in a controlled way. It is actually refreshing and, surprisingly, she feels closer to me because of it.
What's it like being in an intp/enfj relationship
Yes yo the idea of a filter. All external expressions (feelings and facts) can alter the environment, so I'm an effort to achieve a comfortable environment, the expressions must be controlled.
Also, even for expressions that remain internal (e.g. suicidal ideation, etc) the emotion is filtered through a reality-checking-machine, to ensure that unfounded or inaccurate emotions are not acted upon.
Good video.
Apropos of nothing, and speaking for myself, there's no need to be so hyper "on-camera personality"... just be yourself.
Cheers
When I'm happy my foot shakes and I'm silent. When I'm mad I throw a child like tantrum and wreck the house.
Aaah, I love your interactions in the beginning. That's exactly how I used to act around my best friend when we were younger. It's very hard to become comfortable with someone nowadays
It's like watching both sides of myself: one when I'm really at ease and one when I'm simply acting normal
For such a puppy-like person Eric is a surprisingly good listener.
I hate it when people don't belive when I say that I'm happy/enjoying/having fun/being angry etc etc.
Most annoying of those earthlings🙄
I’m a INTP who is also a rapper and this is a weird place to be. I rap because it’s something that puts me in flow, writing a verse up to my standards is challenging and i love it. Its also the only way i can express my emotions freely. It’s hard to connect wit people or get them to understand how i feel, or that i do feel regardless of my demeanor. I was in the streets a lot when i was younger and my introverted thinking kept me alive i. A lot of situations and those situations took a role on me emotionally and mentally.. i didn’t realize until i got into a serious relationship that i expressed my emotions differently or not at all.. she would complain i was too nonchalant about everything but if a principled i held dear was challenged i was quite explosive.. when i started taking music more serious i found my tolerance of people grew.. i find ppl to be simply annoying, emotional and completely absurd in their decision making. Once i found a way to decompress and translate my emotions thru my lyrics my temperament changed. I still struggle with expression because we don’t live in a musical n i can’t rap everytime i feel, but it has definitely helped me process some tough emotions. Like the loss of people i loved, i never cried. I felt the weight of that pain but it didn’t manifest externally.. i felt bad and broken i couldn’t mourn how normal people do.. i put it in my music.. some songs will never see light of day , they were just me letting off steam.. and I’m a better more efficient person now.. fellow INTPs , FIND A OUTLET. We need outlets for all these bottled up emotions… even if it’s not expressive , just something to help u decompress. It definitely makes keeping composure easier in emotionally distressful situations.
That is interesting. For me I analyze my emotions about experiences as a part of a whole to gain understanding. I analyze my thoughts and If I feel justified because it was logical that I feel a certain thing,then it is based in truth so I have zero problem expressing indignation. If I blow up and later analyze it and come to a conclusion that I was in error . I am quick to admit my own flaws. I then over analyze my mistake and have a need to correct my error. I have difficulty letting any errors slide without explaining my thought process along with my reactions that were triggered, so the other person understands why I made an error in judgement and both parties can learn from a conflict. I am introverted in my thinking but extroverted in my feeling so If their is a strong feeling I often feel justified because I think so much.
People could be thinking you're not an INTP because you might the Ne subtype. They see you expressing extroverted intuition a lot more than the stereotypical Ti subtype. It's charming and endearing.
That’s so true. My Ne is also on part with my Ti
I speak exactly like that. Only my mom understands what I speak. Wonder if she is an INTP too.
This video reminds me of when I was in my late teens and I had a phase of extreme personal expression after five years of selective muteness.
I liked this video and to hear your way of handling emotions. I do mostly the same thing. I hope you make more videos of intp talking about subjects like a podcast or something..I like hearing intelligent people talk. - love from India
So this is what look like when my mates say I'm acting goofy, no wonder it concerns them when I go from cold and distant to eclectic alien(thanks for blowing our cover btw, Eric!)
Loveable fool - that just about sums up me and all of us INTP’s. I describe my self as a Joyful INTP. I work in the arts/entertainment so I need to be extrovert and bouncy but when I have to focus on a show ….. engage robot mode…. And then I need downtime recharge…..
Emotions !!!! Ugh.. I’m full of the damed things, annoyingly, but I process them as well as I can and sometimes very effectively but for my ex it must have been really painful to not get an instant emotive complete answer to a VERY emotional question or her lack of understanding when I looked at her beaming a radiant smile and say “ I’m happy right now” and turn back happy at the sunset we are watching whilst I’m content holding her hand and just looking
Yup INTP and emotions - Lovable Fools
Gosh.. I'm glad I'm INFJ right now lol but I love the type of energy and humour you guys have
hey eric
when will you realize that intps are basically angels
There is this contained energy about INTPs that, when they let loose, is like a perfectly calibrated supernova. ;)
Emotions, well, you seem to have a lot of them in store and you're expressing them very well (unlike IxTJs, for example).
I guess being around your friends helps a lot?
Personally, I find emotional expression too physically demanding. If I have to think about how to show what I feel, I end up scraping it all to remain stoic. However, when something genuinely cracks me up, I will be giggling (mostly to myself) until my mind switches back to business. When I think about it, I probably come across as a lunatic when that happens. :p
Something I have noticed though: when INTPs make the effort to "read" people, it's a very hit and miss entreprise. As far as I'm concerned, I can appreciate the effort when I see it directed at me, but most often than not, I have to clarify what is going on inside my head because I can't stand being misunderstood
I found this refreshing
Okay, i dont have like, a resting emotion-less face, moreof, my face is just consistently smiling when im with friends to make them feel comfortable. Someone comment and tell me im not the only one
yeah, when i have no energy i literally say thst i will not go outside my room cause i have no energy to smile
"we're from a different planet" that is the most INTP thing.
I'm INTP and I relate so much to the guy in the white shirt and hes kinda cute too 😉
This is amazingggg I love itt! Please make more videos like this (I'm gonna check out all your videos you probably made them but this comment is my (filtered) reaction so yeah)
Relatable 100%
Amazing 100%
More videos like this 100%
:D Loved it!
This is exactly how I looked at my uncle that real in your face analysis look and what you said, on point (are you thinking what I'm thinking) hahah
Yep, that's me! Thank you! I have been told more than once that I am obsessed with thinking.
im also an INTP 😁😁😁 having hard time talking about my emotions and things related to emotions
I'm an INTP and I definitely tend to gravitate toward expressive people. I love to see their facial expressions and how they use their whole body to convey their meaning.
I'm also rather stoic but throughout the years I've learned how to model the behavior of the people around me. If the person I'm talking to laughs, I laugh too. If they cry, I cry. That's what had worked for me to not come across as too awkward. 🤷
I do the same thing…
but i guesstbh i remember telling few people as an experiment that i am an intp.... and they all where like "NO YOUR NOT" and their reason was like "you are always happy, easy going, talkative, all in.... extroverted....... not depressed............. and naive"
i was actually speechless cause i was actually not expecting them to say that.... but i guess its good? cause thats exactly what i want them to think???
though i often ponder about how ppl jus act around jus with what they see cause there could be so much more happening behind the scenes specially with a human... i mean at the end of the day ur just seeing what they want u to see... i mean it does depends if they r good at it or not but... u never know maybe they r naive or maybe they r just excellent actors.... and its kinda make me both more interested and somewhat deserted away from ppl cause their personality is like a puzzle and u know intp nature to solve every freaking puzzles they see..... (one of the reasons i spammed mbti test to almost every of my online friend...cause mbti is like a clue to the human personality xD)
This video screams INTP
I think that INTP are amazing and I am INFP😃
We INTP's seem broken to the world whereas the world seems broken to us! 😎🤟
Facts
Top of the morining to you good sirs. It's nice to see people exist out there who are like me. I don't even have any INTP friends....well ok 1 but he is a pain in the arse...always trying to one up me. Do you guys love ENFPs as much as I do?
Hey, why are you guys dressed well? What's up with that nonsense?
These 2 are like my last 2 brain cells