(dramatic piano music) Ladies and gentlemen, this is a very serious episode of the Frank James...
(dramatic piano music stops) (laughs) What the frick.
(dramatic piano music) My fellow Americans, this is a very serious episode of the Frank James program.
It comes to my attention.
"Frank.
Are you who you say you are? Are you mistyped? Are you really an INFJ or are you just masquerading?
Are you really some fricking...
ESFP
carrying on a huge 'cha-rahd?' By whose authority do you speak?"
This is getting biblical. It just can't go on. I get comments that are like, "Frank.
I don't think that you are INFJ."
What's a guy to do, except to
show
on a public stage...
We have to go to an authoritative source to put this to rest.
We're gonna take some freakin' tests RIGHT NOW and we're gonna figure this out
Do you know what this calls for?
(music stops)
It calls for a green screen.
We're at psychcentral.com.
Do they say I'm some frickin INFP, huh? I'm thirty years old. No, I'm 31. I don't even know my own age.
"I prefer to do things on my own... with others, rather than on my own."
I hope one of the questions is: I can read!
At this rate, this is gonna take four hours to do this test.
"I get so strongly absorbed in one thing that I lose sight of other things."
Let's just say "slightly agree" 'cause occasionally it happens.
"I'm fascinated by dates." I don't know, maybe. Where's—is this asking thinking or feeling? I don't know.
"I find social situations easy." I mean, I don't like them, but they're not hard.
"I'd rather go to a library" (or a li-berry, if you will) "than a party." Probably, yeah. I will slightly agree with that.
"I find myself drawn more strongly to people than to things." I don't know, uh... Well, I kind of like things.
"When I talk, it isn't easy for others to get a word in edgewise."
Well, I'd definitely disagree with that. It's really easy for people get a word in edgewise.
That's—my middle name should be Edgewise because people get words in on it all the time.
"I don't particularly enjoy reading fiction."
It's taken me about six months, and I still haven't finished "A Gentleman in Moscow," which I said we would read...
several months ago. So let's just... let's just say "slightly agree," but it depends. Sometimes I like it.
"I find it hard to make new friends;" yeah.
It's a tough world out there.
"I notice 'patter-ens' in things all the time." I agree.
"I would rather go to the theatre..." I almost said "bathroom."
"I would rather go to the theatre than to a museum." You know, I'm gonna say "agree."
I mean, most theatre is garbage, but, you know...
(self-conscious chuckle)
...most of everything is garbage. Can we get real?
"I usually concentrate more on the whole picture rather than small details."
This question is basically asking: Do you have introverted intuition? Do you see the big picture?
The stuff I've harped on in many videos.
This is the problem with taking personality tests once you know what they're talking about,
so... let's just say I slightly agree just to be fair; just to show that I have some self-awareness;
that I'm not always just thinking about the big picture because I think I should be.
That's the other thing is, it's like, if you tell someone, "you are this type; these are all the things that you do,"
even if they're not that type and they don't do those things
and then you ask them, "tell me a little bit about yourself," they'll say all the stuff that you said.
Do you get what I'm saying?
"I know how to tell if someone listening to me is getting bored."
Well, I see all of you right now, and I'm getting a feeling.
"I enjoy doing things spontaneously." I only like planned spontaneity.
When it's like, "hey, we can be spontaneous if it's one of these three choices."
"People often tell me I keep going on and on about the same thing." People have never told me that.
Well, actually my mom told me it once, so I'll upgrade that.
"New situations make me anxious." Yes!
Yes.
"I am a good diplomat." Well, before I was a youtuber, I was the Ambassador to...
Namibia.
All right. So this is the last question, and...
Oh, this is... wait, well, since we've gone this far, 26.
"0-29: no autism."
(exhales) We made it.
This isn't a joke. I've gotten dozens of comments that are like, "Frank, maybe you're autistic,"
so maybe this will clear things up.
And maybe I should ask my doctor about Invega Trinza. Oh, it's for schizophrenia.
You never know; maybe it would level me out.
Now that we've cleared up that I'm not autistic,
let's take the MBTI test. But they don't call it that, because that's a registered trademark.
Let's do this personality testing thing. But before we start, let's take a quick commercial break, EH?
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Thanks for sitting through that. I hope you got a commercial for The Depression Treatment Device.
"I like to stay at home." Agree.
Now they put the "somewhat" in here. I feel like "somewhat" is a non-answer
so I'm gonna try my best not to put "somewhat." I'm just gonna (forceful indistinguishable noise).
You know what I'm saying? Unless... (indecisive faltering)
What am I—? (defeated chuckle)
"I like to make definite plans with going... when going out." Yeah.
A lot of these questions are the same as the frickin' last one.
"I like tests that have essay questions." Not really.
I mean, I can do essays, but I don't... I'd really prefer multi... multi choice. Multiple choi—
"I prefer to use logic and reason in my thinking first and foremost."
Now, this is such... ugh. It's giving—it's a thinking or feeling question. Okay?
Okay? They're not fooling anybody.
Do I prefer to use logic and reasoning in my thinking first and foremost?
I would say, actually, "yes," and I know that this is weighting it more toward T
but it's like... What I try to do is I'm, like, first and foremost: "is this rational?"
But then I'm like, "do I feel good about it?" But this—
What it's asking is, "do you use it first and foremost?" I'm gonna say "agree."
And the thing is, everyone who takes this test is gonna come to this question and be like,
(anguished noises)
And people are gonna have gut reactions where they're like, "Logic and reason? No! I am NOT—" (chuckles)
"I am a FEELER!"
"I like to improvise whenever possible." I really prefer NOT improvising.
"Morality should be based on justice." I think morality should have a basis in justice, because how else...
Morality should be determined by outcomes, you know?
It's like, you don't kill someone because if people killed people, then it would be bad for society.
You would get killed. Maybe.
"I like to procrastinate." Oh, (laughs) hah hah hah. You know me!
hah hah hah
"I'm largely 'on-cohmfortable' with my emotions." This is another thinking or feeling question.
When I have emotions, it's like, "okay, I can deal with them,"
but it's also like a lot of times, I wish I could just change my emotions because I don't like them.
So, what is this asking? "I'm largely uncomfort—" It's not...
I'm gonna say "disagree" because I know what this is asking... oh, the wrong question.
"I'm bored being alone." Disagree.
I enjoy being alone, especially when I can be alone with the camera and talk to you people.
What do you mean, "you people?"
"I like to follow my head more than my heart." Oh, feeling versus thinking.
Well, it's asking, "do you LIKE to," not "DO you," because I actually think I follow my head more than I do my heart.
But it always feels good in making a decision to be like, "I feel good about this choice"
rather than "this is logical."
I'm gonna say "disagree" because I prefer to feel good about decisions rather than just feel like they're logical
and I think that's what they're asking here.
"I prefer hard data over theory." This is a sensing versus intuition question.
Do I need to see hard proof? You know what?
Frick.
Maybe in this circumstance, I am a sensor.
I prefer hard data over theory, even though I'm doing personality theory all the time, but you know what?
I actually prefer it when I can see the hard data. Like, "oh, this is this personality function at work."
Because, if I can't see it materialize in the real world, I'm like, "well, it's pointless."
"I like to think I'm thick-skinned." I am NOT. I, you know...
(soft chuckle devolves into crying)
"My life is pretty chaotic." What do they mean?
Do they mean, uh, my room is messy? 'Cause as you can see, it's not.
This is a judging versus perceiving question because we're going on stereotypes.
All perceiving types, their lives are freaking... like a tornado just blew through.
(music stops)
(chuckle) That's what that's asking, if you were wondering.
(music resumes) "I find it difficult to yell at others." Yeah, I don't...
One time, I thought I would have to yell at someone to get a point across and I tried to, like... (stammering)
They deserved it and I worked myself up and I couldn't do it.
"I tend to believe what others tell me 'whole-haw-tedly.'" Yeah, because I'm a sucker and I'm gullible.
"I like to keep my options open." Yeah, that's why I'm not in a relationship.
(chuckle) It's much much more fun to have totally free options.
"I need time to be by myself." Yeah.
'cause I'm...
You know.
"I like to plan far ahead." Oh, and then my mouse just... conked out on me.
"I LOVE and get FAHR-ED UP by parties or social gatherings."
No, I hate 'em.
"I like to know the 'who,' 'what,' and 'when' of things." Yeah.
How many parts is this test? Are we gonna get the results next?
(dramatic music)
Guys, this is...
Guys, I'm not an INFJ.
Look at these conclusive results.
I'm an ISTJ.
(quiet weeping)
No!
No, God...!
I'm the Duty Fulfiller.
But the first thing my mind goes to is cleaning out the litter box. "You're the Duty Fulfiller."
(music stops) See, of course, the thing is—the funny thing is, and, uh...
Absolutely no one is out there suggesting that Frank James is an ISTJ.
I've gotten plenty of people, you know, I was hoping I'd get ENFP 'cause they're the cool ones.
You know, why can't I just... why can't I be that?
Instead, I—
Really?
Let this be a lesson to you: either I'm an ISTJ, or these tests...
might have some flaws.
(sobbing) I'm a FRAUD! I'm a faker daker!
I should have been doing the ISTJ stare.
The ISTJ stare is when you're staring out over the top of a clipboard while you're writing down
some facts and figures while you're standing at some computer mainframe somewhere.
The ISTJ door slam is when you're slamming the door to the engineering lab at your university.
Maybe I need to call myself TJ now. "Hey guys, it's Tank James here."
You know what's weird, is that the whole "FJ" (Frank James) thing and INFJ,
I didn't realize it for like a year. I didn't do that on purpose; it just happened.
Well, there we go.
(clapping) We... we did it, everyone. We proved that I am mistyped.
And if you didn't get it, this is...
Of course I'm not an ISTJ. Who in their right mind would say that I'm...
It's... it's "abzurd!"
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