I was talking to a male friend of mine today and I started wondering why our conversations are always so enjoyable. True to form, I needed to do a little research to answer this question and the following epic text was born:
"I figured out why you're so damn enjoyable to talk to. Being a nerd, I started puzzling over personality types and it turns out that we are each other's natural match on the Myers Briggs scale. I am an INFP (introverted intuitive feeling perceiving) and you are an ENFJ (extroverted intuitive feeling judging). We both represent some of the rarest personality types IN THE WORLD. You're around 2% and I'm around 3%. I think I've only gotten to know one other ENFJ in my life. Jesus, run the numbers. Let's say I meet roughly 1,000 new people a year. Of those, approximately half are male, leaving about 500. Of the 500, 2% are my natural personality match, meaning 10 individuals. Of those ten individuals, how many are likely to be physically attractive? To me, a man needs to be over 6 feet tall, which is approximately 14% of the population. So out of the ten dudes a year, only 1 of them is likely to be tall enough not to be considered a midget in my book. Factor in that only 30% of the male population is between 25 and 44, and that comes out to meeting 0.3 ENFJ dudes approximately my age and in my acceptable height range per year which translates to maybe once every three years. Plus, I actually have to engage this person in conversation long enough to figure out if I can stand him. Do you see the statistical odds there?? Every day I have less than one tenth of a percent chance of meeting my "perfect match". And I didn't even consider ugliness (but that was because I can't find any solid statistics on fugly). The good news for you is that you might meet 15 INFP women in a year but the bad news is that only 10% of the population is in your target demographic of 18-24. You are, in fact, more likely to get lucky with an older woman. I find that FUCKING HILARIOUS."
It's especially hilarious because the only reason I don't snap this particular dude friend up like a hot buttered croissant is that he is way too young for me. Oh the irony.
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