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Most Writers are Small, Maladjusted People
But not me!
Would you look at this? I’m agreeable, open to all new experiences, have little negative emotion, and I’m conscientious and can complete a lot of work.
Look at my non-match there with those bigtime FiveThirtyEight staffers.
And check this out:
Now I understand, through this “Big Five” personality test, why I don’t get on well with most established publications/editors.
Their tiny minds.
Their negative thoughts.
Their fealty to outmoded ideas.
Their slavish obedience to corporate or political masters who deserve none of it.
I think maybe they also may not be completely justified in their allegiance to outdated ideas like personality tests that score and rate on simplistic measures like “Extraversion.”
In reality, of course I am an introvert, but I present as a false extravert.
I’m an INFJ according to Meyers-Briggs, which in the parlance of this “Big Five” test, isn’t “scientifically proven.”
As if this is? Like all the other great things FiveThirtyEight predicts, like 95% certainty Hillary Clinton will defeat Donald Trump for the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.
There’s always that little 5% … cya guys, cya.
But I am pretty happy with my life right now.
That parallelogram of my personality: Hmn. Nice shape. Nice color.
Life is good, baby, life is great.
