As a rule I always prefer blunt.

You're right, supersize bag. People have been dicks to me on here, and I haven't come across a flattering description within MBTI (though Socionics ones are good.) And let's face it, this is my favorite hobby. I'll try to get it out of my system and lol at dicks eventually, and I know the overcompensating is just fruitless screaming into the void, because anyone who'd be a dick to be wouldn't even believe me.

What I don't and can't say on forums is that I'm relieved to be an ISFJ. I'm secure in my academic achievements, and according to a forum member I hang out with often, and other friends, I come across as kind and know how to get people to open up/be comfortable. Which is all about Si-Fe; Socionics defines that combination of information elements in an ISFJ in part as a knack for rapidly closing psychological distance. I thought I was adept at that, but like you said, people overestimate certain traits. And I figured I was doing just that. Ultimately though, finally recognizing my actual strengths was validating, and my understanding of the theory also increased.

I don't really care much about how strong the Ti-Ne is; there's more to pulling off my academic work than that. Just misconceptions, and the fact that i haven't been able to sleep more than 3 hours in a week.. omfg am I irritated. And prone to crazy long unedited PMs :p

Oh, part of the overcompensation with you was because of our 'debate' about Pierce's descriptions of inf-Ne. It took a while (probably the not so hot Ti?) to get to my point across, and I wasn't sure where you stood in regards to inf-N people being able to do non Si-Je stuff.

I should stop, it's just the sleep deprivation getting me wired and writing too much/repeating myself because my memory is shot/etc.