THE "UNCOOL" KIDS ROOM. - Page 2

What about an introvert?  Do I fit in? 

I've been called a walking encyclopedia several times (granted, several times were gun-related, but still), and I've asked several times if I could go over the page limit on papers.  I'm also a Grammar Nazi, and I enjoy mainly nonfiction history books and some sci-fi.  I can talk about subjects ranging from history to video games to weapons & tactics, but am utterly clueless about sports and popular culture.  I also like classical music far more than any other kind.

I'm pretty sure I qualify.

Oh! Pick ME! Pick ME!

 

I had to be the nerdiest kid who sat at the "Looser" table through junior high and high school!  I had read J.R.R. Tolkien's books so many time the pages were falling out and I could speak fluent Olde English - LOL! Battlestar Galactica (the original) and Star Trek were my favorite shows. I wore coke-bottle glasses (giant, ugly Farah Fawcett-style that hid most of my face, making only the braces noticable below them.

 

When it comes to being an encyclopedia brain, my college friends donned me the "Cliff Claven" of our group. And yeah - I was that girl who turned in a 40 page paper for my final project, and the professor of astronomy gave me an A+ accompanied by a reminder that this was supposed to be a 10 page paper - not a thesis.

 

I'm pretty sure I belong here.

I was on the chess team 

 

And I started a fundraiser/petition to try to save the library at my middle school when it was shut down due to budget cuts.

 

Nerd? Oh yea 

I was the kid everyone stayed away from.  Intelligent and silent.  People mistake it for arrogance or snootiness but in reality it is a conscious act of insecurity, knowing enough that I don't know much of anything, even if I believe I know more than those who open their mouths freely. But I was 10th in my high school class and graduated Summa Cum Laude from an art school which is easy to write on a forum but I would never insert in into conversation.  Actually I don't talk much at all except to immediate family.  If that's not uncool, I don't know what is.

Everyone on this thread should take the Myers-Briggs personality profile test to see what your personality type is. I'm a classic introvert (no surprise to me at all) -- INFJ (Intuiting, Introverted, Feeling, Judging). My personality type comprises 2% of the world population. Talk about misfit. lol!
Edited by GardenerGal - 7/10/12 at 7:22pm

I'm an INTJ (Intuiting, Introverted, Thinking, Judging).  Apparently between 1% and 4% of the population are INTJs. At least I've gotten to the point where I can make myself LOOK normal - LOL!!!

Same here, with the quiet = snob role. I've always been super quiet except around family, so most people take it is I think I'm better than they are. They have no idea that it is because I'm too insecure and nervous I'll say the wrong thing. And if I do, I will bring up that scene or conversation again for months to figure out what would have happened if I said something, and then recall facial expressions to make sure they did not give me a "you're" really weird" look.

 

On another note, I can speak Simlish, and do so often...I've also read too many books to count, probably close to the 4-500 range by now, just in the past 10 years, and can recall the plot to many of them at the drop of a hat. I also know some really random facts that no one else would have thought of. I think I can qualify for this club.