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Title: Dear Purple,
Post by: weezer on May 08, 2005, 10:57:05 PM

Is there anything about the English language you don't know?

Title: Dear Purple,
Post by: Annie Subjunctive on May 09, 2005, 08:34:18 AM

Purple? o_O

We must know the story behind that one.

Title: Dear Purple,
Post by: Jonathon on May 09, 2005, 10:15:09 AM

It's from a personality test based on Peircian semiotics. Here's the test. (http://engr.louisiana.edu/mche/faculty/chambers/Survey/survey1.html)

And the answer is yes, but not many things.  :P  

Title: Dear Purple,
Post by: Primal Curve on May 09, 2005, 12:26:10 PM

Apparently, I'm orange. I'm a salesman? Crap.

Title: Dear Purple,
Post by: Brinestone on May 09, 2005, 12:41:28 PM

You're also the personality type of the protagonist in almost every book.

Title: Dear Purple,
Post by: AFR on May 09, 2005, 03:59:44 PM

It pegged me as 1-2-3: The Troubleshooter.

Hmm. From the description, I wouldn't place myself there.

Title: Dear Purple,
Post by: Brinestone on May 09, 2005, 04:15:37 PM

Yeah, the test pegged me as a yellow, when I'm fairly certain I'm green--or at least yellow-green. So the test is bad, but the profile is pretty good. They just need better questions. Apparently, they're working on making a better test.

Title: Dear Purple,
Post by: weezer on May 09, 2005, 05:12:40 PM

It said I was personality type 13. I didn't read the description because I don't think a test with so few questions would be very accurate.

Title: Dear Purple,
Post by: rav on May 09, 2005, 05:41:59 PM

blue ?

Somehow I think I don't really fit into any one catagory.

Title: Dear Purple,
Post by: sarcasticmuppet on May 09, 2005, 06:51:26 PM

I think I'm purple too.  Or thirteen, or something.

Title: Dear Purple,
Post by: Jonathon on May 09, 2005, 09:25:46 PM

Wow, there are a lot of people who are thirteen in this forum. And I thought I was hanging out with grownups.

Edit: This is Ruth.

Title: Dear Purple,
Post by: weezer on May 09, 2005, 09:41:32 PM

What's 13 mean?

Title: Dear Purple,
Post by: Annie Subjunctive on May 10, 2005, 07:05:55 AM

I'm a 1. A yellow - which I think is rather accurate.

I especially like this little bit and will use it as justification in my next Hatrack debate:

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Most of their ideas will not be sound; but some will be, and it is the responsibility of other members of the team to select and refine the most promising possibilities suggested by the Type 1s.